Doug Hamilton, Board Chair of the Niagara 2022 Canada Games Host Society, (left) and Niagara Community Foundation Executive Director Bryan Rose. Photo by: BILL POTRECZ. Dan Kennedy sees Sport Niagara as...
We did good. The above three words aptly sums up Thursday’s ‘celebratory wrap-up presentation’ of the 2022 Canada Summer Games hosted at Canada Games Park by the Niagara Host Society....
Payton Gauthier concluded his Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games experience with a pair of rowing gold medals around his neck. After winning gold in the eight Saturday, the 18-year-old Niagara...
The Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games were the perfect tonic for Virginia scholarship rower Teagan Orth. “It was a challenging year,” the 19-year-old St. Catharines native said. “There was a...
Grace Tennant came within 40 centimetres of being a double gold medalist at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. After winning the gold medal in the shot put Friday morning,...
For the second time in the last two and half months, Lucas Maroney had a gold medal placed around his neck at the Henley Grandstand. In early June, he won...
Applying to and being accepted into the Ontario NextGen Performance Centre in Welland two years ago, was a pivotal moment in Madeson Scott’s rowing career. “They have given me all...
On a stifling hot Friday morning at Canada Games Park, Grace Tennant put an exclamation mark on a worst to first storyline. After finishing dead last in the women’s shot...
Based on her selection to Canada’s under-23 team for the world rowing championships, a spot on Team Ontario in the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games was Hailey Mercuri’s for the...
Owen Bartel is having the summer of a lifetime. The Eden graduate completed his high school rowing career with gold medals in the single and double at the Canadian Secondary...
Stephen Harris is on a major roll in his athletic career. Last fall, the Brock University rower won the under-23 and senior lightweight single at the national championships and this...
Trinity Tutti gets to defend her Canada Games title close to home. The 22-year-old Welland native won the discus and placed third in the shot put at the 2017 Summer...
Like many other local athletes, Noah Dommasch is enjoying the chance to be a part of the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. “I have never had the opportunity to be...
Matthew Martel is hoping to regain his form this week competing in the men’s golf competition at the Niagara 2021 Canada Summer Games. “I had been playing really good at...
Nik Mitrovic was overwhelmed with joy when he heard the news he had been selected to the men’s volleyball team that would represent Ontario at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer...
Grace Tennant is thrilled to be competing at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. “This is my second Canada Summer Games and this one is a lot closer to home....
Owen Konkle kicked off his debut at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games in impressive fashion Tuesday. The 22-year-old Beamsville native ran the Special Olympics 100-metre heat in a time...
While Kennedy Millin is already excited at being chosen to represent Ontario, she is even more thrilled at the prospect of playing before a hometown crowd. The 17-year-old from St....
Cait Whittard is one of several Niagara athletes competing in Week 2 of the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. The second week of competition at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer...
Corrynn Parker and Sarah Hurley ended the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games with bronze medals around their necks. Parker, a 17-year-old Fenwick resident, and Hurley, a 16-year-old Fonthill resident, were...
After nine days and 101 hours spent at the Brock University pool serving as the swimming lead for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games, no one would have begrudged Angela...
Steve Sevor is Ontario's chef de mission for the Canada Games. MICHAEL P. HALL PHOTO There were plenty of memorable moments during Steve Sevor’s first week as Ontario’s chef de...
The Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games will forever have a special place in Heather Sweezey’s heart. “I have been involved in four Canada Games and have won two golds, a...
After spraining his elbow in a semifinal loss to Nunavut’s Eekeeluak Clarence Avalak Thursday afternoon at Canada Games Park, Zubin Gatta wasn’t sure he would even compete in the bronze-medal...
Ashley Menagh has a well-deserved reputation of being able to do everything and anything to make a wrestling meet run successfully. On Wednesday afternoon at Canada Games Park during team...
Mason Petrucci is off to a great start at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. The 18-year-old St. Catharines resident had a goal and set up a couple others Monday...
Emily Skulj and Team Ontario coach Sarah McNeil. BPSN Photo. Emily Skulj-Thompson is having the time of her life at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. “I am enjoying making...
Record-breaking performances are a distinct possibility during the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. But one mark that no one will come close to is the record held by 16-year-old Olivier...
Sarah Hurley unexpectedly found herself a member of the Team Ontario women’s basketball team for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. “I actually didn’t try out but they lost a...
For the second day in a row, female sporting history was made at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. On Sunday, women’s box lacrosse was played for the first time...
