I was on a winning team for a local teen curling bonspiel back when I was in high school...and it was my first time curling EVER. The teams were organized randomly from all entrants and I just happened to get placed on a team where the skip was amazing and had trained under some major curling guy (he had even written a book on curling, if I remember correctly). Anyway, I'm not sure how much I contributed to our overall success, but in the end, our team came away with the top prize...bright red satin ski jackets and snow pants!