Local golfer Chrissy Thomson finished 74th (+44) out of a pack of 94 yesterday at the eighthannual Canadian Ladies’ Golf National Amateur in Blainville, Que., near Montreal. While the final round of the four-day event wrapped up today, Thomson, who shot an 89 yesterday, didn’t make the cut. Thomson had […]
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Team Manitoba, with the help of Fort Frances golfer Chrissy Thomson, used their handicap to their advantage yesterday by grabbing a team trophy in the provincial competition at the Canadian Amateur Women’s Golf Championship being held in Blainville, Que., near Montreal. The provincial handicap low net trophy is awarded to […]
Playoff action for the local adult mixed slo-pitch leagues got underway last night. The Tuesday night standings at the end of regular-season play saw West End top the ‘A’ bracket, followed by the Rural Reps, Rockets, Gillons’ Allsorts, Manitou, and Bay City Rollers. In the ‘B’ bracket, it was the […]
Although a few days still remain before the first club is swung in the 27th-annual Kitchen Creek Classic men’s tournament, the course is ready for all comers. The greens are fast and firm, but not dry. The fairways are just short enough while the rough is maybe a bit on […]
Jordan Davis topped the go-kart obstacle race that was held Saturday night at the Emo Speedway in conjunction with the Borderland Racing Association’s weekly stock car action. Davis completed the course in a time of 24.67, edging out Brady Caul (25.44). Rounding out the seven drivers were Cody Drennan (27.30), […]
Imagine an early-morning tee-off time with the mist rising above the trees. And as you’re about to address the ball, you check one last time in case a moose has strolled onto the fairway. A moose? That’s just one of the opportunities at the new Heron Landing Golf Course at […]
The seesaw battle between Mini-Sprint drivers Ken Perry and Kyle Ridlon was among the highlights of weekly stock car racing action Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. Ridlon, who trailed Perry by just six points in the overall division standings coming into Saturday’s action, took the checkered flag over Perry […]
Mike Busch is the kind of guy who doesn’t forget who his friends are. So when the coach of the under-17 regional girls’ basketball squad was allowed to use the new Educational Resource Centre at Couchiching for team practices on weekends last season, he remembered to repay the favour. Busch’s […]
The central event of the Fort Frances adult soccer calendar rolls into town this weekend as the annual “Borderland Ball Blast” starts tomorrow at the St. Francis Sportsfields. Eight men’s teams and seven women’s teams, including squads from Winnipeg, Dryden, Thunder Bay, and Kenora as well as here, will square […]
Scotty Bowman may be the dean of hockey coaches, but Ron Bowman is becoming the professor emeritus of the local Rendezvous Yacht Club. Bowman and his boat “In Tune” are making a mockery of the club’s Wednesday night fall race series as victories July 23 and 30 made him three-for-three […]
With soccer coursing through her veins, you would assume Sarah Noonan has some noteworthy running skills. Noonan showed just how much by winning the women’s 20-29 age division in a time of 24:20 at the Running Bear 5-K race last weekend in Stratton in conjunction with Morley’s centennial celebrations. The […]
Playoff fever is running through the Borderland Soccer Association—and both Gillons’ teams aren’t about to lower the temperature of their red-hot play. The Gillons’ men’s team (14-3-1) have had first place locked up for quite some time, but didn’t look like they had lost their edge in a season-ending 5-1 […]
