Trefor Granite Curling Stones

The smooth low glide of the competitors as they released their stones into a slow waltz the back of the mouth grind of granite against ice the frantic brushing and coaxing and the satisfying shmack of stone against stone as they nudged each other for spaces that counted.

Trefor granite curling stones.

It was mesmerising while it lasted. We have the exclusive rights to the supply of this granite making us the only company in the world making new curling stones from trefor granite. Whether it s our new trefor granite curling stones replacing an old set of stones giving new life to the game or our 25lbs literock junior stones helping to teach kids to curl or our top of line ice equipment we take great pride in the work we do in our sport. Please contact our office for availability.

Are proud to manufacture our new curling stones from trefor granite. And so the curling finals are over at the sochi winter olympics. Remanufactured stones are also available with blue hone inserts on both sides please contact our office for pricing. It is essential for curling clubs with trefor granite stones to keep an eye on their strikebands and have them reprofiled approximately every 25 years.

Please contact our office for pricing. Ailsa craig and the trefor granite quarry in wales. Red brown trefor red brown trefor granite can be found in several shades of brown and will always have small white and black flecks that run throughout the stone. They use the ailsa craig common green granite for the body of the stone.

Trefor granite comes in shades of pink blue and grey. The quarry supplies curling stone granite exclusively to the canada curling stone company which has been. Kays quarries these granites from ailsa craig according to a grant of exclusive rights from the marquess of ailsa. The ailsa craig common green granite is used for the body of the stone because its unique structure is more resistant to heat transfer it copes better with condensation and does not splinter after contact with another stone in play all of which badly affect blue trefor curling stones.

New stones are also available with blue hone inserts on both sides. Price based on 1 sheet of 16 stones and does not include handles. Even today 60 70 percent of all curling stones comes from granite extracted from alisa craig. Only two places on earth is said to have the blue hone or common green granite which has a low absorption rate and keeps water from freezing and eroding the stone.

Canada curling stone company has been producing stones from trefor granite since 1992 and supplied stones for the 2002 winter olympics. Remanufactured trefor granite curling stones with blue hone granite insert running surface and reprofiled strikebands. New blue trefor granite curling stones with blue hone granite insert running surfaces on one side and blue trefor granite running surfaces on the second side.