A toast to the Mini Mardi Gras

24 February 2019 at 18 h 39 min

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Sisters Carol, Barb and Jill Guthrie raising a glass at the Sherry Party, held Friday evening as part of the Mini Mardi Gras bonspiel held at the Lennoxville Curling Club. They sponsor the Doug Guthrie Memorial Trophy in honour of their father, a former curler who contributed a great deal to the club. (Photo : Matthew McCully)

By Matthew McCully – Over the weekend the Lennoxville Curling Club hosted the 51st edition of the Mardi Gras women’s bonspiel. According to Josée Rourke, who helped organize the event, the club decided to try a doubles tournament this year. In total, 16 doubles teams (teams of two women of all ages) from Magog, Sherbrooke, North Hatley and Lennoxville participated in the event. A new trophy (C Event) was introduced this year, sponsored by the club in honour of wheelchair curler Johanne Poulin who passed away recently. Also, the Doug Guthrie Trophy (B Event) became the Doug Guthrie Memorial Trophy in memory of Doug who passed away this summer. See full story in the Monday, Feb. 25 edition of The Record.