Done and Dusted!

Well, the banquet was held May 30th at the Parksville Legion. The Exec showed up early to do the set up and it was already done, decorated and just needed the addition of a centerpiece on each table.

With our freshly printed gaming license in action, new Director, Heath Mahoney, began our first official 50/50 draw, selling tickets throughout the dinner and beyond. The proceeds of this draw are being given to Karen Bannister, in memory of Pat Bannister. Terry Strawson stood and presented a toast to Pat at the start of the ticket sales. When the final ticket was sold there was a total of $470 to divide between one lucky winner and Karen. Mrs. Todd Burnham was asked to draw the winning ticket and she drew one of the dozens of tickets held by her very own husband. Congrats on winning $235 Todd, well worth the investment.

Starting off the party, Lorraine Paquette welcomed the sixty present, introducing and thanking the sponsors in attendance, before calling the first table to the buffet. Coastal Culinary Creations did not disappoint for a third year in a row, providing more than enough salads, main courses, desserts and coffee/tea. There were about half a tray of mashed potatoes left over even, no running low on spuds this year. The beef was delicious, tender and I got rare on request, which was very appreciated. The horseradish once again cleared sinuses and some may have seen Jesus for a moment after ingesting a tiny dollop. Good stuff!!

Once the dinner was finished, Lorraine stood back at the podium and raffled off half the door prizes.

Thanks to our donors and congratulations to the 23 winners:

Babes Coulter	Heath Mahoney	Lorraine Paquette
Carolyn  Potter	Jennifer (Renegades)	Pony Moore
Cheryl (Legion bartender)	Joanne Harrison (Renegades)	Poul Reimer
David & Arien Hood (Triples)	Joe Fortune	Rocky Paquette
Denise Tabler	Keith & Rica Reimer	Theresa Dyck (Renegades)
Donna & Ken Ermantrout	Larry McDonald	Todd Burnham
Faith Hamilton Thorne	Liz Vanheerwaarden

Trophy presentation took place mid-way through the door prize raffle, with trophies and medallions handed out to the following players:

DATE	TOURNAMENT	HIGH SCORE	HIGH OUT	RUNNER UP	WINNER
7-Apr-26	A Division Round Robin	Men's - Heath Mahoney - 171	Men's - Mike Beno - 93	Straight Arrows	The Renegades
		Ladies - Colleen Mahoney  - 123	Lorraine Paquette -  44
14-Apr-26	Mixed Doubles	Men's - John Coulter - 135	Men's - Heath Mahoney - 119	Larry MacDonald	Heath Mahoney
		Ladies - Magi Trenholm - 127	Ladies - Toni Crompton - 40	Magi Trenholm	Jolene Swanson
21 Apr-26	Bernie's Darts	Men's - Rob Clark - 140	Men's - Jim Hood - 69	Larry MacDonald	Terry Strawson
		Ladie's - Lorraine Paquette - 140	Ladies - Lorraine Paquette - 18
	Barb Hamilton	Men's - Poul Reimer - 135	Men's - Poul Reimer - 56	Mike Blouin	Anita Hopps
		Ladies - Anita Hopps - 97	Ladies - Anita Hopps - 48
28-Apr-26	Samson	Rob Clark - 140	Jim Hood - 84	Larry MacDonald	Terry Strawson
	Delilah	Lorraine Paquette - 132	Anita Hopps - 84	Michelle Gummeson	Anita Hopps
5-May-26	First Class Collision	Brody Jenkinson - 140	Rob Clark - 78	Rob Clark	Larry MacDonald
		Lorraine Paquette - 100	Lorraine Paquette - 34	Mike Beno	Terry Strawson
		League	Results
	Men’s High Score – over 140		League Runner Up:	League Winners:
	1.      Keith Reimer – 174		Eagles Hall Straight Arrows:	Rotor Maxx Renegades:
			Rob Clark		Lorraine Paquette
	Men’s High Out – over 80		Mike Beno		Thom Ford
	1.      Todd Burnham – 133		Ron Keast		Larry MacDonald
			Roy Neill		Terry Strawson
	Ladies High Score – over 140		Poul Reimer		Rocky Paquette
	1.       Sue Barry – 153		Shane Ovington		George Wallis
	Ladies High Out – over 80		Perfect Score - 180 Medallion
	1.      Denise Tabler - 96		1.   George Wallis
			2.  Terry Strawson

Once the final door prize was handed out, John Ladd, the sports director at the Legion got behind the microphone to thank us for patronizing the Legion and let us know just how much they appreciate us using their venue every week.

The group was free to stay and play darts, or head home with a full belly, which many did but the Hazzards lived up to their name and stayed to play darts, most of them, not all.

Music and darts went on until past 9:30, when I finally called it a day. Six and a half hours was a long time to be at the Legion, but it was a lot of fun and nice to see everyone one final time before heading off into the off-season.

Thank you to all those who attended, sadly we had 8 no shows, but we made up for it by feeding the Legion bar staff dinner as well. They thanked us very much for thinking of them.

All in all, it was a good time, with lots of fun and food to be had. See you next September.