Neil McNeil Catholic High School’s senior boys team defeated Malvern Collegiate Institute’s varsity team 3 to 1 in an annual charity game at Ted Reeve Arena last month. Neil McNeil took the lead early at the Battle of the Beach with two goals in the first five minutes of play. Malvern answered with a goal […]
A Beach hockey player is in Germany this week representing Canada at the 2018 Nations Cup. Defenseman Kaitlin Tse was named to Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Development Team for competition at the four-day international tournament in Füssen, Germany, from Jan. 3 to 6. Canada is competing against teams from Finland, Switzerland, Russia, Germany and Sweden. […]
Saturday Nov. 25 saw the Ontario Rugby Union host its annual Hall Of Fame Dinner where the Balmy Beach Club was honoured to have two recipients among those inducted into its ranks. Kyle Nichols, a longtime Beach resident, was inducted as part of the 2017 Provincial Hall of Famers. Nichols played rugby for Balmy Beach, […]
Members of the Balmy Beach Canoe Club took multiple medals home from the Pan American Championships in Ecuador. Palmer Lumb, 18, won gold medals in the four-man, 1,000-metre kayak event and solo 200-metre sprint and bronze medals in the two-man, 200-metre kayak sprint and solo 500-metre sprint. “It was pretty amazing. It was my first […]
Hockey teams from Neil McNeil Catholic High School and Malvern Collegiate Institute are hitting the ice again for charity. Neil McNeil’s senior boys team and Malvern’s varsity team will face off at Ted Reeve Arena in the Upper Beach on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the game or from […]
Neil McNeil Catholic High School’s cross-country team thought they placed second in the junior boys’ race at the provincial championships in Petawawa, Ont., on Saturday. And why not? That’s what the score said. “We were presented with silver medals and we were told that we were second,” said Jason Wood, one of the team’s coaches. […]
Neil McNeil Catholic High School’s first overall finish at the Toronto District Catholic Athletic Association (TDCAA) Cross Country Championships was bittersweet for at least one member of the 15-person team. “It really brought me closer together with my team and friends, and it’s kind of sad that this sport is ending now,” said Luis Santamaria, […]
Two local brothers’ quest to represent Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympics for sailing is taking them to China before the year’s end. After moving to the Beach from Ottawa in 2010, Will and Sam Bonin followed in their parents’ footsteps and started sailing, quickly taking a shine to the watersport they hope will one […]
The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon crisscrossed the city Sunday, Oct. 22, boosting neighbourhoods and raising millions of dollars for charity. The annual race is the grand finale of the 7-race Canada Running Series, and the country’s flagship big-city running event. In the Beach, spectators lined up along Lakeshore and Queen East to cheer on the […]
Some are shocked to learn they’ve won an award, others elated. Colleen Didur was hesitant to receive her Coaches Association of Ontario award. It’s not that the Balmy Beach Canoe Club coordinator wasn’t happy about the distinction. “I was a little bit hesitant to receive the award at first because I don’t necessarily think of […]
