Pine Tree Curling Club thanks brewers with 'learn-to-curl' session
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Members of the Pine Tree Curling Club play the sport in Belfast recently. The club is thanking the state's craft brewers by hosting a "learn-to-curl" event March 30 in Portland.
Pine Tree Curling Club, of Portland, is saying “thanks” to the state’s craft brewers with a learn-to-curl session on Saturday, March 30.
Prospective curlers from more than 20 breweries are expected to attend the event at the William B. Troubh arena in Portland, according to news release from Pine Tree Curling Club, a non-profit organization.
The session is “our way to say ‘thanks’ to Maine’s great brewers for all they do to make Maine the best beer state in the country,” the release said.
The club was established in 2015 to promote the Olympic sport of curling in southern Maine. It is one of only two curling clubs in Maine, with the other located in Belfast.
Participants from the breweries will get instruction on how to curl, and then will play a few games against each other.
“If they can curl as well as they brew, their curling should be awesome,” the release said.
Curling involves two teams of four attempting to score the most points by delivering their curling stones closest to the center of a target at the opposite end of the ice. Curling is a sport of precision — it demands that a team deliver a curling stone weighing 42 pounds across more than 130 feet of ice to come to rest in a very specific location, where mere inches often make the difference between success and defeat.
The international sport dates back to the 16th century, and the United States is relatively new on the curling landscape, but curling is gaining popularity, particularly after the U.S. men’s team won a gold medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Curlers at the Portland club are of all genders, and range in age from their 20s to their 70s.
The club has also recently embarked on an effort to build a dedicated curling arena, solely for curling, in the greater Portland area. It is searching for possible locations and funding sources to bring the sport to more people, including children, seniors, high schoolers and adaptive athletes.
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