ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics association (NLAA) announced today by Joe Ryan, chair of the Athletics Hall of Fame Selection Committee, which also includes Don Coaker, Wulf Stender and Will Gough, that two former outstanding athletics and three builders (officials, coaches or volunteers) will be formally inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at a November…
St. John’s native John Slaney has a new coaching position Slaney has been hired as an assistant coach with the Tuscon Roadrunners of the American Hockey League . He has spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the Arizona Coyotes. He is also a member of the…
Read MoreThree Newfoundlands will be inducted into the Canadian Softball Hall of Fame. They will be inducted at a ceremony at the Softball Canada annual meeting in St John’s November 9th to 11th. Softball great Colin Abbott will be inducted into the athlete category. Randy Souliers has been an…
Read MorePERRY HOWLETT PHOTO Colin Fewer now holds the record for the most wins of the Tely 10 mile road race. Fewer placed first Sunday with a winning time of 49 minutes and 41 seconds. That’s his 10th win in the 90 year history of this event. The…
Read MoreLambs Rum won the men’s championship race of the 54th annual Placentia Regatta this weekend. They rowed the course in 9:46.91. Carroll’s Investments placed second and Wades Excavating were third. Universal Corporate Wear fourth. M5 claimed the Ladies title with a winning row of 5:23.90. Dawe and Burke place…
Read MoreTeam 1 LEFT TO RIGHT Rick Meaney, Andrew Meaney, Jeremy Schwartz, David Corky, missing from photo Pauline McCormack and Sherif Morsi The Aquarena Squash Club Summer League Finals were played Wednesday Team 1 battled their way to victory over team 4 in the Aquarena Summer Squash…
Read MoreMike Furlong of Bally Haly claimed the men’s amateur and Men;s Mid Amateur titles at the Royal LePage provincial golf championships at the Wilds. He shot a 74 in the final round for a three round total of 218. George Chaulk, Nikashantess Penashue and Nathan Peters ties for second with…
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