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27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text] If I think back about 18 months ago to a dinner for Bill Jones, Sr., I was approached by Buzz Deschamps on the possibility of a Sports Hall of Fame in Midland. All...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Over the course of the past three months or so, I have had the pleasure of learning more and more about the rich sports history found with the Town of Midland. On Sept....

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Jeff Bowen has been an institution on the Midland Junior “C” and recreational hockey scene for over 25 years. Back in the mid ‘80’s Jeff showed up at the Midland Centennial Junior C...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16164" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] In 1917 Midland industrialist James Playfair bought three parcels of land in Tiny Township totalling 124 acres for the princely...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] While the Herb Beauchamp Athletic Field no longer exists, its memory and those of the athletes and events it hosted will live forever. Originally called Town Park, the Herb Beauchamp Athletic Field was located on...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16166" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] Although the Midland branch of the YMCA (then known as the Young Men's Christian Association) was established in 1900, its...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16173" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] On March 15, 1919, 51 men requested a meeting with Midland Town Council and the Agricultural Society regarding the construction...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] FAMED RINK DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1976 [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="15764" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] Toronto has Maple Leaf Gardens. New York City has Madison Square Gardens. Houston has...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="16174" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] The Midland Ski Jump was located on the west side of the Kings Highway 27, now Simcoe County Road 93, and north of Balm Beach...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="16171" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="transparent" up="15"][vc_column_text]  5 pin bowling is a truly Canadian game as it is only played in Canada, therefore if you win a Canadian championship you are also the world champion. The...