The Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber of Commerce is bringing back one of its signature events this summer, with its annual golf tournament set to return after a hiatus.
Two rep hockey teams that competed in last weekend’s provincial championships encountered high-calibre opposition while turning in exciting performances.
Zubin Gatta, Kekoo Gatta’s son and an assistant coach with the Junior Brock Badger Wrestling Club, said he is touched by the tribute: “He gave so much to the wrestling world in Niagara."
The NOTL U13 and U15 Wolves both prevailed against imminent playoff elimination, earning berths in the provincial championships in Halton Hills at the end of March.
The timing of the NOTL Wolves hockey club's annual equipment swap coincided with the NOTL Soccer Club's end-of-year festival — allowing the young athletes to trade gear ahead of the fall sports season.
Niagara-on-the-Lake's pickleball courts were back in action last weekend — and players were thrilled to return to their favourite outdoor sport after a lengthy closure.
Usually in sports, when a team wins four out of seven matches, it’s enough to take home a championship. Well, golf can be different, as the annual match between the men’s Ryder Cup team and the women’s Solheim squad showed last Friday at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club.
During this week's Speedo Canadian Championships in Toronto and Welland, Peyton Leigh swam the 1500-metre and 800-metre freestyle, winning gold for both and achieving new best times.
Two young friends from St. Davids, classmates and elite junior golfers, travel separately to Montreal to compete in a national tournament and dominate the field to finish first and second.
In sports, it's never over till it's over: Two Niagara-on-the-Lake lacrosse teams embraced that mantra Saturday as they battled back to capture their zone championships at home in Virgil.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Pickleball Club has been busy sharing the proceeds of its members' spring tournament, handing out $2,000 in donations to three community organizations.
The U9 Niagara Thunderhawks lacrosse team faced tough opposition, but after returning home, on Tuesday night the Thunderhawks beat Six Nations 7-6 and earned a berth in their zone championship, which is being played in NOTL this weekend.
It was the crowning touch, a perfect shot in the middle of an almost perfect nine holes of golf. A gap wedge, sailing 125 yards, over a yawning front bunker, off the flag stick — and directly into the hole.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club experienced another great display of tennis on the weekend, with the Mixed Doubles Championships — the club's first tournament of the year.
The Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club was pretty in pink Tuesday as dozens of women descended on the course for the bi-annual NOTL Women's Invitational Tournament.
Jessi Harewicz of Vancouver jumped into Lake Ontario in-Niagara-on-the-Lake just after 10 p.m. Sunday and 22 hours later became the first person to swim the lake this year.
