HITTING THE RINK WITH THEIR BROOMS AND HURLING STONES ACROSS ICE.
>> IT TAKES FINESSE OF A SKATER, STRATEGY OF A CHESS CHAMP.
>> WELL, THAT WORKS.
>> AND LIKE QUIDDICH, YOU MUST BE SKILLED WITH A BROOM.
CURLING IS IS THE MOST-UNUSUAL SPORT ON ICE.
>> CURL AROUND OTHER ROCKS.
THAT IS HOW IT GETS IT'S NAME.
>> NASHUA COUNTRY CLUB IS HOME TO THE ONLY CURLING FACILITY IN THE STATE.
>> IT'S A GREAT GAME WITH A LOT OF STRATEGY AND WORKOUT WHEN YOU START SWEEPING.
>> THAT HARD WORK AND I'M OUT OF BREATH.
>> THE CLUB STARTED CURLING ON THE POND IN 1928 MOVING INTO A BARN IN THE 40s AND TODAY, BEGINS AT THIS NEW FACILITY AS SOON AS THE GULF SEASON ENDS.
>> MY HUSBAND GOT US INVOLVED AND NOW, I LOVE IT.
EVERY WINTER.
>> COMPETITION PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE, IT'S FUN AND A TEAM SPORT.
>> EACH TEAM HAS FOUR PLAYERS AND EACH PLAYER THROWS TWO ROCKS, AIMING FOR THE TARGET, OR WHAT IS CALLED THE HOUSE.
THE TEAM CAPTAIN, OR SKIP, CALLS THE SHOTS.
>> THEY DO A LOT OF YELLING.
I LOVE SKIPPING.
HAVE YOU A GOAL FOR EVERY SHOT.
YOU WANTED TO TAKE OUT ANOTHER ROCK SO HAVE YOU TO CONROLL THE WEIGHT AND THE LINE.
THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF COMMUNICATION.
>> YES.
GO HARD.
>> YES.
SWEEP.
>> WE SWEEP WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE ROCK TO GO STRAIGHTER, SO IF YOU'RE IN FEAR OF IT, YOU WANT TO GET YOUR TEAM TO SWEEP SO IT DOESN'T HIT THAT ROCK.
>> CURLERS PUSH OUT INTEREST A STARTING BLOCK CALLED THE HACK.
THEY CAN THROW A GUARD TO PROTECT THE HOUSE AND A DRAW TO TRY TO SCORE OR A TAKE OUT WHICH EVICTS THE OPPONENT'S STONE.
STEP DOWN WIT THIS SLIDING FOOT.
HIPS OUT, STONE BACK.
>> PIECE OF TAKE.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
IT'S GOOD.
>> MAKE THE SHOT.
>> OH, GOOD.
>> GREAT FORM.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> INSTRUCTOR HAS BEEN THROWING STONES 30 YEARS.
SHE'S BEEN TO THE OLYMPICS THREE TIMES AS A CURLING OFFICIAL.
>> I'M A LEVEL 4, 1 OF FIVE IN THE UNITED STATES, OFFICIALS WE'RE CONSIDERED THE SUPREME COURT.
>> 18-YEAR-OLD LIZ JANEACK HOPES TO REPRESENT THE USA SOME DAY AND HAS BEEN COMPETING SINCE 2016.
>> ONE MORNING MY MOTHER AND I WERE SLEDDING AND SHE WAS CHILLY SO WE CAME TO LOOK AT CURLING AND I FELL IN LOVE AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE.
>> PRACTICING IS TOUGH.
TWO OF THE FOUR PLAYERS LIVE OUT OF STATE.
>> I LOVE THE STRATEGY.
IT'S WAY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
>> HAD EACH INNING OR END, BOTH TEAMS THROW EIGHT STONES, POINTS GO TO THE TEAM WITH ROCKS CLOSEST TO THE BULL'S EYE, OR BUTTON.
>> IT'S RARE TO SCORE AN EIGHT UNDER WHERE ALL EIGHT ARE IN THE HOUSE AND WE DID SCORE AN EIGHT ENDER THIS A TOURNAMENT AND THE YEAR WE SCORED THERE ARE ONLY THREE SCORED IN THE UNITED
STATES.
THE CURLING ICE IS IS SCRAPED EVERY DAY AND PEBBLED WITH DROPS OF WATER, TEXTURE HELPS THE STONES SLIDE AND CURL.
>> YOU LET THE STONE GO IT WILL RUN IN A STRAIGHT LINE UNTIL DIGGING INTO ICE AND THEN, START TO CURL.
>> EACH STONE WEIGHS 40 POUNDS AND MADE OF SOLID GRANITE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE MAY BE THE GRANITE STATE THESE COME FROM SCOTLAND WHERE THE SPORT BEGAN.
>> OUR GRANITE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
>> IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S WITH FOR OTHER THINGS BUT NOT CURLING STONES APPARENTLY.
>> TO PLAY YOU NEED TO BE A COUNTRY CLUB MEMBER OR JOIN THE CURLING CLUB WHICH RENTS THE ICE A FEW TIMES PER WEEK.
>> GET A PIECE OF IT.
>> OUR MANTRA IS TO GROW THE SPORT.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AND GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE IF THEY LIKEIT.
>> WOO-HOO!
>> I MADE IT FINALLY.
>> THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON THE ICE.
YOU DID VERY WELL FOR A FIRST TIME PERSON.
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOURSELF.
>> THIS CLUB HAS A RICH HISTORY THIS A SPORT WHERE THE GAME STARTS AND INDEPENDENCE THE SAME WAY.
>> TWO TEAMS STEP OUT IT'S CUSTOMARY TO SHAKE HANDS AND THEN, SHAKE HANDS AGAIN.
GOOD CURLING.
>> SLIDING.
SPINNING.
SWEEPING.
AND SCORING.
IN NASHUA THE SPIRIT OF CURLING IS IS HERE