crokicurl

{{Short description|Canadian winter sport}}

{{Infobox sport

| name = Crokicurl

| image = Perspective Rendering.jpg

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| caption = Render of a Crokicurl game in progress

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| first = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2016}}, Winnipeg

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| country/region = North America

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| team = 2 players

| category = Winter team sport

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| obsolete =

| olympic = No

| paralympic = No

| IWGA = No

}}

Crokicurl{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ia-uTw-ceI|title=What's Crokicurl?|website=youtube.com |author= |date=5 February 2022|access-date=29 September 2022|publisher=WCCO – CBS Minnesota|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aHdSNzlWsU|title=Crokicurl in Saskatchewan!|website=youtube.com |author= |date=27 January 2018|access-date=29 September 2022|publisher=Saskatchewanderer |language=en}} is a Canadian winter sport invented by Liz Wreford and Leanne Muir of Public City Architecture in 2016 and first played in Winnipeg, Canada.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/crokicurl-game-rink-opens-in-calgary-1.4481238|title=Crokicurl ready for its Calgary closeup {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/australian-tries-crokicurl-saskatoon-1.4496487|title=Reporter from Down Under learns to play ultra-Canadian crokicurl game|work=CBC News|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en}}{{cite news |title='Super Canadian' ice game crokicurl kicks off at The Forks {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/crokicurl-winnipeg-kick-off-1.3956876 |accessdate=23 August 2018 |work=CBC News |agency=CBC News |publisher=CBC News |date=January 28, 2017}}{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=Randy |title=No joke-i-king! Crokicurling is a thing |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/no-joke-i-king-crokicurling-is-a-thing-411931905.html |website=Winnipeg Free Press |publisher=Winnipeg Free Press |accessdate=23 August 2018 |date=26 January 2017}} The game is a large scale hybrid of curling and the board game Crokinole.{{Cite news|url=http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/02/28/crokicurl-curling-meets-crokinole/|title='Crokicurl:' curling meets crokinole|last=McCutcheon|first=Alicia|date=2018-02-28|work=Manitoulin Expositor|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023030/http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/02/28/crokicurl-curling-meets-crokinole/|archive-date=2018-03-16|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.ckom.com/2018/02/17/final-days-to-try-crokicurl-in-saskatoon/|title=Final days to try crokicurl in Saskatoon| publisher=CKOM News|work=650 CKOM|access-date=March 15, 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cjme.com/2018/02/13/244317/|title=Crokicurl makes its way to Regina|last=Gray|first=Britton|work=980 CJME|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3951464/crokicurl-begins-second-season-at-the-forks/|title=Crokicurl begins second season at The Forks|work=CJOB|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en}}

The related game of crokinole is a game in which the players take turn to flick small discs on a circular board, to score highest depending on where the disc lands on the board where the regions are marked with score.{{Cite news|url=https://www.energeticcity.ca/2018/02/city-council-looking-bringing-crokicurl-energetic-city/|title=City Council looking at bringing crokicurl to the Energetic City - Energeticcity.ca|date=2018-02-19|work=Energeticcity.ca|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316023011/https://www.energeticcity.ca/2018/02/city-council-looking-bringing-crokicurl-energetic-city/|url-status=dead}}