The Poinsett Pounders14th Annual Governor's Winter Games January 14-16, 2011

Highlights of the 2011 Winter Games

Let the Games Begin

Governor's Winter Games were held January 14-16 at Lake Poinsett and the Outskirts Lodge.  Friday started out with the KWAT Pounders fishing Tournament on Lake Poinsett.

Huge crowd enjoyed the free hot dog and chili feed Saturday that was offered from 11AM to 2PM.  

Safety Course
Saturday there were eighteen participants that took part in our annual Safety Course.  The instructors were Anna Smith and Dug Weelborg   Each participant received a Poinsett Pounders stocking cap.

Scott Erstad won the vintage snowmobile award

Kitty Kat timed event for kids 5-10 years old
Fifty boys and girls participated in the Kitty Kat Snowmobile Races.  The girl with the fasted time was Delaney Tangen from Bruce.  The boy with the fastest time was Jake Sprang.  They each received a first place trophy.  The remaining participants also received a trophy for participating.

Family Ride

Family ride took place on Saturday afternoon traveling to Hayti and back to Lake Poinsett where we stopped to enjoy our Annual  fireworks.

Fire works 2011
Thanks Nathan-Great Job!

Fireworks video

Big Bucks Poker Run   

Sunday began with registration for the Big Bucks Poker ride.  We had over 800 poker hands, riding in or on anything available, as long as you  could get from one stop to the next.  The big winner for the day was Scott Kindt from Volga  taking home the $3,000.00. Brandon Dossett from Sioux Falls was the second place winner collecting $500.00. Our third place winner taking home $250.00 was Nathan Metzen from Sioux Falls. Joe Moeller from Bryant took home 4th place for $100.0

Drew Casper from Lake Preston won the $100.00 for making it to all 15 stops. 

                            
          Z-120 winner Jon Larsen from Brandon, SD        

We received this thank you from the 3rd place winner:
Just wanted to say thank you for putting on the poker run today. I came up with my Dad and a buddy from Sioux Falls and we had a great time! It is very well run and all your hard work and volunteer hours definitely shows. Thanks again and we will definitely be back next year. Getting 3rd place ($250) was great too!                                                                                                                                                                           Nathan Matzen

                    Thank you to everyone that supported the Poinsett Pounder activities throughout the weekend,
              it is very much appreciated.