Crokicurl

Crokicurl^[1][2] is a Canadian winter sport invented by Liz Wreford and Leanne Muir of Public City Architecture in 2016 and first played in Winnipeg, Canada.^[3][4][5][6] The game is a large scale hybrid of curling and the board game Crokinole.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Crokicurl

Render of a Crokicurl game in progress
First played	2016; 9 years ago (2016), Winnipeg
Characteristics
Team members	2 players
Type	Winter team sport
Presence
Country or region	North America
Olympic	No
Paralympic	No
World Games	No

The related game of crokinole is a game in which the players take turn to flick small discs on a circular board, to score highest depending on where the disc lands on the board where the regions are marked with score.^[11]

Play and rules

In crokicurl, rocks are used instead of discs and its rocks are roughly the size of a curling stone. The game uses junior curling stones which are 25 lbs instead of 38 - 44 lbs for regular curling stones.

The game is played by teams consisting of two players, trying to score points by throwing the stones into the center of the ice where the circles are marked. The highest circle is marked with twenty points.^[11]

Locations

Crokicurl has spread from Winnipeg all across Canada to small towns and large cities. A list is included below.

Saskatoon, SK Warman, SK[12] Calgary Regina, SK Kenora, ON Guelph Penetanguishene, ON Midland, ON Wiikwemkoong First Nation Ramara, ON Toronto, ON,[13] Fort St. John, BC

Gull Lake, SK Melfort, SK Binscarth Sylvan Lake, AB Hanna, AB Prince Albert, SK Estevan, SK Neepawa, MB Yorkton, SK Swift Current, SK Shellbrook, Saskatchewan Weyburn, SK[14]

Saguenay, QC Deep River, Ontario McKenzie Lake (Madawaska River)[15] Cobden, Ontario Cornwall, Prince Edward Island[16][17] La Ronge Morden, MB Crowsnest Pass, Alberta Cypress River, Manitoba

America

The first American rink created, and contested national championship, was on Valentine's Day weekend 2021 in Altoona, Wisconsin.^[18]