Sports

Congratulations to Terry Tilleczek of Sudbury, ON who aced the 165 yard 17th hole at Osprey Links on Friday, September 23rd. Terry was playing his practice round for the annual Sportspal two Man Challenge and scored the ace by hitting a 7 iron.

The first annual GTA Open Weightlifting Challenge was staged Saturday at the Variety Village sport facility in Toronto. Two lifters from the Norsemen club managed to win medals in what proved to be the most competitive weight divisions of the event.

Five North Bay Figure Skating Club members competed in the 12th Annual Skate Canada-Eastern Ontario Autumn Skate event this weekend.

Skyhawks forward Neil Macdonald (#47) parks himself at the side of the net waiting for a pass. Photo by Todd Vandonk. Power plays were the story in a 6-2 victory for the Skyhawks Sunday night at Memorial Gardens versus the Abitibi Eskimos.

The Nipissing Lakers made the trip this weekend to the Golden Horseshoe in OUA Soccer action. The Lakers took to the field in St. Catharines to face the Brock Badgers.

Story courtesy of www.oua.

Two combatants from Cogeco’s Sports Firing line Frank “The Toe” Caruso (left), and Chris Dawson (right) now take their arguments to the web with a new BayToday.ca weekly sports opinion feature called, “Toe to Toe.” Photo by Lee Anne Dawson.

The North Bay Skyhawks found the win column Thursday night as they upended the Abitibi Eskimos in Iroquois Falls Thursday night.

NDA Sr. Football Widdifield 33 Northern 0 4th quarter

Pinewood Senior Men’s Boart Longyear Net Championship Net Champion: Ian Cameron 49 First Flight: Bud Pawson 51 Second Flight: Al Thom 51 Third Flight: Len Smith 51 Fourth Flight: Bob Risk 52 Fifth Flight: Ron Coyne 53 Sixth Flight: Grant Devine 53 Su