Backboards

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Backboards

The boards behind the hack at either end of the playing area.

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Blank End

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Blank End

An end that is scoreless.

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Bonspiel

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Bonspiel

A curling tournament.

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Burying a Stone

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Burying a Stone

Placing a shot behind a guard so no part of the rock shows from the other end.

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Button

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Button

The innermost circle surrounding the tee. The button is usually one foot in diameter.

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Center Line

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Center Line

A line drawn from one hack to the other, passing through the tee at both ends of the ice.

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Circles

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Circles

The round scoring area, 12 feet in diameter, with concentric circles 1, 4, and 8 feet in diameter.

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Come Around

Last Updated on 10 October 2009
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Come Around

A shot that curls around a guard.

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Coming Home

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Coming Home

Playing the final end of a game.

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Counter

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Counter

A stone that is in a scoring position.

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5940 NW Waukomis Drive,
Kansas City, Missouri 64151
Club Phone 816-806-1732
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Club Fax 816-523-2345
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18 West 59th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64113

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Hack

The rubber starting block embedded in the ice from which the curler begins deliver of a stone.

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