March 2024

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GoldToken's Monthly News


  • Past Issues of GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter

Did you know that you can go back and read old issues of the newsletter? The first edition was posted in January of 2005. It's fun to go back and see what was happening in years past. I was just checking out the March, 2014, issue and I was shocked to see things that happened 10 years ago but seem like they happened much more recently! The link is at the bottom of every newsletter: [ Main: GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter - Past Issues ].


Wishing you much luck and tons of fun!

--heyred72


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In this month's newsletter, we have:
Bulletpl Birthdays & Special Announcements
Bulletpl Photozone Competition
Bulletpl Discussion Boards in the Spotlight
Bulletpl Photo Album of the Month
Bulletpl Game of the Month
Bulletpl Club VS Club Tournament of the Month
Bulletpl Best Recipe Contest
Bulletpl Pony Up!
Bulletpl Up Front & Personal
Bulletpl Testimonial of the Month
Bulletpl Contest of the Month
Bulletpl Caption Contest
Bulletpl Icon Mania!
Bulletpl Shout Out!
Bulletpl Olympic News



Birthday cakeBirthdays & Special AnnouncementsOffering gift

-- Happy Birthday to Kiki on March 3rd! - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Solway Firth on March 5th! - From The Classic TV & Music Club & The Wolf Pack Club Offering gift
-- Happy Birthday to marshagee on March 6th! - From The What's Cookin' Club, The Word O'Rama Club, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club & { Club } - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to jessaroo on March 6th! Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Kat on March 6th! - From The Daily Laugh Club and from your sister wldndn - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to bookfox on March 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club The Friendship Club and The Daily Laugh Club - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to nasher on March 9th! Offering gift
-- Happy Birthday to stormy rebel on March 9th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club, The Lisa's Teddy Bear Picnic Club, The Wolf Pack Club - The Friendship Club - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Trsm149 on March 9th! - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to faith64 on March 11th! - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Jaybar on March 12th! - Offering gift
-- Happy Birthday to jamchug on March 14th! - Offering gift
-- Happy Birthday to Fieryvelvet on March 21st! - From The Prime Time TV Club - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Man of Steel on March 23rd! - From The Pork Chop Club & your wife B*Elanna! - Offering gift
-- Happy Birthday to sparkles43 on March 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Prime Time TV Club - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Cherie on March 26th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, The Friendship Club and The Scoop's Castle Club - Offering flower
-- Happy Birthday to Angelena on March 31st! - From The He's Alive Club,The Classic TV & Music Club , The Prime Time TV Club and The Daily Laugh Club - Offering flower


Anniversary & Other Wishes:

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary to Buddha and his wife Bride Groom on March 7th! - Offering gift
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary to dixiegal47 on March 12th from The Word O'Rama Club - Offering flower
* If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month, so we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! (Please keep all announcements upcoming and not belated. Announcements submitted after the newsletter is published, cannot be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)



Photozone Competition
Brought to you by: Photozone Zepher


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12 Scheherizade, with (unknown photo), is February's Photozone competition winner.
She won the challenge with 17 votes and will be awarded with a profile token. (unknown photo)

6 wgh came in 2nd place with 14 votes for (unknown photo). Offer silver token

5 robin50 came in 3rd place with 11 votes for (unknown photo). Way to go!!

Congratulations to all the winners and Thank you to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.

We had a total of Film RollFilm Strip GoldieFilm Strip 0Film Strip 5Film Stripend entries and 54 votes this month. Thumbs up

Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active. Hugging

2 You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link: Photozone Zepher's Album titled Numbers

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The theme for March's competition will be Lines:

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Brought to you by: LittleTree

Crafters' Fair - You might want to check out this board, if you haven't already, to see all the different types of crafts posted. Happy Dance

St Patricks Day (March 17th) and Easter (March 31st) contest

March Most Crafty Creation

Post an image of a craft related to St Patricks Day or Easter. It does not have to be something you have made. It can be something we could all try and make that you have found online.

Everyone that takes part will receive a participation token (unknown photo) and we will have two winners, one for each of the special days. The two winners can pick which craft token from the board that they would like.

Please post your selected craft pictures by Saturday 30th March. Offering flower The winners will be chosen by 2 polls on the discussion board, after the submission deadline.

Winners of the Most Crafty Creations

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sallypQuilting LionQuilling LionJoint 2nd
joenrondiEaster Craft Hand CutEaster craft hand cutJoint 2nd

Not only is it fun to look at all the different craft creations but a good place to get ideas, discuss or ask questions. sallyp is the new host for this board and would be happy to answer any questions you may have. So check it out and click the subscribe box to be informed of entries, discussions/questions, etc. Even if you don't enter any crafts, it's fun to see all the different creative ideas. And don't forget to vote for your favorite when the poll goes up. Thumbs up Crafters' Fair.

Holiday Profile Contest - The winners for the best profile for All Things Valentine for February are: **YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB and Meeshamouse. A lot of dedicated work went into these profiles and they look great!

The March theme will be St. Patrick's day St. Patrick's Day so there's plenty of time to decorate your profile page with leprechauns, rainbows with pots of gold, shamrocks or anything your imaginations can find. There are plenty of ideas/images out there on the web for you to find to help decorate. If you have any questions regarding how to go about it, the host PattyMac will be glad to answer any questions you may have.

Polls - The best poll this month, as voted on by players, was Hand on heart, no fibbing – are you wearing pajamas right now?! This one made us laugh (possibly, a little guiltily), for sure. Blushing It was submitted by mojodanielle. High five If you've got an idea for a poll, send a PM to the Pollmaster. Be sure to include several possible answers, along with your poll questions. Thumbs up


Other boards GoldToken provides for your enjoyment

Caption Humor
Crossword Puzzles
Cutting Board
General Chat
Goldie Story Contest
Holiday Profile Contest
Jest for Puns
Jokes Board
Paraprosdokian Sentences
Photozone
Photo Album Contest
Poetry Corner
Pony Up!
Puzzles and Riddles
TerryS's Contest Announcements
What's in Your Pantry?
Word Of The Week


Photo Album of the Month
Brought to you by: ladyvic

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The February theme was Flowers, and there were some beautiful albums

Contest Winner pepperbeach's Album titled Flowers Congratulations

2nd Place Contest Winner TaUrUsRoSe's Album titled Flowers Way to go!!

3rd Place Contest Winner PattyMac's Album titled Flowers High five

The March theme is: Funny Cats
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This will be lots of fun! Get your album together and post it on the Photo Album Contest discussion board
Please let me know if you need any assistance High five




Game of the Month

March's game of the month is Shake It Baby! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Game of the Month - Mar 2024 - Shake It Baby Tournament! Have fun

This variant of Shake Rattle & Roll has some interesting twists. There are only 3 dice in play, and some of the scoring categories include Three of a Kind, Odd Straight, and Rattle. Check out the Rules of Shake It Baby for more information.


We hope you enjoy it!



Club ~VS~ Club Tournament of the Month

March's game of the month is Ludocrous! Join us in a fun Round Robin Style Tournament by signing your club up today. Have fun Please notify PattyMac to join or post in the The Site Wide Club vs Club Tournament Club. Hope to see you there!



Best Recipe Contest

February's winner is: Peanut Butter Cake and Frosting

1 yellow cake mix
4 eggs
1/2 soften butter
1 cup water
1/2 cup peanut butter (can use a little more, if you like)

Frosting 3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup softened butter
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla


Mix all together for cake and bake in 13x9 pan (spray pan) at 350 for about 25 minutes or 'til done.
Mix frosting all together and spread on top of cooled cake. Very yummy!


GoldToken's * Sassy_Angel * will receive a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Silver and Wood members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Please send a big Congratulations to * Sassy_Angel *! Dancing

March's recipe contest is: "Something Green". The winner will be given a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Guests, Wood and Silver members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Rules:
  • Entries must be posted by the recipe guardian/creator on the Cutting Board DB.
  • Recipe must be original and have never been posted on the Cutting Board DB before.



Pony Up!
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Wishing all players a Happy St. Patrick's day. Happy St Pat's Day! St Paddys Dance

Our Pony Up players all posted their own personal valentine on the board and, while we had one special winner, ALL who entered won a Pony Up token! There were many heart touching valentines created. Tossing heart (right)

The Pony Up board also had players guessing how many M&M's were in a jar, with one player almost hitting the nail on the head, Head Bang so to speak. Congratulations Mignon came within 3 (count them, 3 !) M&M's! We had several players who also came pretty darn close.

Cowboy Riding a Stick Horse on in and see what March brings for Pony Up! contests. Good Luck

FEBRUARY WINNERS

Jools
HeartOnFire
Susie
hoot
eliphont551
gertess
**Lover of Darkness**
JanuarySnowAngel
* Sassy_Angel *
ladyvic
Mignon
Sundrop kid



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Up Front & Personal
Interview by: laura lee


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We would like to say Thank you to Pepper for letting us step into their personal life for a bit.


1. How'd you choose your name for GT?
  • Many years ago I won a "Jackpot" on a "Double Pepper" Slot Machine, shortly after that I joined GoldToken and became Pepper

2. What interests you most on GT? Do you have a favorite game?
  • The variety of games, club tournaments, meeting people from different places and making lasting friendships Hugging with most. GT is my home away from home. House
  • I like so many of the games it would be easier to ask what I don't like Laughing that would be "chess" Playing chessThumbs down my favorites right now are Tic Tac Stack GO BlankGO Blank and Hypergammon.

3. What state or country do you reside in? What do you think tourists should definitely see?
  • My home is Massachusetts, I've lived there since I was five, and in the same house!!
  • The City of Boston is about 1/2 hour away. There you will find many interesting things to see. Faneuil Hall for one, really good places to dine I'm Hungry with views of the Ocean SEASEA and the big ships coming and going. Ship

4. What hobbies do you have?
  • Making moves at GT is my favorite (unknown photo), I enjoy doing 1000 piece puzzles, enjoy playing my cd's while playing at GT, soft rock mostly, but I do like drums!!! Drumroll
  • Not one for crocheting, knitting or sewing of any kind. My motto has always been if you can pin it you can save it!!! Cooking, not so great at that (unknown photo)

5. Children? Grandchildren?
  • I now have 2 beautiful daughters, Twinkly Pink HorseTwinkly Yellow Horse both married, doing well and I see them often. Stopped driving about 5 years ago, but my girls take me to appts etc Red car
  • Four grandchildren: 2 Girls, Small Pink HorseSmall Yellow Horse one is a 4th grade school teacher, Chewing Fingernails the other an RN Nurse in the Emergency room, so proud of both of them Woot Woot!. One grandson, Small blue horse will be 21 this coming June, he works in demolition, Hammer that helps him keep out of trouble Laughing

6. Do you work? What kind of work do/did you do?
  • Retired

7. Any pets?
  • No, but I go play with my 4-legged grandpuppy a lot Walking a dog

8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Male or Female?
  • Over 50 Twinkly Pink Horse

9. Favorite food?
  • Besides (unknown photo), I'd have to say Prime Rib and Pasta

10. What's the farthest you've been from home?
  • British Columbia

11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be?
  • Las Vegas CARD DEALER

12. Favorite season?
  • Spring Bumble BeeGarden2

13. Favorite movie?
  • Lion King

14. If you could meet anyone (living or dead) in the world, who would it be?
  • Adam Lambert (living). My dad, he died when I was only 19
 
If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee

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Testimonial Of The Month
Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players

I heard about GoldToken many, many years ago by chatting to others in games. Like many, I was playing at www.itsyourturn.com, which had been about a while.
A few of us from those days started playing here due to the different choices of games, about 20 years ago I guess. Around that time another new site had started (brainking.com) which was growing fast. I preferred how clean & easy to negotiate it was & the owner was open to all sorts of new ideas. I spent a lot of my time playing there, helping out & trying to help improve it until a couple of years ago, when the site owner lost interest and nothing was happening to it.
A good friend of mine from there suggested coming back to GT, where he played a lot, so I returned. Many games have been added since I last played here, It's great to see.
My favourites are Cribbage & its variants, Reversi, Boats and Lines of Action & its variants, but I enjoy most games & will give anything a try, but being from the U.K., I stay away from word games here, I guess it's the dictionary lol. (side note: would love to see Amazons here). I am only in a couple of clubs, but do try to play in the Olympics.
Due to work commitments I can never guarantee when I will be on here though, but I do try at least once a day and am always up for a chat.

Regards
Mad_Monkey (Ian)



Contest of the Month

March's Contest of the Month challenges you to design the Best Club Banner! The winning banner will be given one full year to run! All entries will rotate with the other banners on top of player game sheets for 30 days from the day they are added to the system. The entry deadline is March 27th. A site wide poll will be posted for voting on March 28th. To enter, post a new, never before seen 800x90 or 200x200 pixel club banner on the Club Presidents DB along with the club number. Have fun

All top banners must be exactly 90 pixels high so the page does not bump up and down as each page loads.


Having trouble creating your own banners or lack a photo editing program? Try one of the free services on the net that offers free banner creation. Free banners created using these systems can be incredible and very professional. Here are a couple links to sites that provide this service, however, you you might wish to find others more suited to your taste and abilities by Googling "Free Banners". Thumbs up Then it is just a matter of uploading your banner to your accounts Banner system.

2 http://www.123-banner.com/
2 http://www.addesigner.com/
2 http://www.puresilvabannermaker.com/ Best Club Banner*_


We have a winner for the "Most Crafty Creation" contest!


Congratulations to mystori, who won with this gorgeous Tree of Life! If you haven't stopped by the Crafters' Fair board lately, you should go check it out and see all of February's entries and see what sallyp has planned for March. Smiling



Caption Contest

The Caption Contest winner for the February, 2024, newsletter is Clem3610 with:

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Let's clean you up before Mommy sees this!!

Congratulations Clem3610!
 

To enter March's Caption Contest, click on the image below and post your best caption.
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The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.



Icon Mania!
Brought to you by: GoldToken's Icon Fairy
Happy St Pat's Day! to all. There are two holidays this month. First St. Patrick's Day, and then, Easter. You will find St Patrick's Day name icons in Row 5. Easter is in Row 6. When St. Patrick's Day is over, I will fill those spots up with Easter. I hope you all have a joyous holiday season thru March. Keep Calm and Leprechaun Smiling

Be sure to check out the Icon Of The Day, as it changes periodically and is always something cool!!



SHOUT OUT!
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SHOUT OUT! to 123stephany - member since 2023. A proficient player of Polar Poultry and All Aboard and a member of various clubs, including the Olympics. Thank you for being a member of GoldToken 123stephany and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family! Group hug
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SHOUT OUT! to eagledaddy97 - from Kansas, member since 2010. A proficient player of numerous games here at GoldToken, including the Gammon games, Los Ochos and Cribbage. Thank you for sharing your picture in your photo album with us as it's always nice to see who we're playing. Thank you for being such a committed member of GoldToken and we're glad you're a member of our GoldToken family eagledaddy97! Group hug
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SHOUT OUT! to Darksyde - member since 2007. A player of numerous tournaments on GoldToken along with friendly games and very multiskilled at most games. Thank you for being such a dedicated member of GoldToken and we're glad you're part of our GoldToken Family! Group hug


Olympic News
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Brought to you by: GoldToken's Olympic Presidents
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The Upper Division of the Hypergammon (3 Point) Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 2 Tournament
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Gold & SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics GrannyPatty Memorial ClubKlaus11
Gold & SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial Clubnw2425
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial ClubDavidJ

The Upper Division of the Dominoes Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial ClubTrueIndian
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial Clubloudpedal
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial ClubTemplater

The Cromagnon Holdum Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial ClubDocMartin
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics Lisa Marie Memorial Clubgolfnutrof
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics BettyAnn Memorial ClubAndrewB
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial ClubHenryJaimes
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial ClubKingpinjt

The Lower Division of the Small Chinese Checkers Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
Small Chinese Checkers
GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics GrannyPatty Memorial ClubKlaus11
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial Clubbengt
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics BettyAnn Memorial ClubAndrewB

The Lower Division of the Salvo Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 3 Tournament
Salvo
Gold, Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial Clubbengt
Gold, Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Lisa Marie Memorial ClubOddie
Gold, Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial Clubstinky_malinky

The Lower Division of the Tabula Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
Tabula
GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial ClubTrueIndian
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics Lisa Marie Memorial ClubTimeBomb
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial ClubBuddha
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics BettyAnn Memorial Clubjagpnny

The Large Stacking CrossDowns Scatter Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 5 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial Club(steelbound)
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics Lisa Marie Memorial ClubOddie
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics GrannyPatty Memorial ClubmacBruck

The Lower Division of the Nackgammon Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 3 Tournament
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Gold & SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics BettyAnn Memorial Clubbrodie_bruce
Gold & SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial ClubMORRIS
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial ClubOartkickel of the Wolf Pack

The Upper Division of the Muggins Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Mystery Games Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics BettyAnn Memorial ClubMad_Monkey
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial ClubHolly
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Peachy Memorial Clubstinky_malinky
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial ClubTian-Xian

The GoldDots Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 2 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial Clubwallywalter
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial ClubMORRIS
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial ClubJacob1987

The Upper Division of the Senet Competition in The 2023 Summer Olympics Group 1 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Summer Olympics dingbat Memorial ClubPoint01IV
SilverThe 2023 Summer Olympics Lisa Marie Memorial ClubOddie
BronzeThe 2023 Summer Olympics Aprildawn Memorial ClubDavidJ


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The Gami Competition in The 2023 Winter Olympics Group 3 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Winter Olympics catlover Memorial Clubheyred72
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics Grimsweeper Memorial ClubAndrewB
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics SHARRON Memorial ClubHamsarnie

The Tiny Havannah Competition in The 2023 Winter Olympics Group 6 Tournament
Tiny Havannah
GoldThe 2023 Winter Olympics catlover Memorial ClubPoint01IV
SilverThe 2023 Winter Olympics Nina Memorial Club1karlos
BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics SHARRON Memorial ClubHamsarnie
BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics Grimsweeper Memorial ClubTrueIndian

The Advanced Division of the Tourne-case Competition in The 2023 Winter Olympics Group 5 Tournament
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GoldThe 2023 Winter Olympics Wild Horse Memorial ClubHillbilly
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics catlover Memorial Clubgravyrun
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics Cruiser Memorial ClubMary
Silver & BronzeThe 2023 Winter Olympics Nina Memorial ClubPamelak

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Wanted

  • Do you have a special story, poem or testimonial you would like to share? How about some club news, announcements or any other special events? Then don't delay, send GoldToken's Newshound your submissions today! We look forward to hearing from you! Smiling
** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **

Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter (unknown photo)? Our winner last month was Gilbertei. Congratulations to her for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken's Newshound. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game and win 5 Golderos,so you will only be eligible to win the Coin Hunt once every six months.


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