NationStates Jolt Archive

In the interest of increasing international competition in sport, the nations of Casari and Cafundeu are proud to announce an international match series featuring seven of the slightly less noticeable sports on the international scene.

Consisting of Bocce, Bowls, Ten-pin Bowling, Curling, Darts, throwing rocks at Windows, and competitive beer-sliding, the series looks to be relatively exciting compared to other international contests, opening the doors for competition in a number of different sports that don't see international competition at any level at present.

When asked about the competition, some old gentlemen playing lawn bowls at a seniors community said, "Well, if they're doing it, we might as well watch it- it's surely not as boring as the World Cup."

Indeed, in a number of areas trials to see who will represent Casari in the various sports are already taking place, particularly at various Curling clubs up in the mountains. Bocce and Bowls competitions are already scheduled to take place in Kominsky Park to find suitable players in those sports as well.

"We're confident that Casari will put forth a strong showing, and hopefully we can find more opponents for series such as these- and in other sports that we rarely get to see played at any high level," a Casaran member of the competition organizing committee said to reporters.

The series is expected to start in Cafundeu with Bocce, but venues and locations for many of the competitions are still yet to be decided.

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THE CAFUNDELENSE COMPETITIVE SPORTS ORGANIZATION PRESENTS
The CafuCasa Challenge - 7 highly competitive sports

Today, the Cafundelense Competitive Sports Organization (CCSO), responsible for the creation of many sports challenges in Cafundéu, announced that Cafundéu will host a challenge of 7 highly competitive sports against Casari. The news were commemorated by many sports addicts, who were wanting to see more competitions being held in the country.

The sports chosen for the challenge are: Bocce, Bowls, Bowling, Curling, Darts, Rock-Throwing and Beer-Sliding. When asked if the sports chosen were unpopular, the president of the CCSO, Dedé Mococa, said: "Less popular than American Football?" This phrase was decisive. Surely they were more popular than American Football in Cafundéu. In fact, Bocce, Bowling and Darts are very popular in Cafundéu (especially Bocce, Cafundéu has a big national Bocce competition).

Of the seven sports, Bocce is surely the one in which Cafundéu has the best players. Three pairs will compete in the challenge. One of them, of course, is the title holders of Cafundéu Bocce Association: Wagner de Alcântara and Vinícius Fantorras. Wagner de Alcântara, aged 112, is considered a legend in the sport. Playing since he was 61 (more than 50 years of career!), he is confident. Talking with a mixed language between Portuguese and Italian (difficult to understand and even more difficult to translate), he said:

"Bocce is my life. When I retired from work, I found in Bocce happiness. Found many other friends of my age. After the death of my wife, I promised that I'd try to win as many titles as possible, to make her proud. Cafundéu is good in this sport. These... (we weren't able to translate what he said, but these words probably weren't nice for the Casarans) ...Casarans can't defeat me."

His partner is a bit younger. Vinícius is aged 91. The CCSO will send the names of the other competitors later.

Bowls and Bowling are popular in Cafundéu too. Unfortunately, the number of professional players isn't so big. It's more common to see young players with few experience, who play just for fun. At least in Bowling there is a major competition, but Bowls have difficulties in this area, due to the popularity of Bocce (new athletes [retired workers] prefer to play Bocce rather than Bowls). In Bowling, the competition will be among pairs (in Bowls too). The pair Fágner Fagundes and Gustavo Melheiros Barros are very good, and are fighting for the individual title. Fágner said:

"We're practising hard for this competition. It'll be a good opportunity for us to show our talent outside to the foreigners. We are in this competition not just for the title, but for the experience."

Curling is Cafundéu's weakest point. The president of the CCSO said about this issue: "Yes, we don't have good Curling players, but we can surprise them. We will look at remoted villages to see if someone plays Curling well there." About Darts, the team is already complete, and will compose the best pub-players and some others that don't have other thing more important to do than to throw darts. "It's an interesting sport, very fun and competitive," said Denise Jovanelli, leader of the team.

The other two competitions are a surprise. A sport for kids, Rock-Throwing is popular in violent neighbourhoods. The kids love to throw rocks at their neighbours' windows. Many kids showed interest in playing this competition. When the CCSO said that the game would be played in an abandoned neighbourhood, some complained. "This isn't fun. I like to hear the complaints of the house owner when he realizes that I broke his window. It's nice!" Said a kid. The CCSO told the media that changes in the selected neighbourhood are possible.

And then comes Beer-Sliding. A difficult and challenging sport, will probably be one of the most disputed and exciting of the challenge, as both countries are famous for the number of pubs and drunk people. One of the biggest bars of Cafundó do Juta, the Zezinho Freeway Pub, will send its bartender to the competition. "In Fridays and Saturdays I have to deliver many mugs of beer in a short period of time. I'm more than ready for this competition," said Armelindo Siqueira Kissen, the bartender. The competitors will have to slide mugs of beer to the customers.

The CCSO will release the list of competitors later, but already sent the venues. "We wanted to do everything in just one city, but other cities complained, so four cities were chosen." The order of the competitions wasn't released too.

The venues:

Bocce - Club of Retired Lawyers, in Cafundó do Juta
Bowls - Tax Collectors' Association's Farm, in Abadia
Bowling - Palacete das Compras (a giant shopping mall), in Cafundó do Juta
Curling - Nordestão Sports Centre, in Dunboor
Darts - Ji-Pamena beach, in Lasft
Rock-Throwing - Barra Pesada neighbourhood, in Lasft
Beer-Sliding - Zezinho Freeway Pub, in Cafundó do Juta

The opening and ending ceremonies will be in the Praça Maior stadium, in Cafundó do Juta.

The CCSO said that the goal of the challenge is to unite the countries and to play healthy and nice games. After the competition, a party will happen. Something like this:

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Qazox would like to enter participants in the following disciplines:


Bowling - Frank "276" Wilmon and Lenny "3-finger" Hansen
Darts - Hank "Triple-20" Gregg and Kyle "Bullseye" Lefler
Rock-Throwing - Johnny "B&E" Gilbert, Regina "Crash" Reyenolds and Gary "no Nickname" Finch


As for the other "sports", we decline for the following reasons:

Bocce - (never heard of it.. No participants)
Bowls - (never heard of it.. No participants)
Curling - (sorry, the team only competes at the Olympic level)
Beer-Sliding - (We're melancholy drunks, so not participating)

(OOC: I know what Bocce is, but what is Bowls??)

The sight of small, heavy spheres flying through the air was common at Kominsky Park today, as a surprisingly large turnout showed up to compete in the Bocce and Bowls tournament to see who would be named to play in Cafundeu.

The winners of the Bocce portion, showing incredable style in blowing past their opponents throughout the competition, brothers Oscar and Ryan Ellonsi showed that they'll be bringing considerable talent to Cafundéu for the competition.

"I think we're being counted out, and that's just a bit disturbing, but we feel we're going to be quite competitive. We're not even risking a heartattack by walking out onto the field."

The other two pairs will be the second and third place finishers, Ryan Merciero and Arthur Caza, who lost to the champion brothers in the final match of the day, and Ari Danielson and Lori Ursan, the pair of 24-year-olds who made short work of their opponents in the Third-place playoff.

On the Bowls side, the winners were Greg Fox and Marcus Alliens, who've had a string of championship wins to their credit over the last 5 years. Following them to Cafundeu is Greg Simmons and Bill Walters, and Will Ferris and Terry Grant. Singles competitiors have yet to be named, however, but this is expected to be done shortly.

Up in the mountains, however, a Curling champion has emerged, those being the team from the North Prescott Curling Club. Team Captain Lucia Fitzroy was excited about the teams victory, saying, "We're quite looking forward to the competition, and hopefully we'll bring one home to Casari."

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Regrettably, we feel the need to inform the representatives from Qazox that at this time, this is a match series between the two nations, and thusly is not currently open for more signups. However, if interested, the various organizing bodies in Casari will happily organize and participate in a similar international series against Qazox (or any other nation, for that matter) in any sports they care to play.

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SELECTED ATHLETES FOR THE CHALLENGE MEET IN CAFUNDÓ DO JUTA

The CCSO (Cafundelense Competitive Sports Organization) released the list of the competitors for each competition. All the selected athletes travelled to Cafundó do Juta, where they could meet the other members of Cafundéu's team in a big ceremony (in the image above, a scene of the ceremony). There, they could drink, talk about their lives and ask to borrow some money from the richer ones. The team has people from different ages, genders, religions, blood type and so on.

The list is the following:

Bocce:
Pair #1 - Wagner de Alcântara (male, aged 112) and Vinícius Fantorras (male, aged 91).
Pair #2 - Miguel Di Collini (male, aged 77) and Francesco Radicci (male, aged 65).
Pair #3 - Ildefonso Plinei (male, aged 89) and Sabrina Rocha Plinei (female, aged 18 - great-granddaughter of Ildefonso).

Bowls:
Pair #1 - Antônio Washington (male, aged 67) and "Tufão Jr." (male, aged 53).
Pair #2 - Grazielle Pinheiro Dias (female, aged 41) and Fabiane Dic (female, aged 43).
Pair #3 - Muhad Samat Chimit (male, aged 70) and Dionísio Munhoz (male, aged 28).

Singles - The Players:
Muhad Samat Chimit (male, aged 70)
Antônio Washington (male, aged 67)
Tatiane Ernestín (female, aged 30)

Bowling:
Pair #1 - Fágner Fagundes (male, aged 42) and Gustavo Melheiros Barros (male, aged 38).
Pair #2 - Jeremias Medoste Júnior (male, aged 28) and Cristina Durban Medoste (female, aged 25) - wife and husband.
Pair #3 - Czian Nibidate (male, aged 83) and Jade Fuzhed (female, aged 30).

Curling:
Team #1 - Cacique Pajelança (male, aged 63), Peri Muriqui (male, aged 43), Araquém Muriqui (male, aged 55) and Catobá Jatobá (male, aged 27) - Team Name: Tribo Pajelança.
Team #2 - Anders Menin (male, aged 32), Feliciane Ribeiro (female, aged 32), Isadora Berdetine (female, aged 32) and Juliana Lopes Santana (female, aged 32) - Team Name: Os Trintões.
Team #3 - Ana Clara Assunção (female, aged 17), Ana Alice Viana (female, aged 24), Paulo Antunes Veiga (male, aged 45) and Hugo Menotti (male, aged 50) - Team Name: Leões de Pollvogarad.

Darts (five athletes):
"Toucinho de Porco" (male, aged 39)
"Pinguço Biruta" (male, aged 53)
Miriam Leite (female, aged 33)
Luiz Henrique Gimenez (male, aged 23)
"Carlinhos Fino" (male, aged 25)

Rock-Throwing (team of 5 athletes) - the athletes:
Marcelo Zoca (male, aged 11)
Magali de Sousa Nemel "Má" (female, aged 7)
Émerson Luz Sá (male, aged 13)
Laura Seroli "Laurinha" (female, aged 12)
Túlio Matador Perrone "Bambino" (male, aged 7)

Beer-Sliding (individual competition/3 bartenders) - the athletes:
Armelindo Siqueira Kissen (male, aged 52)
Fábio Gera (male, aged 22)
Ana Paula Novaes (female, aged 19)

The CCSO said that the first competition to be played (in the same day) will be Bowls (pairs competition 1st round), Curling (1st round) and Darts (1st round).

After that (probably in another day), will be played Bocce (1st round), Bowling (1st round) and Rock-Throwing (1st match of 3).

Only in the third time will be played Bowls (singles competition 1st round) and Beer-Sliding (1st round).

After that, the sequence of events will be the same, but with other rounds.

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Regrettably, we feel the need to inform the representatives from Qazox that at this time, this is a match series between the two nations, and thusly is not currently open for more signups. However, if interested, the various organizing bodies in Casari will happily organize and participate in a similar international series against Qazox (or any other nation, for that matter) in any sports they care to play.

The Qazox delegation, humbly requests to challenge the winners of The Cafundelense/Casaran throwing-things-at-other-things Challenge, in Bowling, Darts, and Rock-Throwing.

(ooc: I didn't know this was just between you two..)

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The remaining members of the Casaran roster for the upcoming challenge in Cafundeu assembled in Tyrellia today, as the group filed aboard a large red Casair airship for the trip abroad.

"We're quite excited for the trip, and hopefully we bring home a win." Lori Ursan said while boarding the ship, followed by the rest of the delegation what said most of the same things.

While underdogs in a number of sports, the Casarans should be favored in a number of events, particular the competitive beer service. "We drink plenty of it and we certainly aren't patient about it." A bar patron said to reporters.

With the competition starting soon, the event organizers released the complete Casaran roster for the series of events, including those determined through domestic tournament wins.

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Bocce
Team 1: Oscar Ellonsi and Ryan Ellonsi
Team 2: Ryan Merciero and Arthur Caza
Team 3: Ari Danielson and Lori Ursan

Bowls
Team 1: Greg Fox and Marcus Alliens
Team 2: Greg Simmons and Bill Walters
Team 3: Will Ferris and Terry Grant
Singles 1: Greg Fox
Singles 2: Marcus Alliens
Singles 3: Bill Walters

Bowling
Team 1: Lawrence Rolli and Ennis Farley
Team 2: Ethan Wright and Lorrin Ersarrin
Team 3: Anthony Urris and Anna Parrin

Curling
Team 1: North Prescott Curling Club- Brian Worrins, Henry Ostin, Megan Wellins, Lucia Fitzroy (skip)
Team 2: Lake Ostra Curling Club- Larry Windsome, Ty Donnington, Simon Anderson, Carter Dyson (skip)
Team 3: Redhill Highlanders Curling Club- Kelly Jarringson, Lucas Wright, Nick Franks, Roberto Heliia (skip)

Darts
Fred Roman
Tina Joslin
Felix Raan
Uri Rellison
Michael Vicari

Rocks
Tyrell Forrin
Scott Antor
Kyle Newman
Luke Costin
Lisa "Big Lisa" Rolkowski

Beers
Mike Tarrini
Parker Yonnis
Bradley Jenkins

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The competitions are expected to be broadcast on CBA Sport over the next few weeks.

CCSO RELEASES SCHEDULE

Remember: Order of competitions to be played are: Bowls (pairs), Curling, Darts, Rock-Throwing, Bowling, Bocce, Bowls (singles), Beer Sliding.

Then we return to Bowls (pairs), but in another round, and the schedule is followed like in the first round.

Now to the schedule:

Cafundelenses competitors appear first (on the left) and the Casaran competitors appear later (after the x, on the right)

Bocce:

Round 1
de Alcântara/Fantorras x Danielson/Ursan
I.Plinei/S.Plinei x O.Ellonsi/R.Ellonsi
Di Collini/Radicci x Merciero/Caza

Round 2
de Alcântara/Fantorras x Merciero/Caza
Di Collini/Radicci x O.Ellonsi/R.Ellonsi
I.Plinei/S.Plinei x Danielson/Ursan

Round 3
de Alcântara/Fantorras x O.Ellonsi/R.Ellonsi
Di Collini/Radicci x Danielson/Ursan
I.Plinei/S.Plinei x Merciero/Caza

Bowls:

Pairs:

Round 1
Washington/"Tufão Jr." x Fox/Alliens
Pinheiro Dias/Dic x Simmons/Walters
Samat Chimit/Munhoz x Ferris/Grant

Round 2
Washington/"Tufão Jr." x Ferris/Grant
Samat Chimit/Munhoz x Simmons/Walters
Pinheiro Dias/Dic x Fox/Alliens

Round 3
Washington/"Tufão Jr." x Simmons/Walters
Pinheiro Dias/Dic x Ferris/Grant
Samat Chimit/Munhoz x Fox/Alliens

Singles:

Round 1
Muhad Samat Chimit x Bill Walters
Antônio Washington x Marcus Alliens
Tatiane Ernestín x Greg Fox

Round 2
Muhad Samat Chimit x Marcus Alliens
Antônio Washington x Greg Fox
Tatiane Ernestín x Bill Walters

Round 3
Muhad Samat Chimit x Greg Fox
Antônio Washington x Bill Walters
Tatiane Ernestín x Marcus Alliens

Bowling:

Round 1
Fagundes/Barros x Urris/Parrin
J.Medoste Jr./C.Medoste x Wright/Ersarrin
Nibidate/Fuzhed x Rolli/Farley

Round 2
Fagundes/Barros x Rolli/Farley
J.Medoste Jr./C.Medoste x Urris/Parrin
Nibidate/Fuzhed x Wright/Ersarrin

Round 3
Fagundes/Barros x Wright/Ersarrin
J.Medoste Jr./C.Medoste x Rolli/Farley
Nibidate/Fuzhed x Urris/Parrin

Curling:

Round 1
Tribo Pajelança x Lake Ostra
Os Trintões x Redhill Highlanders
Leões de Pollvogarad x North Prescott

Round 2
Tribo Pajelança x Redhill Highlanders
Os Trintões x North Prescott
Leões de Pollvogarad x Lake Ostra

Round 3
Tribo Pajelança x North Prescott
Os Trintões x Lake Ostra
Leões de Pollvogarad x Redhill Highlanders


Darts: (schedule of a round is released when the previous round is played -
why? because as there are 3 rounds [and 5 players in each team], players with similar
performances will play each other during the competition)

Initial Confrontations
"Toucinho de Porco" x Tina Joslin
"Pinguço Biruta" x Michael Vicari
Miriam Leite x Felix Raan
Luiz Henrique Gimenez x Uri Rellison
"Carlinhos Fino" x Fred Roman

Second Confrontations
"Toucinho de Porco" x Michael Vicari
"Pinguço Biruta" x Uri Rellison
Miriam Leite x Fred Roman
Luiz Henrique Gimenez x Felix Raan
"Carlinhos Fino" x Tina Joslin

Last Round Confrontations
"Toucinho de Porco" x Uri Rellison
"Pinguço Biruta" x Tina Joslin
Miriam Leite x Michael Vicari
Luiz Henrique Gimenez x Fred Roman
"Carlinhos Fino" x Felix Raan

Rock-Throwing has 3 rounds. As Cafundéu and Casari have only one team, the same teams will play these 3 rounds.

Beer Sliding is an individual competition with 3 rounds. The number of mugs served will decide the champion.

(OOC: due to RL issues , day 1 will be composed of Bowls [pairs], Rock-Throwing, Darts and Curling)

DAY 1 - HALF OF RESULTS

Bowls (pairs) - Round 1

(game composed by 3 sets of 7 ends - results shown in number of sets)
(game winners in italics)

Washington/"Tufão Jr." 1.5-2.5 Fox/Alliens
Pinheiro Dias/Dic 0-2 Simmons/Walters
Samat Chimit/Munhoz 2-1 Ferris/Grant

[I]Casari winning by 2-1 after 1 round

Rock-Throwing - Round 1

(each kid can throw 10 rocks. Each window broken is worth one point. The
results of the worst 2 kids of each team aren't counted)

Cafundéu Team:

Marcelo Zoca OXOXOOXOOO 7
"Má" (Magali Nemel) XXOOOOOOXO 7
Émerson Luz Sá OOOOOOOOOO 10
"Laurinha" (Laura Seroli) OOXXOXOOOX 6 (result not counted)
"Bambino" (Túlio Perrone) OXXOXXOOOX 5 (result not counted)

Whole team 24

Casari Team:

Tyrell Forrin OOOXXOOOOX 7
Scott Antor OXOOOOOXOO 8
Kyle Newman OOOOXXXXOX 5 (result not counted)
Luke Costin OOXXXOXOOO 6
"Big Lisa" (L.Rolkowski) OOOXOXXOOX 6 (result not counted)

Whole team 21

Cafundéu wins first round

Day 1- Second Half

Darts - Round 1

(Scores in games won)
"Toucinho de Porco" 6-4 Tina Joslin
"Pinguço Biruta" 5-7 Michael Vicari
Miriam Leite 4-6 Felix Raan
Luiz Henrique Gimenez 4-6 Uri Rellison
"Carlinhos Fino" 1-6 Fred Roman

Casari leads 4-1 after 1 round

Curling - Round 1

Tribo Pajelança 2:10 Lake Ostra
Os Trintões 8:6 Redhill Highlanders
Leões de Pollvogarad 7:12 North Prescott

Casari leads 2-1 after 1 round

DAY 2 - HALF OF RESULTS

Bocce - Round 1

(a pair needs 12 points to win a game)
(game winners in italics)

de Alcântara/Fantorras 12-3 Danielson/Ursan
I.Plinei/S.Plinei 12-9 O.Ellonsi/R.Ellonsi
Di Collini/Radicci 12-6 Merciero/Caza

Cafundéu winning by 3-0 after 1 round


Beer-Sliding - Day 1

(bartenders have 2 minutes to deliver how many beer glasses they can.
Experts believe that the maximum that a bartender can deliver is 60 glasses
[1 for each 2 seconds])
(results in number of beer glasses)

Mike Tarrini (CAS) 48
Parker Yonnis (CAS) 44
Armelindo Siqueira Kissen (CAF) 43
Bradley Jenkins (CAS) 41
Ana Paula Novaes (CAF) 41
Fábio Gera (CAF) 38

Tarrini leading by 4 beer glasses

(OOC: Day 3 will happen only on 13/2)

Day 2- Second Half Results

Bowls (Individual) - Day 1

(Scores are in sets)

Muhad Samat Chimit 2:1 Bill Walters
Antônio Washington 1:2 Marcus Alliens
Tatiane Ernestín 1:2 Greg Fox

Casari leads 2-1 after first round

Bowling - Round 1

Fagundes/Barros 523:467 Urris/Parrin
J.Medoste Jr./C.Medoste 540:477 Wright/Ersarrin
Nibidate/Fuzhed 520:472 Rolli/Farley

Cafundéu leads 3-0 after first round

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After one round, Casari holds a narrow lead in the challenge with Cafundéu- but the situation is far more unstable than fans would like.

Leading in 4 competitions (Beering, both competitions in Bowls, Curling, and Darts), Casari's greatest lead is only 4-1 in Darts, the other competitions Casari holding narrow 2-1 or 5 glass leads- nothing to write home about.

In the meantime, two of Cafundéu's leads seem unassailable 3-0 numbers, requiring 5 of 6 runs in the final rounds to catch up. The picture seems slightly more bleak in rockthrowing, where the Casaran side will need two running round wins to take the competition.

"I think we still have a rather good chance." said Lucia Fitzroy, outspoken skip of the North Presscot Curling Club, said to reporters. "We're quite strong in the competitions we have a lead in, and I have a hard time believing that we would surrender that lead in the coming days. In the sports where we're behind, too I wouldn't count comebacks out- anyone at this level is bound to be good."

The second round will start after a short delay, during which the teams are intensely training, particularly Mike Tarrini, who has been serving drinks at an impressive rate to his Casaran teammates.

"They're good drinkers, and they're giving me quite a difficult training regimen."

DAY 3 - BOWLS(PAIRS) RESULTS

Bowls (pairs) - Round 1

(game composed by 3 sets of 7 ends - results shown in number of sets)
(game winners in italics)

Washington/"Tufão Jr." 2-0 Ferris/Grant
Samat Chimit/Munhoz 1-2 Simmons/Walters
Pinheiro Dias/Dic 0-2 Fox/Alliens

Casari winning by 4-2 after 2 rounds

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MIXED PERFORMANCES IN FIRST ROUND FOR CAFUNDÉU

The CCSO released small notes about its impression over the performances of Cafundéu in each of the sports:

Bowls - although the Cafundelense athletes are losing in this competition, the Casaran win wasn't so impressive. Most of the games in the first round were disputed, and the Casarans will have to show much more talent to have the final laugh.

Bocce - in this one, we were able to show superiority. The legend Wagner de Alcântara was simply amazing in this game, and the other two pairs showed that Bocce in Cafundéu is a serious thing. A good advantage.

Curling - we had to find our Curling players in very remote villages, so we don't know much about these teams. The results weren't the best ones, but it is still to early to tell if we made wrong choices.

Bowling - WOW! The Cafundelenses are simply amazing in this sport. The pins can't resist the power of our balls, our players have excellent skills. Usually considered a game to be played just for fun here in Cafundéu, this time we can see that we have Cafundelenses that play Bowling for passion, in a professional way.

Darts - ARGH! I know, darts are usually considered game for children here, but I really expected more from my athletes.

Rock-Throwing - I'm not proud to say this, but our kids are good in destroying the others' windows. There was even one kid that was able to hit all the windows! Incredible! Maybe if he joins the army, he can be very good at throwing grenades too!

Beer-Sliding - Cafundéu's bars and pubs are crowded every day (not much on Sundays, I must admit), especially on Fridays and Saturdays. So, our bartenders could have done a bit better. Well, there's always time for this, so I'm confident that we can react.

Day 3

Curling - Round 2

Tribo Pajelança 11-8 Redhill Highlanders
Os Trintões 7-13 North Prescott
Leões de Pollvogarad 4-12 Lake Ostra

Casari leads 4-2 after 2 rounds

Darts - Round 2

(Scores in games won)

"Toucinho de Porco" 7-5 Michael Vicari
"Pinguço Biruta" 4-6 Uri Rellison
Miriam Leite 1-6 Fred Roman
Luiz Henrique Gimenez 6-4 Felix Raan
"Carlinhos Fino" 4-6 Tina Joslin

Casari leads 7-3 after 2 rounds

DAY 4 - BOCCE/ROCKS RESULTS

Rock-Throwing - Round 2

(each kid can throw 10 rocks. Each window broken is worth one point. The
results of the worst 2 kids of each team aren't counted)

Cafundéu Team:

Marcelo Zoca OOOXOOOOOX 8
"Má" (Magali Nemel) OXXOXOOXOX 5 (result not counted)
Émerson Luz Sá XOOXOOOOXO 7
"Laurinha" (Laura Seroli) XXOOOOXOOX 6
"Bambino" (Túlio Perrone) OOXOOOXXOX 6 (result not counted)

Whole team 21

Casari Team:

Tyrell Forrin OOOOOOOXOO 9
Scott Antor XOOOXOOXOO 7
Kyle Newman OOOXXOOOXO 7
Luke Costin XXOOXXXOOX 4 (result not counted)
"Big Lisa" (L.Rolkowski) OOXOOOXXXO 6 (result not counted)

Whole team 23

Casari wins second round (1x1 draw after 2 rounds)

Bocce - Round 2

(a pair needs 12 points to win a game)
(game winners in italics)

de Alcântara/Fantorras 12-6 Merciero/Caza
Di Collini/Radicci 7-12 O.Ellonsi/R.Ellonsi
I.Plinei/S.Plinei 12-10 Danielson/Ursan

Cafundéu winning by 5-1 after 2 rounds

Day 4

Bowling - Round 2

Fagundes/Barros 472-460 Rolli/Farley
J.Medoste Jr./C.Medoste 550:494 Urris/Parrin
Nibidate/Fuzhed 485:498 Wright/Ersarrin

Cafundéu leads 5-1 after 2 rounds

DAY 5 - BEER SLIDING

Beer-Sliding - Day 2

(bartenders have 2 minutes to deliver how many beer glasses they can.
Experts believe that the maximum that a bartender can deliver is 60 glasses
[1 for each 2 seconds])
(results in number of beer glasses)

Round Results:

Mike Tarrini (CAS) 51
Armelindo Siqueira Kissen (CAF) 48
Ana Paula Novaes (CAF) 46
Bradley Jenkins (CAS) 43
Fábio Gera (CAF) 42
Parker Yonnis (CAS) 42

Results after 2 rounds:

Mike Tarrini (CAS) 99
Armelindo Siqueira Kissen (CAF) 91
Ana Paula Novaes (CAF) 87
Parker Yonnis (CAS) 86
Bradley Jenkins (CAS) 84
Fábio Gera (CAF) 80

Tarrini leading by 8 beer glasses

Day 5

Bowls - Singles

Muhad Samat Chimit 0:2 Marcus Alliens
Antônio Washington 2:0 Greg Fox
Tatiane Ernestín 0:2 Bill Walters

Casari leads 4-2 after 2 rounds

Day 6

Curling - Round 3

Tribo Pajelança 12:2 North Prescott
Os Trintões 8:14 Lake Ostra
Leões de Pollvogarad 2:15 Redhill Highlanders

Casari wins event, 6-3

Darts - Round 3

"Toucinho de Porco" 2:6 Uri Rellison
"Pinguço Biruta" 6:2 Tina Joslin
Miriam Leite 5:7 Michael Vicari
Luiz Henrique Gimenez 6:3 Fred Roman
"Carlinhos Fino" 6:2 Felix Raan

Casari wins event, 9-6

Day 7

Bowling - Round 3

Fagundes/Barros 513:477 Wright/Ersarrin
J.Medoste Jr./C.Medoste 535:476 Rolli/Farley
Nibidate/Fuzhed 526:451 Urris/Parrin

Cafundéu wins event, 8-1

DAY 7 - BOWLS (SINGLES), BOCCE AND ROCKS

Bowls (pairs) - Round 3

(game composed by 3 sets of 7 ends - results shown in number of sets)
(game winners in italics)

Washington/"Tufão Jr." 2-1 Simmons/Walters
Pinheiro Dias/Dic 0.5-2.5 Ferris/Grant
Samat Chimit/Munhoz 0-2 Fox/Alliens

Casari wins event by the result of 6-3

Rock-Throwing - Round 3

(each kid can throw 10 rocks. Each window broken is worth one point. The
results of the worst 2 kids of each team aren't counted)

Cafundéu Team:

Marcelo Zoca OOOOOXOOOX 8
"Má" (Magali Nemel) XOOOXXOOOO 7
Émerson Luz Sá OOOXOOOXOO 8
"Laurinha" (Laura Seroli) XXOOXXXOOO 5 (result not counted)
"Bambino" (Túlio Perrone) OOOXOXOXXO 6 (result not counted)

Whole team 23

Casari Team:

Tyrell Forrin XOOOOOOXOO 8
Scott Antor OXOOXXOXOX 5 (result not counted)
Kyle Newman XOOXOOOXOO 7
Luke Costin OOXOOOOXOX 7
"Big Lisa" (L.Rolkowski) XXOOXXXOOO 5 (result not counted)

Whole team 22

Cafundéu wins 3rd round

Cafundéu wins event by the result of 2-1


Bocce - Round 3

(a pair needs 12 points to win a game)
(game winners in italics)

de Alcântara/Fantorras 10-12 O.Ellonsi/R.Ellonsi
Di Collini/Radicci 12-8 Danielson/Ursan
I.Plinei/S.Plinei 8-12 Merciero/Caza

Cafundéu wins the event by the result of 6-3

DAY 8 - BEER SLIDING

Beer-Sliding - Day 3

(bartenders have 2 minutes to deliver how many beer glasses they can.
Experts believe that the maximum that a bartender can deliver is 60 glasses
[1 for each 2 seconds])
(results in number of beer glasses)

Round Results:

Armelindo Siqueira Kissen (CAF) 50
Parker Yonnis (CAS) 47
Mike Tarrini (CAS) 47
Ana Paula Novaes (CAF) 45
Bradley Jenkins (CAS) 42
Fábio Gera (CAF) 40

Results after 2 rounds:

Mike Tarrini (CAS) 146
Armelindo Siqueira Kissen (CAF) 141
Parker Yonnis (CAS) 133
Ana Paula Novaes (CAF) 132
Bradley Jenkins (CAS) 126
Fábio Gera (CAF) 120

Tarrini wins by 5 beer glasses

Day 8

Bowls (singles) - Round 3

Muhad Samat Chimit 2:0 Greg Fox
Antônio Washington 1:2 Bill Walters
Tatiane Ernestín 2:0 Marcus Alliens

Casari wins event, 5-4

In a hotly contested contest between Casari and Cafundéu, the competition wound to completion today, with Casari winning a narrow win in the competition, 4 events to 3.

"It was a hard competition- much harder than I thought it would be going in, and with a much higher intensity level that I had expected." Bowls player Greg Simmons said to CasariTV today. "At the same time, however, it was a truly exciting competition, and I'm happy to have taken part- many of these competitions could have gone either way, and we were quite lucky to make it out with a narrow win."

The Casaran wins- in Beering, Bowls, Curling, and Darts- were all much closer than the events won by Cafundéu- including an 8-1 demolishing in Bowling, which seems to reflect the attitude towards the sport at home. At the same time, Casari was the prohibitive favorite in Curling coming in (as was Cafundéu in Bocce), giving more proof that the nations expected to do well in events prior to the competition managed to come through on those expectations.

"I think this competition opens the field for many more in the future, and I don't think that's a bad thing at all."

As mentioned previously, Qazox wishes to Challange Cafundéu in Rock-Throwing and Bowling, and Casari in Darts.

Cafundéu accepts the challenge... who would scorinate?

Cafundéu accepts the challenge... who would scorinate?

Casari perhaps?