15
teams. 40 participants. Five states represented. Over $500 for
charities. 40 pairs of eyeglasses for Unite for Sight. Oh yea,
and a large box of school supplies for a refugee camp in Ghana.
That is what kubb can do, in one day.
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Welcome to the home of Wisconsin
Kubb. This is the home of kubb in the state of Wisconsin, U.S.A.
The yard game kubb was born in Sweden and is played throughout
Sverige. Still played primarily in the Nordic countries, kubb
is now played around the world with tournaments played throughout
Europe and now in the U.S.A. Two major goals of Wisconsin Kubb
are to help spread Swedish culture and to unite and foster better
and more meaningful relationships in our communities.
Kubb comes from a land where
summer nights are mystical and merge with the mornings and cloudless
winter days, with the sun low in the horizon, are blinding, bitter,
and at the same time agonizingly short. Many wonder about the
origins of this Swedish game, also known as Viking Chess. Where
in Sweden were the first throwing pins thrown at a kubb? Were
the Vikings the first ones to play kubb? Obviously, the answers
to those questions are unknown. However, it is easy to imagine
the first games of kubb being played with firewood or perhaps
scrap wood from a new barn. Perhaps the first kubb pitch was set
up in the deep, dark, stone covered, and troll-filled forests
of Småland. Or, perhaps the first kubb game was played in
a wind swept grassy area of Gotland or Öland in sight of
the raw and relentless Baltic Sea. Regardless, kubb, like many
of our ancestors, has traveled thousands of miles from a distant
and magical land, crossed an ocean, and now resides in Wisconsin.
Kubb
is for everyone. Let’s toss some lumber.
Kubb
förenar människor och skapar fred på jorden.
Kubb unites people and creates peace on earth.
August
02, 2008 - Eau Claire, WI
Fundraiser for: Aid Darfur and Girls on the Run
Information and registration now available.
32 team maximum
teams registered: 11 (WI, MN, IL, CO)
For all of you checking out this website from all over Wisconsin,
including Sauk City, Solon Springs, Westfield, Phillips, Milwaukee,
Washburn, Madison, and Appleton, you need to sign up. We need
to have the champion from the Badger State.
April 6th
On April 5th, we had a kubb
friendly planned in Eau Claire from noon to 2pm. A spring
day. The sun was out. Games were going until well past three.
Five pitches with games. A bluegrass band. Tons of kids. A Swedish
flag. Well over fifty people showed up. Two grills. A ton of
great food. And of course, endless kubb.
March 22nd
Like the Vikings we are, the Berserkers will be on the move
this summer. We will taking our kubb sets to the Rockford, IL
Swedish Historical Society's Midsommar
on June 14th and the Scandinavian Hjemkomst Festival
in Fargo-Moorehead on June 27-29.
January 20th
The Eau Claire Berserkers
and UWEC Foodlums
are hosting kubb friendlies on the first Saturday of each month
from noon to 2pm at Peace Park (across from Just Local Food
on 1st and Grand). The friendlies will consist of kubb and food.
They will not be tournaments, but consist of friendly matches.
If you are a rookie or if you are the world champion, if you
have a couple hours or only 15 minutes, regardless, you are
more than welcome. The grill is always hot and the lumber is
always being tossed.
