Montreal, QC – A huge weekend for competitive youth climbing in Newfoundland! Youth athletes and coaches from Cove Bouldering and Wallnuts climbing gyms in St John’s represented the province at Climbing Canada Youth Bouldering Eastern Regional Championships at Beta Bloc in Montrea, Quebec. Many firsts. It is the largest team from Newfoundland to ever compete out of province. Seven athletes…
ST. JOHN’S – Known as the toughest road race in North America the Orange Theory Cape To Cabot was won today by Michael Kondro in a time of 1:21:27. The 20km course winds its way from Cape Spear to Cabot Tower in Signal Hill. With elevations gains from sea level…
Read MoreSt John’s – The third and final race in the Volkswagon St John’s Enduro Series mountain bike racing went this weekend in the White Hills above Quidi Vidi in St John’s. Mens Expert series winner was Lachlan Roe-Bose. Mark Glynn won the Mens Sport division. Julie Halliday was first in…
Read MoreST. JOHN’S – The Volkswagen St John’s Enduro Series mountain bike race #2 took place yesterday high in the East White Hills above Quidi Vidi village under sunny skies and with a couple of hundred spectators making the climb up the hill to watch the competitions compete on rugged and…
Read MoreTOKYO – Newfoundland swimmer Katarina Roxon has placed 4th in the 100m Breast Stroke at the Para Olympics in Tokyo today. Roxon is a three-time Paralympian having represented Canada in Beijing in 2008 (where at the age of 15, she was the youngest member of the team), London in 2012…
Read MoreSt John’s, NL – The St John’s Enduro Series mountain bike race is set to go for Sunday, August the 29th in the White Hills above Quidi Vidi in the east end of St John’s. It is the second event in the series and they have release the course map…
Read MoreThe 93 Annual Tely 10 Mile Road Race is a go for this year. Public Health has approved the 2021 in-person Tely 10! The race will be held in person on October 31. Registration will open on September 1, 2021. The website will be updated with the 2021 race information…
Read MoreThe 2021 Orange Theory Cape To Cabot run is a go in real time this year. The gruelling 20km road race from Cape Spear (the most eastern point in North America) to Cabot Tower on Signal Hill (143 metres above sea level) is set for October 17, 2021. Eighty-three year…
Read MoreThe 203rd Annual Royal St John’s Regatta ran this year but without the usual fifty thousand people and vendors packing the banks of Quidi Vidi Lake for the largest garden party in Newfoundland. Due to the still risk of COVID-19 vendors and beer tents were canned and people wer actually…
Read MoreST JOHN’S, NL: Saturday, July 10, 2021 – Time trials have begun for the 2021 Regatta this morning at Quidi Vidi Lake. The Regatta, the “oldest annual sporting event in North America”, is scheduled to take place the first Wednesday in August …weather permitting.…
Read MoreWell the Covid 19 virus continues to play havoc with the sports community in Canada. There will be NO National University Sports happening this season. It will affect men’s and women’s basketball, hockey, swimming, track and field as well as volleyball and wrestling.…
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