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Peg Goss
Peg Goss (born January 31, 1960 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler. She previously played lead for the team of Heather Strong. Goss has played in four Tournament of Hearts. In 1988, she played second for Maria Thomas. She would then play in three straight Hearts from 2002 to 2004 as Cathy Cunningham Cathy Cunningham (born December 30, 1959 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian curler. Career Cunningham played in her first Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, in 1988 as a third for Maria Thomas. The te ...'s third. It was in 2003 that the team lost in the final to Colleen Jones. Goss was also an alternate at the 1998 Hearts for Strong. References Curlers from Newfoundland and Labrador Sportspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 1960 births Living people Canadian women curlers Canada Cup (curling) participants {{Canada-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called ''rocks'', across the ice ''curling sheet'' toward the ''house'', a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a ''game''; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each ''end'', which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones once. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends. The player can induce a curved path, described as ''curl'', by causing the stone to slowly rotate as it slides. The path of the rock may be further influenced by two sweepers with brooms or brushes, who accompany it as it slides down the sheet and sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
