Southwestern Public Health on Wednesday, Oct. 6, issued letters of instruction requiring COVID-19 “passports” showing proof of vaccination will be needed for anyone 12 or older for admission to all indoor public and private sports facilities as of Oct. 31 . Previously, anyone 12 through 17 had been exempt from having to produce passports at indoor sports facilities.…
Spectators will be allowed to attend outdoor sports events involving East Elgin Secondary School as the fall season unfolds, Athletics Director Matt Ninness says. East Elgin would have teams for field hockey, junior football, golf, junior and senior girls basketball, senior boys volleyball and cross-country, he continued. Not enough players could be found for junior…
Ben Deleebeeck of host Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 11 Rep team stickhandled the puck down the ice during an exhibition game against St. Thomas at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday night, Oct. 1. Aylmer took the win. (AE/Rob Perry)
Paige Poland of host BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Under 15 BB hockey team kept the puck away from a Woodstock player during a season-opening game at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday night, Sept. 24. Woodstock won the game 2-0. (AE/Rob Perry)
The sunset coloured the horizon as two to three foot waves crashed onto the beach at Port Bruce at sunset on Saturday night, Sept. 25. (AE/Rob Perry)
The shelves at Aylmer library are festooned with 62 colourful and intricate quilts, made by local artisans, for an annual three-day show that opened on Thursday, Sept. 23, and continues through Saturday, Sept. 25. (AE/Rob Perry)
Rider Stephanie Bossence of London lost her seat, as had her rescued “victim” Jarrad McMillan just before her, during a Rusty Gaits Saddle Club horse show at the Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday, Sept. 19. The club is reviving “rescue races,” an event where a rescuer rushes to the far end of the ring, picks up…
Aylmer Minor Hockey players, including this group of “Timbits” being coached on skating skills on Saturday morning, Sept. 11, have returned to the ice rinks at East Elgin Community Complex for the 2021-22 season, starting with practices. (AE/Rob Perry)
A lifeguard in a kayak provided instructions as Port Burwell Public School Grade 6 pupils Kayleigh Allegretti, left, Tyler Groat and Keegan Amies learned how to propel a flat-bottomed rowboat they and four other pupils helped make, after it was launched at Port Burwell Marina on Saturday, Sept. 4. The boat will be sanded, painted…
Kevin Morrell was one of 19 members playing at the Aylmer Lawn Bowling Club on Thursday evening, Sept. 2, after hot, muggy weather the previous week was replaced by cooler temperatures. The club is reporting a good year, with an average of three or four rinks out each regular playing night and an increase of…
Thames Valley District School Board, in a statement on Thursday, Aug. 26, announced it expected “a full return to athletics this year” as schools re-opened for in-person learning. Organized sports would begin as soon as guidelines were received from the Ontario government, public health units and the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA), the…
Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey club will come to an end within the next two weeks if new volunteers don’t come forward to help run it, the team has warned. The team for players 16 through 21 years old was formed 18 years ago. Yvonne Gavey, in an announcement on behalf of the team said,…