Perth - Sports http://www.emcperth.ca Perth en-us Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 http://www.emcperth.ca/20120202/sports/Get+ready+to+Loppet+Feb.+12 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 Get ready to Loppet Feb. 12 EMC Sports - The Tay Valley Loppet is just around the corner and the Tay Valley Cross County Ski Club is preparing to welcome locals and visitors to enjoy some of Ontario's finest cross country skiing.

Sunday, Feb. 12 at Murphy's Point Provincial Park marks the 35th year the event has taken place.

Jim Reain, loppet organizing chair, said last ...

]]> http://www.emcperth.ca/20120202/sports/Perth's+Olympic+House+%22turning+out+well%22 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 Perth's Olympic House "turning out well" EMC Sports - In July, local Olympian Nick Tritton hopes to go to London - the location of the 2012 Olympics. But the road to England's largest city is hard and long - and expensive.

Nick began the qualifying process for this year's Olympics in the sport of Judo in April 2010. He finishes in May when the national team is named.

"He's currently ...

]]> http://www.emcperth.ca/20120202/sports/Goodfellow+is+top+Ottawa+athlete Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 Goodfellow is top Ottawa athlete EMC Sports - Kate Goodfellow may be surprised to have received the Ottawa Sports Awards female Athlete of the Year honour, but looking at her ever-growing resume of rowing accomplishments makes the award almost seem like common sense.

The University of Ottawa student and competitor with the Ottawa Rowing Club, was presented with the prestigious ...

]]> http://www.emcperth.ca/20120202/sports/High+school+sports+break+for+exams Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 High school sports break for exams EMC Sports - The gyms at both St. John Catholic High School and Perth and District Collegiate Institute were quiet this week, as the sports schedule took a break for exams.

However, the basketball and volleyball teams still saw Lanark Interschool Athletic Association action leading up to the break and several teams went into the two-week hiatus ...

]]> http://www.emcperth.ca/20120202/sports/Grenadiers+season+begins+with+off-field+drills Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -05:00 Grenadiers season begins with off-field drills EMC Sports - The Limestone District Grenadiers Football Club has begun its 2012 activities with pre-season drills and conditioning most Sunday nights at LCVI in Kingston.

The club, that plays a full schedule in the Ontario Varsity Football League, has announced that for the first time this season, it will field a bantam team for athletes ...

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