Sports

The pickleball courts in Virgil are off-limits for now, with provincial restrictions banning many outdoor activities, but with the recent growth in popularity of the sport and the “stunning success of the installation outdoor courts,” action will likely take off as soon as rules permit. John Hindle, president of the NOTL Pickleball Club, spoke to councillors at their Monday … [Read more...] about Pickleball club members anxious to get out on courts

The country’s finest young sailors and tennis players will be descending upon Niagara-on-the-Lake next August for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.  The town, along with the Niagara Host Society, announced Monday that the Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club, located on Melville Street, will play host to the sailing competition, while the six tennis courts at Memorial … [Read more...] about NOTL to host tennis, sailing competitions for 2022 games

CORRECTION: The headline in the printed copy of The Local had this a NASCAR race, which it clearly wasn't. The Local apologizes for the error and any confusion it may have caused. Sorry Stewart!! Four weeks after making his NASCAR Cup Series debut at the same track, Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Stewart Friesen’s return to Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee was a victorious … [Read more...] about Friesen wins big on Bristol dirt

The Niagara-on-the-Lake Tennis Club has welcomed a record number of new members for this summer. According to president Hugh Dow, about 50 newcomers are ready to swing their racquets at Memorial Park. But as of last Friday’s announcement from Premier Doug Ford, they will be waiting a few weeks longer to step onto the courts.  “Late (Friday) night the town advised us … [Read more...] about Tennis Club seeing boom in members ready to play

Former Niagara Ice Dog Alex Friesen is in the thick of his third season playing professional hockey in Germany. The centre has notched six goals and nine assists in 17 games this year for the Fischtown Pinguins, who play out of the port city of Bremerhaven. The 30-year-old has missed more than a dozen games with a groin tear in a season already truncated by the pandemic. The … [Read more...] about Ice Dog star playing pro hockey in Germany