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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] After moving to Midland in 1883 to work for the Toronto Lumber Company, James Playfair became a pillar of the community in business, social life and sports. In 1888, he started a lumbering...

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="16188" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="transparent" up="15"][vc_column_text] Mark Kowalski began his hang gliding career in 1973 at the age of 21 while travelling through Calgary Alberta. He purchased a glider and took it to Golden,...

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] Champions start small but always compete with heart. In grade 6, at 4’10” tall, Jennifer made the Georgian Bay Vista Volleyball Club Team on athleticism and competitiveness. This team was the launching pad...

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="16195" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="transparent" up="15"][vc_column_text] For Todd Clarke, contact sports started at home with three active brothers; his sense of competition and desire for excellence was born. Todd soon joined the organized sports...

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="16197" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="transparent" up="15"][vc_column_text] Kaeleigh Ferguson is being inducted into the Midland Sports Hall of Fame as an Athlete in recognition of her long and successful career as a five-pin bowler. Kaeleigh Ferguson...

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] Gary Miller was born and raised in Midland and played all of his minor hockey in the Midland Minor Hockey system, which in this day and age is a rarity for players who...

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="16202" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="transparent" up="15"][vc_column_text] According to Dan McGinnis, the founder of Springwater Lanes Bowling Centre in Elmvale, Ontario “Connor Dorion was, without a doubt, the best bowler that ever threw a ball...

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] Bob Clayton began his prolific athlete career in several fields which included basketball, gymnastics, hockey and football.  He also excelled in music and academics.   He was outstanding in all of these fields, winning...

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] Luke Dubbin was raised in Midland and became a stand out, multi‐sport athlete. Although he didn’t start playing competitive hockey until the age of seven, he excelled in that sport to the point...

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="16211" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="transparent" up="15"][vc_column_text] While Keith Sandy has participated in Special Olympics since 1980, his move to Midland in 1987 gave Keith a chance to expand his athletic career. As a member...