Call it the corniest event in town! The Irish Volunteer @ Buddy’s had its annual Charity Cornhole Contest last Saturday as 16 teams battled for the title: The ‘Stache Hawks won two official hockey jerseys from KHL team Kunlun RedStars. The top four teams also won wine donated by CHEERS and Ponty. Given a wet day following Beijing’s first snow, the event was held indoors in the IV’s long and narrow front area. A perfect fit!

Thanks to the Hockey Guys (BIIH) and Irish Volunteer for the good times–and for supporting Maovember since year one. To the RedStars, CHEERS, Steve Northcott and George Smith, among others, for tournament and silent auction prizes. And to all of the teams as well as to Jen Ambrose for bidding rmb500 for naming rights to one of them: KesselMania.

Saturday’s event raised 83,490 mao (8,390 rmb) for Maovember’s 2019 partner The Library Project. The hockey guys raised a further 43,000 mao (4,300 rmb) by selling 50:50 tickets and beer from league sponsor Boxing Cat, for a total of 126,490 mao (12,649 mao). And it was great to have Library Project founder Tom Stader attend and play in the tournament!

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Maovember focuses on quirky events for good causes. Our 2022 partner is Library Project, which has furnished thousands of reading rooms in rural schools. Learn more about Maovember here. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.