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Record week for BPSN and Tribune tourney photo gallery

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Another new record for BP Sports Niagara. Thanks to almost 20,000 hits on our coverage of the 63rd Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament last week, we set a new page view record for our website.

Here are a few comments about our coverage from coaches and parents

“Before I forget, big thanks to you and Bill for all the coverage of our students and school! You guys are doing something special for so many.”

“Thank you BP sports for capturing this awesome pic of my son! Great job covering the tournament! Loved all the writeups.”

“I would also like to say that for years it’s been missed. You (Bill) and Bernie do such a justice for sports in this area and it’s so nice to see your professional coverage. Thanks and that’s from a lot of families.”

Thank you to all our readers, supporters and the organizers of the 63rd Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament for helping us to a record week.

We are now working on plans to monetize our site and we are hoping to attract enough readers (through voluntary subscriptions), sponsors and advertisers to make the site a reality. We will also be setting up a system for people to purchase the photos we’ve taken. Stay tuned! Please continue to spread the word about BPSN. We believe we are becoming an important part of the Niagara sporting community. We hope you feel the same way.

Bernie Puchalski, a graduate of Brock University and Niagara College, worked in journalism in Niagara for more than 27 years before taking a voluntary buyout from The Standard at the end of 2016. He started his career as a news reporter for the Niagara Falls Review before switching to sports reporting. He was a sports reporter and sports editor at the Niagara Falls Review before joining the Standard's sports department in 1996. He was named the Standard's sports editor in 2000 and became the regional sports editor, in charge of the Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune and Standard, in 2015, a position he held until he left the company. During his time in newspapers, he was a multiple winner and finalist for numerous Ontario and Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for sports reporting, spot news reporting and humour writing. He was a member of the Standard Boys Basketball Tournament committee and co-chair of the Standard Girls Basketball Tournament, helping to raise tens of thousands of dollars for bursaries presented to participants in the tournament. He also served on countless local sports committees both in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.

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