STORMY WEATHER, GOOD FISHING
Dark clouds and waves of rain didn’t hurt fishing for Howard Gifford, at left, of Ottawa and Temiskaming Shores’ Don Chartrand. At the Lake Temiskaming stop on the Temiskaming Smallmouth Bass Series August 1, the duo placed first, with a total catch weight of 22.84 pounds. They also nabbed
Locker Room Chatter
Following are the results from the Haileybury Golf Club’s Men’s Night held July 30.Low Gross (64): Caisse Populaire Desjardins, Scotiabank, RBC Royal Bank, Mylo Blauth Industrial Supplied – Jeff St. Cyr, Des Forget, Dallas Forget, Frank Cinobbi.Second Gross (64): Gravity Health and Chiropractic, Sun Life Financial,
PITCHING IN
David Cloutier planned his next pitch as a fastball team sponsored by U Name It, I’ll Lay It of Cobalt took on Au Rico Gold in Elk Lake. The annual Civic Holiday weekend tourney drew six fastball teams and 12 slo-pitch teams. (Staff photo by Diane Johnston)
GALA DAYS
The Rural Youth Mixed Slo-Pitch League is winding down for the 2015 season. Kerns On Duty Equipment and the New Liskeard Lions Club, seen here in action in the 14-17 age division this summer, will be among the teams competing (weather permitting) in the Gate’s Gala year-end tournament August
Learning to Sail
Sailing School teaches lifelong love of sailingSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [gallery ids="8936,8937"]TEMISKAMING SHORES — Children between the ages of 8 and 16 years enrolled in the July Temiskaming Shores Sailing School (TSSS) CANSAIL programs learn how to embrace the power of wind and experience the
Sport Shorts
Owning the PodiumThe upcoming 2016 Rio de Janiero summer Olympic games could prove the best for Canadian athletes, judging by our outstanding performance at the 2015 Pan Am Games.This is how Canada’s Chef de Mission, cyclist Curt Harnett views the games as he sees medals won at the
Sports Digest
STATO GOLFThe fourth annual South Temiskaming Active Travel Organization’s (STATO) Mixed Scramble Par 3 Golf Tournament, Steak Dinner and Social is Saturday, July 25. This fun tournament takes place at the Haileybury Golf Club with lots of prizes on the line - $10,000 hole-in-one prizes on every hole
Straight from the hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]Don’t think for one minute that the major leg injury to Rory McIIroy, which occurred when he was just kicking around a soccer ball with
Locker Room Chatter
Following are the results from the Haileybury Golf Club’s Men’s Night held July 16.Low Gross (62): Precision Auto Body, Three-H Furniture Systems, RBC Royal Bank, Royal Lepage – Willie Olsen, Jeff St. Cyr, Ray Paradis, Casey Hearn.Second Gross (66): The Brick, Phippen Waste Management, Temiskaming Denture Clinic,
GOLD PERFORMER
The New Liskeard Skating Club’s (NLSC) Temiskaming Summer Skating School is back for a twenty-seventh year. It was at the Spring School’s test session that Taylor Deslisle, seen here, passed the Skate Canada Gold Skills test and the Skate Canada Gold Interpretive test. All programs of figure skating