Brian Claydon of Cambridge has been fishing the Chantry Chinook Classic Salmon Derby for all but two years and the best he placed was 13th. Until this year when his 17.07-pound Chinook won him the $15,000 prize. He caught the winning fish Saturday, beating out second-place finisher,...
The Ainsdale Golf Course Junior Club championship wrapped up Aug. 7 in dramatic fashion with some great scoring. Winning the 2015 Junior Club trophy was Connor Rochon with rounds of 77 and 74, for a total of 151. In second, one shot behind, was Brayden Secord who scored 76 and...
The summer weather brought out the best in many of the ladies at Ainsdale, Tuesday. When you see Kim Catto, ask her how she carded her 38 on the front nine. Special note: all of the flight winners each presented totals of more than 30 Stableford points, and there were five bi...
The bright, sunny, summer sky and the Ainsdale ladies went together like warm summer wine and good old cheese, Tuesday at Ainsdale Golf Course. The ladies and their guests assembled for the annual Meridian Credit Union barbecue. The players enjoyed a four-person ...
The Kincardine Kippers swim team wrapped up the regular season at the South Western Ontario Recreational Swimming Association (SWORSA) semi-final meet, held Saturday, July 18, at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira. The meet was the qualifier for the SWORSA finals, slated fo...
It was an exciting day for Hunter Mitchell, Wednesday morning at Ainsdale Golf Course. The 12-year-old scored a hole-in-one at No. 8, with a seven-iron. Witnessing the hole-in-one was Gavin Wright. Hunter Mitchell (C), 12, scored a hole-in-one, Wednesday morning at Ainsdale G...
The Ainsdale ladies in the Tuesday morning flight persevered through the light rain again to bring in some great scores. Both Sharon MacDonald and Laura Haight put on a putting clinic for others to try to emulate. The flight winners for Stableford points were: A&n...
The Kincardine Kippers swim team played host to the second South Western Ontario Recreational Swimming Association (SWORSA) meet of the season, Saturday, July 4, at the Davidson Centre pool. About 90 swimmers, ranging in age from six to 18, competed in more than 60 events. &nb...
The 15th annual Kincardine Women’s Triathlon is set to run this Saturday, with 460 competitors. The sold-out event once again includes the Healthy Lifestyle and Fitness Expo, Friday evening, from 5-8 p.m., at Reunion Park, beside Kincardine Harbour. The expo fe...
The late afternoon weather June 30, didn't dampen the spirits nor prevent the 60 members and guests of the Ainsdale Ladies from having a great social gathering. The two-person scramble was deferred to an early buffet dinner, following a question-and-answer discussion abo...
The Kincardine Kippers swim team is back on the starting blocks for its 50th season. The club took to the pool at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex in Fergus, June 20, for the first South Western Ontario Recreational Swimming Association (SWORSA) meet of the summer. &...
The weather was perfect Saturday as athletes from across District C of the Royal Canadian Legion competed at the track and field meet held at the Davidson Centre track. Besides the track events, the meet included running long jump, triple jump, discus, javelin, shot put, and high jump....
The Ainsdale ladies continue to put their best efforts forward. Jean Grobowsky is still striving to get into A flight, carding 52 strokes on the back nine, while Nancy Stewart put on another putting clinic with an average of 1.5 putts per hole on the back nine. The flight win...
Two fund-raisers are planned to help support the local Special Olympics curling team and figure skater who are headed to the nationals in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, next year. The curling team of Tyler Jilek, Ryan Brodhagen, Jackie McDonald, Chris Weese and Brandon Carroll, and figure...
The Ladies Interclub event was held at Ainsdale Golf Course, Monday. Low gross 33.9 Kim Catto/Deb Catto of Ainsdale 34.4 Elaine King/Linda Schornagel of Pike Lake 35.1 Maureen Peet/Shelley Kooster of Goderich Sunset 35.2 Fran Donohue/Anne McIs...
Once again, the good weather helped the Ainsdale Ladies bring some great numbers to the scoring table. Debbie Pegg was on fire, carding a blistering 45 on the front nine to dominate C flight, while Laura Haight led the way with her 45 in B flight, Jeanne Grobo...
The good weather brought out the best in most of the Ainsdale ladies, Tuesday. Chris MacDonald assumed the poll position for B flight with a blazing 30.63 Stableford points, Jackie Mitchell led the way in D flight with 32.50 points, and not to be outdone, Nancy Stewart p...
June 1 brought sunny skies, tepid weather and 69 golfers to the first men's interclub event of 2015 hosted at Ainsdale Golf Course. A Flight winners: 1st Herb Cowen and 2nd Brandon Rumph, both of Pike Lake, 3rd Don Turcotte and 4th Blair Chaput, both of Ainsdale. ...
Craig Wilton of Mount Brydges held the lead right to the end of the Canadian Tire Fish Kincardine Derby, winning the event with the 22.72-pound lake trout he landed the first weekend of the derby. The top salmon was caught by Ernest Ackert of Kincardine, with a 14.3-pound Chinook. T...
The weather was vastly improved for the first meal night of the Ainsdale Ladies League. As it turned out, it was the best Tuesday weather of the season. The "Drop-Off" Scramble format proved to be very popular with all the players. The prize table, sponsored by Huro...