newsJun25 | PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain

Next Meeting: June 19th

Collingwood Legion
Member's Guests are Welcome

June Speaker: Terry Geddes - Health and Wellness Village.

June 2025 Newsletter

President's Message

The PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain continues to experience a very active and successful start to the summer season and finally everyone can get outside to enjoy the warm weather.

It’s an exciting and worrisome time to be a Canadian with so many events happening on the international stage that have a direct affect on our country. The threat to our sovereignty is still very real but gets buried underneath the avalanche of bad news coming from the US and Middle-East. However the attacks on the Canadian economy posed by illegal and unjustified tariffs are resulting in plant closures in the steel, aluminum and auto sectors. People ask what can be done about the tariffs effect on our economy? Canadians have responded with four concrete actions including:

Not buying US made goods and produce
Not travelling to the US
Reaching out to the EU and for new trading relationships and
Fast tracking the development of oil and gas pipelines, deep water tidal ports and critical metals mines.

As you read this President’s message the effects of the G7 meeting in Kananaskis and the massive “No Kings” protests, google it, across the US will have happened. It is hard to predict what lasting impact these events will have but one thing is for sure that it is a very volatile time for Canadians.

The month of June has seen a great response from our members to paddling, biking and hiking events with strong support from the activity leaders. In particular, paddling on Lake Eugenia led by Dave Hambley, hiking led by Carl Wintermeyer and biking led by Dennis Onn, Richard Rood and John Kutcy were very successful. Two annual events, the biking BBQ at Emmet Weatherhead’s home and Duntroon Highlands Golf Tournament, led by David Thomson, were smashing successes.

Regarding our new membership drive we are starting to see some results from the Collingwood Today article and from referrals from members. Our best success always comes from word of mouth and I continue to ask all members to bring guests to our monthly meetings.

Importantly, as the Legion will no longer be providing a lunch service we have booked a reservation at the Iron Skillet for lunch and hope you can join us after this months meeting. Looking forward to seeing you June 19th .

Michael Coward
michael.coward@gmail.com

June Guest Speaker

SPEAKER Terry Geddes

Subject: Health and Wellness Village

Former 3 term mayor of Collingwood
Former Warden of Simcoe County
Former Director of the Crown Corporation Great Lakes Pilotage Authority
Principal SCDSB former
Chair of the Collingwood Blues Hockey Club

Email FAQ

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Activities/Outings

Golf Tournament

We wanted to share some highlights from the fantastic Blue Mountain Probus Golf Tournament we hosted on Thursday at Duntroon Highlands. It was truly a memorable event filled with fun, laughter, and a bit of friendly competition.

Everyone had a great time, whether they were skillfully navigating the course or playfully losing balls. The day was peppered with nostalgic stories of past golfing prowess, reminding us all of the good old days when we were once formidable golfers.

I've attached a few pictures from the event that capture the spirit of the day. I hope you enjoy these snapshots as much as we enjoyed creating the memories!

The winning team was Bill Patrick, Bob Little, Bill Mulock and Carl Wintermeyer. Longest drive was won by Dale White Closet to the pin was won by David Butterfield

Click on Image for a larger rendition.

King's Wharf - Grease

Be sure to check the details here or on the Calendar for this annual outing. August 28th.

Yes, Christmas is Coming!

We are excited to announce that our annual PROBUS Christmas Lunch will be held on Wednesday December 10, 2025. This year, we have a fantastic new venue – the Alpine Ski Club. Please make a note of this change in location from previous years, as we want to ensure everyone has ample time to adjust their plans accordingly.

We look forward to celebrating the festive season with all of you in this beautiful setting. More details will follow, but for now, please save the date!

Cycling Group

Blue Mountain Downhill Ride & BBQ.

Cycling Schedule

Paddling Group

Paddling information on the Activities/Paddling page.

Paddling Schedule

Hiking Group

Hiking informations on the Activities/Hiking page.

Hiking Schedule

Ski Legends UPDATE

St Anton, Austria, February 5 - 14

Sun Peaks

Ski Legends Membership 2025-26

Hello Fellow Probus Blue Mountain Members.

Ski Legends has announced its ski trips for 2026.

Judging from the interest and excitement at the Legends year end breakfast these trips will go fast so, if you are interested, make sure you get your new2025?26 membership. The application is on the Ski Legends website https://probusskilegends.ca/

PDF copies of the flyers are attached.

St Anton, Austria, February 5 - 14
Sun Peaks, BC, February 25 - March 4
Ski Legends membership application for the 2025/26 is also attached
Online Trip Applications will open on Wednesday, May 21 at 6 pm.

(They will not be available before this time.)
More details will follow soon on the Legends website: https://probusskilegends.ca/

QUESTIONS? Email the trip organiser at legendsskitrips@gmail.com

And lastly, all participants must be PROBUS members and members of PROBUS Ski Legends for the coming season.

Enjoy the remaining ski days for this season!

Monty

PROBUS Travel Group

The GPTG committee has established the first trip for 2026 which is Morocco, and it should be popular, as it is third on the list of favorite places to travel in the world, rated by Conde Naste. We are presently working on Japan as a destination, as it rates #1 destination in world travel. We are also working on Victoria BC. The trips for 2025 can be found on our GPTG Probus Canada webpage, gptg.probuscanada.ca

Lunch Group

The new go to place in Collingwood! Chucks Roadhouse. Apparently business is booming and it’s no wonder. They are still staffing up, but we were well treated. Rib special on Wednesday, and as always cheap beer. Next month, St. Louis upstairs, the best patio in collingwood.

Bridge Group

The Kitchen Bridge group continues to meet the first and third Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. at the legion. Great relaxed camaraderie.

We welcome all who have an interest in the game of bridge -- whether a beginner or expert.  Play commences at 1:00 pm but, if you cannot come until later, come anyway. We will fit you into a game throughout the afternoon.

George Powell georgegpowell@gmail.com

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