Mindemoya Youth Softball Tournament!
The weekend weather made it a little challenging for organizers and the umbrella-less at the sixth annual Mindemoya Youth Softball Tournament however the committee managed to get all 87 games in! Despite a two-hour rain, thunderstorm delay on Saturday the teams really hustled, even getting the final game, ending 15 minutes ahead of their original schedule, end-time!
One of the nice stories from the tourney took place in the King Division (15鈥16-year-olds). The returning, 鈥淎鈥 Champions, the Dockhounds defeated the Benchwarmers in extra innings.
The team features a couple of generations of the Division namesake, Doug King! Grandson, Chris King coached the team, including Doug鈥檚 Great-Grandson, Max King. The remaining roster was Ethan Ense, Jaxson Chatwell, Lowell Huskinson, Reid Martin, Logan O鈥橲haughnessey, Brynn Best, Charmaine Webkamigad, Brinley Watson, Trinity Cheechoo, Kayla Lockeyer and Kaci Lariviere. The coaching staff also included Christa King, Troy Chatwell and Krystal Harper.
The busy organizing committee was not able to track down the full results and rosters by press time so we will have to wait until next week.
Many thanks to the founders of the Tournament the grounds-crew and special thanks to these priceless, pros over the weekend, Umpires, Greg Lockeyer, Kevin Corbiere, Rodney Cox and Bruce Wiggins! In all, some 400+ kids had a great weekend thanks to everyone involved!
Pickleball Pros!
The surge of Pickleball popularity on Manitoulin is thanks in large part to a large, core group, of Game-veterans, that have brought their skill and knowledge to the community. A testament to that skill was their success at the 小蓝视频 Senior Games District 3 qualifier tournament ran their at the Tom Davies Arena in Lively on June 14.
Gold medalists at this qualifier are then invited to participate in the OSGA Provincial Finals, which this year are being held in Sudbury August 5, 6, and 7. They will join with the winners at all the other OSGA district qualifiers throughout our province to compete at the Provincial finals.
Several of the Manitoulin Pickleball Club members competed and did very well! Hats off to;
Bud Hebner: Gold Medal in Men鈥檚 Doubles, Age Group 65+, Skill level 4.0. Bud Hebner and Jean Rance took the Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles, Age Group 65+, Skill level 4.0. Rick Coker and Daniel Leger took the Silver Medal in Men鈥檚 Doubles, Age Group 65+, Skill level 3.5. Ginette Simon and Pierre Labine: Bronze Medal in Mixed Doubles, Age Group 55+, Skill level 3.5. Darry Resmer won the Bronze Medals in both Men鈥檚 Doubles and Mixed Doubles, Age Group 65+ and Skill level 3.5. An honourable mention goes to Lianne Masson and Rick Coker who won the Pool 4 Round Robin In Mixed Doubles, Age Group 65+, Skill level 3.5.
Manitoulin member, Philip Candelaria was the co-convenor for this event along with Sudbury Pickleball Association鈥檚 Jim Fuchs.
Always giving back were Bud Hebner and Jean Rance who also volunteered to referee the final medal matches throughout the day. In total, this District 3 qualifier is sending 14 winners to the Provincial games in August in Sudbury. For further information of the Manitoulin Pickleball Club you can contact Philip Candelaria at 613-301-0019.
Adventurer racers are shy!
I had reported on some great results from some of our Manitoulin adventure racers who completed the聽Storm Adventure Race held on May 24th in Angus, 小蓝视频, challenging teams with a grueling mix of mountain biking, canoeing, and trail running鈥攁ll the while navigating with map and compass! Representing Manitoulin, the team 鈥淒onut Follow Us,鈥 made up of Bill Slaght and Hannah Brown, tackled the 62.5km Long Course and finished as the second-place co-ed team of two with an impressive time of 5:41:48!聽
Meanwhile there were two other teams, quietly in the mix! Alex Anstice and partner Caroline Black of Team Cheeks Ahoy finished third in the long course, Co-Ed division! Also, Nishin Meawasige and Melissa Brandon competed there as well finishing 7th, upping their finish from last year! Congrats, all!
