News from around St. Marys.
All Canadian Celtic rock band, “The Mudmen”, will be making their annual stop at the St. Marys Town Hall Friday, January 18 2019 an evening of Celtic stories and stories from Canada’s Celtic Rock Warriors. The group was first formed in 1993 as “The Campbell Brothers”, but later signed a deal with EMI Records and…
A new term of Council began with the inaugural meeting on December 4, 2018 when each member recited the Declaration of Office with Clerk Lizet Scott officiating. The meeting began with opening remarks from Administrator/Treasurer Rebecca Clothier. “On behalf of the staff of Perth South, we want to take a moment and applaud all the…
Mayor Al Strathdee and Councillors were sworn in at the Town Hall last Tuesday in front of family and friends. The Invocation was given by Rev. Gwen Ament and the national Anthem was sung by Rachel Strathdee. Warden Walter McKenzie was on hand to bring greetings from the County of Perth and Mayor Robert Wilhelm…
Five consecutive wins for St. Marys ‘BB’ team By Pat Payton DELHI – The Firefighter ‘BB’ Peewees have a great record in tournaments this 2018-19 season. Dwain Smith’s squad has entered three tourneys to date, winning two of them and finishing second in the other. Firefighters’ latest tournament victory came in Delhi on the Nov.…
Gerard Poel is 90 years young and still curling. Poel, who has curled for over 40 years, is a member of the Monday Farmers League at the St. Marys Curling Club. When asked how long he’s going to continue to curl, he said with a smile: “I just take it one day at a time.”…
EXETER – On Thursday, Nov. 29, the DCVI Gr. 7-8 Intermediate boys volleyball team traveled to South Huron to participate in the South Region tournament. The boys started the day strong with an easy first set win, 25-9. The South Huron Grade 7s found their stride in the second set and pushed Salukis a little…
Rock team continues to strive for consistency By Pat Payton Like a lot of hockey coaches, Robb McIntosh is looking for consistency with his St. Marys Minor Midget team, sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 236. The Legion squad, comprised of all first-year Midgets, is a member of the Tri-County Minor Hockey League. “We’re…
Losing streak also reaches five games after Leamington wins 5-2 Friday By Pat Payton Coach Trent McClement admits that his St. Marys Lincolns are mired in a goal-scoring slump. In their last five games–all losses–Lincs have scored just nine goals. Lincolns completed the November portion of their GOJHL schedule last Friday night at the PRC,…
Jake Weston requests trade, dealt to Exeter Jr. ‘C’ Hawks By Pat Payton St. Marys Lincolns are looking for a new defencemen coach after the Jr. ‘B’ team and assistant Jim Blais parted ways early last week. “We’re actively looking for a defensive coach with a strong background in that position,” Lincs’ Director of Hockey…
St. Marys U-14 Snipers entered the weekend riding a five-game WRRL winning streak. On Saturday morning at the PRC, the streak was extended to six games as Snipers hosted the Dorchester Dragons. Despite the game being delayed 10 minutes by a technical problem with the new score clock, St. Marys came out strong as Jessica…