Springfield Brewers Squirt boys (under-12) catcher Ty Cadotte managed to catch a difficult low pitch from teammate Bryce Webber during their fastball game at Malahide Community Place on Wednesday evening, July 15. By keeping the ball in front of him for the most part during the top half of the first inning, Cadotte helped keep…
Youngsters clapped along with Dotsy the Clown during a show at a Teddy Bear Picnic in Straffordville Community Park, Wednesday, July 15. About 115 children participated. The annual event, held at different sites around East Elgin each year, was organized by the Ontario Early Years Centre, Elgin County library, Elgin St. Thomas Public Health, Tyke…
Carley Jean Smout, 6, made contact with the ball during her turn up to bat while her team practiced some skills before playing a T-Ball game at Steen Park in Aylmer on Saturday morning, July 11. Aylmer Minor Baseball Association players, coaches, volunteers and parents take over Steen Park each Saturday morning in July with…
Joel Twinem, second from left, led players from the Double J Fabrication U-7 soccer team through a series of drills before their East Elgin Youth Soccer League game at Columbus Field south of Aylmer on Thursday evening, July 2. Practicing dribbling the ball by Joel were Double J Fabrication players Faith Abell, left, Jonathon Redecop,…
The “black shirt squad” competitors helped each other get up onto the dock from Springwater Pond after the swim portion of the Extreme Elgin 10-kilometre course at Springwater Conservation Area on Saturday morning, June 27. The black shirted group of participants were to race through the course multiple times and were the first to face the…
Kendra Sheeller, 9, of St. Thomas on Milo walked her horse during judging for the Western Pleasure Junior B category during a show organized by Rusty Gaits Saddle Club at Aylmer Fairgrounds, Sunday morning, June 21.
Alysia Andrews, left, Miley Bouck and Michael Suderman played Noodle Hockey at Port Burwell Public School on Friday, June 19. The school held a sports day to celebrate the coming Pan Am Games in Toronto in July.
Kingston Axemen starting pitcher Jordan MacDonald came out on the 2-1 losing end of a game versus the Great Lakes Pirates at one of the diamonds at Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Saturday, June 13 during the 2015 International Softball Congress Canada East Qualifier tournament. The weekend-long men’s fastball tournament started on Friday night,…
About 100 Special Olympics athletes and their coaches from London, St. Thomas and area gave “high-fives” to Ontario Police College students and staff members as they embarked on a run on Tuesday night, June 9. After the run and a barbecue. everyone joined together to play softball, soccer and bocce. The college hosts the Olympians…
Youngsters hurtled across an inflatable amusement, one of several attractions and games at the 25th annual Springfield Community Fun Day on Saturday, July 6. Other events included a breakfast, ball games, contests and a watermelon-eating competition.
Kaitlyn Dance, front (in red sweater), and Shelby Laindlaw of Aylmer were teammates on the Power Edge Pro hockey team that competed in the Draft Day Hockey “London Rising Stars” youth tournament at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday morning, May 30. The tournament, which also had games played on Friday, May 29, and Saturday,…
Emily Howe, 4, got right to helping her Dad Chris and Mom Jody find the right lures before casting their lines into the family pond during Family Fishing Day on Saturday morning, May 30. Sponsored by the Elgin Conservation and Hunting Heritage Association (formerly the Elgin Wild Turkey Chapter), Family Fishing Day offered free fishing…