The Bonsor Seniors Badminton annual year end party happened on November 17, 2017 at the Bonsor Centre banquet room.  This year we had 184 members attending, breaking last year’s record of 171. Mary Horton, the Bonsor 55+ Society president and Michelle St Jean, the 55+ program supervisor also joined us for the party.

In the morning, we had our annual Bonsor Cup tournament with 6 teams (72 participants) competing for a chance to have their names engraved on the cup.  After the tournament, they all came up and joined the rest of the members for lunch.

It was a huge undertaking with so many people attending.  Our volunteers began the preparation around 9am.  The party started around 12:30pm with our president Peter McConville, Mary and Michelle all giving a short speech.  We ordered lots of food from PriceSmart Foods.  Each person had a large lunch box, a shrimp spring roll, then rounding out with a delicious egg tart, some roasted chestnuts and a chocolate bar, also an apple for a healthy touch.  Almost everyone had leftover food to take home.  After the lunch, we continued with the medal ceremony, lots of pictures and of course the popular prize draw.  This year, we had many smaller prizes so more members would have a chance to win something.  We also raised $637 for the Maywood School socks fund, hopefully continuing badminton group’s tradition of giving the largest donation.

The party was a huge success and everybody enjoyed the food, the prizes and most importantly the company of their friends.  However, such a large event will not be successful without a lot of volunteers.  I would like to express my sincere appreciation to everyone who worked hard for this event.

Submitted by Caroline Young

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