Sports

Niagara-on-the-Lake native Chris Weier has been selected by the Toronto Rock in the fourth round of last week’s National Lacrosse League draft. When training camp is eventually allowed to start, the Brock University sports management student will be one of six new defencemen who will be vying for a spot on the 2020-2021 Rock roster. Weier says he had been talking to a … [Read more...] about NOTLer Chris Weier drafted to Toronto Rock of NLL

Harry Huizer, the captain of the team, has written an account of this annual match, much of it good-natured and tongue-in-cheek as he acknowledges his team’s loss to the women. Friday, Aug. 28 was an almost perfect day, in the eyes of the men, for the annual Solheim/Ryder Cup match at the NOTL Golf Club won this year by the ladies. The match had 16 senior ladies competing … [Read more...] about Senior ladies win annual Solheim/Ryder Cup match

After losing 29-13 to the McMaster University Marauders in the 2019 Yates Cup (Ontario university football championship), Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Jake Andrews and his Western University Mustangs teammates were looking forward to a big comeback season for 2020. On June 8, Andrews’ dreams of success this year came crashing down. That day, U Sports, the governing body of Canadian … [Read more...] about St. Davids football player still aiming for CFL

Stepping inside the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club, one can’t help but notice the shiny brass nameplates honouring the club champions through the years. In amongst the Derbyshires, Galways, Cruikshanks and Garretts sits the name of one golfer who has made a career in the sport for almost 40 years. Over four decades, Michael Millthorpe has rubbed shoulders with the top golfers … [Read more...] about Former NOTL Golf Club champ turns love of sport into his career

The pickleball courts in Virgil may look off-limits to the public, but they definitely are not. The courts have recently been surrounded by black windscreens on three sides, and locks put on the two entries, at the request of the NOTL Pickleball Club.  However the gate code is available to anyone wanting to play, says club president John Hindle, and the courts are … [Read more...] about Virgil pickleball courts remain open to public