Curling can be an extremely complex but challenging game if played correctly, which is why it is strange to think that it is based around such a simple idea. The idea of the game is to slide a stone accross ice and have the stones come to a standstill as near to the centre of a set of rings (a house) as possible.

The game of Curling is actually more than 500 years old and its true origins have been lost in the mists of time.

However, we do know that the game was born in Scotland and that this is where the first ever Curling club was created, Royal Caledonian Curling Club, which was formed in the year 1838.

Of course, since the game was first played it has changed a great deal, with the most recent major rule change being the free guard rule, introduced in 1990.