Rocks & Rings program racking up big numbers
It was a record-breaking year for the highly popular Rocks & Rings indoor curling program.
Rocks & Rings, which allows kids to be introduced to curling in a school setting using curling equipment adapted for gymnasium floors, visited 1,456 Canadian schools during the 2013-14 school year, involving 228,162 students, not to mention their family members, teachers and school staff.

A record number of participants were involved in the Rocks & Rings program in 2013-14. (Photos, courtesy Rocks & Rings)
“The Rocks & Rings program is an amazing way to expose curling to young people who might never otherwise have given our sport a try,” said Greg Stremlaw, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Curling Association, which is the exclusive national sport partner to Rocks & Rings, and provides funding to Rocks & Rings through the CCA’s For The Love of Curling philanthropic program. “Rocks & Rings instructors make the sport fun and non-intimidating, and the hope is that this approach will translate into more young people visiting a curling centre and trying it out on the ice.”