![]() It seems the track and field talent runs through the veins of the Green and Gale family. Gale, whose parents Joe and Lisa Gale were born in Sydney, will be the youngest member of Team Canada’s track and field team at age 21 and will participate in the 4x400 women’s relay in Japan. Green died on May 5, 2020, and his obituary reads that along with track and field he also played hockey, basketball and baseball. ![]() PHOTO CONTRIBUTED/COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Her late grandfather, Ivan Green, was a track and field star locally in the 1950s. ![]() At age 21, she will be the youngest member of the country’s track and field team competing at the Tokyo Olympics next month. Lauren Gale wears the Canadian flag on her back. What a great way to celebrate than with a record like this – what makes it even better is it’s a Cape Bretoner who holds it.Ĭongratulations on the win and the record, Paul.Įarlier this week, the Cape Breton Post ran a story on Lauren Gale, a track and field runner with deep Cape Breton connections, who will compete at the Toyko Olympics next month.Īfter the story ran, reader Stan Reppa called and informed us that Gale’s grandfather, the late Ivan Green, was a star track and field runner locally in the 1950s. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the course. Fewer captured the tournament title and set a club record for the lowest score in a competitive round with a 67 on Sunday. Paul Fewer, originally of Sydney, holds the club championship trophy at Granite Springs Club near Halifax. It was the lowest score ever in a competitive round in the history of Granite Springs Golf Club, which opened in 1991. Paul Fewer, who grew up in Ashby and graduated from both Sydney Academy and the University College of Cape Breton, captured the course’s club championship on Sunday.įewer, who now resides in Halifax, shot a 67 on the final day to claim the victory. Staying with golf, we head to mainland Nova Scotia and Granite Spring Golf Club near Halifax where a Cape Breton golfer won a championship and set a new record. Several other tournaments are scheduled for the month of August, but we’ll dig a bit deeper into those events in next week’s column. Meanwhile, the Colbourne Auto Invitational is slated for Aug. 1 at both Seaview Golf and Country Club in North Sydney, as well as Lingan. The course will also have its Jack N’ Jill tournament next Saturday.Ī pair of club championships are slated for July 31 and Aug. In Cheticamp, Le Portage Golf Club will host its women’s invitational on Wednesday. The senior men’s two-player scramble is Wednesday, while the Lynk Ladies Scramble is Thursday – both at Lingan. Locally, the Rona Jack and Jill event will be held Saturday at Lingan, while the Sydco Junior Invitational is slated for Monday at the Lingan course. Glace Bay's Brett McKinnon dropped out of the tournament on Thursday. ![]() The NSGA’s mid-amateur is underway in Kingston with nine Cape Breton golfers in the field, including River Bourgeois' Leon Carter. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.Īfter the Nova Scotia Golf Association’s amateur earlier this month, and The Roadbuilders, presented by Caper Auto Sales last weekend at Lingan Golf and Country Club, the schedule gets even busier beginning this weekend. This weekend kicks off a busy couple of weeks of golf tournaments across Cape Breton. You may have noticed how sports have gone from zero to 100 real fast over the past month with the easing of COVID-19 provincial restrictions, and one of the sports in full swing – no pun intended – is golf. Without wasting any time, let’s jump into the Cape Breton sports-related headlines. Another work week has come and gone which calls for another edition of Sports Chat.
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