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Last home meet for Aylmer Pool swim team
Seth Walker of host Aylmer Pool swim team competed in boys 14 and under backstroke during a meet against Strathroy, Wednesday, July 29. Aylmer won despite being outnumbered. This was the last home meet of the summer for the team.
Read MoreSouth East bests Belmont Under 12 boys
Cody Beggs of host Belmont Milk Ankor Farms Under 12 boys team rushed the ball down the field toward the South East net during a West London Soccer game on Tuesday night, July 29. South East won the game 6-1, with Belmont’s lone goal scored by Jeremy Simpson.
Read MoreBelmont U12 Girls blank South East 4-0
Emma Grace Huygen, in blue, of host Belmont Harkness Printing Under 12 girls team vied for possession of the ball with a South East player during a West London Soccer game on Monday night, July 27. Belmont won 4-0, with Huygen scoring one of her team’s goals. Megan Esler tallied two and Jolene Sollner a…
Read MoreAll smiles at the horse show
Troy Helkaa, 8, of New Sarum rode Powin to a first place finish in the lead line pleasure class with some help from Kayla Berdan during the latest horse show organized by the Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club at the Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday, July 26. A total of 15 horses and ponies were brought to…
Read MoreAylmer hosts Ontario Junior Horseshoe competition
Kaylee Nooren, 13, competed in the Ontario Junior Singles Horseshoe Pitching Championships at the pits located behind East Elgin Community Complex in Aylmer on Saturday morning, July 25. Ms. Nooren is a member of the East Elgin Horseshoe Club which at over 20 had the most competitors in the tournament, the first time it had…
Read MoreFishing family fun at Springwater
Jada Ryerse, 11, of Lyons was the first of her sisters to cast her line into the pond at Springwater Conservation Area on Saturday morning, July 25 for the annual Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Derby. Hotdogs and drinks for the participating children were served for lunch and prizes were handed out at the…
Read MoreWrapped up in water at Springfield library
Ilse Kloosterman, 10, struggled into a wet T-shirt during a relay race at a weekly children’s summer program at Springfield library, Thursday, July 23. Competitors had to dip the T-shirt in water and put it on before running back to their team to hand off the shirt to the next racer. That day, 40 children and five teen…
Read MoreAylmer Pool takes on Thamesford
Ethan Panagos-Reibl of the host Aylmer Pool swim team competed in Boys 8 and under butterfly race during a meet against Thamesford, Wednesday, July 22. Aylmer came out on top at the end of the night, and hosts its final home meet of the summer against Strathroy, Wednedsay, July 29, starting at 7 p.m.
Read MoreYoung painters fire away
Tessa Thomson, 5, of Huntsville, on an annual summer trip to visit her grandmother, used a squirt gun full of water-paint to fill a canvas outside Port Stanley Public Library, Tuesday morning, July 21. The “Hey Hey Paint Away” event was one in a series of weekly library programs for children during the summer.
Read MoreBlasting out a hit for Brewers
Jada Doxtator, who pitched for the Springfield Brewers Under 16 girls softball team in a game against Lasalle Yellow at Doug Tarry Sports Complex in St. Thomas, Saturday, July 18, blasted out a single. While the Brewers lost that game 7-1, they won another the same day in sweltering weather against Lasalle Green 7-2.
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