Sunday, February 1, 2009

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!