Sports

Golf championship  – The CWDHS golf team competed in the D10 Golf Championships on Oct. 5 at…

The CWDHS junior boys soccer team competed in the first round of the D10 soccer championship at…

ELORA – The Elora Rocks hockey team is hosting its opener this Friday (Oct. 15), the third game of the season for the newly-revived team. The senior team recently joined the brand-new Western Ontario Super Hockey League (WOSHL).

MINTO – Between 20 and 25 per cent of anticipated ice time bookings in local arenas were lost after a vaccination mandate was imposed on indoor recreational facilities by the province.

Food bank donation – The proceeds of a hockey game between the Creemore Coyotes and Shelburne…

ARTHUR – A local stable had luck on their side  on Sept. 11 as Desperate Man crossed the finish line at Mohawk Woodbine Park securing the elusive North America Cup and brining with it a cool $1-million purse.

ELORA – Local lacrosse referee Kyle Coulter will now be seen calling the shots on the floors of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).

Elite team – The Rockwood FC Girls U-13 Elite soccer team saw their first competitive action…

SALEM – Eight-year-old Lauren Ellis placed second in the Canadian Cable Wakeboarding Championships on Sept. 18. The Salem resident competed in the under-nine girl’s division, at Planet Bayou Wake Park, south of Shelburne.

MOUNT FOREST – A group of local citizens is attempting to prevent the Mount Forest Lawn Bowling Club from becoming another casualty of the ongoing pandemic.

MINTO – Local minor hockey players and students at Palmerston Public School will be the beneficiaries of $12,000 raised at the 2021 Minto Mayor’s Golf Tournament.

PALMERSTON - Many of the surviving members of the 1962 to 1969 Palmerston Imperials softball team attended a ceremony on Sept. 11 to remember 13 teammates who have passed away.

FERGUS - It’s taken the Fergus Tennis Club 101 years to celebrate its 100th anniversary – 100 to reach the milestone in 2020 and an extra year for the pandemic.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – After learning they won’t have access again this year to their usual space, Centre Wellington Celtics officials are working to find alternative ways to play this season, while also accommodating an increase in enrolment.

For kicks – This photo was taken Aug. 31 during the Fergus Elora District Soccer’s (FEDS)…