Kegs took a crafty turn for cats at the Comox Valley Curling Club in late March, as the Battle of the Breweries Keg Curling raised thousands for a Valley cat organization.

The club raised $2,000 for Cat Advocates Teaching & Saving Society March 22-24 through fundraising activities over the weekend, including donations at the door, $5 for anyone in the building to enter the keg curling draw to the button contest, 50/50 draws during the Gladstone Brewing Pros and Joes Funspiel, donated beer from Ace, Beachfire, and Land & Sea breweries and 50 cents from every draft beer sold over the weekend.

Keith Parry, general manager of the curling club said in addition, Hoyne Brewing and the club ran a promotion for an additional 50 cents from every Hoyne beer sold for the entire month of March to be donated, which brought in an additional $520.

鈥淐umulative funds raised for Cat Advocates Teaching and Saving Society is $2,520,鈥� he added.

鈥淎ll breweries that took part in the Battle of the Breweries Keg Curling event played a huge role in bringing their friends and fans out and for having such a spirited good time. Ace, Beachfire, Cumberland, Gladstone, Hoyne, Land & Sea, Mount Arrowsmith, and Rad breweries all took part in the event, not to mention the Lucky Village Karaoke party that followed.鈥�

As for the Battle of the Breweries champion? That title went to Gladstone Brewing.