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The Curling Winter Sports Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CWSAP), commonly known as Curling Pilipinas, is the national governing body of the sport of curling in the Philippines. It is responsible for promoting and developing the sport throughout the country, managing national curling teams, and representing the Philippines in ...
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This is a list of sportspersons who play the sport of curling, past and present, sorted by nationality. Canadian curlers are further sorted by province. Canadian curlers are further sorted by province.
The curling stone (also sometimes called a rock in North America) is made of granite and is specified by the World Curling Federation, which requires a weight between 19.96 and 17.24 kilograms (44 and 38 lb), a maximum circumference of 914 millimetres (36 in), and a minimum height of 114 millimetres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [31]
At the 2015 World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as third for the Swiss team, he placed seventh in the tournament. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At the 2016 World Men's Curling Championship , he was a member of the Swiss team that placed ninth, and at the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship , he was a member of the Swiss team that ...
The World Curling Championships began in 1959 as the Scotch Cup. The Scotch Cup was created by Toronto public relations executive and former sports journalist Stanley D. Houston on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association, a client of Houston's agency Public Relations Services Limited, which was looking to generate increased North American exposure for its products.
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
This is a category categorizing various articles pertaining to the sport of curling, by country. Subcategories This category has the following 44 subcategories, out of 44 total.