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County welcomes return of hydroplanes
The 65th anniversary of the famous Oct. 3rd 1950 Harmworth Trophy attempt to beat the world water speed record didn’t happen Saturday as planned, but after a 30-year hiatus, organizers are hopeful hydroplanes will return to the County as an annual event again. A restored Miss Canada IV returned to Picton along with a flotilla of […]
Sunny sky for 12th annual County Marathon
Following years of rain-outs, hundreds of runners pounded the pavement through PEC under a sunny sky for Sunday morning’s 12th annual County Marathon. There were 167 participants in the full marathon 42 kilometre event (72 women and 95 men). Gilbert Kiptoo, of Kenya, (bib 166) ranked first, gliding over the finish line at 2:40:07.5. This […]
PECI Panthers honour September’s top athletes
Highlights: James Pero and Tyler Allison qualified for COSSA golf.
12th annual County Marathon runs Sunday – Roads closed reminder
The 12th annual County Marathon runs Sunday, Oct. 4. The event features individual, full or half marathon as well as the relay challenge, this year being re-named for the chosen charity, the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation. The race is a Boston qualifier and is sanctioned by Athletics Canada. Described as “flat and fast” by national […]
Students run, walk and fundraise toward a world without cancer
Students and staff at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute raised more than $2,000 during their Terry Fox Run Day. “Terry often said that it was the youth who would carry forth his efforts and work toward a world without cancer,” said the organization on its National School Run Day web page. Millions of students across Canada […]
PECI Panther Athletics season well under way
Welcome back the Panther Athletics report as PECI’s fall sports season is well under way. The senior girls basketball team won the B Championship at the Taylor Allan Classic in Kingston. The junior boys soccer team had a convincing first game versus Saint Theresa. CHEERS! to new PEC Sports Hall of Fame members Wyatt Gilbert, […]
CML Snider community celebrates new basketball court and play area
The CML Snider School community officially unveiled its $93,000 basketball court project Thursday in Wellington. Schoolyard Improvement Committee members worked with the community to enhance the tarmac area for various play opportunities for the students, families and adult basketball leagues within Wellington throughout the year. Improvements include six new basketball nets with acrylic backboards, two […]
Sandbanks Fall Getaway Run for fun and Terry Fox
Photography by Theresa Durning Aggie Bortolussi welcomed 167 participants to the 21st annual Sandbanks Fall Getaway Fun Run in near perfect weather. Bortolussi, race director and assistant park superintendent, also welcomed Terry Fox Run participants who ran, walked or biked along the 10 km and 5 km routes. Kevin Beatty, of Frankford was the over […]
Matthews rings in third place at all-Canadian horseshoe championships
CHEERS! to Mary Lessard – Matthews from Bloomfield who travelled to St. Stephen, New Brunswick to participate in the All-Canadian Horseshoe Championships. She played in the Ladies B division and won third place. There were more than 200 entries from eight provinces. The competition was launched by 90-year-old Earle Fraser, tossing the ceremonial shoes.
Spirit and camaraderie reign at extreme fundraiser
As promised, there was more mud and more pain but most participants wore smiles as spirit and camaraderie reigned at the second annual Grapes of Wrath Extreme Romp N Stomp. More than 300 athletes and 100 volunteers participated at Hillier Creek Estates winery to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society, the Prince Edward County […]
