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Rockway captures Solheim Cup

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The final golf match of the Niagara District Ladies’ Solheim Cup was contested recently at Twenty Valley with Rockway Vineyards emerging as the clear winner over a team from Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Rockway, team pictured above,  finished with 10 points to take home the cup while Niagara-on-the-Lake finished with two points.

The Rockway team, made up of captain Cindy Wegg, Denise Weaver, Sue Knoll and Lisa Petro were pretty much unstoppable. Martha Cruikshank and Lisa Allen of Niagara-on-the-Lake were only able to take two points. Louise Robitaille and Sue Gagne were in close competition but unable to squeak any points.

The Niagara District Solheim Cup is contested over the season with matches of different formats from May to August. The semifinals are held among the three division winners and a wildcard team followed by one final match.

In 2025, Division 1 will play at Lookout Point in May, Rolling Meadows in June, Twenty Valley in July and Freedom Oaks in August. Division 2 will play at Port Colborne in May, Sawmill in June, Bridgewater in July and Niagara-on-the-Lake in August. Division 3 will play at St. Catharines in May, Willodell in June, Rockway in July and Cardinal Lakes in August.

Follow the teams at sites.google.com/view/niagara-district-solheim-cup.

Second-place team from Niagara-on-the-Lake.

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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