Sports

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Centre Wellington Celtics U14 girls basketball team recently won a chance to visit the Toronto Raptors' practice facility in Toronto.

HARRISTON – Arenas in the Town of Minto will be opened in stages for on-ice activities for the 2020-21 season.

ROCKWOOD – A multi-generational recreation facility proposed for Rockmosa Park has fallen through.

CAMBRIDGE – Despite ongoing discussions, the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) and area snowmobile clubs have not been able to reach an agreement to permit snowmobiling to resume on land owned by the authority.

MINTO – The 10th annual Town of Minto Mayor’s Charity Golf Tournament raised about $5,000 for a planned youth centre in the municipality.

MOUNT FOREST – Though the tournament itself was cancelled this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the MLFMGT committee decided to continue its fundraising efforts in support of local health care.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – Both pads A and B at the CW Community Sportsplex, and at the Elora Community Centre will be ready for skaters, according to a township release.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The township intends to open its ice rinks for hockey and figure skating beginning in September.

KITCHENER – Minto resident Mark MacKenzie had a good day on the links earlier this month.

ELORA — Grand River Raceway’s 30th annual Industry Day event on Aug. 3 sustained bouts of heavy rain during the 10-race anniversary card, which boasted purses of $669,663 with nine stake races, featuring the track’s two marquee dashes.

WELLINGTON NORTH – A plan to raise funds by selling naming rights for seats at the Mount Forest and District Sports Complex was approved by township council on July 13.

FERGUS - The all-day radiothon and associated community events will aim to raise $50,000 in support of 10 charities in Centre Wellington.

MAPLETON – Whenever the 2020-21 hockey season gets rolling for the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Manitoba Moose, Mapleton’s Brent Pederson will be a part of the action.