The native of Broadview, Sask. The horse ankle bones — which were treated and painted by a local woman until she passed away recently — are all different shapes, sizes and weights and none bounce the same way. Some people in town are using uniformly sized plastic bones now that the only known supply of real horse ankle bones has dried up, but many people agree that the real bones are more fun to play with.
A bunnock set consists of 52 bones from the front legs of horses. The Macklin tournament boasts 48 courts where games occur simultaneously and use 2, bones from the legs of 1, horses.
Many of those bowling, tossing and hurling the bones were born in Macklin, married to someone from the town or have some other connection to the community. It gives the entire weekend a feel of a very large family gathering. RCMP officers bump up their presence in Macklin over the weekend and much of their time is spent reminding partying bunnock players not to walk around with open alcohol.
But most people behave. By Monday night, only 10 open alcohol tickets had been issued to tournament goers. The safe, family friendly atmosphere is increasingly important for a large number of players who grew up competing in the event and are now coming back with young families of their own.
It is a game played with the horse ankle bones, and was set up with a few bones that could be gathered from the dead horses the farming families had around.
Some people say that the game was originally played in a circle with the competitors standing in the middle throwing outward at the circle of bones. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again. This website uses cookies to personalize your content including ads , and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Afternoon Headlines. If any of these bones are knocked down a second time, it shall be placed 5 cm. In the event that one of these bones is knocked down a third time it shall be replaced where it fell.
If a bone beside a guard is knocked down at the same time as the first guard falls, the bone shall be placed 5 cm. The first guard remains down. A bone that has been thrown will remain where it stops until the completion of that end. Once the guards are down, no bones shall be moved prior to the completion of the end.
Once the end is completed all knocked down bones shall be removed from play. If, after a complete end, a bone is leaning on a downed bone, the umpire shall remove the downed bone unless both teams are in agreement. If the leaner remains standing, it shall be considered standing. The throwing order may be interchanged at any time during the game, but a player must throw both bones before the next player may throw. If a shot is declared foul, the shot is lost. Any fallen bones must be set up as close as possible to where they were.
If more than one game is being played, you must change ends and the winner throws first.
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