And the winners are....

Our 2009 Pancake Breakfast and Poker Run was a success! We couldn't have asked for a better day weather-wise...warm, sunny and tons of snow on the ground. There were lots of people out having a great time.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!

The winner of the Children's Poker Hand was Maranda. Maranda went home with 2 adult and 2 children's passes to the Metro Toronto Zoo!

Maranda showing off her Zoo passes.

The winner of the Poker Run was Dann Wight of Scarborough who went home with $365! Congrats on that awesome 2 aces/2 kings hand Dann.

The 2nd place winner of the Poker Run was Roy Dewdney of Peterborough who recieved a gift certificate from the Bancroft Motor Inn.

From L to R - Roy, Bill Stapleton and Dann (with son)

The winner of our 50/50 draw for a total of $130 was Barb Dousett of Oshawa, congrats Barb!

We would like to say a huge thank you to our 2009 Poker Run sponsors. Please support these businesses when you are in the area, we couldn't have done it without them.

Jessies Restaurant - Ennismore
Bruce Metal Fabrication & Trailers - Peterborough
Dunford's - Havelock
Gateway Sports, Sleds & ATV's - Peterborough
Tinney Motors - Millbrook
Britt's Bar & Grill - Bewdley
Esso & All in One Pizza - Hwy 35/115 southbound
Rona Hardware - Port Hope
Don Oliver Excavating - Port Hope
Metro Toronto Zoo - Toronto
Peterborough Cycle & Sled Salvage - Peterborough
Todd Equipment - Millbrook
Bridgenorth Sports & Marine - Bridgenorth
Bancroft Motor Inn - Bancroft
Ennismore Enterprises / Bob Hamilton - Ennismore
Cooper's Fuels - Newtonville
Shirwil Consulting - Kendall
Oshawa Snowmobile Clinic - Oshawa
Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre - Peteroborough
The Keg - Oshawa

I took some random pictures of the day...enjoy :)

The breakfast line serving the pancake and sausage breakfast. President Bill and Rick plus a few other volunteers manned the table.

Sandra and Bob did a great job of taking care of all the sledders at the Registration table. Notice the great prizes? What awesome sponsors we had this year!! Please support them.

A few riders leaving for the poker run.

Thanks to everyone who made yesterday such a fun experience! Some of the volunteers that we didn't see but helped make the day possible:
Kevin for designing the poster (as well as posting it throughout the forest)
Grant & Ken who put all the signs up for the route.
Mike & Mike for cleaning up the signs after the poker run was over.
Ross for making us the amazing breakfast to serve to the hungry riders.
and of course Bill for all his hard work he puts into the GSC!

SUNDAY is GSC's Pancake Breakfast and Poker Run

Don't forget that this Sunday is GSC's Pancake Breakfast and Poker Run! It is sure to be great food, great riding and I hear some really great prizes!

Breakfast and Registration starts at 9am at the Ganaraska Forest Centre.

See you all there!!

Snow...Snow...Snow...

Wow, can we say SNOW?! On Sunday a group of 8 GSC riders headed to Long Sault Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club's Pancake Breakfast. It was a nice ride from the Ganaraska trails over to Long Sault's clubhouse where they served an awesome breakfast (getting us ready for ours in a few weeks! - Feb 1st...don't forget!!)

GSC Riders: Bill, Ken & Claire, Kevin,
Donna & Ron (new GSC members from BC), Rick & Shona

After filling our stomachs we headed back to the Ganny for a few hours of fun on the trails. Bill led the way of our 7 sled group taking the brunt on the freshly fallen, and still falling snow that he was plowing for us.

We had to stop a few times for Bill to find his sled under all the snow :)

Not sure that Kevin realized how deep it was when he decided
to park here but don't worry his Ski-doo made it out ;)

As a passenger I got the chance to really enjoy the
incredible beauty of the snow in the forest.
I took lots of pictures but I think this one is my favorite.

And of course we had Shadow (our mascot) and

Shirley waiting for us when we got back.

Don't forget...if you have some pictures or want to share your sledding experience, email us at gsc_blogger@yahoo.ca and we can post it on our blog. If you are having an event and want us to post it on our blog, also email us.

We will try and get posts up from the weekend and one mid-week with reports on how much grooming we have done, some safety tips etc. Please check back often. You can even subscribe to our blog and get emails when we put a new update.

Thanks for coming to check us out.

Welcome to our Blog!

Saturday was a beautiful day to be out on the Ganaraska Forest snowmobile trails. My name is Shona and I am one of the executive members of the GSC. My husband Rick and I headed out with Bill Stapleton (GSC's President) on the trails Saturday to check out the new signs and have a nice day sledding. As I was sitting on the back of our 2 up taking pictures of the beautiful scenery I thought about how nice it would be to have a blog for our members and visitors to our trails.

We will use the blog to update you on the events that are happening in our area, post pictures of our trails, volunteers and events. If you are out on the trails and want to let everyone know about your day or you take some pictures that you want posted, email us at gsc_blogger@yahoo.ca and we will add it to the blog.

Here are a few pictures I took on Saturday, enjoy!

Club President Bill and Vice President Rick showing off our new sign with map box. We have 3 new signs like this one throughout the forest. It includes the District 3 map also.

Following Bill on the trail (this is our new blog picture). Such a beautifully groomed trail, thanks to our awesome groomers!!

Mid-morning we stopped to have a chat with the Volunteer Trail Patrol Wardens. We really appreciate all our volunteers that help to keep the trails safe and fun for us all.

After a morning of sledding we headed to the Forest Centre where the Canteen is OPEN for business both Saturday and Sunday's from 9am - 4pm. The food is home cooked and very reasonably priced (the big bowl of chili and bun for $3.50 was awesome) ...make sure to stop in!

Here is Ross at the Canteen :)


and the final picture of the day is a reminder of the GSC's Poker Ride & Pancake Breakfast. Registration and Breakfast starts at 9am on Feb 1st at the Forest Centre. Don't miss out on the fun!!