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Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk with Area Seniors

Ron Alguire

nducted into the South Stormont want to take the risk. I spent 37 1/2 Since 2008 Ron has played five times a founding member of the Ontario

ISports Hall of Fame in 2014, Ron years there and have no regrets today. on Ontario teams at the 55+ Canada Bow Hunters Association (OBA),
Alguire’s bio describes him as a gifted We had about 1800 employees in Games, winning bronze twice, silver and worked closely with the Ministry
athlete who has exceeded in two the mill at that time and many good twice, and at St. Johns NB in 2018 of Natural Resources to establish
distinctively different sports, hockey, hockey players. We played inter- they came home with gold. bow-only hunting seasons and to set
and bow-hunting. As a hockey player departmental hockey and then we had minimum standards for equipment.
In the late 1950’s Ron joined the
Ron was an imposing smooth skating one team which represented the mill”. Seaway Valley Archery club which For a number of years Ron was
defenceman whose career has now a hunter instructor and examiner,
In 1969-70 Ron was a member did target shooting in an area off of
spanned more than seven decades. working to certify hunters in Ontario
of the Howard Smith team that won Richmond Drive. “Murray Martin,
Ron began playing with St. Andrews, the ODHA Shield. The following who was a conservation officer, asked and just recently retired as a measurer
then moving on to play with the John for the Federation of Recognition of
two seasons Ron played with the me if I would be interested in going
Collins Flyers, then playing the final Morrisburg Combines, winning the to Kapuskasing with him to bow hunt Ontario Wildlife (FROW). Over the
two years of junior with the Cornwall years Ron has harvested a number
Ottawa District Intermediate “A” moose. I had been hunting groundhogs
Royals. of moose, bear, and deer that have
Championship. During the 1970’s and with the bow but going after moose
“Red Laselle from the Royals 80’s Ron played mostly in the North was quite a jump. While there we qualified for the Ontario (FROW).
had asked me to come to a meeting Stormont Hockey League, winning ran into two aboriginal hunters who North American (Pope and Young)
and the Boone and Crockett record
at the Grand Hotel, which was several league championships with the asked us where our guns were. When
owned by the Miron family. There St Andrews Saints and the Avonmore we told them that we only had bows books.
In 1964 Ron married Brenda
were several people there from the Aces. For a few years Ron played they were very surprised saying that
Montreal Canadiens organization with the Cornwall Hubs, a team that they haven’t used them in 100 years”. Werley, and in 1968 they built their
asking me if I would go and try out was quite successful in tournaments home on County Rd 15 (Avonmore
The hunt was successful and Ron Rd) which they still reside in today.
for the Junior Canadiens. I had just and in 2000 was a finalist at the and Murray became the first hunters
started at the Howard Smith Paper CHRA World Cup in Ottawa. He Ron and Brenda have two children,
to harvest a bull moose with a bow a daughter Jennifer and a son Josh.
Mill (later Domtar) that spring and then began playing with a Morrisburg and arrow in modern times. Since
had no vacation time available, so I team and has been to the Ontario 55+ then Ron has taken eight more moose, At age 76, Ron is still active in both
had to decline. It was one of the best Games on several occasions, winning sports, playing hockey twice weekly
several bear, and many deer with his in Morrisburg and bow hunting
paying jobs in the area and I didn’t gold in 2003, 05, and again in 2015.
bow. In the late 1960’s Ron was locally on land which he owns.

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