Sports Energy News - Cornwall, Lancaster, Long Sault, Williamstown

Cornwall Golf Club Champion: Grant Barr

Grant Barr began playing golf as soon as he could hold a golf club. The now 28-year-old has been playing competitively since age 10, and he has been a member at the Cornwall Golf and Country Club since he was 15.

During the Cornwall Golf Club Championship that took place at the beginning of August, Barr won fi rst place in the championship class. Over the three-day and 54- hole event, Barr had a total of 215 strokes. The Club Championship is an annual event that has been taking place since 1930. There are four divisions for men: championship class, A class, B class, and C class. For women, there are three divisions: A class, B class, and C class.

Local Hockey Star Pete Piquette

Ellery Maloney, recently spoke with Sports Energy News to remember his friend Pete Piquette. Piquette was a local hockey goaltender in the 1940’s and 50’s who saw great success in his hockey career, landing him a spot in the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame. Maloney says he’s known Pete and his wife Betty for most of his life.

“We both played hockey, we were both goaltenders on separate teams. We’ve been such close friends since our early teens,” says Maloney. “We were in each other’s wedding parties as well.”

Pete Piquette was an exceptional good goaltender and he started his junior hockey with the Cornwall Community Sports Club. Piquette was soon called to play with the Oshawa Generals Jr. A team in the OHA, (Currently OHL). Maloney recalls one of the highlights of Piquette’s time with the Generals was his encounter with George Armstrong, an All-Star player with the Toronto Maple Leafs.