Curlers competing in the world curling federation have made a gentlemen s agreement not to use a new type of broom head payne writes pending a decision on the technology by their governing body.
Curling broom head controversy.
The material used in curling broom heads scratched the ice and those grooves allowed the game s top players to sweep and steer the rock as if by remote control.
All teams must now use a standard broom head fabric that wont allow players to manipulate the rock.
That led to tensions between teams and a recent curling technology summit which resulted in a standard broom head fabric that.
The curling broom controversy an overview of the issue presented by doug flowers president of goldline curling my first exposure to the curling world was about 50 years ago when my father became manager of a new curling club.
Curling broom controversy leads to sweeping changes.
Tsn s bob weeks explains.