The 23rd Annual Heatwave Beach Volleyball and Beach Soccer Tournament held court at Ashbridges Bay and Woodbine Beach July 8 and 9. The event raises funds and awareness for childhood cancer research at the Hospital for SickChildren (SickKids). To date, the weekend volleyball events have raised more than $4 million for childhood cancer research. Heatwave […]
Judging from his toothy grin, it’s clear that Ryan Gemus is excited. But it’s not because the young Beacher just graduated from Grade 8 at Birchmount Public School — it’s because the young goalie’s U13 lacrosse team is heading to Denver, Colorado this weekend for the World Series of Youth Lacrosse tournament. Now in its […]
Skateboarding pioneers have long carved out space for their sport in the East End. A January 26, 1988 front page Beach Metro News story details the entrepreneurial efforts of 19-year-old Perry Gladstone, founder of Toronto Skateworks on Danforth. Located at 2168 Danforth Ave., the facility was the first commercial indoor skate park east of the […]
Not that anyone’s keeping official count, but Beach photographer Erwin Buck has likely photographed the Leuty Lifeguard Station thousands of times over the years. “Thousands would come close, a million would be an exaggeration,” he said. “There are times when I have to stop myself from taking yet another picture of it. Yet, everything around […]
Spring is a time to celebrate for Variety Village athlete Matthew Fields, who took home the gold medal at the Special Olympic World Winter Games this March. “It felt pretty spectacular for me,” said Fields, last month by phone. “I’ve never been to a world competition before.” Fields managed to battle some fierce runs at […]
Let’s call it a hat trick. Three Ted Reeve Tornados select hockey teams are gearing up for championship day at Downsview Arena this Sunday after bringing home championships in the North York Hockey League. Congratulations to the Minor Novice, Novice and Atom teams. Each claimed their respective tier championships earlier this month. All three teams […]
Two Grade 11 students from Neil McNeil High School managed to wrestle their way to the win at the Cadet/Juvenile Canadian Championships in Windsor, Ontario on April 7. Adam Scott and Kyle Jordan competed at the championships two weekends ago and both took home wins in their categories. Scott competed in the 69 kg category while […]
On March 26, Beachers Judi Bonner and Alice Goulet participated in a five-hour swim-a-thon to raise money for their breast cancer survivor’s dragon boat team, The Pink Crusaders. The pair, who are both breast cancer survivors themselves, managed to swim 250 laps in four hours and 40 minutes and have raised a total of $1600 […]
The Beaches Spring Sprint saw nearly 550 participants Saturday, April 1 for its 30th annual race. While it is billed as a fun race, and there were certainly plenty of smiles and relaxed entrants, some still turned out to compete. And compete they did, with a close 15 minute 5 km finish for the first […]
The Balmy Beach Old Boys hockey team will be hosting the Vitkovice Steel from the Czech Republic on Thursday, April 6 at Ted Reeve Arena. The puck is set to drop at 3 p.m. The Old Boys have hosted nearly 12 European teams since 1977 as part of their biannual trips to Europe where they […]
