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Meat Cutting Competition
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Description:
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The Meat Cutting Competition is held in three categories, Ladies Very Experienced, Ladies Novice and Mens. The competition takes place on the first Sunday of Stampede.
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Rules
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All contestants must register prior to the competition.
Ladies Novice - Age 14 - 17
Ladies Experienced - Age 18 - 39
Ladies Very Experienced - Age 40 and over
Men's - Age 14 and over
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Tipi Raising Contest
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Description:
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The tipi raising contest continues to be a favourite sport among the tribes today. Evolving from moving camps to follow buffalo heards across the prairie or finding better hunting grounds in the foothills, a competition began, which was inspired by the pride of setting up camp quickly and properly.
Much older, but not unlike how the chuckwagon races emerged from the original chuckwagons racing to setup camp for cowboys driving cattle herds to market. In a sense, this could be considered the antecedent of chuckwagon races centuries seen here at the Stampede.
The Game:
Two teams compete at the same time. The tournament is a total point system, with each team partipating twice over the nine days of competition.
The game begins with each team of 4 in the "storage zone" where the tipi, pegs and pins, tipi poles and a 10'ladder are neatly placed on the ground. There are three judges each day.The head judge will select two other judges from the Village each day.
At the sound of the drum, each team will transport the tipi parts from the "storage zone" across the "racing zone" and into the "raising zone". Once inside the "raising zone", no part of the tipi can come outside the 30' "raising zone" or points will be deducted. If a pole falls into the audience, the team is disqualified.
After the tipi is raised, each member must cross the "1/2 time line" and the judge responsible for that zone will stop his watch. All three judges then inspect the tipi and award points for pole positioning, canvas fitting properly, pegs and pins placement and door and anchor rope placement.
Once the judges have inspected both tipis, the teams line up on the "1/2 time line". At the start sound of the drum, the teams disassemble the tipi and return it, as it was. When the team is finished and steps back across the "start/finish line", the judge responsible stops his watch. Points are then awarded for neatness and overall teamwork.
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Rules
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All Tipi Raising teams must register in the Village Office. A team is made up of four members of any age or sex. Three must be present at the start time for the team to proceed. No substitutions are allowed and if two are missing, the team cannot go.
All entry decisions will be made by the time and date of application receipt at the Village office.
Pegs must be driven into fresh ground.
Ladders are provided for pin placement and must be used.
Any damage to the tipi leads to disqualification.
ENTRANTS MUST BE AT THE PRESENTATION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THEIR PRIZES - NO PROXIES - NO EXCEPTIONS. PRIZE MONEY WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH ENTRANT INDIVIDUALLY NOT TO TEAM CAPTAINS OR OTHERS.
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Handgames
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Description:
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Handgames evolved as a form of entertainment, it is a game of deception and trickery.
Object: One team is in possession of a set of game pieces, usually bones or sticks. This team passes the game pieces amongst themselves and discreetly hides the games pieces with one of the members of their team. The opposing team then tries to guess who has the unmarker game pieces.
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Rules
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Straight pointing (no thumbs, sticks, bones etc)
No scarves, sleeves, blakets etc. Must show hands.
Ten (10) minute grace period allowed. If team does not show, they will forfeit the game.
Two (2) minutes to hide, two (2) minutes to point. Team will forfeit a stick if this rule is not followed.
Pointer must hold stick to indicate that they are the pointer.
No jumping bones.
2 - 4 players per team.
Protest decisions will be made final by the committee.
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