Horne Granite Report
[gallery ids="8387,8386,8385,8384,8383,8382"]On Friday, June 5, 66 people gathered to celebrate a great 2014-15 season for youth at the Horne Granite Curling Club – 27 athletes, five coaches and 34 parents and siblings. It was a great year with lots of growth and development of all the curlers.The group
Sports Digest
GET ACTIVE 2015The 2015 Get Active in Temiskaming series of fun runs and walks celebrates Father’s Day weekend on Saturday, June 20, in Notre Dame du Nord, Quebec. It begins at 9:30 a.m. with the 100-metre Toddler Dash and five- and 10-kilometre (km) distances for walkers.
OFSAA bronze
Kristen Siermachesky medals again at provincial trackTORONTO (Staff) – It was another outstanding performance for Kristen Siermachesky at the OFSAA track and field competition last week.She placed third in the province in Junior Girls discus with a distance of 34.73 metres (m).The Ontario Federation
New game in town
User-friendly pickleball comes to Temiskaming ShoresSue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMIMING SHORES — Are you ready to play some pickleball?The City of Temiskaming Shores Leisure Services Department is promoting the new game that is played on a badminton-sized court and is a combination of tennis and ping-pong.It
ROCK DEVIL ACTION
The Tri-Town Lacrosse Association is going strong this season on weeknights at the Haileybury arena. The Boart Bandits and Gates Chiefs recently had a spirited Pee Wee game where Tyresse Batisse (left) of Gates tried getting around defender Craig Ross to get a shot on goalie Tony Crick. Batisse
Pool-Fitness Centre fees going up
TEMISAMING SHORES (Staff) – It’s going to cost a little more to be active at the Waterfront Pool-Fitness Centre.Temiskaming Shores is raising rates for drop-in visits and regular memberships as well as classes, swimming lessons, and facility rentals.In a report to council, recreation services director Tammie Caldwell
Locker Room Chatter
MEN’s NightFollowing are the results from the Haileybury Golf Club’s Men’s Night held June 4.Low Gross (64): Precision Auto Body, The Brick, Tench MacDiarmid Insurance, Northern Sports and Marine – Don Sauve, Paul Gordon, Bert Morin, Jim McCarthySecond Gross (68): St. Cyr and Associates, Caisse Populaire
Straight from the Hip
[caption id="attachment_6033" align="alignleft" width="132"] Mike McArthur[/caption]I, like many real Canadian hockey fans, am not onside with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for many reasons, including his continued negative stance against bringing
Sport Shorts
The beautiful gameSoccer, the beautiful game, has taken a kick of late because of corrupt guys in three-piece suits.Sport is a multi-billion dollar business with ties to political and private interests…therefore it is ripe for corruption.Most deals involving sport contracts with athletes, where and when tournaments
SHE’S A WINNER
Catherine Willett and her horse came away from the Temiskaming Pleasure Horse Club English Performance event on Saturday, May 23, with a first place ribbon in Hunter Hack, second place in Pleasure Walk/trot and a third place in Equitation. This was her first time entering this competition. (Staff photo