theSPORTSpage
MARTIN
MURRAY
takes a quick break.
insights
I was that kid
KEVINANDERSON
The Northern Times
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Murray completes solo triathlon
W
ith his eye on the Arctic Circle, long
distance athlete Martin Murray completed what amounted to a solo triathlon
this past long weekend.
As part of training for his planned 2010
attempt at reaching the North Pole, on
Saturday Murray planned to swim Remi
Lake (10 kilometres) then bike the 24 km to
Kapuskasing, and finally walk or jog 21 km
to his family cottage in Harty. However, citing a poor choice of meal, and colder than
anticipated water, he was forced to abandon
his attempt that day.
: Magna Cum Laude :
Bill Carson
Cameron
has graduated
with high
distinction from
University of
Toronto with an
honours B.A. in
Bio Ethics.
Congratulations
Proud parents John & Joce
Cameron and brother James
“(I had) a stupid bagel, a coffee and hot
chocolat before the swim,” he said. “The
water was so cold I was not able to control
my breathing.”
He tried again on Sunday wearing a wet
suit and made the crossing in five hours and
10 minutes. Rather than walk or jog to
Harty, he opted to walk to his home in Val
Rita, vowing to train a little better next year.
After a warm bath and a nap, he headed to Moonbeam’s Canada celebration “for
a couple of beers”.
Timmins Micky J’s edges
Kap Horns on Porc turf
A
2-1 loss to host Micky J’s Bar & Grill
last Thursday leaves Kap’s Val Albert
Motors Longhorns with a 3-3 record in
Timmins men’s soccer league play.
After new league entry Micky scored
the opener on a penalty kick past Horns
keeper Luc St-Aubin, Kap forward Paul
Côté tied it up on a rebound. But Micky
then scored the winner early in the second.
Defending 2006 league champs, the
Horns travel tomorrow (Thursday) to the
Northern College Porcupine field to meet
host Source For Sports Fury.
had what I would consider to be a
“priveledged” childhood – especially
when it came to having the opportunity to
participate in any sport I wanted to.
When I wanted to play hockey, my
parents went out and bought the equipment and registered me without a second
thought. My pads looked like a modern
day knight’s armor, and my flashy, state
of the art Easton aluminum hockey stick
shined like a sword. To boot, they also
registered me for figure skating, so as to
give me the opportunity to learn to skate
better.
When I wanted to play volleyball, my
parents went out to get me the best
kneepads and court shoes. When I was
playing tennis, they went out and got me
a great racket. The same applied when I
wanted to play badminton.
Just before my 13th birthday, my dad
showed up one night, out of the blue with
a brand new set of golf clubs and a bag,
just because he thought I might like to try
something new (longtime readers of my
column already know how that whole
adventure ended).
Then there was karate, in-line skating, baseball, swimming… the list goes
on and on. The point is if I wanted to try
something, my parents were most times
more than willing to foot the bill.
Unfortunately for some, that just isn’t
the case. Some kids don’t have the opportunities to just wade into any sport they’d
like to. Often times, it’s not so much that
the parents wouldn’t like to afford their
child the same luxuries I was privy to.
Instead, it’s that they just don’t have the
means to do it.
That’s why I was so happy to hear
Kapuskasing now
has its own chapter
of
the
“KidSport” program.
Wo r k i n g
under the mantra “So all kids can play”
and working in conjunction with the
Canadian Tire “Jumpstart” program,
KidSport helps disadvantaged kids overcome social and economic barriers preventing or limiting their participation in
organized sport, through the issuance of
registration fee and/or equipment grants.
With a core group of volunteers
including Adèle Lincez, Marc Clavelle,
Chantal Lepage, Pierre Plamondon,
Linda Millette, Eric Gagnon, Joelle
Beaupré, Amy Johnson, Norm Belanger
and Linda Semczyszyn and local
Canadian Tire owner Dominic Paquette,
locally the program has helped 38 youths
to the tune of almost $7,000.
I’ve had the opportunity to talk to
some of the kids, who have benefited
from the program and I’ve got to say that
with perhaps the exception of the kids,
who used to visit the Model Town as part
of the Children of Chernobyl program,
I’m sure I’ve ever met a more grateful lot
in my entire life.
They absolutely glow when they talk
about having had the opportunity to try
this sport or that, something I always kind
of took for granted (and consequently feel
like a first-class ass for not being more
appreciative for). They play because they
have a deep desire to; a passion which
when combined with the social and physical benefits is nothing but positive in my
books.
So to those who are responsible for
the program in fair little northern town I
say thank you and keep up the good work.
Kap duo wins Hearst best-ball scramble
Northern Times • July 4, 2007
Thank you
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A big thank you to Dr. Claude Boucher and
Rollande at the Fauquier Health
Clinic, Dr. Ayeni and all of the OR, maternity
and ER nurses at Sensenbrenner hospital for
the safe arrival of our son,
Malaky Lamberson
April 10, 2007.
Thank you to Dr. Gable for being so kind in the
operating room, and to the VON nurses at the
CCAC (Arlene, Sue and Kerri) for the daily
house visits. Thank you again,
Marian and James Lamberson
T
heir one-over-par 73 under chilly
skies earned Kapuskasing linksters
Monique Bouchard and Ginette Chabot
first-place bragging rights among 20
teams during June 23 women’s invitational best-ball scramble play at the Hearst
Golf Club.
Two shots behind were runnerup fellow Model Towners Poko Champagne and
Isabelle Albert in the six-team A-division.
First and second in the seven-team Bdivision were the Hearst Manon CyrVéronique Boulanger duo with 85, while
sisters Jinette Levesque of Timmins and
Diane Hardy of Hearst carded an 86.
Among the seven C teams,
Moonbeam’s Linda Girouard and Rose
Lallier shot 92, and Hearstians Judith
Therrien and Louise Veilleux, 96.
Opening nine holes were played from
the red tees, and the second nine from the
longer-yardage yellow markers.
Also teeing up for sponsored and purchased prizes were duos from Geraldton
and Longlac.
“It was cold, but not that cold,” coorganizer Hardy said of the day. “The
ladies from out of town just love the
Hearst tournament because we have so
many big prizes. They just love it.”