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2024 NL GAMES Full Report

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Mar 2, 2023
1pm update

Thats a wrap on the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, the medals have been handed out and this will end our LIVE UPDATES of the games.

Hockey

There was some amazing hockey action at Glovertown Arena, as the bronze and gold medal games took place this morning.
In the bronze medal game, it was Team Eastern taking on Team Western. Charity Hollett scored the first goal of the game for Team Western, with an assist from Rebecca Patey. Western doubled their score in the second period on a solo shot by Victoria Shea. The third period served up donuts, as Team Western defeated Team Eastern 2-0 to claim the bronze medal.

Mount Pearl South took on St. John’s North for the gold medal at Glovertown Arena this morning and it was a gold medal match to remember. At the end of three periods the two teams were tied one-all. Overtime didn’t decide the game and the two teams were forced into a shootout. Team St. John’s North was the ultimate victor, defeating Mount Pearl South 2-1.

Basketball

In medal round action in Female Basketball, it was Avalon vs. Central for the bronze medal game at 8:30 a.m. at Gander Elementary. The final was a real nailbiter as Team Avalon squeaked by Team Central 47-46 to claim the bronze.

The gold medal game took place at 10:15 a.m. between Mount Pearl South and St. John’s/North. It was a dominating win for St. John’s North as they claimed the gold medal 48-29 over Mount Pearl South.

In Male Basketball, it was the Host Team playing Western at 8:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Intermediate for the bronze medal. The Host Team claimed the bronze in a high-scoring 62-56 game over Team Western.

The gold medal game featured Mount Pearl South versus St. John’s/North at 10:15 a.m. Mount Pearl South claimed a strong victory over St. John’s/North 52-32 to claim the gold medal.
You can check full results at the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games website at https://nlgames.ca/.

 

Mar 2, 2024
8am update

Good Morning! Welcome to the final day of the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, as medals are handed out in Basketball and Female Hockey. Here is what’s happening.

Today’s medal round in Female Hockey will take place at Glovertown Arena. At 8 a.m. it will be Eastern vs. Western for bronze, followed at 10 a.m. by Mount Pearl South taking on St. John’s North for gold.

In Female Basketball, it will be Avalon vs. Central in the bronze medal game at 8:30 a.m. at Gander Elementary, while gold takes place at 10:15 a.m. between Mount Pearl South and St. John’s/North.

In the medal games for Male Basketball, the Host Team will play Western at 8:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Intermediate for bronze, with the gold medal game featuring Mount Pearl South versus St. John’s/North at 10:15 a.m.

For a more detailed schedule of events, please visit the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games website at https://nlgames.ca/.

 

Mar 1, 2024
10pm update

It was a busy day at the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games. More medals were handed out in wrestling and Figure Skating.
This is how the medal count looks at the end of March 1:

Hockey

In Pool D of Female Hockey, St. John’s/North tied with Western 3-3.
In Pool E action, the Host Team defeated Team Indigenous 5-3 and Labrador defeated Team Indigenous 5-0.
Pool F took place at Glovertown Arena. In the first game of the day Central defeated Avalon 3-2. There was another tie as Central and Eastern played to a 2-2 draw. In the final game Eastern defeated Avalon 3-1.

 

These games set up the medal round which will take place tomorrow at Glovertown Arena. At 8 a.m. it will be Eastern vs. Western for bronze, followed at 10 a.m. by Mount Pearl South taking on St. John’s North for gold.

Basketball

The final game in Female Division B was a 26-6 victory by Team St. John’s/North over the Host Team.
The standings heading into this evenings placing games and semi-finals were as follows:

In the placing round, it was Team Indigenous defeating Team Labrador 24-4, while Western defeated the Host Team 33-13.

In semi-final action, Mount Pearl South defeated Avalon 42-32, while St. John’s/North defeated Central 43-23. This set up tomorrow’s medal games with Avalon vs. Central in the bronze medal game at 8:30 a.m. at Gander Elementary, while gold takes place at 10:15 a.m. between Mount Pearl South and St. John’s/North.

In the Male division A, Host defeated Central 59-50, while Mount Pearl South defeated Avalon 38-18.
Division B saw St. John’s North 2 defeat Labrador 29-9, while St. John’s/North 1 scored a narrow victory over Western 56-54.

In the placing matchs, it was Avalon defeating Labrador 66-46, while St. John’s North 2 defeated Central 61-43.
The semi-finals set up the medal round with Mount Pearl South defeating Western 58-38, while St. John’s/North 1 defeated the Host Team 38-23. This set up the medal games, with the Host Team playing Western at 8:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Intermediate, with the gold medal game featuring Mount Pearl South versus St. John’s/North at 10:15 a.m.

Wrestling

Wrestlers hit the mat at the 9 Wing Base Gym featuring lots of exciting action. Medals were handed out in the Female and Male Team competition.

Team Competition Female
Gold – Host Team
Silver – Avalon
Bronze – Western

Team Competition Male
Gold – Avalon
Silver – Mount Pearl South
Bronze – Western

Figure Skating
It was a busy day at Lewisporte Arena as medals were handed out in 11 categories.

Free Program Pre Juvenile Female
Gold – Maya Casanova – Mount Pearl South – 23.13 Silver – Alyssa Monica Dawe – Avalon – 21.71 Bronze – Vanessa Lind – St. John’s/North – 21.64

Free Program Novice Female
Gold – Jasmine Laura Wheadon – Avalon – 71.95 Silver – Rachel Lynn Tuff – Mount Pearl South – 71.16 Claire Debra Farrell – Mount Pearl South – 60.91
Free Program Pre-Novice Female
Gold – Kate Ball – Avalon – 43.71
Silver – Adison Jean Locke – Mount Pearl South – 41.84 Bronze – Natalie Caines – Western – 40.20
Free Program Juvenile Female
Gold – Keira Jane Locke – Mount Pearl South – 27.88 Silver – Kenley Hoskins – Avalon – 27.68
Bronze – Lila Violet Donovan – St. John’s/North – 26.08
Combined Star Female
Jillian Daphne Andrews – Western – 48.34
Sarah Allard – Labrador – 39.00
Savannah Burden – Western – 36.47
Free Program Star 8 Female
Kaleigh Grace Allen – Western – 33.35
Grace Lillian Pye – Western – 32.93
Julia roberta Fillier – Mount Pearl South – 31.39
Free Program Star 6 Female
Lylah Mercer – Labrador – 25.60
Lacey Ann Street – Central – 23.89
Natalia Watts – Central – 23.54
Free Program Star 5 Under-13 Female
Madison Linthorne – Avalon – 17.32
Myah Gale – Host – 17.26
Isabella Folkes – Central – 17.17
Free Program Star 5 13-Plus Female
Alexa Bishop – Mount Pearl South – 19.23
Suzie Huang – Central – 18.98
Chloe Jackson – Avalon – 18.94

Free Program Combined Intermediate Male
Dylan Shawn Reid – Avalon – 19.10
James Rees – Mount Pearl South – 16.42
Free Program Combined Elite Male
Jonathan Flynn – Indigenous – 47.48
Adam Masek – St. John’s/North – 41.41
Landon Kelly – Mount Pearl South – 31.53

 

Mar 1, 2024
3pm Update

The 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games saw some exciting action on March 1 as events took place in Gander, Lewisporte and Glovertown.

Hockey

Female Hockey is taking place today at the Steele Community Centre and the Glovertown Arena.
In Pool D, Mount Pearl South scored a shutout 1-0 victory over Team Western with Stacey-Lynn Kenny scoring the lone goal. Maggie Strong got on the board for Mount Pearl South in the second game of the day defeating St. John’s/North 1-0.
In Pool E action, the Host Team doubled Labrador 6-3, with Brooke Babstock scoring twice for the winners.

Basketball

In division A of Female Basketball it was Central defeated Team Indigenous 35-15, while Avalon defeated Western 51-36.
In division B, Mount Pearl South had a commanding victory over Labrador 26-6. The final game in division B is still in progress.
The standings heading into this evenings placing games and semi-finals are as follows:

Division A – Female Basketball
TEAM             GP    W   L   PF    PA
Avalon            3        3   0     143   88
Central           3       2     1     115    106
Western         3      1      2    101    105
Indigenous    3      0     3    41       101

Division B – Female Basketball
Mount Pearl  3    2    1     80       60
St John’s         2   2    1     80       60
Host                2    1     1    41        41
Labrador       3     0    3    17        77

Results in the Male division are not yet official and will be reported on in the next update.

Wrestling and Figure Skating

Results in Wrestling and Figure Skating are currently unavailable and will be updated in the next release.
More results will be released as they become available. You can also check results at the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games website at https://nlgames.ca/.

Mar 1, 2024
8am Update

It’s going to be another busy day at the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, as the Games head out of town for action in Lewisporte and Glovertown today.
Female Hockey gets started at 8 a.m at the Steele Community Centre in Pool E and D as we get closer to the medal rounds tomorrow. Pool F will take place at the Glovertown Arena and games begin at 9 a.m.

Male and Female Basketball finishes it’s preliminary rounds with an 8:30 a.m. tip off. The Male games will take place at St. Paul’s Intermediate, while the Female games take place at Gander Elementary. The Games will conclude with the semi-finals starting at 6:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.

Figure Skating gets started today an medals will be handed out in 11 competitions at Lewisporte Stadium.

In Wrestling, they will take to the mat at 9 Wing Base Gym at 9 a.m. The final match of the day starts at noon, with the medal ceremony taking place at 2 p.m.
For a more detailed schedule of events, please visit the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games website at https://nlgames.ca/.

 

Feb 29, 2024
11pm Update

The second half of the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games began with exciting action in basketball, female hockey and wrestling.
This is how the medal count looks at the start of the second half:

Basketball

In Basketball, both the male and female hit the court on the first day of the second half.
In the female division A, Avalon defeated Central 60-40, while Western defeated Team Indigenous 34-14. Division B saw St. John’s/North defeat Labrador 22-2 and then they defeated Mount Pearl South 42-22. The final game of the day saw the Host Team defeat Labrador 29-9
In the male division A, St. John’s/North 2 lost to Western 57-43. St. John’s 1 defeated Labrador 33-13. Western defeated Labrador 47-27. In the battle of the city teams, St. John’s North 1 defeated St. John’s North 2 by a score of 56-42.

Hockey

The final game of the day in Pool A saw Western defeat Labrador 5-2 on the strength of Sophie Urquhart’s second hatrick of the day.
Abbey Well’s hatrick led Central to a 5-1 win over the Host Team in Pool B. In other Pool B action, Mount Pearl South shutout the Host team 10-0, with two goals from both Kate Sullivan and Brooklyn Sturge.
Julia Sharpe had two goals in St John’s/North’s 8-0 Pool C victory over Team Indigenous.
The final games of male hockey will take place on Tuesday, February 27 when the medals are handed out.

Wrestling

It was an exciting day in Wrestling at the 9 Wing Base Gym as both male and female wrestling took place.
At the end of the day the standings looked like this:

MALE
TEAM                        Win / Loss
Mount Pearl              3         0
Avalon                         2       1
Western                     2         1
St John’s                   1          2
Indigenous               0          3

FEMALE
TEAM                     Win /  Loss
Host                          1          1
Western                   1           1
Avalon                      1           1

 

Feb 29, 2024
5pm Update

The 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games began second half action with three sports on February 29.

Hockey

Female Hockey got off to an exciting start at the Steele Community Centre with a close Pool A game between Avalon and Western. Sophie Urquhart made the difference for Western as she scored a hatrick leading Western to a 3-2 win over Avalon, whose two goals came from Sarah Power and Kennedy Gosse.
Avalon came back in its second game to score a 4-0 win over Labrador. Anastasia Penney got on the scoreboard twice, while Lauren Picco and Teiana Lambert scored singles.
In Pool B action, Mount Pearl South scored a shutout victory over Central 3-0. Scoring for Mount Pearl South were Ella Meade, Brooklyn Sturge and Claire Crocker.
St. John’s North took home the first victory in Pool C, with a close 1-0 victory over Eastern. Ava Seymour scored the lone goal.

Basketball

In division A of Female Basketball it was Claire Daley scoring 15 points to lead Team Avalon to a 32-12 victory over Team Indigenous. Central also won their first game with a 40-31 victory over Western. Hallie Watton was the top scorer for Central with 12 points.
In division B, Mount Pearl South had a commanding victory over the Host Team 32-12.
Results in the Male division are not yet official and will be reported on in the next update.

Wrestling

Results in Wrestling are currently unvailable and will be updated in the next release.
More results will be released as they become available.

 

Feb 29, 2024
8am update

Good Morning and welcome back for Day 5 of the games. Let leap into it

Athletes have been pouring into Gander as we begin the second half of the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games. In the second half, athletes will compete in Basketball, Figure Skating, Female Hockey and Wrestling.

Female Hockey gets started at 8 a.m. with 12 hours of exciting hockey action at the Steele Community Centre.

Male and Female Basketball gets started today as well, with an 8:30 a.m. tip off. The Male games will take place at St. Paul’s Intermediate, while the Female games take place at Gander Elementary. Games will run throughout the day with the final preliminary game starting at 7:45 p.m.

In Wrestling, it’s an afternoon start at 9 Wing Base Gym when Team Competition Mix gets started at 1 p.m. The final match of the day starts at 7 p.m.

Figure skating will also be featured in the second half, but competition does not begin until Friday, March 1.

 

Feb 28, 2024
2pm

Medal standings update….

 

Feb 28, 2024
8am

 
Good morning, and welcome to Day 4 at the Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games.
Today you get a rest day we switch from first-half to second-half events so go grab a coffee and some breakfast.
Starting on Thursday there will be action in Basketball, Figure Skating, Female Hockey and Wrestling.

Feb 27, 2024
7:30pm

As the first half of the games draws to a close, there has been some exciting sports action taking place throughout Gander.
This is how the medal count looks after day three:

Hockey

The gold medal game in Male Hockey did not disappoint, as the winner was crowned in overtime.
Team St. John’s/North got off to a quick lead over Team Avalon with a goal 27 seconds into the game by Nathan Morgan, assisted by Nash Gorman and Jack Davis. Damian Norris put them up 2-0 with a goal assisted by Ben Yabsley. Minutes later they took a 3-0 lead with a goal by Ben Veitch, assisted by Jack Davis and Nathan Morgan.
Avalon got on the board in the first period with a goal by Carmeron Spurrell, assisted by Thomas McCarthy and Nolan Harnum.

In the second period, St. John’s/North couldn’t get a puck in the net, while Landon Baird drew Avalon within one point with assists from Graham Cleary and Quinn Norman.
The final period was almost over when Avalon scored their third goal by Drew Moores, assisted by Thomas McCarthy and Cameron Spurrell. This pushed the game into overtime, where it was Avalon completing their comeback to win the gold medal on a goal by Jack Earle, assisted by Keagan Elms and Landon Baird.

Table Tennis

Singles action was on tap in Table Tennis for the final day of the first half of the games.
In the semi-finals of the Singles Competition Junior Female, Divine Grace Aseo of St. John’s/North defeated Eastern’s Jayden Denty 3-0, while Kyla Martin of Team Indigenous defeated Avalon’s Caitlin Hunt 3-0 to set up the medal round.

Jayden Denty claimed the bronze medal with a 3-0 victory over Caitlin Hunt. Divine Grace Aseo took home the Gold medal by defeating Silver medalist Kyla Martin.
In the semi-finals of the Singles Competition Junior Male, it was Avalon’s Peter Quinlan defeating St. John’s/North’s Ameer Eyada 3-0. Logan Whalen of Eatern defeated Ryan Goulding of Central 3-0 in the remaining semi-final.

In bronze medal action, Ryan Goulding of Central defeated Ameer Eyada of St. John’s North 3-0 to win the hardware. The big golden prize went to Peter Quinlan of Avalon, who defeated Logan Whalen of Eastern 3-0.

Curling

Medals were up for grabs in Curling today. In the Female division it was Team St. John’s North defeating Team Avalon 6-5 in the gold medal game. Taking the gold for St. John’s/North were Austyn Boone, Marissa Paige Gushue, Mya Ivany and Rory Linstead. Taking home the silver for Team Avalon were Megan Kimberley Mae Blandford, Kiersten Devereaux, Julie Ann Lomholt-Farrell and Katarina Smith.

In the male division, the bronze medal was won by Team Host 7-5 over Team Western. The gold medal game was a low scoring affair with Team St. John’s North sliding past Team Mount Pearl South 3-2. The bronze medal Host Team included Patrick Francis Brake, Henri Jubainville and Kalen Miller. The silver medal winners from team Mount Pearl South included Matthew Coish, Tyler Murphy, Ephram Noel and Noah Seamus Warren-Pitre. The gold medalists from Team St. John’s North included Zachery Curtis French, Nathan Murphy, Winter Myron and Lucas Fredrick Wall.

 

Cross Country Skiing

The final day of Cross Country Skiing at the Games provided lots of surprises and exciting action.
“It was another tremendous day of skiing with exceptional trail conditions,” explained convener Robert Mackenzie. “Racing was fast and furious with top three females coming in very close together and the top two males separated by less than one second. After three days of great snow conditions and fast skiing, everyone was sad to see it end.”

In the 5km Mass Start Male, Alexander Merrigan of Team Western narrowly edged Evan May also of Western by less than a second to take home the gold. Matthew Earle of Team St. John’s/North won the bronze.

The 5km Mass Start Female, had a finish like no other as three competitors crossed the line together. Officials had to go to video to determine the medals. All three competitors finished in a time of 17:43.3 with Gold going to Jocelyn Coastes of Team Eastern, while Georgia Wisemen and Juliette Colbourne, both of Team Western, took silver and bronze respectively.

Females
Gold – Jocelyn Coates (Eastern) – 17:43.3
Silver – Georgia Wisemen (Western) – 17:43.3
Bronze – Juliette Colbourne (Western) – 17:43.3

Males
Gold – Alexander Merrigan (Western) – 14:52.6
Silver – Evan May (Western) – 14:53.5
Bronze – Matthew Earle (St. John’s North) – 15:14.0

Tomorrow is an off day for the games as we switch from first half to second half events. Starting on Thursday there will be action in Basketball, Figure Skating, Female Hockey and Wrestling.

Feb 27, 2024
11am update

The 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games continued first half action with four sports on Day Three.

Hockey

Team Mount Pearl South took the bronze medal in Male Hockey, defeating Team Central 3-1. The gold medal final is currently tied 3-3 in the third period between Team Avalon and Team St. John’s North. Final results will be reported in the next update.

Table Tennis

In Table Tennis, Singles Competition Junior Male, Avalon’s Peter Quinlan defeated Ameer Eyada of St. John’s/North 3-0 in sets during the semi-finals. In the other semi-final it was Logan Whalen of Eastern defeating Central’s Ryan Goulding 3-0.

In the medal round, the bronze medal went to Ryan Goulding who won 3-0 versus Ameer Eyada. Peter Quinlan brought home the gold for Avalon defeating Logan Whalen 3-0.
In Singles Competition Youth Male, Evan Denty of Eastern defeated Carter Wilson Stagg 3-0 in the semi-finals. The other semi-final saw Daniel Patey of St. John’s/North defeat Liam Ralph of Eastern 3-0 to advance to the gold medal game.

It took five sets to determine the bronze medal winner, as Liam Ralph defeated Carter Wilson Stagg 3-2. Gold went to Eastern’s Evan Denty who defeated Daniel Patey 3-1.
Results in the Female division are not yet official and will be reported on in the next update.

Cross Country Skiing

The Male 4×2.5km relay took place this morning and Team Western was the gold medal winner finishing the race in 29:38.00. Silver went to Team St. John’s/North in a time of 33:45:00, with bronze going to Team Eastern in a time of 35:32.20.

Female relay results were unavailable and will be reported in the next update.

Curling
Male and Female medal games remain ongoing and will be reported in the next update.

 

Feb 27, 2024
8am update

Good morning and welcome to Day 3 of the NL Games. Here is what we have coming up today.

Day Three at the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games features action in four different sports.

Cross-Country Skiing will be handing out medals on Tuesday at the Airport Nordic Ski Club in Gander. In the Mass Start 5 km the female race starts at 9:30 a.m. followed by the male race at 10:30 a.m. The medal ceremony takes place at 11:30 a.m.

Medals in curling are being handed out today as well. At 9 a.m. the gold medal game between Team Avalon versus Team St. John’s North will determine the winner in the female division. The male bronze and gold medal games also start at 9 a.m. with Team Host taking on Team Western for the bronze and Team Mount Pearl South facing Team St. John’s/North for the gold.

At Gander’s Steele Community Centre the finals of the male hockey tournament will take place. In the bronze medal game at 8 a.m., it will be Team Central versus Team Mount Pearl South, while Team Avalon takes on Team St. John’s North for the gold at 10 a.m.

Table Tennis has a full morning of action at the Gander Evangel Pentecostal Church starting at 9 a.m. The semi-finals in Singles Competition Junior Male and Youth Male take place at 10 a.m., followed by the Singles Competition Junior Female and Youth Female at 10:20 a.m. The Male finals are scheduled for 10:40 a.m., followed by the Female finals at 11 a.m.

Check in later today to find out how the action went.

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Feb 26, 2024
11pm update

Day two of the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games saw more medals handed out in – Badminton and Cross Country Skiing.
This is how the medal count looks after day two:

Cross Country Skiing

Day two at the Airport Nordic Ski Club saw lots of exciting action.
“Today was a day of great snow, bright sunshine, fantastic snow conditions and enthusiastic volunteers,” explained Cross Country Skiing Convener Robert Mackenzie. “Today’s race was the Team Relay Race with teams of four skiers. First two skiers completed a 2.5 km lap with classic technique. Followed by two more skiers completing the 2.5 km lap with free technique. Fastest skier of the day completed the 2.5 km loop with an average speed of approximately 23 Km/hr.”

Female
Gold – Western
Juliette Colbourne, Rebekah Adey, Kailey Tucker, Georgia Wiseman
Silver – St. John’s North
Tanya Rezkova, Astrid Andersen, Claire MacLachlan, Clara Yetman
Bronze – Eastern
Myah Osmond, Jocelyn Coates, Sarah Coates, Sophie Cote

Male
Western – Gold
Evan May, Logan Hedderson, David Adey, Alexander Merrigan
Silver – St. John’s North
Luke Samson, Matthew Earle, Jonathan Wardle, Alexander Fitzgerald
Bronze – Eastern
Isaiah Dalton, Ian Simpson, Luke Evans, Charlie Cote

The day also featured biathlon demos in the afternoon that generated a lot of interest, especially when athletes were using laser rifles to shoot the targets. They also did a para-nordic demo and athletes were able to try out the Para Nordic ski equipment.

Hockey

In Pool D, Team Avalon defeated Mount Pearl South in a tight 2-1 game. Central defeated Eastern 6-3 in Pool E action. Team Western defeated Team Indigenous 8-2 in Pool F. The final game in Pool F between Team Indigenous and Team Labrador is still ongoing at the Steele Community Centre.
The final games of male hockey will take place on Tuesday, February 27 when the medals are handed out.

Curling

In Semi-Final Curling Action, St. John’s/North defeated Western 9-6 in female competition. Mount Pearl South defeated Western 11-1, while St. John’s/North defeated the Host Team 10-2 in the male semi-finals.
The semis set up the bronze and gold medal games which take place at 9 a.m. at the Gander Curling Club.

Table Tennis

There was exciting action in Table Tennis today as all six tables were kept busy. At the end of the day, the group standings in Singles Competition Youth Male looked like this:

The group standing in Singles competition, Junior Male

Group standing in Singles competition, Junior Female

 

Feb 26, 2024
4pm Update

Athletes have been busy all over Gander as Day Two of the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games continues.

Badminton

In the consolation round of the Team Competition U18 Mix, Team Labrador defeated Team Avalon 4-1, while Team Central defeated Team Host 4-1.
Team Eastern dominated in the bronze medal match, winning all five games to defeat Team Western. 5-0
In the Gold Medal match, it was Team Indigenous with a dominant performance winning all give games to defeat Team St. John’s/North 5-0.

Hockey

In Pool D, Team St. John’s/North defeated Mount Pearl South in a tight 2-1 game. Eastern defeated the Host team 6-3 in Pool E action. In the first game in Pool F, Team Western defeated Team Labrador 6-3. There is lots of hockey action left in the day with games running until 8 p.m. at the Steele Community Centre.

Table Tennis

Results for the semi-finals and medal games in the Team Competition Female and Male are not yet available and will be available in the next update.

Curling

In the final preliminary games, Avalon defeated St. John’s/North 7-2 on the female side, while on the male side, St. John’s North defeated Western 11-2 and Mount Pearl South defeated the Host Team in seven ends 12-2. Semi-final matchs are ongoing.

 

 

Feb 26, 2024
11am

The 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games continued first half action with five sports on Day Two.

Badminton
In the Badminton Team Competition, the Indigenous Team defeated Western 5-0, while St. John’s/North defeated Eastern 3-2 in playoff action. The gold and bronze medal games will take place later today.

Hockey
In Pool D, Avalon and St. John’s/North had the first tie of the Games skating to a 4-4 tie. Central defeated the Host team 11-2 in Pool E action.

Table Tennis
In placing matches, Avalon defeated Mount Pearl South in overtime 5-4 to claim fifth place in Team Female action. On the Male side, Western defeated Mount Pearl South 6-2 to secure fifth place, while Team Indigenous defeated Labrador 5-3 to claim seventh place. Medal games will take place later today, with singles action beginning this afternoon.
This morning, athletes are also competing in Cross-Country Skiing and Curling, results will be distributed in next media release as games are ongoing.

 

Feb 26, 2024
8am

Good Morning and welcome to Day two of the Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games from Gander. Here is your schedule of Events for today. 

Day Two at the 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games features action in five different sports.
Medals will be handed out in Badminton as the Team Competition U18 Mix comes to a close with the Bronze and Gold medal games taking place at Gander Collegiate at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. respectively. Action starts at 9 a.m. as the final playoffs and consolation rounds take place leading up to the big gold medal event.

Cross-Country Skiing will also be handing out medals on Monday at the Airport Nordic Ski Club in Gander. Both the Female and Male 4×2.5 km Relay hit the trails starting at 10 a.m. The medal ceremony takes place at 12:30 p.m.

Male and Female preliminaries continue at the Gander Curling Club starting at 10:30 a.m. The Semi-Finals begin at 3:30 p.m.

It’s going to be a busy day at Gander’s Steele Community Centre with 9 games scheduled for the day. Games begin at 8 a.m. with a new game scheduled every hour and a half, with the final game of the day starting at 8 p.m.

Table Tennis will also hand out medals on Monday, with the Team Competition Female and Male matches starting the day at the Gander Evangel Pentecostal Church at 9 a.m. The Gold Medal games are scheduled for 1 p.m. Singles competition begins at 2:40 p.m. and runs throughout the day until 6:20 p.m.

 

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Feb 25, 2024
10pm update

Cross Country Skiing


Going into the first day of Cross Country Skiing there were serious concerns about how the recent warm temperatures and rain were going to impact the snow conditions.
“The Airport Nordic Grooming Team was on the trails by 5 a.m., with the first officials arriving before 7 a.m. to find that the snow was in excellent condition setting up a great of racing,” explained Cross Country Skiing Convener Robert Mackenzie. “Today’s races were 750 meter sprints using classic technique. The speed and intensity of the racing built up all afternoon culminating in with the awarding of gold, silver and bronze medals for males and females.”

Female
Gold – Tanya Rezkova, Silver – Jocelyn Coates, Bronze – Georgia Wiseman

Male
Gold – Alexander Merrigan, Silver – Evan May, Bronze – Isaiah Dalton

The day featured some exciting nail biters with two races finishing in almost a dead heat. Philip Snow (Mt Pearl) and Jonathan Wardle (St. John) were less than one second apart at the finish, while Sarah Coates (Eastern) and Brigh Braken (Labrador) had only one second separating them at the line.

Hockey

Avalon’s Keagan Elms scored twice to help lead them to a 9-0 victory over Team Labrador. Benjamin Veitch scored a hatrick in his St. John’s/North team’s 10-0 victory over the Host Team. Kurtis Badcock also scored a hat trick as his Team Easter defeated Team Indigenous 8-2. Team Indigenous versus Team Mount Pearl/South was still playing the final game of the day. There are two more exciting days of Male Hockey action at the Steele Community Centre, with medals being handed out on Tuesday, February 27.

Curling


In Curling Action, Avalon defeated Western 6-2 in Female Curling. In Male Curling, Mount Pearl South defeating the Western 9-4, before chaulking up another win defeating St. John’s North 7-4. The Host team picked up a win over Western 6-3. There are two more days of exciting curling action before the medals are handed out.

Table Tennis

It was a busy day in Table Tennis with Team Competition matches taking place in Female and Male Categories.
“It was actually a really exciting finish to the day,” explained Table Tennis Convener Barry Hicks. “In the final boys game, St. John’s/North versus Avalon went into a tie-breaker doubles match to determine first and second place in their group.”
More Table Tennis results include:

Female Competition:
Group A
Mount Pearl South 5, Western 3
Central 7, Western 1
Mount pearl South 2, St John’s North 6

Group B
Avalon 8, Eastern 0

Male Competition
Group A
Labrador 3, Mount Pearl South 5
Avalon 5, St John’s North 4

Group B
Eastern 8, Indigenous 0
Central 7, Indigenous 1
Eastern 7, Western 1

More Team Competition in Table Tennis will take place tomorrow when the medals will be handed out.

Jennifer Mills
NL Winter Games

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February 25, 2024
8pm update.

Current medal standings

 

February 25, 2024
4pm Update

Afternoon Results — Feb 25th

There has been exciting action taking place in six sports today. Please see available results below. 

Gymnastics

Medals were handed out in Female and Male Team Gymnastics on Sunday, February 25.
In the Female Competition it was Team St. John’s/North taking the gold medal with a combined score of 112.850. The Host Team was a close silver medal at 112.325, with the bronze medal going to Avalon at 110.950.

In the Male Competition, Team St. John’s/North took home the gold with a combined score of 143.400, Western won silver with 133.850, and Mount Pearl’s one-man team took bronze with 48.800.

Badminton
Exciting matches have been held in Group A and Group B of the Team Competition U-18 Mix.

Group A
Labrador 2, St John’s North 3
Central 1, Labrador 4
Indigenous 5

Group B
Eastern 5, Western 0
Avalon 3, Host 2
Host 1, Western 4

Hockey

Kagan Hounsell’s two goals and one assist, helped lead Team Central to a 7-2 victory over Team Labrador.
Captain Graham Pittman led the Host Team to a 5-1 victory over Western with a hat trick.

Curling

In Curling Action, Western defeated St. John’s North 7-6 in Female Curling. Two games have been completed in Male Curling with Mount Pearl South defeating the Host Team 9-2 and St. John’s/North defeating western 10-4. More results will be available in the next update.

Table Tennis

It was a busy day in Table Tennis with Team Competition matches taking place in Female and Male Categories.

Group A Female
St John’s North 6, Western 2
Avalon 7, Mount Pearl South 1
Mount Pearl South 3, St John’s, North 5

Group B Female
Avalon 1, Indigenous 7
Indigenous 4, Eastern 5

Group A Male
Avalon 5, Labrador 3
Mount Pearl South 0, St John’s North 8
Avalon 7, Mount Pearl South 1
Labrador 0, St John’s North 9

Group B Male
Indigenous 1, Western 7
Central 1, Eastern 7
Central 5 Western 4

More Team Competition in Table Tennis will take place this evening and tomorrow when the medals will be handed out.
Cross-Country Skiing
Results are currently unavailable for the 600m-800m Sprint Classic Male and Female Competitions and will be posted in our next update.

Jennifer Mills
NL Winter Games

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February 25, 2024
11 a.m. update
Morning Results – February 25

The 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games got off to a busy start on Sunday, February 25 with athletes competing in five events this morning.

Badminton

Team Central faced Team Indigenous in Encounter 1 at Gander Collegiate. Team Indigenous managed a complete sweep of all five categories (boys singles, girls singles, boys doubles, girls doubles and mixed doubles) to capture all 5 points.

Hockey

Thomas McCarthy led Team Avalon with two goals as they defeated Team Central 7-1 in the first hockey game of the Games.
Team St. John’s North dominated in their first game defeating Team Western 10-0 at the Steele Community Centre.
This morning, athletes are also competing in Cross-Country Skiing, Table Tennis and Gymastics.

More results will be released as they become available. 

Current Results, medals standings and schedule on NL GAMES

 

Schedule of Events – February 25

The 2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games are getting off to a busy start on Sunday, February 25 with action in six different sports taking place.
Medals will be handed out in Gymnastics, which will see action in the following apparatus beginning at 10 a.m.: Women’s 40×40 Floor, Beam, Uneven Bars and Table Vault/Vault Trainer, and Men’s 40×40 Floor, High Bars, Paralell Bars and Table Vault/Vault Trainer. Gymnastics takes place at the Airials Active Wellness Centre in Gander.

Cross-Country Skiing will also be handing out medals on Sunday at the Airport Nordic Ski Club in Gander. Action begins at 10:30 a.m. with 600-800m Sprint Classic Qualifications. The heats take place at 1:30 p.m. with the finals beginning at 2 p.m. when medals will be handed out in the 600-800m Sprint Classic. Medal ceremony takes place at 3 p.m.
Team Competition Under 18 Mix will see the shuttlecocks flying as Badminton gets underway at Gander Collegiate at 8 a.m. with the final encounter taking place at 8 p.m.
Male Hockey gets underway at Gander’s Steele Community Centre at 8 a.m. as well. Pool match-ups will take place every hour and a half until 8 p.m. with all three pools getting in on the action.

Table Tennis will host Team Competition Female and Male at the Gander Evangel Pentecostal Church from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with exciting action happening on six tables at a time.
Male and Female preliminaries take place at the Gander Curling Club starting at 1:30 p.m. The sheets will be in action throughout the day with the final preliminaries starting at 6:30 p.m.

Current Results, medals standings and schedule on NL GAMES

Jennifer Mills
NL Winter Games

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