Mount Hamilton Avalanche Boys U14 'A' Rep team went undefeated to win the recent Stratford Classic Soccer Tournament. They took the title with a 3-1 win over elite team, Waterloo FC, in the final. Pictured from left are: front -Tristen Malcolm; middle -Daniel Mascia, Chris Carabas, Ian Diffey, Kevin Butera, Mustafa Kader, Drew Amorim, and Justin Whitewell. Back -Kulwinder Singh (manager), Peter Nikolika (head coach), Peter Nikolika, Jaskaran Singh, Zack Hobers, Carl Lindo, Amanjot Nannar, Daliso Chullu and Carl Lindo (asst. coach).
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T-Birds need wins as season winds up
Hamilton Thunderbirds pitcher Matt Martinow winds up during his team’s 8-6 win over the Ottawa Fat Cats last Sunday.
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Reunion
Linda Baine (left), president of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Hamilton branch, and Amy Ng, clinical audiologist with Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, pose for a photo during the recent Sunnybrook Cochlear Implant reunion at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Upper James Street. Ng brought members up to date on the program and spoke about the psychological impact people experience with hearing loss. For more information about the local group, see www.chhahamilton.ca
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Ole!
Zachary, Felicia ad Siera Lopez were dressed in Spain colours Sunday as they cheered on the winning team in the World Cup final. The Lopez family supported their heritage by sporting the colours, waving the flag and cheering the team on with family and friends in true Spanish style.
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Golden girls
The Mountain's Madison Ertsinian (left) and Brittany Vanderlaan of Stoney Creek, representing Mountain Athletic Club, won the girls 14U division at a recent tournament in Cobourg. Matthew Passalent of Hamilton and Brandon Koklis of the Mountain won the boys 14U premier division at the same tournament. In other MAC volleyball news, Marcus Wu was named to the regional team for the Ontario Summer Games.
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Gord’s gruelling weekend all for a good cause
Gord Pauls is trying to raise $250,000 for Haiti earthquake relief with his triple ironman triathlon fundraiser.
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Juravinski name unveiled on new Mountain hospital
Margaret and Charles Juravinski pose for a photo under the sign bearing their name at the front of the redeveloped hospital on Concession Street following a ceremony to mark the official name change.
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College offers a student-centred environment
Nick Gabriele and Mary Ellen Logan, founders of the Ontario College of Health and Technology, are celebrating one of the province’s best education stories.
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Welcome to the reading jungle
Jack VanLouwe gets face to face with a blue-tongued skink during a visit from the Reptile Man to promote Hamilton Public Library’s summer reading program at the Turner Park branch.
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SAFE turns into park pot patrol
Hamilton police Division 3 SAFE team officers Mike LaCombe and Joni Fletcher check out Turner Park on the south-central Mountain.
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Mountain driver behind wheel of ‘Canada’s car’
Mountain entrepreneur Chris Ecklund has put the Canadian Heroes project on the NASCAR Canadian Tire series No. 13 car this weekend.
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Juravinski name unveiled on new Mountain hospital
Margaret and Charles Juravinski donated $23 million toward the redevelopment of the Henderson Hospital and have donated more than $40 million to Hamilton Health Sciences to date.
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Off the ice and onto Team Ontario
Summer-Jane Chowen has only played field hockey for about a year but has already made the Ontario team for her age group.