Sports

MINTO – A local minor hockey coach was selected as November’s Coach of the Month through an Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) recognition program.

From Scotland to Canada – Scottish curlers came to Ontario to exchange ideas and play a game at…

Dojo – October was a special month for the Gorge Karate Dojo and other members of the…

Season’s first – The Fergus Curling Club had its first bonspiel on Nov. 12. This one is named…

HARRISTON – “I still don’t think it has sunk in that I ran the New York City Marathon (NYCM), and in a year that will probably go down in history,” said Harriston resident Amanda Bulmer, who participated in the prestigious run through all five NYC boroughs on Nov. 6.

Jersey presentation – On Nov. 10 at the Fergus sportsplex the children from the Fun1 league of…

PALMERSTON – Renovated recreation facilities were officially opened here by the Town of Minto on Nov. 12. The $2-million project includes additional and renovated dressing rooms at the Palmerston arena, a new ball diamond and upgraded LED ball field lighting for existing diamonds.

ERIN – Erin District High School students Emma Warren and Lauren Bailey have accepted scholarships to Division I universities in the U.S. Warren will play soccer at the University of Vermont and Bailey will play lacrosse at Lindenwood University in Missouri. 

PALMERSTON – A hockey tournament at the Palmerston arena on Nov. 5 raised $16,000 for Ken and Carolyn Brubacher as their 12-year-old son Trevor awaits a kidney transplant. Innovative, Whispering Meadows Family Farms and Martin’s Family Fruit Farm sponsored the event.

MINTO – The Minto Selects are on top of the broomball world. The team won the Men’s division at the World Broomball Championships held in Kingston from Oct. 31 to Nov. 5.

Fab Fusion – The Centre Wellington Fusion U12 team won all four of its games at the Collingwood…

Patriot support – Mount Forest Legion Branch 134 president Ken Thompson presented Mount…

Optimist tournament – The Arthur Optimist Club held its second annual hockey tournament on Oct.…

Claiming Gold – On Oct. 21 the Centre Wellington Fusion U11A team travelled to Kitchener to…