Well the Covid 19 virus continues to play havoc with the sports community in Canada. There will be NO National University Sports happening this season. It will affect men’s and women’s basketball, hockey, swimming, track and field as well as volleyball and wrestling.…
Rugby Canada has announced a High Performance men’s training camp in Langford British Columbia November 9th to 29th. Head coach Kinsley Jones has named 36 players who have been invited. Newfoundland will have one of our own at this high performance camp. Patrick Parfrey of St. John’s who plays now with the Toronto Arrows will be at the Camp. …
The Remax Center St John’s Curling Club Super League Curling season has started. Curlers are practicing social distancing when it does come to their games. Here are scored from the first weeks action Team Colin Thomas (Dairy Farmers of Newfoundland) 7– Team Mackenzie Mitchell (RothLochston) 1 Team Erica Curtis (Marco) 6–Team Greg Smith (Newfoundland Styro) 3 Team Trent Skanes (McInnis Cooper) 8–Team Nick Lane 2 Team Andrew Symonds (Crosbie Group) 7–Team Macniel Lamswood (Hodge Bros Ltd.) 2 Team Heather Strong (AltoMaxx) 7–Team Peddigrew (Quality Matters) 6 Team Rick Rowsell 7–Team Noseworthy (Remax) 6 Team Nathan Young (Service Master Restore)…
St. John’s native Clarke Bishop has re-signed with the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. This is the fifth season he will spend with the National Hockey League team. He was an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and has agreed to a one year two way contract with the team. Bishop has played 25 games with the NHL team and has a goal and three assists.…
Molson St. John’s Intermediate Men’s Fastpitch League Final 2020 Playoff Stats Leaders TEAMS (ABBRIVATIONS) CBC Junior Canadians (CBC) CBS Storm (CBSS) Lafontaine Club (LC) Roebothan McKay Marshall Republic (RMMR) Sportscraft Waterford Valley (SWV) GAMES PLAYED (GP) Andrew Kelly (LC) 6 Troy Leonard (LC) 6 Joel Nash (LC) 6 Gerard O’Reilly (LC) 6 Matthew O’Reilly (LC) 6 Marcus Pittman (LC) 6 Jordan Pomeroy (LC) 6 Liam Shea (LC) 6 Joey Sweeney (LC) 6 14 Tied With 5 AT BATS (AB) Andrew Kelly (LC) 19 Matt Power (RMMR) 19 Liam Shea (LC) 19 Trevor Hefferan (RMMR) 17…
Here are a few other fun facts from the weekend from the Challenge Cup weekend. Eight league champions declared (six youth, plus senior men’s and women’s) 32 games 600+ players took part 100 referee assignments Thousands of fans (within facility physical distancing guidelines) This is normally a time when our club teams are at national competitions, however there were no nationals this year due to COVID-19. Of interest, yesterday marked 32 years from the day Holy Cross men won its national gold medal. Coming up later this month will be our provincial team tryouts, and in November/December the…