The warm, sunny weather is upon us, and with that, Ainsdale Golf Course, located just off Highway 21, south of Kincardine, is set to open Saturday, April 19, at 9:04 a.m. This start date is subject to change, weather pending, as is use of power carts, depending on course conditions. Yo...
The Kincardine junior curling teams had a great weekend at elementary provincials. Team Hunter (skip Madeline Hunter, vice Natalie Court, second Tillie McLaughlin and lead Riley Bridge) finished ninth in the province (of 64). Team Devine (skip Kai Devine, vice Chuck Newton, second Q...
It was a thrilling weekend of hockey for the Under-13 (U13) Kincardine Legion Branch 183 “B” Kinucks as they travelled to Halton Hills to compete in the OMHA championship — and emerged victorious as tournament champions. The action kicked off Friday with a hard-fought...
The Ontario Grandmasters Provincial competition took place in Oshawa, March 20-22. This is a competition for senior curlers, age 70 and over. There were 16 teams participating, including one from the Owen Sound Bluewater club which had Kincardine curler, Les Shane, as part of the team....
Everyone is welcome to the annual open house, April 4-5, at Ainsdale Golf Course, located just off Highway 21, south of Kincardine. Come by and purchase your 2025 membership. Shop new merchandise, and check out the many Golf Shop sales and packages, as well as gift cards. Pick up th...
Another excellent regular season has ended in disappointment for the Ripley Wolves, after the Minto 81s completed their sweep, Saturday, in the Ontario Elite Hockey League (OEHL) final. The Wolves fell, 5-3 and 5-2, on the weekend, giving an incredibly-deep Minto team back-to-back OEHL...
It was an exciting weekend of hockey for the Kincardine Kinucks as both the Tier 1 Under-13 and Under-15 teams claimed the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) championship, securing top spot over Arran-Elderslie, each with an impressive two-game sweep. The U13 Kinucks secured t...
The Huron-Bruce Under-11 Blizzard hockey team has won the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) championship and advances to the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) finals. The team has been undefeated in the playoffs, and took on the Bruce Peninsula Predators in a best-of-th...
The Ripley Wolves have a big hill to climb in the Ontario Elite Hockey League final against the Minto 81s after suffering two losses on the weekend. The Wolves lost, 4-2 (including an empty-netter), Friday night in Ripley; and 6-4, Saturday night in Palmerston, to fall behind 2-0 in a ...
The Ripley Wolves will face the Minto 81s in the Ontario Elite Hockey League finals, after finishing off the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in six games, Sunday night, in Port Elgin. The ‘Hawks pushed the series to Game 6, after downing the Wolves, 3-2, in Game 5, Friday night, in fr...
Two teams, with members from the Kincardine Curling Club, travelled to Inverness, Scotland, Feb. 27, to curl in the 58th Highland Week of International Curling for the Glenmorangie Quaich. Team MacGregor was led by Dave MacGregor (skip, Bobcaygeon), with Alex MacGregor (vice, Kincardin...
The Kincardine Bulldogs ended their season with a hard-fought overtime loss in Game 4 of their series against the Hanover Barons, Wednesday night, at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine. The ‘Dogs opened the scoring early in the first on a goal by Aiden Yarde from Trent Houghton, b...
The Kincardine Bulldogs are facing elimination as the Hanover Barons have taken three games straight in their North Pollock Division semi-final series in the PJHL playoffs. Hanover hosted Game 1, Friday night, and won, 6-2. Scoring for the Bulldogs, were Carter Servais from Trent Ho...
The Ripley Wolves are up 3-1 on the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in their semi-final series, after splitting games on the weekend. Friday night, the Wolves played a strong defensive game, backstopped by goalie Jason Hamilton, on their way to a 3-1 victory and setting up a sweep opportuni...
In February, we hosted our annual mixed bonspiel. Winner of the early draw, was the Ripley team of Derek, Brian, Ollie and Jenny Regier, while the late draw winners were Scott and Tekla Kennedy with Alex and Lesley MacGregor of Kincardine. It was good to see former Kincardine junior curle...
The inaugural season of the Grey Bruce Minor Curling League saw thrilling playoffs, Sunday, in Owen Sound. This season, 18 teams of kids improved their skills at five different Grand Slam events at Grey-Bruce Clubs. There were cheers, tears and yells of joy and frustration. In the e...
The Ripley Wolves jumped out to a 2-0 series lead over the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks, with 7-1 and 4-3 wins over the weekend. Friday night, the Wolves went down early in the game but scored seven unanswered goals on their way to a 7-1 victory in Game 1. Pat Looby led the way with t...
The Kincardine Bulldogs took their quarter-final series against the Wingham Ironmen, four games to one, after winning Game 5 at home, Friday night, by a score of 2-1, in the Pollock Division of the PJHL. The Ironmen opened the scoring, 15 seconds into the game, before the ‘Dogs s...
The Kincardine Bulldogs have put a strangle-hold on the Wingham Ironmen, leading their quarter-final series, 3-0, heading into Game 4, tomorrow night (Feb. 26) in Wingham, in the Pollock Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The series opened Friday night at the Davidson Cen...
Garrett Meurs was the overtime hero in Game 4, as the Ripley Wolves completed their first-round sweep of the Erin Outlaws, Saturday night. The Wolves won Game 3, Friday, by a 5-1 score, and finished Erin off, Saturday, with a 4-3 victory in overtime. Friday's game was a tight af...