Page 10 - Sports Energy News, Cornwall, Issue No 85

10 Issue #85 December 2019 www.sportsenergynews.com

New at the Summerstown Trails

By Staff Writer activities and games.
The Jackrabbit Program will be
ummerstown – A Jackrabbit offered on Saturday afternoons

Sprogram will be offered this and consist of eight sessions.
coming winter season by the
Ski lessons for students and
Summerstown Coyote Nordiq
adults: Also, this year, cross-
Club which is an entity of the
country ski lessons for both
Friends of the Summerstown
classic and skate skiing will be
Trails. The Jackrabbit Program
offered for students and adults.
is a national program developed
Basic instruction for both styles
and delivered by Cross-Country
of skiing will be offered.
Canada.
These lessons will be offered
Named after “Jackrabbit”
on Sunday mornings and consist
Johansen, a Norwegian credited
of eight sessions.
with introducing cross-country
skiing to Canada and the United Visit the Summerstown

States in the 1920s and 30s, the Trails website at www.
overall objective of the Jackrabbit summerstowntrails.com for
Program is to assist children more information and to register Photos Submitted

aged 3 to 12 in developing of a for these programs.
that day, rental of XC ski and The Summerstown Trails are
love of the outdoors, a healthy Official Opening: The
lifestyle, and a good level of Official Opening Day at the snowshoe equipment and fat situated on Summerstown Road,
physical fitness using cross- Summerstown Trails will take bikes will be free from 10:00 1.6 km north of exit 804 of the
country skiing, focusing on fun place on Sunday, January 5. On a.m. to 3:00 p.m. A great way to 401.
start the season.

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days, he travels all over Eastern Ontario, officiating on Hometown: Cornwall

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high school games. He also coaches. It is not very often there’s a cover corner in
“I enjoy them all, seriously; all levels bring unique challenges to the game,” Chris replies 6 on 6 football, but that was exactly what
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game against Ryerson. It was the heavy rainstorm on October 31, Halloween. It ended Brunet was this season, according to Dan
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competitive.” football team. “Grinding out every play
Chris says his focus and joy is club level players. “To officiate at an appropriate level for and with 4 interceptions in one game,

the teams involved is one of the biggest challenges of the job,” he says. “To have good Carson’s hard work and effort paid off,”
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Smiths Falls in the evening when the black flies and mosquitoes became so thick they 6 high school champion Panthers junior
blocked the floodlights. football team.

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