curling ...is based on a very simple idea - 

slide your stone along the ice and get it closer to the target ...

cricket ... involves two teams of eleven players - 

score more runs or lose less wickets ..

rugby ... is a team sport -

 fifteen players on one side and fifteen on the other - 

all at one time running or kicking a oval ball ...

chess ... is a board game for two players - 

with lots of funny named (wood/plastic/ivory) pieces -

 object: knock of the queen ..

lawn bowling ... teams of people - roll a larger ball - 

towards a smaller ball...

table tennis ... much like (big tennis) just with smaller paddles - 

balls and playing area ...

snow boarding ... needs snow: boards: sticks - 

sometimes hills: ramps and lots of flags ...

high jump ... athletes attempt to jump over a horizontal bar ... 

shotput ... more athletes - 

this time trying to throw heavy balls 

 cycling

the church bell rang: the Vicar wave the flag: 

the cyclist were on their way.

rowing

three canoes:

one red

one yellow

one blue

golf

Thomas the local village drunk: 

is the champion of batting rocks.