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    Ely Winter Festival Kubb Tournament 2019 Recap

    Brian RamseyBy Brian RamseyFebruary 13, 20191 Comment2 Mins Read
    Aerial photo of the Ely Winter Festival Kubb Tournament.
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    ELY, Minn. — On Feb. 9, 2019 kubb players gathered at Whiteside Park in Ely to play kubb for the Ely Winter Festival. There were teams from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Nimrod, and Thief River Falls in Minnesota and Superior in Wisconsin. It’s believed that Nimrod and Thief River Falls brought the weather with them because it was the coldest (-25 degrees) start since the tournament began five years ago. All together there were 15 teams and 37 players who braved the cold for the 9 a.m. start. Players were treated to “Handsome” Jim Powell’s wood heated canvas tent for a break from the cold. Participants were also give a swag bag, in which players found gift cards to tournament sponsors Insula Restaurant and J&L Hardware. There were also gifts from Potluck and Zups. 

    This year, the tournament used the Klassic system, and it proved to be a hit. After five 25 minute rounds, many teams took advantage of the Insula gift card and ventured there for the lunch break. Following lunch, teams were split into best of three championship and consolation brackets.

    The championship match pitted Choke Me Out Elmo (Ben Lancette, Tim Motzko) against The Shakies (Clint Childers, Andrew Thibodeau). Thibodeau and Childers took game one and it looked like they were going to take game two, but failed to knock over the king twice. This left a door open for Lancette and Motzko, and they capitalized and took game two. The third game was a real grinder. Eventually Choke Me Out Elmo took the king and became the 2019 Ely Winter Festival Kubb Tournament champions. Both first and second place finishers received a cooler and a gift card to local supermarket Zups.

    Pretty Nutz (Josh Carpenter, Andy Lancette) finished in third place, beating the Kubby Doos. Ely’s very own Wolves took home the consolation championship with a cooler and gift card to Zups of their own.

    Ely is a beautiful town that welcomes kubb to be part of their Winter Festival every year. Players are honored to be part of the festival activities. In addition to kubb, there was snow sculpting, a chili contest, kick sled demos, and fat tire bike rides in the the park.

    Photo of top three teams.
    Top three teams pose with their prizes.

    Final Results

    1. Choke Me Out Elmo (Ben Lancette, Tim Motzko)
    2. The Shakies (Clint Childers, Andrew Thibodeau)
    3. Pretty Nutz (Josh Carpenter, Andy Lancette)

    Consolation Winner: Wolves

    Brian Ramsey

    Brian Ramsey is a stay at home dad of three wonderful girls. He enjoys all sports, but got bit by the kubb bug in 2014. The thing Brian enjoys most about kubb is the people. Kubb On!

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