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…
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…
OTTAWA, ON – Skate Canada has announced that Kaetlyn…
Congratulations Lily and Mark on your 3rd place performance in the Novice…
Sport Newfoundland and Labrador named its award winners for the past season Saturday night as well honoured its hall of fame members. The award winners for the past season were SHANE DUNPHY of Soccer Volunteer of the Year RYAN GARLAND of Baseball Official of the…
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This past Sunday saw the running of The Outfitters 8th Annual St. Paddy’s Day 5km snowshoe race in the beautiful trails of Pippy Park in St John’s. Pat Collins (above) to the top spot with a incredible time of 19 min 48 secs. Top female competitor was Priscilla Rideout (below)…
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MONTREAL, Quebec: For the first time since 2008 Newfoundland climbers will be going to the Canadian National Youth Bouldering Championships in Vancouver next month. Erinn Locke, age 16 and Lily Dubrowski, age 14, members of the Newfoundland Junior Climbing Team qualified for the Under 19 nationals at the Quebec Climbing…
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St John’s, Newfoundland – The competition climbing season kicked off this week for Newfoundland athletes with the first of two major provincial climbing competitions this winter at the Wallnuts Climbing Centre in St John’s, Newfoundland on Sunday. Not familiar with competition climbing? Well, its taking off in Canada and Newfoundland…
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Rock climbers Nick Brown, David Bruneau and Daniel Alacoque, AKA “The Choss Boys”, have succeeded on being the first Newfoundlanders to climb El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California, the Mecca of climbing sports in North America. The team spent 4 days climbing the 2700 foot granite cliff on a…
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