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Table Tennis News with Karen Cambridge Why Interact Club of SLSS Supported

By Christine Ouellet results of the April 23rd, 2025, the St. Lawrence Marathon
Table Tennis tournament held at
the Royal Canadian Legion, where By Rodiat Abass Cornwall, we believe in giving back
egular table tennis games fourteen players, five women and to our community in meaningful
Rare held at the Legion on n April 26, 2025, the Interact ways. Supporting the runners helped
nine men, played in five categories.
Cumberland every Wednesday 9:30 We erroneously associated the photo OClub of SLSS took part in the us promote physical wellness,
-11.30 a.m. $2 donation. 3 new St. Lawrence Marathon by handing teamwork, and positive energy. We
of the Table Tennis Tournament
tables. Welcome all! out Gatorade and water and cheering were proud to be part of an event that
winners (story on page 16) with the
The next OSGA table tennis Special Olympics article on page on the runners. As a youth-led service brings people together and inspires
tournament for ages 55+ will take 41. Please note that table tennis is club sponsored by the Rotary Club of perseverance.
place at the Legion Branch #297 on a separate activity and is not part
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, of the Special Olympics, headed by
beginning at 9:30 a.m. Anyone 55+ Ron Cambridge, and we regret the
can register with the Ontario Senior confusion that this error may have
Games Association for $20, which caused.
entitles members to participate in For information, please contact
all OSGA activities. For further
Karen Cambridge at 705 760-0115,
information on all activities, see or come out to the Legion any
OSGA55+District 8.
Wednesday between 9:30 -11:30 a.m
In our last month’s Sports Energy to play, drop-ins welcome. Karen.
Issue #148, we published the cambridge@hotmail.com

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The twelve-week season runs keep it simple; they know that people
Photo Submitted and they will hold a mid-season people commit to more than one
from May to the middle of August, have jobs to do, so it is hard to have

and an end-of-season tournament. evening a week. There is a canteen
The games are on Mondays at St. setup, and everybody is invited
Lawrence College in Cornwall, and to come and watch the games and

Continued from page 24 our surprise, free food for the team. a fundraiser is planned. They want to encourage their friends.
We also have other great sponsors
Ottawa and Toronto.”
like the Lions Club in Cornwall, who
The two young entrepreneurs liked the idea. The idea behind this
received an enthusiastic response is that we want to use what we learn
from the community, sixty people in class at college and apply our
joined and formed six teams of ten knowledge in our project to make it
people. Greg continues, “I started happen. We make it affordable for
looking for sponsors, and right away, everyone, we charge only $40.00 Photo Submitted
we got great support from Shoeless per player, while others charge $200
Joes. They were amazing, they - $250. We are very blessed by the
offered vouchers at the game, and to quality of our sponsorship.”