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Badminton in the Cornwall Armoury!

By Victoria Klassen the backyard when they were a kid,
or they played in high school… And
ince 1946, badminton games we have some other people who are
Shave been a regular occurrence very competitive.”
in the Cornwall Armoury. The SD
& G Badminton Club plays there on Kyer says he enjoys how badminton
is a good workout and helps him to
Friday nights from 8-10 p.m.
de-stress. He encourages people to
Ken Kyer has been the club captain
come play on Friday nights because
for over 20 years. He says the club the club is primarily about having
has five courts and the armoury’s high fun. Participants can get a yearly

ceiling makes it ideal for badminton.
membership for all 27 badminton
Participants must be over 18 years nights, or they can pay for individual
old to join.
nights.
The club runs from the end of
September to the beginning of May. “Come out ready to relax, have
fun, and bring running shoes and a
Kyer says the club uses the officers’

mess upstairs to socialize after racket,” says Kyer.
playing. If you want to play badminton at
“Any person with any ability the armoury, contact Ken Kyer at
can play,” says Kyer. “We have kyerk@hotmail.com or show up on Carol Viau and Ken Kyer of the SD & G Badmington Club
beginners, who haven’t played since Friday nights at 8 p.m. Photo Submitted

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in front of the goalie, for a final Jessica Green
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score of 5-5.
Finch resident Jessica Green turned in an im-
he Seaway Valley Rapids The next day, the Rapids pressive performance during her NGS Pee-
TAtom AA team travelled to faced the top-ranked Gloucester wee C Braves’ Gold Medal performance at the
Cumberland Dukes Showdown last month. The
Ottawa on Friday, October 30th Rangers at home in a game 12-year-old captained the team and played both
to face the Kanata Blazers. The sponsored by Leblanc & Son defense and centre when called upon.
game got off to a rough start when Roofi ng. Despite a strong start, Green has played hockey since IP with NGS
the Rapids found themselves the Rapids went on to lose the and says, “It’s been a lot of fun. I’ve learned a
trailing the Blazers at the end of game. At the end of the fi rst lot of hockey skills and about the people I play
the first, 4-2. The Rapids’ only period, the Rapids were leading with.” Green was excited to recall her team’s

goals came from Marco McCarthy 2-1 against the Rangers on the recent victory. “Winning the finals was amazing. My team worked so hard.
My highlight was when I scored from the blue line. I didn’t expect it to go
and Ethan Montroy, with assists strength of Carson Martin’s in. Every shot counts!”
coming from Antoine Lafrance goal and Ethan Montroy’s goal, Along with hockey, Jessica plays soccer in the Glengarry Soccer League
and McCarthy. During the second with two assists from Jett Jock with Maxville and plays volleyball and soccer at Tagwi Secondary School
period, Carson Martin closed the and Martin. Unfortunately, the where she is a Grade 7 student. Her goals for the rest of the hockey season
gap by 1 when he scored on a pass Rapids weren’t able to keep up are to, “try my hardest, be a team player and improve my skills.”
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