There are plenty of traditions around the holidays, whether they be those involving family or community.

In Yellowknife, there has been one tradition that involves both family and community and it continued at the Yellowknife Curling Centre on Dec. 26.

The Koe Family Boxing Day Bonspiel once again hit the ice that day and it was another sellout this year with 18 teams taking part, said Lynda Koe, the eventSA国际影视传媒檚 organizer.

This yearSA国际影视传媒檚 champions was Team Cotterill, made up of skip Aaron Cotterill, Brynn Ostvik, Matthew Johnson and Leanne Elchyshyn. They won all of their games and ended up atop the standings with the most points to capture the coveted championship trophy.

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The bonspiel runs under modified rules, while still keeping within the proper parameters of the sport. Each team plays four games and each game lasts four ends. The scoring system is made up in a way that rewards teams for playing well with points awarded for the score in each end, points for winning an end and points for winning a game.

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Koe said among the full compliment of teams were at least three new ones and thatSA国际影视传媒檚 always a bonus for the curling centre.

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The business community also stepped up big, she added, with around two dozen businesses donating prizes of some sort for the day.

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As for the champs, Elchyshyn said they will SA国际影视传媒渁bsolutelySA国际影视传媒� be back to defend their title in 2024.