Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet toward the house, a circular target marked on the ice. Each team has eight stones, with each player throwing two. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game usually consists of eight or ten ends.
The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply the Brier, is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and donut shop chain. "Brier" originally referred to a brand of tobacco sold by the event's first sponsor, the Macdonald Tobacco Company.
Giorgia is the Italian cognate of the female name Georgia. Notable people with the name include:
The World Senior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring curlers from around the world who are at least 50 years old. Matches at the World Senior Championships are played in 8 ends played instead of the 10 played in most international events.
In the sport of curling, the skip is the captain of a team. The skip determines strategy, and holds the broom in the house to indicate where a teammate at the other end of the curling sheet should aim the stone. The skip usually throws the last two stones in the fourth position, but may play in any other position.
The World Curling Tour (WCT) is a group of curling bonspiels featuring the best male, female, and mixed doubles curlers in the world.
ACS Cycling Chirio–Casa Giani is a professional cycling team based in Montechiaro d'Asti in Italy. It competes in road bicycle racing events, including in some UCI Women's Road World Cup events.
Zvest Apollonio was a Slovenian painter and scenographer.
The World Curling Championships are the annual world championships for curling, organized by the World Curling Federation and contested by national championship teams. There are men's, women's and mixed doubles championships, as well as men's and women's versions of junior and senior championships. There is also a world championship for wheelchair curling. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's started in 1979. The mixed doubles championship was started in 2008. Since 2005, the men's and women's championships have been held in different venues, with Canada hosting one of the two championships every year: the men's championship in odd years, and the women's championship in even years. Canada has dominated both the men's and women's championships since their inception, although Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Scotland, the United States, Norway and China have all won at least one championship.
Giorgia Motta is an Italian football defender, currently playing for Torres CF in Serie A. She has also played for Bardolino CF in Serie A and AD Torrejón in the Spanish Superleague. She has played the Champions League with Bardolino and Torres.
Apollonio Stadium is a sports venue located in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. As the "Romano and Armando Apollonio Stadium", it was used as a subsidiary rink to the Olympic Ice Stadium to host some of the ice hockey events for the 1956 Winter Olympics.
Klára Svatoňová is a Czech curler from Prague. She currently plays lead on the Czech national team, skipped by Anna Kubešková.
Giorgia Brenzan is an Italian former international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She played for Italy at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Claudia Alvera is an Italian curler.
Maria Gaspari is an Italian curler.
Giacomo D'Apollonio is an Italian politician.
Giorgia Marchetti is an Italian tennis player.
Federica Apollonio is an Italian curler.
The 43rd 2019 Italian Women's Curling Championship was held from November 2, 2018 to April 14, 2019 in two stages: the group stage from November 2, 2018 to March 31, 2019 and the playoff stage from April 13 to 14, 2019.
