St. Marys Legion hosts another successful mini putt during March break

Micheline Webb, Lily Webb and Arielle Coatts had a fun time golfing together over March break.

By Wendy Lamond

For the 10th year, the St. Marys Legion branch 236 hosted its annual 18-hole mini putt coarse.

The event was held over three days from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost to play was only $5, making it a very cost-efficient March break activity for families. Every year, the organizers will mix up some themes on the mini-putt holes. Due to the success of the knitted and crocheted poppy campaign in November, there were some extra poppies the organizers were able to use for one of the mini-putt holes.

Also, balloon artist Kate Gregg created an amazing balloon-themed hole full of creativity and colour. Gregg was also on hand to make balloon animals for the kids and Brenda Farr did the face painting.

This year, Ian Morton was in attendance representing the Stratford Sabrecats Track club. The Legion is a big supporter of Athletics Ontario. The club, which is based in Stratford, has approximately 120 members. Morton, who coaches, was at the mini-putt event showing some of the medals the club had won and was sharing information with mini-putters who may be interested in joining the track-and-field club.

As was the case in previous years, there was also food to purchase from the kitchen.

Organizer Tom Jenkins shared there were 197 golfers over the three days. Though they were hoping to reach 200, the branch was very happy with that number and is looking forward to seeing everyone again next year.