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        Chase for the Cup






























           he  summer  season  of  golf  tournaments   a  beautiful  trophy  for  the  winners  of  the   truck at each of the golf outings in 2025.
        Tgot off to a rocky start with the Northern   tourney. We awarded this cup to an extremely   Overall,  it  was  a  great  day  of  golfing.
        Tour  at  Timberwolf  Golf  Club  in  Sudbury   energetic  group  of  championship  golfers.   Our  members  used  this  day  to  spend  some
        getting postponed until September 29th due   The  winners  were  Daryl  Hryciw  from  James   time  with  their  customers  and  build  their
        to flooding during the night before we were   Hardie siding, Stuart Pilger from Gravenhurst   relationships  with  those  special  people.
        to play. It is crazy that in a summer that has   HBC, Michael Bergman from Metrie and Cory   Thanks to all of those who joined with us.
        been very hot and very dry we had a date that   Rolston from Rolston Home Building Centre.
        was  a  problem.  The  manager  at  Timberwolf   Congratulations  on  being  the  inaugural   Southwestern Golf – Echo Valley Golf Club
        said that in the last 20 years it was the first   winners of the Sika Cup.  Our  early  September  date  with  the  Echo
        time he has had to cancel a golf tourney in the                           Valley Golf Club was not to be missed. While
        summer due to rain. The rain at Timberwolf                                those  driving  in  the  early  morning  hours
        had stopped by the time we were to tee off                                before  we  teed  off  were  nervous  about  the
        but by then the damage was done. The back                                 rain,  the  clouds  parted,  and  the  sun  shone
        nine holes at the club would have required a                              down.  A  huge  field  of  golfers  tackled  the
        canoe rather than a golf cart. We have made                               course at Echo Valley. The Sexton Group was
        it work and are excited to host the group on                              again the series sponsor for this beautiful day.
        September 29th. It is later in the year for golf                            Our  second  winner  of  the  Sika  Cup  was
        in Sudbury, but we have put our order in for                              awarded  to  the  talented  team  including
        nice weather this time.                                                   Metrie  stars  Michael  Bergman  and  Jason
           The  first  actual  golf  played  this  summer                         Bullock  and  from  Geerlinks  Home  Hardware
        in our Sexton sponsored tourney was at the                                Building  Centre  Greg  Temple  and  Adam
        beautiful Hawk Ridge Golf Club just outside                               McLeod.
        Orillia. While it has been dry, the course was                              We  tried  to  award  a  pickup  truck  again
        in  great  shape,  and  we  had  a  great  group                          with  no  success.  Our  partners  Driving  Force
        to  enjoy  the  day.  Our  board  member  Ken                             Fleet Solutions and PIB Insurance are anxious
        Forbes  of  Orillia  Trim  &  Door  did  a  great                         to see someone drive away in a shinny new
        job  of  helping  get  this  tourney  kicked  off                         ride.  Keep  practising  so  we  will  be  able  to
        correctly.  We had free ice cream supplied by                             present this to a lucky golfer.
        Stubbe and their ice cream trailer which was                                The  heat  of  the  day  was  minimized  with
        very tasty. Our best ball formats ensures that                            the help of the ice cream trailer from Stubbe.
        the  game  goes  smoothly,  and  everyone  has                            The ice cream was delicious.
        fun.  The  LBMAO  golf  tourneys  are  designed   We  also  tried  hard  to  give  away  a  truck   Like  the  earlier  Muskoka  tourney,  LBMAO
        to  allow  networking  with  your  customers   with  a  hole-in-one.  Unfortunately,  we  did   golf  outings  are  a  great  way  to  entertain
        and staff. We have many suppliers who bring   not have a winner, but we are trying to give   customers  and  staff.  We  find  that  spending
        their  customers  as  well  as  retailers  who   away a 2-year lease on a new pickup truck.     the afternoon with a customer is a great way
        bring  their  contractors  or  staff  for  a  great   We have partnered with Driving Force Fleet   to  build  a  bond  that  no  five-to-ten-minute
        afternoon of fun and a few laughs. We want   Solutions  who  offer  great  light,  medium   sales call can.
        everyone to have a great time and build those   and heavy truck sales and leasing as well as   Thanks  to  all  of  our  participants  and
        relationships.                       sales and leasing for cars and SUVs. Program   sponsors.  You  make  these  special  days
           New this year is the Sika Cup. Our partners   Insurance Brokers (PIB) has also joined with us   possible. If you missed it this year – make sure
        at  Sika  along  with  the  LBMAO  now  have   on this promotion. Our goal is to give away a   to mark your calendars early for next year.

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