Forget everything you know about how to count. I’m serious. Keeping score in Curling is so illogical, it’s almost logical. I say almost because I’m not an avid Curler and although I’m sure it makes sense to the pros, it still doesn’t make sense to your Average Jane like myself. Call me ignorant, call me dumb. Perhaps I am. Perhaps it’s the pitcher of beer I had before I went down to play. But I’m writing this now so that I can take the brunt of the name-calling and you can pretend you were smart enough to figure it out from the get-go and show off to your friends.
Here’s what the scoreboard looks like:
The numbers in the middle clearly indicate which end you’re playing and you update your score next to your rock color, right? WRONG.
The numbers in the middle indicate your POINTS. If I’m on team blue and I score two points in the first end, here’s how I would update the scoreboard:
If in the second end, team red scores one point, here’s how I would update the scoreboard:
TOTALLY BACKWARDS, AM I RIGHT?
Now let’s say team blue scores one point in the third end. Here’s how I would update the scoreboard:
I think you get the point and I’m sure the entire time you were reading this you thought “Uh. Yeah. That makes total sense, Caitlin, why the drama?” and to that I say… yeah, you’re right. Happy Curling!
