Recreation News

Councillors Allan J. Levine, Ruth Kovac, Mitchell Brownstein and Mike Cohen join Mayor Anthony Housefather and Parks and Recreation Director David Taveroff in the presentation of a cheque for $2,500 to the Manoir Ronald McDonald House charity on Sunday, February 8, 2009 during the Côte Saint-Luc Winter Carnival.

The Manoir offers an affordable and comforting home away from home for families who have a child hospitalized for a serious sickness in a Montreal hospital. Information is available about the Manoir at www.rmhc.ca. 

Côte Saint-Luc Councillor Ruth Kovac and Mayor Anthony Housefather get ready to drop the puck on February 2, 2009 at the Verdun Auditorium before the game between the Montreal Juniors and Halifax Mooseheads.
Also pictured are Juniors president Martin Routhier, linesman and Côte Saint-Luc Director of Parks and Recreation David Taveroff, and team captains Matt Fillier (Montreal) and Graham Bona (Halifax).

The winners and runners up in the 2008 Maisons Fleuries home garden contest were announced on Monday evening, November 3 at 7:30pm at Côte Saint-Luc City Hall.

The grand prize winner in the category of single-family homes or
semi-detached homes was the Giordano family of Smart Ave. The grand prize winner in the duplex category was Remo D’Alesio of Baily Rd.

The following is the list of grand prize winners, and district winners and runners up. The elite category is reserved to honour people who have been district winners at least twice in the past three years.

Grand Prize Winners

Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes
1st Place - Giordano Family

On Sunday October 26th, the Parks and Recreation Department held its’ annual Halloween Skating Party on Ice. This event was free of charge for anyone who dressed up in a costume. Participants of all ages had a great time skating while the music was playing in the background. One of the main highlights was the costume contest, in which prizes were
awarded to those who dressed up in the most creative costumes. The winners were as follows:
- Boys: Ofil Vaknin (pirate) and Jacob Lang (spiderman)
- Girls: Michelle Akim (flower) and Sabrina Disciullo (witch)
- Adult: Nathalie Ste-Marie (witch)

Funds were also collected for the Montreal Children’s Hospital
Foundation, through the sale of Parks and Recreation Department
bracelets. All children left with both a treat and a smile on their
face, as a good time was had by all.

The Homemade Wine Tasting Contest took place on October 15, 2008, at
7pm in the Harold Greenspon Auditorium of the Bernard Lang Civic
Centre. The well-known wine connaisseur Bill Zacharkiw of The Gazette
was the official taster. Special thanks to Donato Mancini of Mosti
Mondiale for sponsoring the event.

The award winners were as follows:

2008 ANNUAL STAFF RECOGNITION AWARDS

Congratulations to the following staff members for their outstanding service and contribution:

On Saturday, August 16, 2008, a song trivia competition was held at the Côte Saint-Luc Municipal Pool. It was a great success with adults participating throughout the pool area.

• First place winners Jay Jay Roboz and Elizabeth Toeman
• Second place winner Ali Rosenthal
• Third place winners Steven Abrams and Harvey Robins

 
The winners received prizes including disposable cameras, golf balls and Coffee mugs.

Playing in the very competitive Lac St Louis Midget "A" league, the Midget "A" Angels baseball team is off to a terrific 8-0 start! The Angels team is comprised of players from Côte Saint-Luc, Montreal West, Hampstead, Westmount and TMR. All home games are played on Diamond #1 at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park. For more information, visit the Lac St Louis Baseball website at http://www.baseball-lac-st-louis.org/ligue%20mineure/joutes.HTM

The Senior Golf Outing was played on a hot and sunny day on the back nine at Meadowbrook on Tuesday, July 8th. This years’ outing was sponsored by Bell Canada. Golfers were presented with their very own golf balls and towels, inscribed by the City of Côte Saint-Luc and Bell Canada. Jean Coutu also donated 100 coffee cups, as well as 50 three-shot cameras.

The Rally Cap Baseball program which was offered in the Spring Sports session for children 5 - 7 years of age was a huge success.
Over 30 children registered and played on Mondays and Wednesdays at Kirwan Park learning the fundamentals of baseball skills and techniques taught by qualified instructors supplied by Baseball Quebec.

Heres a group photo of some of our kids haming it up in front of the camera.

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:

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.