Lennoxville Pie Bonspiel

24 March 2019 at 17 h 11 min

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Lennoxville Senior Men's Bonspiel which was held between March 18th and 23rd featuring 28 teams vying for 2 trophies: A) The Global Excel Trophy: Germain Tremblay's Magog team defeated Yvon Labrecque's Cowansville team. In the picture (Global Excel Trophy): Back row from left to right: Team Cowansville: Yvon Labrecque, Jeff Bromby, Jean Paul Brillon, André Jean and Andrew McCulley trophy representative. Front row from left to right: Team Magog: Germain Tremblay, Yvan Lavoie, George Landry and Simon Beauregard (Photo : Courtesy of Allan Rowell)

Record Staff – The annual Pie Bonspiel took place at the Lennoxville Curling Club from March 17 to March 23, with local teams vying for the Nichol, Smith and Mooney trophies. Published in the Monday, March 25 edition of The Record.

The Mooney Trophy; Jocelyn Grenier's Sherbrooke team defeated Sebastien Boisvert's Lennoxville team. In the picture (Mooney Trophy): Back row from left to right: Team Sherbrooke: Jocelyn Grenier, J.P Tremblay, Evan Mooney trophy sponsor, Alex Bezin, and Marc Auclair. Front row from left to right: Team Lennoxville: Benoit Lessard sparing for Sebastien Boisvert, François Lacourse, Richard Frappier and Marc Boislard.

The Clarke & Fils Trophy; Luc Giroux's Bedford team defeated Ritchie Harnish's Thetford team. In the picture (Clark and Sons Trophy) : Back row from left to right: John Crease - trophy sponsor, Team Bedford, Luc Giroux, Marc Sasseville, Sylvain Desbiens and Pierre Foisy. Front row from left to right: Team Thetford: Ritchie Harnish, Norman Gagnon, Pierre Abran and Claude Nadeau.

The Nichol Trophy: Guy Doyon's Thetford team defeated Remi Verville's Sherbrooke team. In the picture (Nichol Trophy): Back row from left to right: Team Thetford: Guy Doyon, Joel Pouliot, Judy and John Nichol trophy sponsors, Jacques Sylvain and Claude Gagnon. Front row from left to right: Team Sherbrooke: Remi Verville, Josh Bronson, Dan Camber and Brad Lassenba.

The Smith Trophy; Matt McCrae's North Hatley team defeated Jamie Retchless' team from Lennoxville. In the picture (Smith Trophy) : Back row from left to right: Team North Hatley: Matt McCrae, Ethan Liebrecht, Peter Smith trophy sponsor, Ryan Bushey and Jeremiah Cox. Front row from left to right: Team Lennoxville: Jamie Retchless, Alec Cunnington, Kyles Gilles and Chad Lavoie

Eric Vallieres, president of Valmetal Group was the guest speaker

Claude Charron, Lennoxville President addressing the banquet.

Alfred Whittier, Lennoxville club member, was presented a special plaque as this year's Pie Bonspiel Honoree. This plaque was presented for his tireless work to establish one of Quebec's earliest wheelchair curling programs at the Lennoxville Curling Club.