Sports

MINTO - Minto firefighters and members of the County of Wellington OPP took to the ice at the Palmerston arena for a benefit hockey game on Jan. 27.

CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) Junior boys basketball team is having a great season.

FERGUS - The Fergus Curling Club hosted its annual 1834 Classic Bonspiel on Jan. 6.

FERGUS –  CW Martial Arts Academy hosted its Grand Reopening from 1 to 3:30pm on Jan. 6.

HALTON – Track cyclist Cole Dempster has been selected as one of the winners of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s annual Canada-wide talent search.  

ERIN – This season marks the sixth year the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) has presented its Coach of the Month awards.

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Six local weightlifting athletes have qualified for the 2024 Ontario Winter Games in Thunder Bay, Feb. 16 to 26.

ROCKWOOD – Local 20-year-old Daniel Clarke has been drafted by the Halifax Wanderers Football Club as a goalkeeper. 

FERGUS – The Sticks ’n’ Stones bonspiel took place at the Fergus Curling Club on Nov. 10.

CENTRE WELLINGTON - On Dec. 12,  seven Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) schools sent 28 teams to Centre Wellington District High School (CWDHS) for the 2023 Special Olympics Guelph Basketball Qualifier.

MAPLETON – The township’s Parks and Recreation Committee is looking at creating a policy regarding allocation of ice time at the PMD arena.

ERIN – On Dec. 11 work crews removed the decades-old arena scoreboard from Centre 2000 in Erin and replaced it with a modern LED digital display board.

FERGUS – The Hugh Black Bonspiel at the Fergus Curling Club on Dec. 2 honoured the Black family, members of which were among the original settlers of Fergus.

ROCKWOOD - Athletes from the Rockwood Japan Karate Dojo joined over 100 competitors at a provincial tournament in Scarborough on Dec. 3.