TMR 2003

Who would have thought that a small curling tournament could have raised over $85,000 in 5 years. Well that's where our total stands with the $25,000+ that was raised for this year's event that took place this past weekend at the TMR and Glenmore Curling Clubs. Almost 130 curlers took part in this year's edition of Kurling for Kids with all of the proceeds going to purchase a Video Fluoroscopy chair for the Montreal Children's Hospital and a fetal monitor for St. Justine's Hospital.

Once again this year we opened up the ice to the children in the morning and it was great to see so many kids out there having a great time on the ice. As well this year we were very lucky to have two celebrity teams join us for our event. The 2002 Grey Cup Champion Montreal Alouettes entered a team consisting of athletic therapists Scott Suter and Rodney Sassi, as well as all-star cornerback Baron Miles and 2002 Grey Cup MVP Anthony Calvillo ! Radio Station CJAD / Mix 96 also entered a team in our event consisting of Andrew Carter (who has been to the Brier on several occasions), Captain Rob Kemp, Jason Mayoff and Ed Cowell. Both teams had a great time and we hope to have them back with us next year.

Winners of this year's event at TMR included :
1st Place
Hog Tied - Bernie Brodeur, Robert Furtado, Kunal Saha and Robert Porco

2nd Place
Rolling Rocks - Tracey Strunga, Allen Lester, Denis Pare and Karen Belding

3rd Place
Sideshow Bobs - Fabian Latchman, Thomas Zorbas, Chun Tam and Paul Kotchounian

Raffle prize winners included :

• Pat Gaspar - Hitachi 50" Big Screen TV
• Barb Hynes - 1st Class Weekend in Toronto
• Kevin Burnett - Gym package
• Tony Torchia - Half day spa package
• Valerie Provost - Toshiba DVD Player
• Frank Mayer - Celine Dion Gift Package

Special prizes went out to our top 3 fundraisers as Sharlene Bogusz took home a MIX 96 / CJAD Helicopter ride, and Mark Bartholomew and Ankur Barthakur each took home a Unibroue gift package. A huge thanks go out to everyone involved in making this event the success that it was - especially to all of the people who raised money for the foundations.

Special Thanks go out to :

• All of the curlers and everyone who helped out for participating, raising money and making this event a phenomenal SUCCESS.
• Grant Wark and Ann-Marie Cochrane - for superb money-collecting duties Ann-Marie, Sylvie Sanschagrin, Nathalie Sanschagrin; for ensuring that we all had a great supper.
• Roger Gallant and Mitchell Segal - for barbecuing our delicious lunch
• CJAD/MIX Team - Andrew Carter, Rob Kemp, Jason Mayoff and Ed Cowell for attending our event
• The Montreal Alouettes team of Anthony Calvillo, Baron Miles, Rodney Sassi and Scott Suter
• Keith Lee and Laura Chong - for maintaining our website.
• Stanley Fong & RJ Awasthi - for taking care of the Glenmore Event and making it a huge success
• Yvan Nguyen & Lorne Greenberg - for taking pictures during the day (if anyone else has pictures, please forward them to me or get doubles and I'll reimburse you)
• T.M.R - for receiving us again at their new and improved curling facility and once again Greg Carlson for being there til the end
• STS Social Committee - for a very generous donation to both foundations
• Bernie Brodeur for his help in getting the Alouettes to participate
• Tatiana Aparicio and the MCHF for their help and generous prizes donations
• VIA Rail - for their donated prize of a 1st Class Trip for 2 to Toronto
• Teddy's Restaurant - for providing the delicious lunch and dinner
• Steve Bloomfield for donating the Canadiens hockey tickets for our raffle
• Bourbon Street West for the Comedy with A Cause night
• The non-curlers who collected donations for us - Ann-Marie Cochrane,Denis Drolet, Steve Barton, Stephen Machado and many others
• Everyone who stuck around after and helped with the cleanup - especially Derek Schaffer
• Everyone who purchased raffle tickets or donated money to our event.
• RJ Awasthi & Lorne Greenberg - for the score boards and scorekeeping

All of our sponsors -

Unibroue (thanks Yvan!), STS, Metropolitan Rust Proofing, Eggspectations, La Serenata, Litemor, Lori Feith Massages, Scarolies, Restaurant LeChambertin, Network Associates, Q92, Fairmount Royal York in Toronto, Bourbon Street West, Marlowe's, YMCA Downtown, Dagwoods, Heather Bond Massages, Terra Mare, CJAD / Mix 96, CHOM, American Express, Gerald Verghese of Primerica, AIG Global, Scotyz, Body Fitness.

And last but definitely not least, Carl Mainguy who has helped take this fundraising event to new heights. Thanks dude.