With everyone seemingly eating everything in sight on Dec. 25, itSA国际影视传媒檚 nice to know thereSA国际影视传媒檚 one event happening the following day where you can work off all of that turkey or whatever meat product you ate on Christmas.
ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 the Koe Family Boxing Day Bonspiel and the latest edition of the fun tournament happened as scheduled on Monday at the Yellowknife Curling Centre. A total of 18 teams battled for the big trophy. In the end, it was the Naugler family SA国际影视传媒� Ben, Adam, Tara and Tom SA国际影视传媒� who walked away victorious. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 the first time the family has won the event as a unit.
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The tournament format sees teams split evenly into one of two groups based on competitiveness. ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 so teams stay as close together as possible in terms of skill, and that continues on as teams win or lose their games. Each entry was guaranteed three games and each game consisted of four ends as opposed to a regular game of eight or 10 ends.
The scoring system is different as well SA国际影视传媒� in addition to earning points for having the closest rocks to the button, points are also given to a team that wins an end, along with points for winning a game outright. Whichever team has the most points at the end is declared the winner.
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To ensure no team is stacked, each entry must have one junior curler and one curler with little to no experience playing the sport. In the latter case, thatSA国际影视传媒檚 where Ben Naugler came in as heSA国际影视传媒檚 the only one of the four who doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 curl on a regular basis.
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Because of that, Tom Naugler said they may have to find a new non-curler to play next year when they defend their title.
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Lynda Koe, the eventSA国际影视传媒檚 organizer, said this was the 24th year that her family has been hosting the event.
She said the community support was wonderful again this year with plenty of prizes donated by businesses around town.
With a bit of luck, she added, next year will be the 25th year for the family playing host.
