Category: Sports & Recreation
PHOTOS: Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe touches down at YOW
PHOTO: Via Blair Crawford/Twitter UPDATE: The City of Ottawa is hosting a reception for Erica Wiebe at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Thursday, August 25 at 7:00pm. All residents are…
Orangetheory Fitness hosts grand opening on Thursday
(via Orangetheory Fitness) After five long months of construction, reserving pre-opening memberships, participating in multiple events, setting up and training the team of staff in order to open our next…
Erica Wiebe returns to Ottawa on Tuesday morning
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJU4kJhjcJZ/ (press release via the Canadian Olympic Committee / Wrestling Canada) With the 2016 Olympic Games ending today, Canadian wrestling 2016 Olympic Champion Erica Wiebe will be returning home…
ROUND-UP: Celebrating Erica Wiebe’s gold medal victory
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJRp2GXjyho/?taken-by=eweebz The community, the city, the entire country is cheering on Erica Wiebe’s gold medal victory in Olympic wrestling. Here are some stories, interviews and photos from the last 24…
MEC Summer Century Ride includes a trip through Stittsville
(via MEC/Mountain Equipment Co-op) This third annual ride returns on Sunday, August 28, 2016! For only $45 (CAD), you can choose between three different ride options, 50km, 100km or 160km…
Erica Wiebe wins gold medal in Olympic wrestling
Canada. We did it. pic.twitter.com/k0bb6BJvyf — Erica Wiebe (@ericawiebe) August 18, 2016 It was the moment we were all waiting for. Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe won a gold medal for Canada in…
Stittsville’s cheering for Olympian Erica Wiebe
Luc and Nancy Therrien put up this sign at Stittsville Glass on the weekend, celebrating Stittsville’s Erica Wiebe. She’s competing in wrestling at the Rio Olympics on Thursday. (Previously: Wiebe…
PHOTOS: The Capital Karting Grand Prix at Karters’ Korner
On the Sunday, some of the area’s top go karters raced in the Capital Karting Grand Prix at Karters’ Korner. All photos by Barry Gray.
Ottawa’s go-kart community comes to Karters’ Korner next weekend
(PHOTO: Stittsville’s Stephanie Berg will be competing at the Capital Karting 2016 Grand Prix at Karter’s Korner on August 6-7. Photo by Barry Gray.) Engines rumble to life and gasoline…
Bottle drive for local swimmers heading to national championships in Calgary
Nic Ferland (17) and Abby Moffitt (13) of the Goulbourn Seahawks competitive swim team will be travelling to Calgary in late July to attend the national championships. This is the…
Two area teens will represent Canada at the World Dance Championships
(PHOTO: Rylee Fortier-Turner (left) and Paige Publow from Pointe of Grace Dance Company) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K0yyINp34g&feature=youtu.be Several local dancers auditioned and have made it to the largest and most prestigious of all…
Successful tourney for SKM Software Stingers at Play On
(ABOVE: Councillor Shad Qadri took some time out to speak with the boys following the game.) The SKM Software Stingers of Stittsville participated in the Play On! tournament on July…
Over 500 teams expected for street hockey tournament July 9-10
(press release) Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On! has announced that Ottawa will once again host one of its street hockey tournament tour stops at the Canadian Tire Centre on…
Olympic wrestler Erica Wiebe tours Stittsville
Canadian wrestler Erica Wiebe was touring around Stittsville today with a crew from CBC Ottawa tagging along. The former Sacred Heart student will be competing at the Rio Olympics in…
A round-up of Stittsville summer camps
A few summer camps in the Stittsville area: Thunderbird Sports Camp We cater to everyone, including today’s busy parents and active children. We offer a wide range of sports for…