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Elite Development Cornwall Brings Olympic Soccer
Gold Medalist to Town
By Casey Leger shot against Canada’s Minister of
Defense. It’s really a once-in-a-
lympic gold medallist and, for lifetime experience for the kids
Omany, the greatest goalkeeper here, and we’re so happy to be able
to ever grace Canada Soccer, to put this on.”
Stephanie Labbé, is coming to town Elite Development Cornwall
on June 21. Labbé will be here at opened its doors in late 2020. “The
the behest of Elite Development
pandemic really kept us quiet until
Cornwall, a soccer development and
Fall 2021,” says Campbell. “We’ve
promotion organization.
had a great winter and spring so far,
“She’ll be here as part of her and things are coming together for
National Champion Tour,” says even more programs this summer.” Photo Submitted
EDC operator Sean Campbell. “She some help from Canadian Tire, to the city. “Dan is an integral part
The organization wants to
will be putting on a 3-hour clinic for Peavey Mart, and the City of of the day-to-day operations at
inculcate a soccer culture in
players aged 8-12. All registrants its members and is looking to Cornwall we’ve cleaned it up Elite Development Cornwall,” says
are going home with an autographed promote recognized national soccer and fixed the ATV ruts,” explains Campbell.
photo from Steph. She’ll also Campbell. “We’ve also ordered our
standards. Labbé will be appearing at St.
give a 30-minute talk about her first 3 fixtures for the park: 2 7’x16’
experiences, and 10 lucky players Alexander Park is the aluminum goals and 50’ of back Lawrence Secondary School, and
will be selected to take a penalty organization’s home field. “With netting to protect Ninth Street. We in the case of inclement weather,
still have lots of work to do, but by the event will be held at the Benson
mid-June, residents can expect to information can find it on the website
Centre. Anyone interested in more
see a whole new high-quality youth-
sized soccer pitch in a central urban (www.elitedevelopmentcornwall.
location.” ca) and click on Stephanie Labbe
Champion Tour for the ticket link.
DC Keepers, a goalkeeper training
program run by Dan Fontaine, a Information is also available on
the EDC Facebook page, and Sean
high school teacher at St. Lawrence Campbell can be contacted at
Secondary School and an Ontario
Soccer qualified goalkeeper coach, elitedevelopmentcornwall@gmail.
also has a hand in bringing Labbé com .
Match Your Area Knowledge
Play Thom’s Trivia
Q1) During the early 1950’s, Cornwall Canadians
Baseball Club played in the Border League. On Sunday
June 3, 1951, the Canadians dropped a double header to
Geneva NY. What was the name of the Geneva Club?
Q2) What did Rosemary Phillips and Bob Eaton do
on June 2, 1961?
Q3) The St. Regis Braves rocked the Cornwall Celtics 19-12 on
June 3, 1971, at the Water Street Arena. Who was the CSHOF lacrosse
goaltender who made his debut mid-way through the game?
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