Hockey in July!
When you love hockey so much you can find places to play, especially in the heat. Rinks have such a cool vibe in the summer. A couple of teams travelled east to Gatineau/Ottawa for the Every Child Matters Hockey and Broomball Tournament!
The Wolverines are a women’s squad from Wiikwemkoong and they won the Women’s Competitive Division! They played the Akwesasne Wild in the semi-finals (winning 3-1) and the Moose Cree Scrappers in the championship game on Sunday, July 7th (winning
2-1). Although they had lost to both teams previously on the weekend and still managed to come out with two hard-fought wins on Sunday is amazing! Kudos to: Danielle Shawana, Niibin Pitawanakwat, Delaney Webkamigad, Mallory Lesage, Natasha Cooper, Keisha McLeod-Penasse, Lyric Peltier, Lily George, Angela Green, Amber Lewis, Alexia Hill, Mya Summers, Taylor Peltier and Shanna Peltier!
Also down-east were the M’Chigeeng Underdogs who won the women’s recreation division). Congratulations to: Destiny Migwans, Dream Saunders, Anna Migwans, Nyssa Solomon, Randi Lovelace, Victoria Sawyer, Harmony Kaiser-Fox, Savanah Eshquib, Tara Dantouze (coach) Acadia Solomon, Aysia Francis, Grace Webb, Lindsay Dantouze and Avery Polso.
RRGC Mens Open!
The annual Rainbow Ridge Golf Course in Manitowaning hosted their annual Men’s Open over the weekend and over 100 guys entered! When all was tallied on Sunday, Dustin Fox was the outright winner, shooting 151! Denis Audette shot nine fewer shots on Sunday and was chasing Dustin but needed 153 strokes. Justice Corbiere was third, a stroke back at 154.
Rounding out the top-ten were Owen Rigg and Pierre Trudeau tied-4th, Chris Assinewe and Brian O’Connor were locked in 6th. Jarrod Shawanda and Ricky Larochelle tied at eighth, Jeremiah Corbiere was ninth and Warren Corbiere was 10th.
Sudbury Paddlesports
Marathon
Brian O’Neill is a powerful paddler and perhaps used the canoe marathon a couple of weeks back as a training run for the Mindemoya Classic on the 30th. It worked out in both events with Brian having the fastest canoe in each race, paddling with Sean Loughheed in Lake Ramsey and Nick Chapman for Mindemoya.
Poker Paddle!
Here is a unique activity that combines paddling, poker and adds a Hawaiian Luau and you have this coming weekend’s Poker Paddle in Wiikwemkoong. The tropical themed event is a leisurely paddle from King’s Bay to Prairie Point. With only $20 needed to try your hand at poker, why not give it a try? There will be five stops along the way to collect your chips and then five cards are dealt to you at your destination. There are prizes for the top three hands, there are door prizes and scone and soup for participants. For more information contact Rosetta Toulouse via Facebook Messenger.
Pike Master series is back!
The Wiikwemkoong Anglers have started their schedule of virtual catch, video, measure and release derbies. Results add up the two lengths of your largest fish. Winning the 1st place pot was Jeff Bailey with 58 inches and $530. Aaron Recollet took home $315, just half an inch away from Jeff. Ken Madahbee was not far behind with his 56.5 inches and was good for $210. For every preliminary derby a percentage of the proceeds are retained for the two-day Pike Classic in September. The pot is already at $1,686! For more info on how to get in on the action visit the Wiikwemkoong Anglers page on Facebook.
The Anglers also held a bass derby with Aaron Recollet once again showing, that if it swims, he can catch it! He won first place as well as the largest fish at 6.5lbs. Galen Trudeau was second and Peter Jones was third. Their next events include a virtual pike derby on July 27 and then the Junior Angler Bass event on July 28.
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