Gord Parkinson tosses a horseshoe during an oven mitt horseshoe tournament at the Guelph Legion on York Road on Saturday. Eighteen competitors donned oven mitts and braved the freezing temperatures to take part in the event. It was a fundraiser for the provincial doubles horseshoe championship, which takes place at the Legion in June.
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Go long!
Guelph Gryphons goalie Danielle Skoufranis fires the puck to a teammate during a Gryphons power play on Sunday against Wilfrid Laurier in OUA women’s hockey play. Guelph lost 2-1 to the undefeated Golden Hawks. For more on the game see page 15.
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Train buff wants train pointing east
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Go team!
Eva Bell cheers on the Guelph team during action at the Guelph Special Olympics 8th Annual Basketball Tournament at Our Lady of Lourdes high school on Sunday. Bell and her Guelph teammates, playing in the C Division, had just beat K-W by one point and Bell made her way to the other half of the gym to cheer on Guelph’s D Division squad from the stands.
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Making music
Lukas Kaune, a Grade 7 student at Waverley Drive school, plays trombone with his school band Friday at the first annual Guelph Elementary Music Festival. Organized by the newly formed Upper Grand Elementary Teachers Association, the seven-hour festival at the Guelph Youth Music Centre involved 14 bands, choirs and other musical groups from seven Guelph schools. Adjudicators were Alison Vicary, Brent Rowan and John Goddard.
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Hockey Gryphs take 2
Gryphon Tim Priamo, left, a former Guelph Storm player, flicks the puck away during Guelph’s 9-0 victory over the Brock Badgers on Thursday night.
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Best feet forward
Participants do laps during the Walk For Memories fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society on Saturday morning at Old Quebec Street. With money still coming in, the event raised more than $46,000 for the Alzheimer Society of Guelph-Wellington. The total raised is a big increase from last year’s event, which raised roughly $31,000. The walk was followed by a family skate at the Sleeman Centre.