Sports Digest
LADIES’ NIGHTThe Haileybury Golf Club will host a Ladies’ Night on Thursday, July 3, starting at 5:30 p.m.KNOCK CANCERThe ninth annual Knock Cancer Out of the Park/Shanna Larsen Memorial Mixed and Men’s Slowpitch Tournament takes place July 5-7 at the ballparks in Dymond, New Liskeard and
Straight from the hip
Picking two teams for the Grey Cup at this time of the year is crazy considering the off-season changes - from coaching, to upper management, to player personnel, to trades, draft picks, injuries etc. - but that’s life in the fast lane so here I go:In the Eastern
Carter Antila Memorial Skatepark officially opens
Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter [caption id="attachment_3347" align="alignleft" width="200"] The Carter Antila Memorial Skatepark is a place where friends can gather to ride bikes, skateboards, scooters and virtually anything that has
BANKING ON HOCKEY
Four area branches of Scotiabank chipped in to make a $4,000 donation to the Temiskaming Shores Minor Hockey Association in 2013-14. From the left is Earlton branch manager Melissa MacNabb, minor hockey president Hugo Rivet, New Liskeard branch manager Stan MacNabb and Haileybury branch manager Lisette Gauthier. Absent was
Horne Granite Report
The Horne Granite Curling Club’s Youth Program recently hosted their annual awards night and involved 20 of the youth curlers and 19 adults, including coaches and family members.[caption id="attachment_3352" align="alignleft" width="500"]
Sport Shorts
Triumphant openingIf you weren’t at the Carter Antila Memorial Skateboard/Bike Park grand opening this past Saturday during National Skateboarding Day, you missed a major event in Temiskaming.There had to have been upwards of 300 people in attendance.I loved the energy… it was electric.Congratulations Harder 4
Ball players pitching in for Team Shan tourney
Steven Larocque Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – It’s been nine years since the untimely death of Shanna Larsen and she’s still making an impact in the lives of family and friends and many who never knew her at all.The ninth annual Knock Cancer Out of the Park/Shanna Larsen
Straight from the hip
The passing of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn at age 54 is a real tragedy and should hopefully be addressed by Major League Baseball and others because, unlike illegal drugs, for some reason chewing tobacco and snuff are treated with little to no concern.Gwynn had two operations for
Locker Room Chatter
Following are the Men’s Night results for June 19 at the Haileybury Golf Club:LOW GROSS (74): Chico’s Fix It All, Kal Tire – Michel Massie, Richard StewardSECOND GROSS (74): RBC Royal Bank, Bumstead Trucking – Ron Beeson, Dave NelsonTHIRD GROSS (74): James Lathem Excavating, Assante Wealth
THE SPEED GAME
It was a race to the bag between the second baseman for Gosselin Pools and Spas and the runner from Brownlee Equipment. The 11-13 age group met in a recent Rural Youth Mixed Slowpitch game at the Dymond ballpark. The league is in full swing Monday to Thursday nights