Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Raice Westover, Brandon Rehill and Jamie Davis take the top spots at last weekend’s races. On most Saturdays the race cars take to the track for hot laps at 7 pm but the real action doesn’t start until 7:30pm, when the first green flag is dropped. Unfortunately this week for […]
Overall race results Overall number Brand Name Home Moto1 Moto2 85cc 7-11 1 77a KAW Aiden Mctavish Devlin 2 1 2 47 KAW Ethan Chiappetta Thunder Bay 3 2 3 665 KTM Trenton Krelove Thunder Bay 5 3 4 16 YAM Ben Pilot Thunder Bay 4 4 5 14 KAW […]
The only thing hotter than the weather last Saturday night was the action under the lights at the Emo Speedway! The volunteers were able to groom the dirt track into a very competitive multi groove race track, which made the driver’s job of putting on a show an easy task. […]
Team making plans for August training camp Last night, the Fort Frances Lakers president, Gary Silander, held a gathering for past players and prospects interested in joining the team. The gathering featured some dryland training to see where the players’ fitness level stands and some information about what to expect […]
Former resident and skeet legend to make a visit to club next month July 20 Tuesday skeet shoot was a family affair with the Tucker family with a large contingent! Jackson Tucker continued to improve, justifying the support with 18 and 20/25. Not to be outdone Rod Tucker gave his […]
Looking to learn some football skills, or just get back out on the field and play? A free non-contact football skill and touch football camp has just been given the green light. It starts tonight, Monday July 19. The camp is free of charge, and will run Monday July 19-Thursday […]
After a year sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is back. The modified tournament is set to run from Thursday, July 22 to Saturday, July 24 in a way that will at least be familiar to those sport fishers who have registered to take part. […]
Looking to learn some football skills, or just get back out on the field and play? A free non-contact football skill and touch football camp has just been given the green light. It starts tonight, Monday July 19. The camp is free of charge, and will run Monday July 19-Thursday […]
For the first time in over a year, the weekend warrior racers have returned to do battle on the grounds that they know best – Emo Speedway. Despite COVID-19, the Borderland Racing Association was able to hold five events throughout the summer of 2020. However it was without fans in […]
This week we spoke to Emo Speedway’s current Wissota Modified Track Champion #99 Brody Strachan When did you start racing? I started racing go karts for a couple of years and at 15 got in my first Midwest Modified. What inspired you to start racing? My dad Glen always raced […]
The smoke cleared, literally and figuratively, to allow an ever-improving and ever-increasing number of skeet participants at the FFSC Tuesday night shoot. Especially so, when longtime member Paul Fischer returned, accompanied by his eager daughter, Kathryn, who jumped into the first round under the always capable guidance of skeet President, […]
Cpl Aaron Kellar, 26, returns to Fort Frances after serving in Latvia since February. Prior to his arrival, he completed the Baltic Warrior competition during his deployment in Latvia. It was a cross country competition where 18 NATO countries competed with 247 teams. Kellar and his team partner came in […]
