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Presented here for your reading pleasure are the top 5 (ok, numerically tied for first place) entries along with both the bartenders choice award and the curlers choice award.

Tie for first place (team Noble / Ardsley I):
Japanese golfers
expertly chip, however
spring means basketball

Tie for first place (team Noble / Ardsley I):
Autumnal winds blow
basketballs forcefully; they
chip Yoshino trees

Tie for first place (John Jackson / Columbus):
Potomac update:
Saturday festival starts
tournament hopes hit

Tie for first place (Eric Johnson / Columbus):
Collegiate teams fade
Japanese trees resurrect
Spring hits capital

Tie for first place (Andy Banfield / Team Banfield):
President nips guards
with surgical precision
Pittsburgh hope blossoms

The ever popular Bartenders choice (Pittsburgh I):
Brackets are my vice
Each spring, pure ineptitude
Screw it! Go Curl!

The curlers choice award (Amanda Marchitelli / Pittsburgh):
Bouncing down the ice
Should have bought a better sports bra
Ouch! Just got black eye

Contest Scoring: Each haiku will be given a score based on the scoring rules below. The haiku with the highest score is the overall winner. If there are multiple haikus with the top score, 3 first prize winners will be randomly drawn from a hat, no second or third place prizes will be awarded, and the entries not drawn will get a drink on the house. The Bartender's Choice Award is separate and is not affected by the scoring.

Points awarded:
+5 for using your curling term
+5 use your curling term in a non-curling way
+10 for each haiku if all team members write one
+10 for each three syllable word
+15 for a reference to Japan/Cherry Blossoms (Please underline reference.)
+15 for a reference to the NCAA tournament (Please underline reference.)
+25 for meeting all the haiku rules.

How to write a Haiku:
3 short lines
1 season word (can be a season name or word that evokesa season like icicle)
1 cutting word (the break in a line to convey moving to a new thought)
no rhyme or metaphor
17 syllables, 5-7-5

Curlers Choice Award
A free form haiku contest will also take place. For this contest, the only requirement is that the haiku follow the 5-7-5 syllable rule. The winning haiku will be chosenby the curlers via votes. Just post your haiku on the board. Read them aloud Saturday night; we're all eager to hear your masterpieces.