Category: Sports

By Alison Martin
Winterlude wasn’t the only tradition “served” up in Ottawa on the first weekend of February. The 16th Glashan Girls’ Invitational Volleyball Tournament (also called the Eastern Ontario Invitational) ran Feb. 4 to 7.

The tournament was originally to take place Jan. 14-17, but was re-scheduled due to the ice storm.
Teams from Ontario and Quebec compete in three divisions of varying calibre. In total, over 600 girls on 50 teams entered the round-robin tournament. Team expenses were $65 per registered team plus accomodation and travel costs. read more

By Leah-Anne Cameron
Members of local minor hockey associations will have to wait a few months to find out if they face fee increases next year.

Ottawa city council voted at a meeting last week to defer the decision to increase user fees for indoor arenas used by minor hockey leagues until budget discussions in May. read more

By Sean McIndoe

The recent success of local rinks may mean more than temporary glory for Ottawa curlers, it may signal the beginning of a shift in curling’s provincial balance of power.

Ottawa Curling Club teams took both the men’s and women’s titles in the Ontario junior championships last month, with John Morris’s mens rink going on to capture the national championship Feb. 1 in Calgary. read more

By Adam Hickman

Time out. Ottawa’s most successful sports franchise may lose its home at the Civic Centre, as a result of initiatives to redevelop Lansdowne Park.

Ottawa 67s co-owner Howard Darwin has publicly stated that if the Civic Centre is demolished as part of a massive redesign, he would move the junior hockey club out of the city. read more