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GUSHUE OUT TILL NEW YEAR

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  Newfoundland curler Brad Gushue won’t be back on the ice very soon. Gushue’s recovery from an injury is taking longer than expected and he may not be back with the team until sometime in the New Year. Gushue is continuing his rehab on a tricky set of muscles in his left hip and groin area. Gushue does admit he isn’t in any pain. He will not be with the team at this week’s Grand Slam of Curling in Cranbrook BC. Mark Nichols has been skipping the team.…

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ST. JOHNS SUPER LEAGUE CURLING

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  The St. John’s Super Curling League has three teams tied for firsdt all with 4-1 records. Mark Noseworthy improved to 4-1 as they  registered an 11-3 win over Paul Harvey who falls from the undefeated ranks to 4-1.   ,Therapeutic Services Physiotherapy skipped by Andrew Symmondsd also improved to 4-1  as they defeated Colin Thomas 6-3. Stacie Curtis stole 5 consecutive points on route to a 7-3 victory over Carroll Investments.    Fun ‘N’ Fast stole five points and go on to defeat the Greg Blyde Junior Team 10-2.    Team Shelley Hardy stole 3 points in the 4th…

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NFLDERS ON EL CAPITAN!

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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 historic route known at The Salathe, “camping out” on the vertical rock face on small tent platforms called porta-ledges bolted and hanging from the rock. After a year of training at Wallnuts Climbing Centre in St John’s they set off on an epic journey that saw them climbing and honing…

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CAPS MOVE INTO 2ND PLACE

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      The St. John’s Caps (4-3-1, 9 pts) moved into second place in the league standings  with a 4-3 win over the Bell Island Blues (4-4-0, 8 pts) in Avalon East Senior Hockey League action on Monday. Mark Rideout scored what proved to be the winning goal in the third period Roger Pender, Jeremy Barron and Jon Caul  scored as well  for the Caps. Brandon O’Neil Kory Waterman and Ryan Power scored for Bell Island.          …

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BASEBALL AWARDS

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  The St. John’s Amateur Baseball League handed out its awards for the past season on Saturday night. Gerald Butt of Gonzaga Vikings was named the Most Valuable player in the senior loop. Danny Rice of Holy Cross claimed the MVP award in the intermediate loop. The league also for the first time in 15 years inducted four people into the St. John’s Baseball Hall of Fame. Craig Butler a pitcher with Feildians, Peter Wakeham a pitcher with Holy Cross and Guards, Tony Meaney a catcher with Gonzaga and Steve Phillips a player with Gonzaga, a baseball executive , coach…

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CATARACTS TAKE TWO FROM CARIBOUS

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      S U N D A Y    The Grand Falls Windsor Cataracts made it two weekend wins over the Clarenville Caribous Sunday with a 5-2 decision. Five players shared in the scoring for the Cats, Kyle McGuirk, Andrew Brennan, Colin Circelli, Micheal Brent and Alex Dalley. Ryan Derosiers and Keith Delaney had the Clarenville goals.   S A T U R D A Y  The Grand Falls Windsor Cataracts spoiled the home opener for the Clarenville Caribous Saturday night. Brandon Bussey scored at 9:47 of the third periods and it proved to be the winning goal as…

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