Mini-putt’s 26th, Kinettes’ first brings lessons and rewards

The Greater Grimsby Open Mini-Putt may have earned a reputation as a great-time fundraiser, but for this year’s host it was a brand new event. After 25 years, the Grimsby Kinsmen Club handed over the reins and its support to the Kinettes when the men’s club wound down and closed the Grimsby chapter last spring.

“Overall, It was a fantastic day with an amazing turnout. We were fortunate enough to sell out. again, for 2023,” said event cochair Courtney Lee.

“Everyone came out and had a great time putting in support of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation. This year we were able to raise $10,040.”

Not that anyone was concerned with scoring in the event, Sicard RV’s foursome took home top honours for the third year in a row.

Long-time event chair Bruce Bond said the Kinettes did a great job for their first attempt at running the day-long event.

“We did it for 25 years and still learned something new to make it better every year, so they did great job. Yes, they learned some things and that’s how it goes. The miniputt is in good hands and we know the Kinettes will do the event proud,” said Bond.

As does Bond, Lee knows the event is only as good as participants and sponsors make it.

“We want to give a huge thank you to all of our amazing participants, everyone who donated and all our sponsors who supported the Grimsby Kinettes and the Foundation,” said Lee.

“We also want to thank our wonderful club for all of their hard work, and all of our volunteers who helped. The partici- pating bars made it happen - Rikochez, The Forty Public House, Judge & Jester, Grimsby Legion and Teddy’s. Without them, this would not have been possible.

We also want to give a special shout out to Simon at Teddy’s for everything he did, including hosting the delicious dinner and awards ceremony.

Most of all, thank you to the Grimsby Kinsmen. We are honoured to carry on this tradition for them,” added event co-chair Breanne Klassen.