ROSENORT, MB

After years of bitter rivalry between the two Mennonite megalopolises, a grand Dutch Blitz tournament will forever determine who are the better Mennonites Winkler and Steinbach will send their best Dutch Blitz players to Rosenort, a site that was chosen because of its central location and neutrality.

“We’re sick and tired of all Steinbach-Winkler hostility,” said organizer Pattie Berg of Rosenort. “So we decided it had to be settled. And what better way to do so than have people sit around in a circle and frantically slap each other on the back of the hand?”

Dutch Blitz competitors have been training for months, working on speed, manual dexterity, and pain tolerance.

“I’m going to bring this one home for the Pembina Valley,” said Winkler resident and Dutch Blitz phenom An

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