| EQUIPMENT: |
- Shoes: Special pair for ice only. Not to be worn outside.
- Brooms & Brushes: Keep clean. Cut loose bristles from brushes. DISCARD OLD BROOMS!
- Check for loose pins, badges or other ornaments that could fall onto the path of a rock and foul it.
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| BE PUNCTUAL: |
| Get to the club 15 minutes before your game starts. All games must start on time. |
| DO NOT DISTRACT: |
| When curler is in the hack ready to shoot, be courteous, refrain from talking, moving, or anything to distract them from making their shot. |
| BE ALERT: |
| Keep the game moving! Be in the hack, clean rock, and ready when it is your turn. DO NOT KEEP THE SKIP WAITING!! |
| SWEEPERS: |
| Remain between hog lines, with brooms to your side WHEN NOT SWEEPING. Never swing your broom around (dangerous). When sweeping your teams' rocks, you can sweep from Tee Line to Tee Line. |
| LEADS & SECONDS: |
| Never permitted in the house while Thirds are deciding the score. |
| THIRDS & SKIPS: |
| When in the house (and opposition is up) keep your broom behind you so as not to distract the one delivering the stone. |
| GOLDEN RULE: |
| Curling is a gentleperson's game of long tradition and one where the Golden Rule prevails, during and after the game. |