Local golfer Greg Ward carded a second-straight par-72 on Friday to finish in a tie for 17th place at the Canadian Club Champions Championship in Calgary. He wound up with a 14-over 302 total. He had a slow start in the first two rounds Tuesday and Wednesday, firing a pair […]
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Local golfer Greg Ward shot an even-par 72 on Thursday to survive the cut and play in today’s final round at the Canadian Club Champions Championship in Calgary. The 23-year-old defending Kitchen Creek club champ was tied for 42nd place going into action Friday with a 14-over 230 total (79-79-72). […]
Kitchen Creek champion Greg Ward shot a pair of 79s on Tuesday and Wednesday in the first two rounds of the Canadian Club Champions Championship in Calgary. After Thursday’s third round, the 120 amateurs competing at the par-72 Springbank Links will be dwindled down to the top 70 scores and […]
Close to 500 young soccer players took to the field one more time Saturday for the Fort Frances Youth Soccer wind-up tournament, capping off its 11th year here. But the tournament–and the entire season for that matter–was played with a non-competitive flavour, said FFYS vice-president John Pierce. “It’s a fun […]
Two Borderland women’s soccer teams will be competing in a invitational tournament in Dryden on July 14-15. Also scheduled to compete are teams from Kenora and Thunder Bay. Those going won’t necessarily be league teams but rather a group of any interested players. Anyone interested should contact league co-ordinator Jodi […]
The first major slo-pitch tournament of the season runs today through Sunday at the Devlin diamond. Proceeds from the tourney will go to help the Crossroads School rink committee build a new rink. Twelve teams will compete, including four from here and the eight league teams from Devlin. Head organizer […]
Five local runners took part in the 25th-annual Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth and posted some strong results. Bob Tkachuk, Pierre Mikhail, Cameron Moorhouse, Connee Badiuk, and Kerri Tolen made the trip for Saturday’s marathon, where the 26.2-mile route from Two Harbours to the harbourfront of the city was attended by […]
Four years ago, former Muskie football standout Shane Beckett had no idea the blind sport of goalball even existed. Today, he’s head coach for the Canadian national team seeking a berth in the 2004 Para-Olympic Games in Athens, Greece–and looking to heighten awareness of the sport in this country in […]
Monday was a busy day for local golfer Greg Ward as he prepared for the 16th-annual Canadian Club Champions Championship tournament this week in Calgary. In addition to playing 18 practice holes at Spring Bank Links and attending a tournament reception, his room was flooded with phone calls all evening. […]
Our Tuesday Community Sail Night will start tomorrow (June 19) provided the weather and water levels co-operate. Anyone is welcome to come out sailing with us. Just show up at either the Rendez-Vous dock in Fort Frances or the dock in Ranier. Hopefully, there will be fair winds. In other […]
The Fort Frances Badminton Club’s season wind-down last week was a chance for players and parents alike to test their skills in an evening of friendly competition. The bevy of parent-child doubles matches at the high school gym was taken with both a fun and evaluating approach. “It’s a chance […]
It only took three pitches for the Pinewood Bears to grab a one-run lead on Sight and Sound. And it was a lead they never surrendered en route to a 6-0 win in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday night at VanJura Stadium here. The loss dropped Sight […]
