Sports News
Fall River Taekwon-Do takes home silvers and golds at the first ICTF Provincial Championships
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: June 19, 2010
Saturday, June 5, was a fantastic day of competition for the students and families of Fall River Taekwon-Do for the first ICTF Taekwon-Do provincial championships. Competitors’ smiles filled the gym and many new friendships were made as they performed their patterns and sparred in the energy filled, fun atmosphere. The event, co-hosted by Halifax area [...]
WHOSE Game Is It? All doubt has been removed, Hockey is CANADA’s Game!
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: March 2, 2010
(D2N) – To borrow a line from what has become my favourite Coke commercial, our Olympic hockey teams have let the whole world know just “who’s game they’re playing”; with a Gold medal as proof, there is no doubt…….hockey is officially Canada’s game! The 2010 Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team won gold last Thursday when [...]
Ground-Breaking Event for New Four-Pad Arena Complex
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: October 15, 2009
Bedford (D2N) – A long-awaited four-pad arena complex for the Halifax Regional Municipality is poised for construction with the official ground-breaking celebrated Wednesday, Oct. 14 the HRM said in a press release. The ceremony was held at the future site of the arena, at 61 Gary Martin Dr., Bedford West. “We are pleased to see [...]
Kids of all Sizes Tackle Football with the Fall River Dragons
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: October 6, 2009
Football is fast becoming a popular sport in Nova Scotia, and in District 2 as well. This year there are three Fall River Dragons teams, including Adam, PeeWee, and Bantam levels. Lockview High School is home to the Lockview Dragons team. “Throughout Nova Scotia, there has been a tremendous growth period in the last five [...]
LWF Mystics – Girl’s League Champions 2009
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: September 16, 2009
Windsor Junction (D2N) – Baseballs, gloves, and bats have been put away as another baseball season comes to a close. But one group of players can savour the sweet taste of victory as the fall leaves begin to turn colours. The LWF Mystics Girls Baseball League got off to a fantastic start, emerging the Girl’s [...]
Fall River Dragons Football – Players Hit the Field
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: September 12, 2009
Fall has arrived, and the Fall River Dragons football teams are back on the field. Stan Hennigar and a number of volunteers have been busy getting the players on the Atom team prepared during regular practices at the Dragons practice field located in the Tamarac Hills Subdivision, at the top of Arthur Joseph Drive. The [...]
LWF Baseball Season Standings
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: July 30, 2009
Bantam Team Won Lost Tied Pct. G.B. RF RA Sackville Indians 11 3 0 .786 — 157 80 Sackville Brewers 10 3 0 .769 0.5 142 87 LWF Warriors 7 3 1 .682 2.0 104 83 Halifax West Warriors 6 3 1 .650 2.5 96 56 Blues 5 4 1 .550 3.5 95 78 Tantallon [...]
Girls Baseball Day, Past and Present
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: July 24, 2009
Windsor Junction (D2N) – In the summer of 2008 – Over 80 girls between the ages of 5 and 13, from both the Hammonds Plains Baseball Association and LWF Baseball Association showed up at the Windsor Junction Community Centre fields for the first ever Girls Day in Baseball. This was a fun day of exhibition [...]
Local Athletes Heading for Canada Games
Joanne Jordan - Reporter: July 5, 2009
Every fourth summer, the Nova Scotia Under 17 Women’s Basketball Team competes against the best juvenile teams in the country at the Canada Games tournament. This year, Rachel MacLean and Jenny Lewis of Fall River have been selected as members of the team and will be competing against other provinces and territories from August 15th [...]