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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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ST. JOHN’S SUPER CURLING LEAGUE

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    Team Paul Harvey remains undefeated in the St John’s Curling Club Super League. Paul Harvey’s team improved to 4-0 with a come from behind 7-4 win over Team Shelly Hardy scoring six in the last four ends. Adam Boland the skip of Fun and Fast made a double takeout with his first stope and downed Andrew Taylor’s Carroll Investments team 6-04. Heather Strong handed Mark Noseworthy his first loss with a 7-5 win Andrew Symonds and his Therapeutic Services Physiotherapy team edges Trent Skanes and his McInnes Cooper foursome 3-2. Colin Thomas downed Greg Blyde Junior Team 7-3…

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BALLY HALY SUPER LEAGUE CURLING

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     All North Surveys skipped by Toby McDonald remains perfect at 7-0 in Bally Haly Super League Curling as he defeated Technips Ken Bavis 7-1 on Tuesday night. North Atlantic Greg Smith remained in second place with a 5-1 record as he beat Osmonds Furniture skipped by Julia Pitcher 7-2. Pitcher now winless in seven games  GFL Environmental skipped by Gary Perry improved to 4-3 as he beat Provincial Benefits skipped by Bill Jenkins 6-2. Jenkins now 4-2. Stewart McKelvey skipped by Neil Jacobs improved to 4-3 beating Coastal Chiopractic Matthew Smith 8-7. Smith falls to 2-5.…

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