Gong Hei Fat Choy!!  Chinese New Year came a bit early this year on January 22.  Bonsor Seniors Badminton group was delighted to have a celebration without any Covid restriction.  To celebrate the year of rabbit, we held a banquet dinner at Grand Crystal Seafood Restaurant in Crystal Mall.  130 people signed up for the event.  With the concerns of Covid still lingering, the attendance was slightly down this year.

This year, Mary Horton, our 55+ Society liaison, and the badminton group were delighted to have Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley as our special guest of honour.  It was Mike’s first time to join our event.  He went around each table, handed out red envelopes and took pictures with everyone.  I have never seen so many cell phones up taking pictures!  Later, some of the pictures were uploaded onto Mike’s Instagram and Twitter account.

We had 2 musical performances by our members: an Er-hu and a guitar performance.  After the guitar performance, Mike offered to sing a song with the borrowed guitar.  What a pleasant surprise and what a great impromptu performance!!!  The whole room just burst into cheers with everyone shouting “Encore” afterwards.

The food was absolutely delicious.  Mike enjoyed the food so much he stayed for the whole dinner.  And he really loved the desserts, baked tapioca pudding.

In all, everyone enjoyed the dinner and had a wonderful time.

Submitted by Caroline Young

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To celebrate Lunar New Year, the Open Art Studio prepared an art display shown in the Bonsor 55+ Lounge. The New Year theme artwork done by group members showed off a wide variety of medium including print making and Chinese painting. Hope you enjoy the display as much as we enjoy doing it.

Our group has also moved to the larger room in the north side of the building and our time has changed to 1:45 -3:45pm on Tuesdays. We are now able to welcome more members. Do drop by to visit if you are interested in our group's activities.

Goodwin Young

The Bonsor 55+ Open Arts Group was invited to participate in the Mulberry's annual ART WALK featuring the artistry of Burnaby Seniors.  The works on display showed an amazing amount of talent!  How wonderful to have an opportunity to show the public another example of how our seniors contribute to the community while keeping active and utilizing their talents in a friendly social environment.  New members are always welcome!

A competition was held last weekend for the Harvey Lee Trophy.  There was a full attendance the final day, starting at 10:00 am.  Dave Braganza was the winner, and Stan Ziolkowski was the runner up.  Dave Braganza also won the high break of the tournament with a 52 point lead.  Thank you to the volunteers and referees.

Glenn