Decked out in red and white, the men and women of the Niagara-on-the-Lake celebrated Canada’s birth one day early, with some fun and games on Tuesday.

The day kicked off with the nine-hole and 18-hole women’s leagues holding a joint scramble and fundraiser for Newark Neighbours.

On the course, Yolanda Henry, Carroll Baker, Jane McCrossan and Ellen Smith topped the leaderboard with a score of 3-under 33 over nine holes.

Second was the foursome of Maria Townley, Sharron Marlow, Joan Maida and Chris Walker with 35.

In third place with even-par 36 was the team of Tracey Peters, Ria Rosenberg, Penny Green and Penny Bannister.

Nine-hole league prize winners were Sue Sherk (longest drive) and Sharon Allen (longest putt), while Peters had the longest drive and Judy Mantle sank the longest putt among the 18-hole league players.

The day’s festivities raised $200 for Newark Neighbours with a 50-50 draw.

The Tuesday Woofs league followed with its own patriotic nine-hole scramble, with golfers getting a different look at the course as they had to play from the yellow forward tees.

In all, 18 teams comprised of 71 participants took part.

Top dogs were the team of Jeff Jacques, Stephen Fraser, Brian MacIntyre and Simon Gardner who shot 6-under 30.

Right behind in second were Jim Meszaros, Jeff Brookhauser, Charles Swanepoel and Grant Williams at 5-under 31.

In third spot were Brian Ridgeway, Todd Watson, Russ Phipps and Paul Chapman, who combined for a score of 4-under 32.

Watson was the sharpshooter on the day, winning the prize for closest to the pin on #4.

In the Monday business women’s league, Mary Beccario led all players with 42 to win low gross.

Other winners were: Ashley Boyle (longest drive on #1), Margie Churchill (closest to the 150 marker on #2) and Holly Anderson (longest putt on #7).

Elizabeth Duc was closest to the pin on #4 and Mary Taylor was closest in two shots on #9.

The popular Thursday men’s league was rained out for the second straight week.