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Photos: Chattanooga Skillet Curling Championship

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Competitors line up. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Competitors line up.

By Photography by Matt Hamilton March 1, 2021 1 min read

An annual event hosted at the pop-up ice skating rink at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, this competition sees who can toss skillets the farthest down the ice in a benefit for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.

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Chattanooga Skillet Curling Championship

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Trent Hollis, of "The Outsiders" team

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Felipe Olveira, with the "Souther Slingers" team

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Ben Mattson, with team "The Heavy Stones," uses a broom to smooth the path.

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Landis Zehrung, of the curling team "Exile," prepares by smoothing the ice with a broom.

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Ben Mattson uses a broom handle to measure the distance of the skillets.

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Paul Wenz, of the skillet curling team "Skillet Billies"

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Eric Emery, with team "KFC"

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Chattanooga Brewing Co.'s Phil Harris calls the next teams to the ice.

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Alayna Smith, of the "Curl It Like Beckham" team

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Nathan Long, with the "Southern Slingers" team