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Haliburton Ontario
Red Hawks’ searching for signs of spring
Soccer home openers slated for Friday on Brohman pitch By Terrance Gavan Amy Klose is percolated about her senior girls’ soccer team. Judi Paul is excited about her junior girls’ squad. Chris Simpson is the new rugby coach with a nice foundation of returning players. All three Haliburton High coaches are charged about the coming … Continue reading
Haliburton Hurricane Matt Duchene loved the Coby Islander
By Terrance Gavan The Coby Islander tournament is a beautiful segue. From twigs to mashees. From tacks to tracks. And in case you were wondering why parking spots inMindenand Haliburton were so scarce last weekend? Well, blame the legendary end of season rec league showdown known as the Coby Islander. It’s a tradition. And … Continue reading
Hodgson’s Moose clinch playoff – Duchene’s Avs awaiting 2011 draft
Pro Report By Terrance Gavan – Voice Sports Talk about an embarrassment of riches. The Vancouver Canucks clinched a playoff berth, oh, about three months ago. And, their American Hockey League farm club Manitoba Moose – starring Haliburton’s Cody Hodgson – just secured their own playoff berth on national television last Sunday. What does this … Continue reading
Timbits tourney a sweeping success
By Terrance Gavan Wow. We have a cornucopia of young curling talent here in Ontario. How do I know? Well, because I covered the Timbits Elementary School Provincial Curling Championships last weekend at the Minden Curling club and SG Nesbitt Arena. Yes, SG Nesbitt Arena. More on that down low. In all, Minden welcomed … Continue reading
Ontario and Owen Duhaime take silver at Optimist Intenational Spiel
By terrance gavan Team Ontario’s curling foursome won every game in the Optimist International under-18 bonspiel last week. Except for the last one. And of course. The last game in any tournament is the most important one. So, Haliburton’s Owen Duhaime may be forgiven this week for not being at his jovial best. His Ontario … Continue reading
County Voicer Rocks the wall at Camp Medeba
By Terrance Gavan The following is a you tube vid from my rock climbing experience at Camp Medeba in West Guilford/ As usual the Gav Rocks. Literally and figuratively. Catch it here knuckleheads.
Minden hurries hard to prepare for prestigious provincial bonspiel
Minden to host Timbits provincial bonspiel By Terrance Gavan Let’s hope that the Tim Horton staff down at the Hwy 35 caffeine emporium in Minden don’t get too carried away with their mothership’s sponsorship of the Timbits Ontario Elementary School Provincial Championship – coming to the Village on the Gull at the end of the … Continue reading
Haliburton’s flag guy Jack Cox sets the record straight
By Terrance Gavan The Canadian Curling Association gets it. The fans of curling get it. So what’s wrong with the sad sack, overly litigious, and pedantic beancounters at the Labatt Center in London? Your guess is as good as mine. I have a theory, but it was lamentably removed by the redactive red pen of … Continue reading
Sir Sam’s kicks off Spring Break with some X game runs
By Terrance Gavan Sir Sam’s ducked a weather bullet this week. March Break is one of the busiest times of the year for Sir Sam’s Ski and Summer Resort. An ugly weather system threatened operations on Thursday and Friday last week, but the weather turned around just in time for the opening weekend of the … Continue reading
Ramblings from the barn on the hill – Carl Dixon
My Barn on the Hill is a lovely spot for cogitation, implication, inspiration, rejuvenation and elongation of one’s noggin. Painting by Matisse. Big Bop Matisse – My next door neighbor. Oh! You thought I meant that other guy? Big Bop rules. Notes from the barn Carl Dixon just as you see him By Seamus O’Bradaigh … Continue reading
Sports may have saved my life says Carl Dixon
“Completely by accident” Carl Dixon says hello to new career Hockey and running kept local rocker in shape – that Carl survived By Terrance Gavan Stitches and sutures and staples. That’s a song by our local rock n’ roll legend Carl Dixon, former singer, front man and songwriter with Canadian bands The Guess Who, Coney … Continue reading
COSSA Silver for two Hawk Curling teams
By terrance Gavan Rocking and rolling their way to twin COSSA silver medals, both Hal High curling teams earned the Gav’s coveted Jeff Stoughton Slamma Jamma awards for excellence. The guys’ team of Jesse Walker, Owen Duhaime, Mike Mazara and newcomer Tyler Warham placed third at the Gore Provincials and generally displayed a lot of … Continue reading
Hockey Hawks dominate play but fall short in Kawartha semi-finals
Hawks bow to TASS 3-2 ending a season of excellence By Terrance Gavan Peterborough – Just before the Kawartha semi-final playoff game at Peterborough’s Kinsmen Arena last Thursday I managed to have a little chat with Hal High coach Ron Yake. It was just one of those obscure back corridor meet and greets. I said … Continue reading
Glen Dart hockey tourney going on 60 – still spinning grass roots
By Terrance Gavan The Glen Dart tourney is on the cusp of a milestone. Next year the home town, home grown, and homespun recreation league tourney turns 60. That’s some run. And a testament to a community and a county that takes its hockey – at all levels – very seriously. The tournament remembers a … Continue reading
Hawks out joust the Knights from Norwood
By Terrance Gavan Ian Bottum broke the ice. And the Tasmanian Devil – aka “Never Lazy” Mark Vasey – brought the Red Bull to the glass. Last Thursday Vasey – a deft and soft-handed wielder of the clutch touch – led by example, walked away from some late game chippiness, and demonstrated why he is … Continue reading
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Matt Duchene Hurricane
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