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SLC Mens Sharks Kick Off the Season

at Sheridan College Tournament

(Kingston, ON) The St. Lawrence College (SLC) Cornwall men’s hockey College 2-1 with goals by Connor Primeau and Mitch Lefebvre.
team opened the 2012-13 extramural season on the road in the Sheridan
The Sharks then faced Trent University in their do-or-die second tournament
College Invitational on Saturday November 8th. The Sharks were guaranteed
game. Mitch Lefebvre played a very strong game, scoring both goals in the
2 games, with the potential
tight 2-1 win, advancing the team to the semi-finals against the Fanshawe
Entering the season with an excellent history of success, the Sharks were College Falcons. The Sharks would go on to fall to the Falcons by a score of
looking to re-establish their reputation of being a powerhouse team in Ontario. 4-0.
In the 2011-12 season the Sharks maintained a top 10 ranking that featured
The SLC Cornwall team will play next week in the Georgian College
strong finishes in the SLC Brockville and Georgian College tournaments. The
tournament on Friday November 16th.
Sharks won their opening game on Saturday November 8th against Redeemer
Cornwall Gymnastics Club

Settles in to a New Home

By Tammy Larin

The Cornwall Gymnastics Club
has been around since it first offered
lessons as an after school program
at General Vanier Secondary
School in 1970. It is now home to
approximately 500 gymnasts, and it
continues to grow in popularity. Did
you know that gymnastics is one
of the only sports that work almost
every muscle in the body? “It’s a fun
Members of the competitive team, in sync with their routine stretching.
sport and anyone can do it,” says club
Photo by Tammy Larin.
spokesperson, Tammy McAllister.
itself. “Everything here is based says the club is hoping for big things
The club moved to a new home on volunteers; the only ones that out of its bigger facility. “We’re
from its former 113 Amelia street are paid are the coaches,” says hoping we can host gymnastics
location, to a new 9,000-sq.-ft. McAllister. “The children are the competitions here, that will attract
facility, located at 6316 Boundary ones that will benefit.” McAllister other gymnasts from across
Rd. (the former TST Liquidation Ontario.”
building) in August. According
With the added square footage
to McAllister, the new building
the club has added more classes for
is 5,000-sq.-ft. bigger than the
kids. “We have programs for one
previous.
to three year-olds, six to eight and
“We moved in on Aug. 1 and have nine and up,” says McAllister. “Our
been working to provide a fun and hours have also changed. We now
enjoyable experience for the children have classes for all ages seven days
ever since,” says McAllister. “We a week.”
have purchased new equipment
such as an inflatable tumbletrak Sandra Brault, club president says
and mountain, which cost $6,000 the new facility was the result of a lot
alone.” of people working together. “A lot of
people made this happen quickly,”
Emme Brault who is a member says Brault. “There was physical Two competitive team members
of the competitive team really likes labour done by our coaches, board Sydney Seymour and Mya
the new facility. “I like that it is members and parent volunteers to Baptiste, showing they work as a
bigger and there is a lot more room.” make the transition as smooth as team. Photo by Tammy Larin.
The new equipment is not the only possible.”
expense for the club, there is also the Olympic summer games, there will
McAllister says the club is hoping
extra cost for the renovations that be even more awareness to the
the added space and classes will
have been done to accommodate the sport.
increase enrolment. With the recent
gymnasts and also the parents.
Competitive team member success of the Canadian Women’s For more information visit, www.
The Cornwall Gymnastics Club Mackenzie McAllister demon- gymnastics team making history cornwallgymnasticsclub.com or Call
is non-profit with all collected strates her flexibility and is still with a 5th place finish at the 2012 613-933-4356
smiling. Photo by Tammy Larin
funds going back into the club