Sports

Sudbury's up and coming cross-country skiers will have two Olympians attend their training session tomorrow evening for extra motivation.

Track North Athletic Club's Ross Proudfoot won gold in both the 800-metre and 1500-metre events at the Athletics Ontario bantam, midget and youth championships held this past weekend in Timmins.

The Sudbury Canoe Club (SCC) sprint team made the trek to the International Racing Centre on the Welland Canal this past weekend to participate in the Balmy Beach home regatta on July 11.

Maison Vale Inco Hospice will be hosting its first annual Maison Vale Inco Wheels for Hospice on July 26 in honour of the residents and families of the community residential hospice located on the shores of Bethel Lake.

The Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club has announced Desjardins Caisses populaires of Greater Sudbury has become the official financial partner of the Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club.

Mike Yeo, assistant coach, of the Pittsburgh Penguins was at a packed house Wednesday night at a downtown Sudbury restaurant, Respect is Burning, but he didn't come alone. He brought the Stanley Cup with him for local hockey fans to admire.

Sudbury sprinter Celine Loyer captured two medals at the 2009 Asian Community Games, held at York University this past weekend. The DSSG Athletics club athlete earned a gold medal in the women's 200-metre and a silver in the women's 100-metre dash.

Easter Seals is holding its 4th Annual Ladies’ Golf Tournament at the Forest Ridge Golf & Country Club in Chelmsford this Friday. This sold out event needs sponsors to help support this tournament.

Sitting by a local pool, talking about Sudbury’s youth soccer system, Panhellenic club head coach Giuseppe Politi appears content and collected. He leans his back against the pool wall and speaks freely, for minutes at a time, without pause.

Track North's Caroline Ehrhardt, of Espanola, won gold in the women's triple jump event at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships held this past weekend in Charlottetown, PEI. The 17-year-old set a new personal best of 12.