CURLING RECOGNIZED AS OFFICIAL SPORT OF NORTH DAKOTA

N.D. curling facts

  • The current Drayton Curling Club features three sheets of ice for competition following a major renovation that started in 2020. In a “sweeping” change to state law, Gov. Burgum on Thursday signed Senate Bill 2229 designating curling as the official sport of North Dakota.
    The current Drayton Curling Club features three sheets of ice for competition following a major renovation that started in 2020. In a “sweeping” change to state law, Gov. Burgum on Thursday signed Senate Bill 2229 designating curling as the official sport of North Dakota.

    With the sweep of a pen on Thursday, March 23, Gov. Doug Burgum signed Senate Bill 2229 designating curling as the official sport of North Dakota.

    The bill passed the Senate 30-17 and the House 72-21, before being signed by the governor.

    Among those joining Burgum for the bill signing ceremony were Alaina Schmit, a sixth-grader from Horizon Middle School in Bismarck who brought the idea forward and …