Canada Day Street Hockey

By Shawn Hughson

As July 1 falls on a Tuesday this year, the Canada Day Street Hockey Fundraiser will take place the Saturday prior, on June 28.

Creemore’s Elizabeth Street East will be shut down to Library Street to become 3-on-3 street hockey rinks complete with plywood endboards and hay bale borders.

The Old Mill House Pub and the Creemore Sunday Night Hockey League sponsor the event, which includes a beer garden, live music (from 12:30 to 4:30 pm), raffles, a kid’s corner and a 50/50 draw in the form of a shootout competition (at 5 pm).

Register individually or as a team at the Old Mill House Pub, or by contacting Shawn Hughson at 705-796-7536. The fee is $10 per player.

Proceeds raised from this event will go to the Cybergnomes robotics program, which will have a demonstration at the event at 4:30 pm. This year, the Cybergnomes placed within the top 64 out of 2,720 teams from around the world.

The Cybergnomes program is geared to local high school students. The benefits to the students are enormous. Along with things like engineering skills development, mathematics, computer-assisted design, programming, wiring, machining and welding, students learn teamwork, leadership skills, communication, design and more. Students broaden their experiences and increase confidence by travelling outside our communities to compete.

New students are always welcome! Building and meetings happen at JT Snowmobile in New Lowell. Anyone interested can check out www.cybergnomes.c