Windsor Midget Minor Tier One Wins Bob Black Memorial Tournament in Oshawa

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Congratulations to the Midget Minor Tier One team, sponsored by Mike Tower Construction in winning the Bob Black Memorial Tournament in Oshawa this past weekend. The team went undefeated in the Tournament and beat Oakville 3-1 in the Championship game. Ryan Nicodemo was named the Tournament MVP. Congratulations to Head Coach Dave Drouillard, his staff and all the players!!

Photo Courtesy Dave Pickford WMHA

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The Hanson Brothers HIT Leamington, Ontario.

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Saturday February 13 the Leamington Police played the NHL Old-timers in a benefit game for the WE Care For Kids Foundation.


It was a packed house and a great time. Special thanks to Constable Kevin O'Neil of the Leamington PD for organizing the event.

After the game everyone headed to the Roma Club for some great food, presentations and autograph sessions.

Here are some photos from the game and there are many more on our facebook page just follow the link below.

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If It Bleeds, It Leads - TV Going Too Far!

By Jack Rosenberg

I've had enough of TV and the levels at which they are stooping to garner ratings!

I will not use the Olympian's name (you know who he is by now), but I have to get this off my chest because this is the second time in the last three weeks I have witnessed a human being die on the news and today's Olympic tragedy makes me sick to my stomach!

Reporting this man's death is news albeit tragic, but still news, I will grant the TV stations that, but televising a person die on TV is not news, it's GOON TV!

I originally witnessed this on NBC and thought to myself, surly Canadian TV has more class then to show this...but nope, I was wrong, there it was on CTV.

And if showing the man die is not bad enough, they have to show it over, and over and over again. Plus we need to see it in slow motion and from three different angles too.

I am embarrassed for you CTV and your complete lack of common sense.

This poor guy has a family, a mother, a father somewhere watching this. How would you feel if this happened to your family Mr.Cameraman?

Has TV sunk so low that TV exec's feel they have to get this tragedy on the air before the next station? Or are we the public viewing audience asking for this type of coverage?

If it's the latter than let's get the TV cameras on Death Row and set up Pay-Per-View events on HBO!

The cameraman is not the only idiot responsible, the Producers and/or Editors are the one that give the thumbs up to go to air; so it's a comedy of errors and poor judgment.

I can understand things are going to happen on "Live" TV but there's no reason to re-broadcast this.

I know some people may say just, "Turn the station." True, I could do that, but that's not my point, a human being's last moments has no place on TV period. If you need to see this type of exposure than you should go rent Faces of Death!

The first person I witnessed die on TV three weeks ago was the Haitian man shot to death by the police as he picked up a bag of rice that fell from a passing truck. The CNN cameraman could not get in this man's face fast enough. Just inches from his face as he lay dying in the middle of the street, his life draining out of the holes plugged in him. The CNN group of turds stole this man's last ounce of dignity as he died...Disgusting!

I take pictures myself and I have been in a situation where I had to question what I was about to do.

It was nothing compared to a man dying, I was shooting a Lions game at Ford Field and a player was seriously injured right in front of me, (I was on the sidelines) but I chose to put the camera down. I don't know if it was right or wrong, but I sure didn't feel like a scumbag afterwards!

I also ask people before I take their picture, I have ran into many of celebrities and I always ask for the shot. If they say "No" I don't take it.

God forbid Mr. TV Producer one of these days it's your relative gasping for breath as they're dying in a car wreck; "BROUGHT TO YOU LIVE!"

So I ask you again. What if that was your 21 year old son Mr. TV Executive? How would you like to watch that?

THE WORLD’S BEST CURLERS TO ROCK WINDSOR FOR GREY POWER WORLD CUP OF CURLING

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by Chris Locus
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In Play! Spitfires writer Chris Lucas was on hand at today's press conference at the WFCU Centre to announce another big event coming to Windsor.

(WINDSOR) The world’s best curlers are coming to Windsor! The Capital One Grand Slam of Curling, the World Curling Tour, iSport Media and Management, and the City of Windsor announced today that Windsor, Ont. has been awarded the hosting rights to the 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling. The opening leg of the men’s 2010-11 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series, the Grey Power World Cup of Curling is scheduled to take place at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ont. from November 3-7, 2010.

“We’re thrilled to award Windsor the hosting rights to the 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling,” said Wendy Kane, Executive Director for the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series. “The WFCU Centre is a first class facility and we’re looking forward to showcasing the world’s top curlers to the city in November.”

An elite 18-team event consisting of the world’s top ranked curling foursomes, the field for the Grey Power World Cup of Curling is expected to include a wealth of Olympic and World Championship medallists including Kevin Martin (Edmonton, Alta.), Glenn Howard (Coldwater, Ont.), David Murdoch (Lockerbie, Scotland), Brad Gushue (St. John’s, Nfld.), Randy Ferbey (Edmonton, Alta.), Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, Norway), Wayne Middaugh (Etobicoke, Ont.), Jeff Stoughton (Winnipeg, Man.) and Kerry Burtnyk (Winnipeg, Man.).

The event features a total purse of $100,000 (CDN).

The Grey Power World Cup of Curling will mark the first time the City of Windsor has played host to a Capital One Grand Slam of Curling event.

“Windsor is fast becoming recognized as the city of choice to hold large-scale, national and international events, and we are pleased that our city has been awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling,” said Mayor Eddie Francis. “Windsor and our world-class facility, the WFCU Centre, will share the spotlight as curling fans tune in to watch the world’s top ranking curling teams this November.”


The 2010 Grey Power World Cup of Curling will mark the 10th edition of the event, which was originally known as the Masters of Curling from 2001-02 to 2008-09. Howard, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2007 World Championships, has won the event in each of the past four years including this season’s tournament which was contested at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ont.

Following the Grey Power World Cup of Curling, the 2010-11 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series will continue with The National, scheduled from December 15-19, 2010 at the Wesbilt Centre in Vernon, B.C. The dates and location of the series’ third leg, the BDO Classic Canadian Open has yet to be announced. The 2010-2011 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series concludes with the Grey Power Players’ Championship, a joint men’s and women’s event, scheduled for April 12-17, 2011 at the Crystal Centre in Grande Prairie, Alta.

As part of its exclusive agreement, CBC will air live playoff coverage of the first three men’s 2010-11 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events. CBC will also broadcast the men’s and women’s finals of the 2011 Grey Power Players’ Championship.

Held annually since 2001-02, the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling features the world’s best players in one series.

Lucas spoke to Mayor Francis after the annoucement and he tells In Play! Magazine how this is another big event for the Windsor community. “To host this national event, is really something special.”

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