Maddy wins twice
Wallaceburg’s Madison Broad competed in the ‘Feel The Power Swim Meet’ on Sunday at the FINA pool in Windsor.
The 16-year-old swimmer placed first in the 50m back stroke and the 100m back stroke.
Her next meet is the Ontario Junior International meet being held in Scarborough December 16 to December 18.
She also will be swimming in the Eastern meet in Etobicoke in Februar, the Grand Prix in Indianapolis and the Trials in Victoria, B.C.
Broad, who was recently carded with Swim Canada, has been spending time recently training with the National coach with Swim Canada as well.
Annual Mark Weese hockey tournament gathers donations
An annual hockey tournament in Wallaceburg turned out to be a huge success.
“On behalf of the Mark Weese family and the Wallaceburg Minor Hockey Association we would like to extend a huge thank-you to all those who attended and supported this year’s Tyke Fun Festival on Saturday Dec 10, 2016,: organizers posted on their website.
“Once again the event was a huge success with eight Tyke teams and 140 participants registered. We also had a very successful raffle table, 50/50 and food drive for The Salvation Army; thank-you to everyone who supported these.”
Organizers said they were happy to have some of Mark Weese’s family on hand at the tournament.
“It was great to see Mark’s dad Bob join us to hand out medals and emphasize to everyone that this day was about ‘fun’ and by the looks on the kids’ faces and response from the parents this was evident.”
Kings lose close one to Essex
The Dresden Kings lost a close game to the Essex 73’s on Friday night in Dresden, by a score of 2-1.
Derek Shaw scored the lone goal for Dresden.
Joel Sowinski made 25 saves in the loss.
Dresden has not lost four straight games.
They will hope to snap the streak tonight, when they head to Wheatley.
Pucks drops against the Sharks at 7:30 p.m.
