Cornwall PEI’s newest winter game, crokicurl, fuses curling with crokinole (Guardian)

CORNWALL, P.E.I. — 

A unique game that fuses two popular winter pastimes has arrived in P.E.I.

Crokicurl has been attracting a bit of curiosity from would-be players at its location beside the outdoor skating rink at Cornwall’s town hall.

“It’s the two games combined,” Cornwall recreation manager Kim Meunier said.

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Crokinole, a table-top game said to have originated in Canada, sees players flicking checker-sized discs as close to the board’s centre as possible, nicking the opponent’s discs out along the way. If you scale that board up into a rink and toss curling rocks instead, you get crokicurl, which originated in Winnipeg and has spread to several other Canadian provinces.

For curling rocks, Cornwall staff attached handles to pieces of wood from trees that fell along the town’s trails. The game can be played with two to eight people, and Meunier believes it’s accessible for all age groups.

Bella Grant tosses a crokicurl rock at the crokicurl rink in Cornwall. – Daniel Brown/Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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