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…
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.
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.
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.
Blayne Dunham of the Van Bommel Farms team controlled the ball, keeping it away from her team’s opponents in an East London league game in London Friday, July 17. The women on the Van Bommel team had previously played in Belmont Minor Soccer, but after turning 18 joined the London league as a group. They’ve…
Kayla Pallett of Belmont Minor Soccer’s Under 16 VanBommel Farms girls soccer team went through two Ilderton North defenders during a West London league Challenge Cup game in Belmont, Sunday, July 19. Belmont won that game 1-0, another 3-0 and tied a third 1-1 to finish first in its pool, and advance to semifinals Aug.…
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.