Category: Sports & Recreation
Bits and Baits closes its doors on September 5
The owners of Bits and Baits will be putting up a “gone fishing” sign for good when they close down at the start of September. The bait and tackle store…
Senators to hold part-time recruitment fair August 13-15
(via the Ottawa Senators) The Ottawa Senators Hockey Club, Canadian Tire Centre, and Sensplex want your help in creating raving fans for life! We are a welcoming workplace and look…
19 years and counting for the Kunstadt Open Tennis Tournament
(via Kunstadt Sports.) It has been 19 years since the Kunstadt family first established what would become Ottawa’s longest lasting open Tennis tournament. It wasn’t the business potential or charitable…
Fundraising begins for Stittsville hockey trip to Europe
(Above: Erik Wilson and Owen Watt at Sobeys selling raffle tickets.) Look at these smiling faces! Sixteen boys are heading to Europe next year to play hockey. A 10-day program for…
PHOTO: Corn/Barn
Here’s a photo from Barry Gray of a barn near Richmond off Eagleson Road. We love getting photos from readers. Please send them along to feedback@stittsvillecentral.ca.
Stittsville Axemen win Willie Putnam memorial tournament
On the weekend of July 17–19 the U-12 Stittsville Axemen participated in the 33rd annual Willie Putnam memorial tournament in the towns of Three Mile Bay, Chaumont and Cape Vincent…
PHOTO: Poole Creek Pathway
Here’s a photo sent in by Marise Dubé of the Poole Creek Pathway, taken on July 2. “One of the many trails that can be enjoyed in Stittsville,” she writes.…
Outdoor family yoga classes start July 21 at Alexander Grove Park
Stittsville parent Kim Davis couldn’t find a family yoga class in the area at a convenient time, so she created her own. Starting Tuesday, July 21 and continuing until August 18,…
Footworks Dance Academy competes at the American Dance Awards
(via Footworks Dance Academy) Congratulations to our dancers Caroleen Harding, Callee Scott and Taylor Duncan for representing Footworks Dance Academy at the American Dance Awards (ADA’s) in Hollywood, Florida from…
Trans Canada Trail will be re-gravelled in July
From Shad Qadri’s weekly email: The TCT is scheduled to be re-gravelled using stone dust between West Ridge Drive and Terry Fox Drive. Instead of closing the entire trail, the…
Three great outdoor swimming pools around Stittsville
AMBERWOOD VILLAGE POOL: A heated, saltwater pool, open from mid-May until mid-September. You’ll either need a pool membership or attend as a guest of a member — so this…
City council approves naming of “Kemp Woodland”
From Shad Qadri’s weekly email newsletter: This week at City Council approved the proposal to name a woodland area on Abbott Street East, adjacent to Sacred Heart High School, the…
Stittsville skateboard park doesn’t do the trick, says local dad (with video)
(ABOVE: Stittsville dad John Hughes wants to see an upgrade or an entirely new skatepark in Stittsville. And sooner rather than later. Photo by Jordan Mady.) John Hughes, 47, looked around…
Strong pitching and hitting leads to big Montreal tourney win for Axemen
(Back row left: Assistant Coach Mike Roy, Coach Ben Wilson, Assistant Coach Mark Beaudoin, Assistant Coach James Hernandez. Middle row from left: Aidan Wilson, Matthew Roy, Ben Phillips, Owen Riedel, James…
City invites public input on booking of arenas and sports fields
(Press release from the City of Ottawa.) Residents of Ottawa are invited to an open house on Tuesday, June 23 at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley Road, from…