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Posted: Jan 28, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 28
Students compete in the 2019 Traditional Games Championships hosted by the Aboriginal Sports Circle NWT.(ANGELA GZOWSKI/Aboriginal Sports Circle NWT)
The N.W.T. s annual Traditional Games Championships is gearing up for a less-than-traditional year.
Typically hosting around 200 student athletes in Yellowknife to compete in Arctic Sports and Dene Games, the Aboriginal Sports Circle NWT announced there will be no travelling for the competition this year, with games instead taking place in the students respective communities. Traditionally, we get all the students and athletes, [and] coaches who come to Yellowknife and we do a big event, said Carson Roche, events manager with the Aboriginal Sports Circle. Unfortunately, we can t do it this year.