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Local Youths Share a Love for Archery

By Jordan Todd don’t travel for competitions,
but instead competitors shoot
wo local 13-year olds, Alex
TMacDonald and Hannah at their local archery range and
the scores are compiled and
Rousseau, have developed a
strong bond and rivalry over compared across the province.

their shared love of archery. Hannah’s first competition
was a provincial tournament
Hannah originally got into
because she saw her dad with the Ontario Association
of Archery this past December.
shooting in their backyard, and
Alex recently won gold in
wanted to give it a shot. After
just one lesson at South Nation another provincial tournament.
Archery, she enjoyed it so much Hannah’s favourite thing Alex MacDonald Photo Submitted
that her dad bought her a bow about archery is her friendship
and she started taking regular with Alex. “It’s fun and we

lessons at SNA. push each other to be better,”
says Hannah. “Each week,

Alex first got into archery at
about 8 years old when he first we’re excited to see our scores.

saw a group of archers on TV. Sometimes I beat him, and
They were offering free lessons, sometimes he beats me.”
and he decided to try it out. He For Alex, it’s how it feels. “I
loved it, and has been doing it love just feeling the power in
ever since. my hands,” he says.

Both Hannah and Alex Both competed again, in an
compete in the Cub division OAA tournament, during the
for 12 to 14 year olds. They last two weeks of February.
Hannah Rousseau Photo Submitted

Champs Eastside Boxing Club Voted Cornwall’s Favourite
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Ronnie Robidoux Presents “Famous Sports Quotes”

Ronnie Robidoux has been boxing
for about 3 or 4 years. He originally “ You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward.
boxed for Standing Rock Boxing But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting
Club, but has now been with thing is self motivation.” Homer Rice
Champs Eastside Boxing for about
8 months. Ronnie has won all 8 of Residential • Commercial • Industrial • New Line
his bouts since joining ranks with Local Distributor for
Champs Eastside, including the
Adirondack Golden Gloves title in
January and recently, in May, won
Gold in the men’s middleweight
division at the prestigious Adidas
Cup in Quebec. Our boxer of the
month…Ronnie Robidoux.

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