Giles Family Trophies

Vishal, the 2019 winner of the  Alv Erlingsson Trophy,  after his stunning win against Emma at darts: Vish prevailed - despite Emma's constant changes to the target (number of points), and partly because she had some difficulty hitting the target (board)! The Trophy itself has been updated accordingly:

Well, here we are at (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend, so the competitions for the 2019 Alv Erlingsson Trophy have now ended. This year we were pleased to have (separate) visits by Ashley & Matt, and Emma & Vishal. An added bonus was that Joey was able to participate, in a limited way, in certain events. The adjudicators were impressed by the very high standard of play in all of the events, even though the number of sports that were included this year was down on 2018. This can be attributed to Sophie's absence in 2019! A selection of photos from the 2019 Games is now on the blog, here . And (oh yes!) we have a winner of the Alv Erlingsson trophy for 2019. It's Vishal Punwani. Congratulations Vish! The citation for the 2019 award, and other details, can be found on this page . 

We're well into summer here at the lake. The water temperature is sitting pretty steady at 26 degrees. Just a "heads up" that Matt and Ashley have booked a visit - they arrive on Saturday 10 August for a week. So - you had all better get into training. And this year you have Joey to contend with as an extra member of the family!

The adjudicators are pleased to update information about the "Eddie the Eagle" Trophy, for winter sports competitions, by announcing the winners for the 2018-19 winter season. Full details are available on the Trophy's page , and there a few photos here . Congratulations to the the 2018-19 co-winners, Chris Varley and Carol Giles!

Hi everyone! Well, the ice finally  cleared off the lake about a week ago - yes, truly! It was a long winter. However, the dock went out on the lake yesterday, and I even managed to stay dry, thanks to my new neoprene chest waders! Anyway, with winter now behind us, it's time for the award of the " Eddie the Eagle Trophy " for the 2018-2019 season. An announcement is imminent. Don't touch that dial!!

"Red" has suggested that we add relay snow shoveling as an event for the Winter Trophy: The Adjudicators think that this would be a fine idea: (17 November, 2018)

The adjudicating panel for the Alv Erlingsson Trophy is pleased to announce that the co-winners for 2018 are Sophie Hesling and Emma Giles. The citation for the award can be found near the bottom of this page . Congratulation to the recipients! The panel was most impressed by the energy and skill-levels of all of the participants, over a wide range of sports. The addition of kubb to our selection of competitive events was especially noteworthy. (Thanks, again, Ashley!) The 2018 plaque been added to the trophy: Some pictures from the 2018 summer events have been posted here . Contributions of additional photos would be appreciated so that these can be added over the coming days. A big "thank you" to everyone for making it such a great summer!