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CANADALAND

Canada’s Greatest Game (No, Not That One)

30 Jun 2025

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Do you know your hammer from your hanger?From the Netherlands to Japan competitors from around the world share one dream. To make it to the world championship of Canada’s greatest game. So for one day each year they travel thousands of miles to Tavistock, a small town in southern Ontario, to play the game the author of Anne of Green Gables loathed, the game so many of the rest of us love. They come to battle over the board, to play Crokinole.Our reporter, James Nicholson, calls it the Coachella of board game gatherings. So join James at the World Crokinole Championship.Reporter (James Nicholson) Caleb Thompson (Field Recording & Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher) Fact checking by Julian AbrahamPlay-by-play by Nathan Walsh of Crokinole Centre. Additional play-by-play from Garret Tracey of Tracey Boards. Special thanks to the World Crokinole Championship.Photo Credit - Andrew WhitfieldAdditional music by Audio NetworkWe’re doing a call-in show on Thursday from 12:00 pm-2:00 pm EST! Go to callinstudio.com/show/canadaland or phone in at 888-401-7056 to answer: How will you know if Carney’s agenda is actually working.Sponsors: oxio: Head over to canadaland.oxio.ca and use code CANADALAND for your first month free! BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/canadaland today to get 10% off your first month.If you value this podcast, Support us! You’ll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You’ll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch at our store, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you’ll be a part of the solution to Canada’s journalism crisis, you’ll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.   You can listen ad-free on Amazon Music—included with Prime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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