Welcome to the Official Christmas Eve Bowl Website.

  The Christmas Eve Bowl is played annually on Christmas Eve at the Clarenville Inn Field in Clarenville, NF.  Played since 1993, it is the third longest annual sporting event in Clarenville behind the annual the Dory Races and the Labour Day Slow-Pitch Softball Tournament.  It is one of few occasions throughout the year that brings old friends together.
 

The Rules

  The rules for the Christmas Eve Bowl are a little different from the NFL or CFL.  Each team is given 5 downs per offensive drive.  If a team cannot score a touchdown within 5 downs, they must either punt on 5th down or if the fail on a 5th down conversion they must surrender possession to the opposing team at the same field position.  There are no uprights, and consequently there are no extra points or field goals.  Teams are picked just before the game starts.  Depending on the number people, kick returning may be allowed.  Since there are no extra points, a touch down is rewarded with 7 points.  All calls on standard infractions are made.

History

The Christmas Eve Bowl was officially established in 1993.  All games, with the exception of Christmas Eve Bowl V in 1997, have been played at Clarenville Inn Field - known as 'Holiday Inn Hill'.  The field is known for its gentle slope downward from south to north and for its trees in the north end zone.  In 1997, Clarenville Inn Field was too icy to play on, so the game was relocated to the Ball Field on Tilley's Road.  A new soccer field is being developed in Clarenville, but most players would like to stick with tradition and keep the game at the Clarenville Inn Field.  The game summaries are listed below, unfortunately, we only began recording information in 1996, and didn't start recording the score until 1999.
 

CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL I	Christmas Eve Bowl I - 1993   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: N/A   Weather: N/A   Score: N/A   MVP: N/A		Christmas Eve Bowl VIII - 2000   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: Snow   Weather: Cold, strong winds   Score: Red 35 vs Green 14   MVP: N/A
CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL II	Christmas Eve Bowl II - 1994    Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: N/A   Weather: N/A   Score: N/A   MVP: N/A		Christmas Eve Bowl IX  - 2001   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: No Snow   Weather: Drizzle, fog, +8   Score: Red 35 vs Green 28   MVP: Adrian Cleary
CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL III	Christmas Eve Bowl III - 1995   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: N/A   Weather: N/A   Score: N/A   MVP: N/A		Christmas Eve Bowl X -  2002   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: Some Snow   Weather: Flurries, 0 degrees   Score: Red 42 vs Green 35   MVP: Brad Hiscock
CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL IV	Christmas Eve Bowl IV - 1996   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: Snow   Weather: Cold Temperatures   Score: N/A   MVP: N/A		Christmas Eve Bowl XI - 2003   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: Snow   Weather: Sunny, +3 degrees   Score: Red 28 vs Green 7   MVP's: Blair Benoit & Steve Mills
CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL V	Christmas Eve Bowl V - 1997   Location: Tilley's Road Ball Field   Field Conditions: No Snow   Weather: Cold, light winds   Score: N/A   MVP: N/A	CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL XII	Christmas Eve Bowl XII - 2004   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions:   Weather: +7 degrees   Score: Red 14 vs Green 7   MVP:
CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL VI	Christmas Eve Bowl VI  - 1998   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: Snow   Weather: Cold temperatures   Score: N/A   MVP: N/A	CHRISTMAS EVE BOWL XIII	Christmas Eve Bowl XII - 2005   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions:   Weather: -4 degrees   Score: Red vs Green   MVP:
	Christmas Eve Bowl VII - 1999   Location: Clarenville Inn Field   Field Conditions: Snow   Weather: Cold, moderate winds   Score: Red 0 vs Green 63   MVP: N/A

Photos

Christmas Eve Bowl IX - 2001

Christmas Eve Bowl X - 2002

Christmas Eve Bowl XI - 2003

Christmas Eve Bowl Alumni

The following people have at least played in one Christmas Eve Bowl.

Media Appearances

We also had a story, written by Steve Pretty, narrated on CBC Radio-1 in 2002.

    Last Updated: April 19th, 2006