Free family fun in Braeside Feb. 11

Posted Feb 9, 2012 By Sherry Haaima

EMC News - If you're looking for a member of Braeside's male population over the next few days, you might try looking in the kitchen.

Male bakers are busily preparing their entries for the men's cake baking contest, a highlight of this Saturday's (Feb. 11) Braeside winter carnival.

The carnival kicks off with an all-you-can-eat shanty breakfast from 8-11 a.m. at the RA centre.

The cake judging is set for 10:30 a.m. with entries to be auctioned off to raise money for a good cause once the winners have been crowned.

Children's games, including a tug-of-war on ice, and free horse drawn sleigh rides, begin at 11 a.m.

A shootout competition will take place at noon at the Braeside R.A. Centre rink with prizes on offer in kids and adult divisions.

Prizes will also be awarded for winners of kids skating races, say organizers.

Timbits hockey is on the schedule for 1 p.m.

Then the more 'experienced' players take to the ice when the Geritol Cup Oldtimers Hockey gets underway at 2 p.m.

(There is a move afoot to revive the once fabled Braeside Cup hockey tournament, but later in the month.)

The carnival wraps up with a free public skating session beginning at 3 p.m.

A Days Gone By photo display courtesy of the McNab-Braeside Archives, trivia contest and face painting are sldo all part of the carnival fun Saturday.

For more information on the carnival, visit mcnabbraeside.com.

There will also be winter carnivals in Carp, Douglas and Dacre this weekend.

The McNab-Braeside Firefighters winter fun day will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 at McNab Public School.

Sherry.haaima@metroland.com