HockeyNL recognised some its most outstanding members at the 2025-2026 annual general meeting and award show in June, including many from the Avalon peninsula.

Mike O’Brien, who played a key role with Southern Shore Amateur Hockey, was awarded the Gerry Taylor Memorial Junior Council Meritorious Award. Even since the Southern Shore joined the St. John’s Junior Hockey League in 1998, he has remained a dedicated volunteer.

Colby Mitchell of the Paradise Minor Hockey Association was awarded the Brian Wakelin Executive of the Year Award. Mithcell has volunteered with the association for over a decade and currently serves as president.

Dean Whalen, who has officiated hundreds of games over the decades, including senior hockey and Herder games, and has served as Referee in Chief for Cee Bees Minor Hockey Association for the last 20 years, was awarded the Ray Bowe Award of Merit.

Nathan Bakogeorge with the Cee Bees Minor Hockey Association and Jayden Denty with the Glovertown & Area Minor Hockey Association were named the 2026 Minor Hockey Scholarship recipients. Lima Best of the Southern Shore Senior Breakers was named the recipient of the 2026 Jim Stirling / B.F. Lorenzetti Scholarship.

Brian Lambert with Goulds Minor was awarded the Ron Healey Memorial Award. Lambert has been a major part of Hockey NL’s officiating program since 2000. He has officiated both senior hockey and Herder games, and has also officiated at events such as the Telus Cup, Para Hockey World Tournament, Allan Cup, AHL, and ECHL.

Other winners included Deer Lake Red Wings Treasurer Paul Payne (CJ McCarthy Memorial Award), Gary Pardy of Exploits (Female Hockey Promotion Award), Hockey Canada Master Coach Developer Stephanie Delaney (Joe Byrne Development Award), Robert Williams with the Green Bay South Minor Hockey Association (Minor Council Meritorious Award – Central Region), Jodi Blackwood with the St. John’s Minor Hockey Association (Minor Council Meritorious Award – Eastern Region), Sherry Chubbs with the Lake Melville Xtreme Minor Hockey Association (Minor Council Meritorious Award – Northern Region), Dave Ingram with the Clarenville Area Minor Hockey Association (Minor Council Meritorious Award – Tri Pen Region), Stephen Peddle with the Deer Lake Minor Hockey Association (Minor Council Meritorious Award – Western Region), the Clarenville Area Minor Hockey Association (Minor Association/Community Club of the Year), and Tracey Hatcher (Gold Stick Pin).Meanwhile, Terry Hart, John Drover, Dale Sullivan, Nick Aylward, Janet Reddy, Chris Bartlett, Charlie Kearsey, and the late Bern Tobin were all inducted into the Hockey NL Hall of Fame.

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Nearly 200 runners from across the province – and some from even further – pushed themselves to the limit over the May 22 – 24 weekend at the Paradise Backyard Ultra (PBU).

Beginning Friday afternoon, runners completed a 6.7 kilometre loop around Octagon Pond every hour on the hour in an intense ‘last man standing’ competition that ran until 5 a.m. Sunday morning when Ryan Quinlan, 39, of Paradise was named the winner after completing 41 laps, equating to a staggering 275 kilometres, while enduring rain, wind, and cold.

“You go through sleep deprivation, you’re up for two days, you’re putting your body through something that it’s never gone through before,” said Quinlan.  “The amount of support I got from my family and friends was unbelievable.”

Quinlan has run each PBU since the inaugural event in 2024. That year, he completed 18 loops. Last year, he ran 25.

Heading into this year’s event, Quinlan said he didn’t have a particular goal in mind, only that he wanted to do better than last year.

“If I got to 26 hours, maybe I would have got to the next milestone, which would have been 30 hours, which would have got me over 200 kilometres,” said Quinlan. “After that I was just trying to hit small milestones. I had A, B, and C goals.”

Quinlan maintained an average pace of about 52:29 a loop, focusing more on endurance than speed so as not to exhaust himself. He had a lap-by-lap plan for how to spend the minutes between laps.

“You would either focus on rest, nutrition, or gear change,” said Quinlan. “I had my wife, my friends, my brother to help me out. They were my crewmates, so when I would get in, they were assisting me with those things. I would tell them, ‘I need a can of soda,’ or ‘I need some rice pudding,’ and ‘Can you have that ready for me, I’m going to lie down for five minutes, can you wake me up before the two-minute buzzer?’”

Funny enough, Quinlan lives about three kilometres from the start line, and the course took him in a homeward direction.

“The thought of continuing on to my house and just not finishing the race did cross my mind,” said Quinlan. “That was a frequent thought I had.”

Of the nearly 200 runners, only four reached the 30-loop milestone –Quinlan, Ryne King, Chris Nash, and Ian Royle.

Royle, of St. John’s, finished 31 laps, while Nash, of Mount Pearl, made it to 33.

King and Quinlan ran seven laps together before King, of St. John’s, finished at 40 laps (268 kilometres,) leaving just Quinlan to make a final lap and claim the title.

Quinlan said his previous experience running the PBU gave him a leg up over the competition in the final stretch.

“In my mind Ian was the front runner, but when he dropped out, then it was down to Chris Nash, Ryne King, and myself,” said Quinlan. “And those guys had never run the event. I think having experience in this event is crucial, just knowing how your body is going to feel after running for 24 hours, and the emotions that you’re going to go through, and having that experience really played to my advantage.”

He credits King with keeping him going during the final loops.

“You need an assist,” said Quinlan. “You need to have that person who was going to push me to 41, which was Ryne King. And I’m so happy that he showed up because my number would have been much lower if he wasn’t there.”

Quinlan played sports in his youth, but had little experience with long distance running. In 2015, while living in Goose Bay, he registered for the Trapline half marathon.

“I considered myself very fit, but there were people much older than me passing me gracefully,” said Quinlan. “And I thought, ‘How is this possible?’ I’m a young, fit dude, and these guys are just cruising by me. And that planted the seed.”

He credits the first PBU with kicking his running career into full gear.

“I think it’s the concept that really captured it for me,” said Quinlan. “If you’re here to ask me, ‘Hey, do you want to go run a 100-kilometre race, I would say, ‘No, that’s ridiculous…’ but the question becomes, how many (6.7 kilometre loops) can you do before you have to stop. And that’s where it becomes very interesting. I like that mental aspect of it. Because it becomes a puzzle. But I think everybody has their endpoint, and in order to find it you have to take yourself there. And for me, having good preparation, having good family support, having a good crew, and having proper training, I wanted to see how far I could go with it. If it was one loop, so be it. If it was a lot of loops, perfect, at least I found my endpoint and I did something that was hard, and pushes me, and gives me some purpose.”

As the winner of this year’s event, Quinlan will have the opportunity to represent the province as a member of Team Canada at the Big Backyard Ultra World Championships in British Columbia in October.

Along with bragging rites and a spot on the Team Canada roster, Quinlan received $2,000 worth of prizes, including a silver Canadian dollar from East Coast Coins, Auctions, and Collectibles and ice cream cones for life from Eva’s Chimneys food truck.

When The Shoreline reached him on the Monday afternoon following the race, he had sufficiently recovered with plenty of bed rest and a giant stack of French toast.

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Brothers Randy and Rod Hennessey, left, and longtime baseball organizer David Coates, right, are the newest inductees into the CBS Sports Hall of Fame. Tyler Waugh photo

Rod and Randy Hennessey grew up in Conception Bay South in an era when youth sports were shifting from less structured play to more organized recreation.

The brothers were honoured, along with David Coates, with induction as builders into the CBS Sports Hall of Fame on May 25 held as part of the CBS Municipal Awards in a ceremony that celebrated the best of the town’s athletes, volunteers and artists.

The trio of builders were joined by the Queen Elizabeth Regional High School Pioneers Senior Girls Volleyball Team (1993 to 1996) and the 2000 CBS Girls Baseball Team, which were both inducted in the team category.

“It’s a life in sports. I came up as a young guy in the community and a lot of our sports were only starting to evolve back in those days,” Randy Hennessey said after the ceremony, adding participation in many sports was mostly unsupervised until he was 12 or so.

As an athlete, he competed at high levels in soccer, hockey, softball, ball hockey, and table tennis, earning multiple championships and individual honours.

Hennessey also coached at all levels of the Kiwanis Baseball programs and supported provincial athletes at national-level competitions across the country. He also played a significant role in developing community sports in CBS, serving as a coach and mentor across multiple programs and supporting the growth of organized youth and adult sport in the community over many years.

When asked about being inducted on the same night as his brother Rod, he grinned and glanced over at the former all-star hockey goaltender, who was adorned with a flamboyant red Montreal Canadiens blazer for the evening.

“It was great that we got in at the same time. We both got out of the sporting world a little while ago, so it was really nice,” Randy said.

Rod competed in hockey, soccer, ball hockey, and softball over several decades, achieving success at both the provincial and Atlantic levels. He won an Atlantic Junior Hockey Championship, a provincial Intermediate Hockey Championship, and multiple senior soccer league championships in CBS.

He also co-founded the CBS Ball Hockey League in the 1980s and established the CBS 19+ Men’s Slow Pitch League, which continues to operate today.

Rod also served with the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of Canada for nearly 25 years, including 12 years on the national executive and a term as president from 2017 to 2021. He also served as President of the Bowling Proprietors of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Randy said the brothers still golf together.

“We fudge the numbers a little, sometimes. We’re still brothers, so we compete,” Randy said with a small smile on his face.

Coates was credited with making a lasting contribution through decades of volunteer leadership in baseball, hockey, softball, and soccer.

He supported sport at every level, from grassroots development to provincial and national programs, serving as a coach, administrator and leader while focused on athlete development and program growth.

Coates also represented Newfoundland and Labrador at the Canada Summer Games and Baseball Canada championships and has received multiple provincial and national honours for coaching and volunteer service. 

“Across all roles, David has been widely recognized for his commitment to building strong programs, supporting athletes, and strengthening community sport through decades of volunteer service,” read his nomination.

The Queen Elizabeth Regional High School Pioneers Senior Girls Volleyball Team (1993 to 1996) became one of the most successful high school volleyball teams in the province during their era, setting a standard of excellence over several seasons.

Their success included gold medal performances at the Newfoundland and Labrador Winter Games, multiple provincial titles, and appearances at Eastern Canadian and National Championships. Beyond the results, their legacy is found in their lasting impact on the sport.

“The team helped elevate girls high school volleyball in Newfoundland and Labrador, and many of its members went on to contribute as athletes, coaches, and leaders in their communities,” read their nomination.

The 2000 CBS Girls Baseball Team was credited with making history, being established the same year that the provincial Summer Games introduced girls’ baseball. They went on to capture both the All-Newfoundland Championship and the gold medal at the Newfoundland and Labrador Summer Games, helping to raise the profile of girls baseball at both the local and provincial levels.

“At a time when opportunities for female athletes in baseball were still developing, this team helped open doors, showing that girls could compete and succeed at the highest level,” read the nomination.

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Adrian Green, 21, of Carbonear has been named the top batter at a World Softball tournament in Colombia.

Green wasn’t in the line up for the first game at the 2026 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U23 Men’s Softball World Cup in Sincelejo, Colombia, and didn’t expect to be made a full-time player. But in Game 2 he was put in opposite of Jack Besgrove, the Australian softball star recognized as one of the best, if not the best, pitchers in the world.

“I was like, ‘I’ve got to put the ball in play here and not strike out,’” said Green – and that’s exactly what he did.

“I got a hit off Besgrove, and I guess the coach liked that, because it was history after that,” said Green. “I was put in every game.”

Green played in seven of the eight games, and finished the tournament with a .545 batting average. He was the only Canadian to receive a statistical award. Besgrove, meanwhile, would be named the tournament’s best pitcher with a 0.59 earned run average.

Green has come quite a long way from his days playing with the Carbonear Islanders minor softball program, and has travelled the world playing ball – in fact, this wasn’t his first time competing in Sincelejo, Colombia. He competed with the Canadian U18 Men’s National Team there in the 2023 Pan American Championships.

“We were in the exact same hotel, and, funny enough, I was in the exact same room, as last time,” said Green.

The tournament ran from April 25 till May 3 and saw 12 countries compete for gold. Japan finished in the top spot, while Australia and Mexico earned silver and bronze medals respectively. Canada ranked eighth place in the 12-team tournament.

The games, featuring some of the world’s best young ball players, brought in thousands of fans on a nightly basis.

“For our last game against Colombia, I think they said there were 9,000-plus fans,” said Green. “It was crazy, man. I felt like I was playing for the Blue Jays. It was unreal.”

Even with the tournament behind him, Green has no plans of putting away his bat any time soon. He recently signed with the Ontario-based Kingston Axemen and will compete in a number of tournaments this summer, including the 2026 International Softball Confederation World Tournament in Melbourne, Ontario in August. He’ll also compete in the junior national tournament in Saskatchewan, and with the Galway Hitman in the senior national championship.

Green has tried his hand at a number of sports over the years, including table tennis, ball hockey, ice hockey, and cross country, and has excelled in all of them, but said softball remains his favourite, largely due to the camaraderie among the players.

“Teammates are so close knit, it’s almost like a family,” said Green. “I have so many friends and close buddies now because of softball that I would have never met (otherwise). I know guys all around the world, from the USA to New Zealand, just from playing ball.”

His ultimate softball goal is to make the men’s national team.

When not on the ball field, Green is hitting the books. He recently completed a four-year kinesiology degree at Memorial University and will be studying podiatry at the Michener Institute of Education in Toronto this fall.

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The best of Harbour Grace’s athletic and volunteer community were honoured April 30 at the annual Sports Hall of Fame and Town Awards reception April 30 at the Danny Cleary Harbour Grace Community Centre.

Nice individuals and groups were celebrated including the induction of Ron Martin into the Sports Hall of Fame as a builder for his contributions to the development of minor soccer.

In addition to helping establish minor soccer, Martin coached and refereed, and also was heavily involved in the men’s soccer league.

The Mayor and Councillors Award went to the Splash Centre, which provides programs and support for Conception Bay North (CBN) youth.

“For 25 years, the Splash Centre committee and board have been at the heart of something truly special in Harbour Grace,” said Deputy Mayor Gary Baker. “What began as an idea has grown into a vital community hub. Their accomplishments speak volumes. The Splash Centre combines recreation, education, and social supports to help our youth thrive and stay connected to their community.”

The Paul Moriarty Memorial Sport Volunteer Award went to Jamie French, who volunteered with the St. Francis School junior high basketball team over the past three years, taking them to provincials twice. He has also assisted with the school’s year-end sports day. French is also part of the Splash Centre staff.

The Dick Power Memorial Award for Team of the Year went to the Harbour Grace Cold Storage Rowing Team. Guided by coxswain Fred Chafe, the team consists of 14 and 15-year-old boys. In 2025, the team rowed in all three regattas, coming first in both Placentia and Harbour Grace. At the St. John’s Regatta, their rowing was hindered by a build-up of weeds around their buoy. The boys ultimately came in second, but exhibited great sportsmanship and congratulated the first-place team; this was the main reason they were nominated for Team of the Year.

The 1992 Summer Games Scholarship went to Hunter Williams, who played volleyball at Carbonear Collegiate, serving as co-captain during Grade 12. He has since graduated with plans to become a physical education teacher, but volunteers at his old school as an assistant volleyball coach. It was not the first time Williams received an award from the Town of Harbour Grace and its sports museum as he was awarded 2024 Senior Male Athlete of the Year at last year’s reception.

For the second year in a row, the Sonia Williams Award for Junior Female Athlete of the Year went to Lily Moriarty, who excels at hockey, soccer, and volleyball. She was a member of the CTP Devils female hockey team that won the Provincial U15 A Championship in 2024. She also won provincial bronze with the Tri-Pen Ice AA U18 female hockey team. When it comes to soccer, she was on the CBN Lightning U15 female soccer team that won the Provincial Mega Tier 2 Tournament in Bay Roberts in 2025.

The Jamie Korab Award for Junior Male Athlete of the Year went to Simon Fortune. A member of the Harbour Grace Cold Storage Rowing Team, Fortune also participates in hockey, soccer, basketball, and cross-country. As part of the U15 AAA Tri-Pen Osprey hockey team, he and his team won gold at the 2025 Atlantic Cup. With the CBN team in the Newfoundland Soccer Association, he won gold in the 2025 Anchor Cup. A member of Carbonear Collegiate’s Grade 9 cross-country club, he placed in the top five at the Harvest Run.

The Doris Murcell Memorial Award for Senior Female Athlete of the Year went to Jade Bennett for the second consecutive year. Bennett has been a soccer official for various tournaments and is an instructor with the CBN Minor Soccer Association. She is also a member of the AAA gold medalist Carbonear Collegiate girls senior basketball team, and competes in soccer and cross-country for her school.

The final award, the S.W. Moores Memorial Award for Senior Male Athlete of the Year, went to Braeden Sullivan. Captain of the Avalon Minor Football team, the CBN Warriors, he was named MVP in 2025. He also played on the football team representing Team NL at the Atlantic Bowl. Sullivan coaches flag football, and played on Carbonear Collegiate’s boys volleyball team. Sullivan is also taking lifesaving courses, having earned his Bronze Medallion in 2025. He is on track to earn his Bronze Cross this year.

The award winners included, starting with the top row and going from left to right: (1) Winners of the Dick Power Memorial Award for Team of the Year, Harbour Grace Cold Storage. From left: Brendan Chafe; Jacob Chafe; Luke Pike, Ben Bailey, Rylan Chafe, sponsor Amy Dwyer, Evan Johnson, Simon Fortune and coxswain Fred Chafe. Missing from photo are Liam Evan, Tyler Snow, and Nicholas Barrett. (2) Hunter Williams, left, being presented with 1992 Summer Games Scholarship by Harbour Grace Sports Museum committee member Frank Finlayson. (3) Harbour Grace Jamie French being presented with Paul Moriarty Memorial Sport Volunteer Award by Helen Pembroke. (4) Harbour Grace Junior Female Athlete of the Year Lily Moriarty, left, being presented with the Sonia Williams Award by its namesake. (5) Junior Male Athlete of the Year Simon Fortune, left, being presented with the Jamie Korab Award by Jamie Korab. (6) Harbour Grace Senior Female Athlete of the Year Jade Bennett, left, being presented with the Doris Murcell Memorial Award by Harbour Grace-Port de Grave MHA Pam Parsons. (7) Senior Male Athlete of the Year Braeden Sullivan, left, being presented with the S.W. Moores Memorial Award by Harbour Grace Deputy Mayor Gary Baker. (8) Splash Centre representatives being presented with the Mayor & Councillors Award by Deputy Mayor Gary Baker. From left: Jamie French, Hayward Blake, Gary Baker, Judy McCarthy, Juanita Verge, and Allison Seward.

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Holyrood council last week voted to reallocate $908,060 in provincial government funding earmarked for the construction of a new community centre to sewer upgrades and other recreation upgrades instead.

“This project funding had to be spent by the end of the year, December 31 of 2026, this year, or it would be lost,” explained councilor Steve Winsor. “It’s a use-it-or-lose it sort of thing. But because we’re not shovel ready with the community center project – we’re in an earlier concept (phase) and seeking public feedback – so, there’s no way you would be able to start and finish that building in this time frame. You can’t do that. So, to preserve project funding, we’re moving the funding to more immediate projects that are near term and readily available to execute this year and we’ll reapply for the community center under an appropriate funding program.”

Winsor said the reallocation of the money in no way means a change of plans in regard to the centre itself.

“We’re doing this to protect funding,” said Winsor. “We’re not losing the community centre. We’re not losing funding. This is a very smart and proactive measure recommended by staff, which I support. I think it’s the right thing to do.”

A concept design and land survey for the proposed community centre have been completed to the tune of about $100,000 (much of which was covered by provincial government), and the Town recently hosted a hearing to gather community feedback.

Council announced its intention to apply for funding for the new centre in 2023 and was allocated the $908,060 in 2024 with a deadline to spend it by the end of this year.

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Holyrood council last week voted to send recreation and community services director Kyle Hawco to the Atlantic Recreation & Facilities Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia from May 20-22.

“This event is the main Atlantic gathering for the recreation and facilities sector and focuses on professional development, best practices, networking, and partnership building,” said recreation lead councillor Sandra Crawley. “It includes keynote speakers, sector-specific sessions – aquatics, programming, facilities, trails, events, etcetera – an exhibitor trade show, and opportunities to collaborate with municipal and community recreation leaders from across Atlantic Canada.”

The cost of attendance, including all travel and expenses, is $2,135 and will be paid out of the recreation budget.

“These are very important opportunities, and we support our director attending,” said Mayor Laura Crawley.

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Parents in Paradise can now opt to pay for summer camp in installments rather than make the entire cost upfront.

Summer camps cost $130 per week per child. Previously, the only option available for parents was to pay online during the registration process or within 24 hours of registering. But following receipt of a letter from a resident wondering whether the payment couldn’t be meted out in installments, parents can now pay in installments rather than all at once,

Registration for summer camps opened on April 14 for Paradise residents.

Councillor Glen Carew said he checked with staff, and the recommendation was that should council decide to allow for scheduled payments, the total cost would be made payable over three separate pay periods. Payments would be due April 14, May 1, and May 22.

Should the payment not be received in full by end of day on May 22, the child would lose the spot. 

Registration for non-residents opens on April 21.

Chief Administrative Officer Lisa Niblock said the matter could be addressed without a formal vote of council as long as everyone was agreeable, and so the Town has since implemented the new payment option.

Deputy Mayor Kimberley Street declared a potential conflict of interest as a relative is involved in an afterschool program.

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After receiving letters requesting it, the Town of Harbour Grace is looking into installing an accessibility ramp at the Danny Cleary Harbour Grace Community Centre.

Deputy Mayor Gary Baker told council last week that two letters requesting a ramp had been received. According to Baker, the issue had been brought to the previous council shortly before last fall’s election but due to lack of time, they were not able to address it.

The ramp would be located inside the rink and allow wheelchair-users to view the ice surface from ground level.

“Apparently there was one at the old stadium,” said Baker. “And they’re requesting one be installed at the new stadium.”

Baker said he had discussed the issue with councillor Lee Rogers, who served on the previous council, and Rogers agreed to take measurements to determine what’s needed.

Mayor Terry Barnes pointed out the arena does have a public viewing place, but added it is located upstairs, which would not be desirable for everyone.

Baker said the upstairs area provides an obstructed view and dampened noise. “They can’t hear the commotion and get involved in the game,” he added.

Barnes supported looking into the request, noting council agreed months ago it would work on making all public places owned by the Town accessible.

Baker allowed a ramp would be a very simple fix.

It’s not the first time Baker, who is a doctor, has brought accessibility issues to the table. He previously received a request to look into accessibility barriers at all of Harbour Grace’s public spaces and parks, and shared a resident’s concerns about the accessibility of S.W. Moores Park with council. Baker also looked into resident concerns about potential hearing damage caused by the airhorn at the Danny Cleary Centre. He ultimately moved a motion to have the horn silenced. The motion carried unanimously.

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Conception Bay South councillor Gerard Tilley and Deputy Mayor Andra Gosse had a personal matter to settle ahead of last week’s public council meeting.

Tilley is a former Holy Spirit High Falcon, while Gosse is a proud Queen Elizabeth High Pioneer.

Each year, the two wager on which boys’ team will win the Winterfest Fred Squires Shield hockey tournament. The loser has to don their opponent’s jersey at a public council meeting.

Tilley said that outside of Christmas, the day is maybe his favourite day of the year – depending on the outcome of the tournament, of course.

This year, the cards fell in Tilley’s favour, and the Falcons prevailed over the Pioneers.

Gosse was a good sport and wore the jersey for the entirety of the meeting, despite many a joke about whether Tilley had washed it or not.

While the Holy Spirit boys captured the Fred Squires Shield, the Queen Elizabeth girls won the Annie Parsons Shield. In the Junior High contest, the Frank Roberts boys won in the male division, while the Villanova Vipers won the girls tournament.

Each year, a portion of the tournaments’ ticket revenue collected from at the gate from the parents and fans who fill the stands, is donated to the four schools.

On hand to collect the funds at last week’s council meeting were representatives of Villa Nova Junior High, Frank Roberts Junior High, Holy Spirit High and Queen Elizabeth Regional High School. Each high school team received $1,517, while each junior high squad got $787.

Council also extended its congratulations to the CB Senior Blues for winning the Avalon East Senior Hockey League finale and punching their ticket to the Herder championship series for the first time in the club’s history.

“The Herder championship trophy is the equivalency of the Stanley Cup for senior hockey in Newfoundland and Labrador,” noted Tilley.

Games one and two will be held at CBS Arena on March 28 and 29.

The Blues are also hosting the top prize for amateur senior hockey in Canada, the Allan Cup, at CBS Arena the week of April 19^th to the 25^th.

Representatives of Villa Nova Junior High, Frank Roberts Junior High, Holy Spirit High and Queen Elizabeth Regional High School attended last week’s Conception Bay South public council meeting to accept donations raised during the four Shield tournaments held during Winterfest in CBS this past February. Accepting the cheque from Deputy Mayor Andrea Gosse, in left photo, were Solomon Murray and Lauren Picco on behalf of the Holy Spirit Falcons. In centre photo, councillor Gerard Tilley made the presentation to Queen Elizabeth Pioneers (from left) Katie Ruston, Heather Gillingham, and Declan Flynn. And in right photo, councillor Rex Hillier, centre, presented the cheque for the Frank Roberts Ravens to Seth Peach, left, and Brooklyn Power. Villanova teacher and parent sponsor Lisa Corbett accepted the Town’s donation on behalf of the Villanova Vipers. Mark Squibb photos

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