Event: 5th Annual Vancouver Island Poker Run For Camp Shawnigan
When: August 23rd 2014 Weekend - Based on the timing it is possible to attend the Poker Run and dinner on the Saturday only and be back on the mainland that evening.

Meet and greet with dinner and a cruz - Friday 22nd evening
Poker Run with banquet dinner at Mt Washington - Saturday 23rd all day.
Brunch and cruz back to Victoria - Sunday 24th.

Where: Starts in Victoria at 9:00am and ends at Mt Washington in the beautiful Comox Valley approximately 6:30 with dinner and awards to follow.
What: The Vancouver Island Poker Run for Camp Shawnigan is an annual event put on by the Vancouver Island S2000 owners. The proceeds of this event go to a very worthy cause in Camp Shawnigan, a summer camp for disabled children. Sending a child to this specialty camp cost parents over $2,300 per child. Help me to send as many children as possible to summer camp. Here is a link provided to me by Camp Shawnigan (BC Lions Society Easter Seals) outlining the good work that they do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiU3Mz2cVcoMy

Easter Seals Camps


What is a Poker Run? Since I have been asked I thought I would basically explain a Poker Run and how it works.

A Poker Run is a rally that doesn't have anything to do with speed. Everyone starts from the same location and either travels as a group or single and heads to a common ending point (in our case Mt Washington Resort in the Comox Valley). Along the route there are checkpoints that each vehicle must get to. You are supplied with a detailed map but none of the locations are hard to find. For those that know the island they can take off as a single or as a group and head whatever way they wish. Those that don't know the island and want to have more of the scenic tour can go with another group that will have some local owners and we will take the ocean routes to the checkpoints.

At each checkpoint will be a deck of cards. Each car selects a card. If you don't like the card you get, you can pre-purchase "mulligan" tickets which allow you to exchange the card at the checkpoint and return the card you first selected. Mulligan tickets are purchased at the start of the event and you can only purchase 3 tickets. Of course you "draw" a card you don't get to see what it is until after you have it in your hand.

Once you get to the finish you should have 7 cards. From those cards you make the best Poker hand you can and submit it to the event people. We have a nice sit down dinner at Mt Washington Resort (last year was Carved Roast Beef and Chicken Cordon Bleu with a great selection of salads and other nice things). During the dinner you are encouraged to purchase tickets for the silent auction items with all proceeds going to Camp Shawnigan. After dinner we award the silent auction items and we then award prize money to the 1st, and 2nd, and 3rd place card hands.

After that we have the bar and the facilities until midnight.

Most of the participants will stay on the Mountain in various accommodations that are available. Participants of the Poker Run do get a special rate on the Mountain. It is also possible to attend the festivities and still make it down to Nanaimo to catch the ferry to the mainland, should staying overnight not be an option. The next day we normally cruise back to Victoria as a group stopping someplace for lunch. This year it is proposed that we may include a further 'sight seeing' tour further up the island, before making our way back.

Any questions, don't hesitate to PM me or fire me an email at dave.donovan@elocas.com

Thanks and I hope you can make it out to this worthwhile event.

Face Book Event Page: 2014 5th Annual Vancouver Island Poker Run for Camp Shawnigan

 

Update:

4 weeks left to register and pay, if you haven't already done so. Full payment not required till first week of August, but you should register now. There are Less than 25 spots left.

Pure Audio, Madman McKays, The Honda Way in Abbottsford, the Wickertree, SHC Autographics, NvUS, Island Detail, all adding sponsorship.

I'm getting excited..., hope you are to. Stay tuned and in a few weeks I will list some of the donated raffle item for this year.

To date we have: 75 cars registered representing 130 people attending.

Cars include:

92 R32 GTR
red rx7
02 acura rsx type s
2008 Hyundai Tiburon
1993 Stanced Civic
2014 Nissan GT-R Black Edition
2013 Hyundai Genesis Cupe
94 Integra GS-R
1990 300zxtt
2013 Mazda 3 Hatchback
1990 honda civic
2001 Acura Integra Type R
95 Eagle Drift Talon
Concept Ford Fastiva
96 Honda Accord
350z
2009 mercedes benz c300
95 bmw is
1993 Nissan 240sx
2013 Hyundai Genesis 2.0T
2005 BMW 330 ci
1990 Nissan 240sx
2013 Scion FR-S
2003 350z
2002 Miata
2002 Acura RSX type s
1989 Honda CRX
2001 ford Mustang Gt
1994 fd rx7
2005 Honda S2000
1995 Nissan 240sx s14
1998 wrx sti type r
1998 Honda Prelude Type SH
1992 Acura Integra GSR
2013 Genesis 2.0T R-Spec
1990 BMW 325i
1990 Honda CRX Si
2014 Genesis 2.0T R-Spec
04 toyota celica gt
1992 Acura Integra GSR
2008 Mitsubishi Evo MR
Honda S2000
1992 turbo civic si hatch
Acura TL
95 Acura Integra GS-R
2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
1991 240sx
2012 Mitsubishi Evolution GSR
2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart Sportback
2004 Nissan 350Z
2012 Lotus Evora
2002 acura rsx type s
1992 toyota aristo or 1995
acura integra
2006 Honda Civic Coupe
1992 Nissan 300zx n/a
Nissan 350z