Recreation News

Another successful hockey season has come to an end for the Côte Saint-Luc minor hockey association. Overall, it has been a terrific season both on and off the ice. The season ending banquet is slated for Sunday April 13 at the Greenspon Auditorium from 11am-12:30pm. Farrel Miller, one of the owners of the new Montreal Juniors hockey team that plays in the Quebec Major Junior League will be a guest speaker.

The breakdown as to how all Intercity A and B teams performed is listed below:

Location: Confederation Annex

Come and join a new team and learn to play in a band. The City of Côte Saint Luc will sponsor a new activity this fall should residents display interest. This program is offered to beginners as well as to those with musical experience aged 5-14 years. All participants will have an opportunity to “try out” up to 8 different instruments in order to determine potential & suitability. Students will be grouped according to skill level. Private and/or semi-private lessons will also be offered on a variety of instruments.

The Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to offer First Aid and CPR classes. You will learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in case of cardiac arrest for both adult  and infant victims. You will also learn how to perform chest compressions and how to give mouth to mouth. The heimlich maneuver is also covered in this program.

Two members of the Côte Saint-Luc Scrabble Club posted excellent results at the 2007 World Scrabble Championship, held in London, England, from November 16-20 2007. Club members Joel Wapnick placed 4th and Dave Boys finished 17th, from an international field of 104 players. Club President Bernard Gotlieb notes "that there were twice as many players from our club in the top twenty than in all of the United States. Congratulations, guys!" Both gentleman are previous world champions. Mr. Wapnick won in 2000 and Mr. Boys won in 1995.

Côte Saint-Luc residents can now easily measure the distance of their walks thanks the four Heart in Motion walking paths inaugurated on September 30, 2007 at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park (6975 Mackle Rd.).

Four walking paths of 1km, 3km, 5km and 8km were created on existing city sidewalks as part of the Heart in Motion program of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec. The paths will be marked every half kilometer with distinct yellow and blue Heart in Motion signs so walkers can track their progress. The paths start from the southwest corner of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park.

“The City of Côte Saint-Luc is committed to providing services for the health and well-being of residents,” Mayor Anthony Housefather said. “The four new walking paths will give residents another way to stay physically fit and maintain a healthy lifestyle.”

This program has spread around the world, with similar paths in Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden. Walking improves blood circulation and strengthens the heart.

Download a detailed map (PDF, 1 MB) of the four trails. A large map of the paths is at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park.

The walking paths were inaugurated on Sunday, September 30, 2007.

What is the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit?
The goal of this new tax credit offered by the Government of Canada is to promote physical fitness amongst children under the age of 16, and to provide a positive impact on a child’s growth through physical activity. This allows parents to claim up to $500 in tax credit.

The Israeli Junior National Hockey Team North American Tour will be making a stop in Côte Saint Luc on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 8pm at the Samuel Moskovitch Arena to play our very own Midget "A" CANUCKS hockey team.

Ticket prices are $15 per person  for this fundraiser. Tickets are on sale at the Parks and Recreation Department (7500 Mackle Rd.).

For more information, call 514-485-6809.

The Senior Golf Outing was played on a hot and sunny day on the back nine at Meadowbrook on Tuesday, July 10th after a weekend of heavy rains. This years’ Outing was sponsored by Bell Canada whose banner was prominent as golfers started on their round of Golf. Golfers were presented with a cap bearing the logos of Côte Saint-Luc and Bell on a dark green background which were admired by all.

By Mark Lidbetter, The Suburban

The Côte St. Luc Avengers won two of the three divisional championships of the popular Inter-Community Baseball League. The mosquito and bantam squads claimed the top prizes, while the peewees lost but forced the series to go the full three games against the Dollard Dragons.

BY MARTIN C. BARRY - The Chronicle

An amateur tennis championship that sees male players aged 45 and over compete for top honours in Côte St. Luc annually drew to a close last Sunday for another year.

The Sam Brumer Tournament, one of several competitions staged as part of the Quebec Provincial Championship for Veterans 45 and over, took place at the Côte St. Luc Tennis Club.

Players, ranging up to 75 years of age, came from all over Quebec to take part.

By Mark Lidbetter, The Suburban

Approximately 80 athletes aged 45 years and up took to the courts of the Côte St. Luc Tennis Club on Guelph Avenue last week to take part in the Sam Brumer Quebec Senior Men’s Tennis Championships. 

On Saturday and Sunday, eight finals were contested in different age categories. The 50-plus, 70-plus, 75-plus and 80-plus finals were played on Saturday.

“It was the first time in a few years that we had enough for a draw in the 80-plus division,” said Norm Yudin, chair of the event.

By Mark Lidbetter, The Suburban
 
Côte St. Luc’s recreation department didn’t have to look very far when they were searching for options to expand their repertoire of community summer programs.

They settled on offering golf lessons to its youth and opted to incorporate the popular Future Links program run by veteran instructor Gerry Ferguson out of Montreal West’s Meadowbrook Golf Club into Côte St. Luc’s day camp sessions.

For the first time ever, "Les Ailes du Quebec" Senior AAA baseball team will be playing in Côte Saint-Luc. There will be a total of seven home games beginning on May 15th that will take place at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park. The dates and times are listed below.