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BONSPIELS IN CANADA Although Bonspiels originated in Scotland the most notable tournament in the world nowadays is The Brier , the Canadian Men's Curling Championship (senior division). For Canadians (the world's premier curling nation), this tournament equals or nearly equals the importance of the Olympics and the World Curling Championship. BONSPIELS IN SCOTLAND In Scotland itself outdoor bonspiels are now very rare: due to Global Warming most lochs which formerly hosted bonspiels now rarely freeze over, for example Loch Earn . The word '' Spiel '' {Link without Title} (Scots: ''game'', ''match'', ''competition'') is sometimes used on its own to refer to an informal curling game, for example ''parish spiel''. BONSPIELS ELSEWHERE New Zealand Curling bonspiels are held regularly (when ice conditions permit) in the Maniototo , part of Central Otago in the country's South Island . The region is one of the few to have conditions suitable for outdoor curling, and is doubly suitable due to Otago's original European settlers mainly being from Scotland. Several artificial and natural lakes around the towns of Naseby and Patearoa provide good conditions, on average every second or third year. LIST OF NOTABLE BONSPIELS
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