Gloria Wilcox Tournament a Wrap for This Year

Our  club held its annual  Gloria Wilcox Tournament this past week (September 17 & 18th) , under mostly sunny skies  and fairly fast greens.  Both the men’s and women’s teams were drawn randomly by the skips before the first morning’s draw.  This was a great way to “mix things up,” and have different people playing together, some  for the first time this year.

Over the course of the two days,  there was some incredible shot making on the green, by both the men’s and women’s teams.  In the end, It was the Rick Dolley,  Kent Card and Allan Watson  team which took home the hardware for the tournament for this year.  Coming in a very close second was the  team of Bob Ashton, Terry Nicholls and George Wallis.

Over on the women’s side, it was the team lead by Karen Perrin with Gerda Veld as vice and Linda Burgess as lead,  narrowly beating out  skip Carol Bucyk , Betty Nordick and Charlotte Squires  for the honours and first place for the Gloria Wilcox for 2025.

The top three teams from the men’s and women’s sides then met on the green to play for the coveted Salmon Can Trophy.  It was  Team Perrin up against Team Dolley on Green #1, Team Holland against Team Scott on #2 and Team Ashton against Team Bucyk on #3.  The scoring was done over 5 ends with the  total score determining  the winner.  In the end, the men reigned victorious with a margin of 17-6 for the final score.

Thanks to the kitchen and bar crew who  kept us fed and hydrated.  A gracious thanks goes out to the grounds crew, set up people, games committee, Joey Merrell, Chuck Benson who took over 200 photos for this year’s event, people who came out to watch the games and who cheered us all on from the gallery during the Battle of the Sexes.  In all this, we can’t forget to say thanks to the players who came out and were a part of this yearly event.  If I have missed anyone, my apologies.

Carol Bucyk