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Welcome to the New Zealand Curling Association's website! The NZCA is the national governing body for the Winter Olympic sport of curling in New Zealand. If you're new to curling, or new to this site, then please read on to get started.
About Curling
Curling is based around a very simple idea – slide your stones along the ice and get them closer to the target than your opponent's. This section will get you started...
About this website
This drop-down menu at the top of each page and the menus to the left are the quickest way to move around this site. The menus on the left are context-sensitive – some of the sub-menus will change depending on which part of the site you're in. The main sections are
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NZCA – Newsletters and announcements from the NZ Curling Association and the WCF (World Curling Federation).
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NZ Teams and Selectors – News and announcements from the NZ selectors, National Championships, our National Teams – Open, Mixed, Juniors (under 21) and Seniors (50 plus) – and the international tournaments they play in.
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Clubs and Competitions – Details of local clubs and competitions, including school competitions. Note that two areas have their own websites: Dunedin Curling and Naseby's Maniototo Curling International.
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Events and Results – The Events calendar can be viewed by year. month, week or day using the icons at the top of the page. If you click on the event you'll see entry forms, contact and venue details. Many will also have a draw and, when finished, the results. Most pages on the site also have a small panel in the right margin with quick links to events due in the next few days.
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Tournaments – Quick links to the event pages for the main international and local tournaments for the current year. At the bottom of the "International" page there are links to major tournaments previously hosted in NZ.
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News – Clicking on this link will display a list of different news categories. This is a quick way to track down news articles about a specific area or competition.
For the technically minded, this site runs on the open-source Joomla! CMS (content management system).
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Curling is an extremely complex sport based around a very simple idea. Slide a stone down a sheet of ice and have it stop as close as possible to the centre of a set of rings (called the house) – the problem being that your opposition will do everything tactically to stop you from achieving this goal. So the game contains elements of great skill, strategy, finesse, exertion and endeavour and we promise you that the perception of a slow-paced game is just that, a perception.
It is often referred to as "bowls on ice" because the format scoring is similar, but the tactics involved also make "chess on ice" a good description. It is a sport that is easy to learn – you can be playing a game within an hour of first getting on the ice – but mastering it will take longer!
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You've seen the curling at the Games on TV and you've thought that looks like fun – could I do that? Well, yes it is and yes you can!
We'd love to see you "down at the rink". You'll need warm, loose fitting clothing that you can stretch out in and clean, flat-soled shoes. Trainers are ideal.
We'll supply all the gear you need (there's not much) and give you a bit of coaching to get you started. You'll be curling in less than an hour. Where? Read on...
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The NZCA is New Zealand's national governing body for the Olympic sport of curling.
New Zealand is a member of the World Curling Federation (WCF). The WCF administers the sport at a global level, conducting Men's and Women's World Curling Championships – Open, Junior (under 21) and Senior (50+) – as well as Mixed Doubles and Winter Olympic Curling competitions. The NZCA supplies New Zealand delegates to the World Curling Federation General Assembly.
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Curling in New Zealand was established in 1873, when Scottish immigrant Thomas Callender, the "father of New Zealand curling", formed the Dunedin curling club.
Curling quickly spread to Central Otago, and was a popular winter activity for the gold miners during the winter.
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New Zealand is one of the few places on earth that still actively plays the traditional outdoor "crampit" variety of curling, and still has regular inter-club competitions. The outdoor game played here differs little from the game that the curlers right played in 1885!
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The Roaring Game by Wilson Mawhinney is a comprehensive account of the history of curling in New Zealand.
It covers the establishment of the first clubs in Central Otago and Dunedin in the 1870s and development of the traditional outdoor crampit game, through to the introduction of the indoor game and affiliation to the World Curling Federation in the late 20th century.
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Like many sports, Curling has a number of unique or unusual expressions and terms. This glossary should help explain most – if not all – that you will encounter at the ice rink or in commentaries.
There are also some excellent animations at www.curlingbasics.com that may assist.
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