Mark Lidbetter

Pointe-Claire, St Laurent

Sports Editor at The Suburban

Sports editor @ The Suburban, referee, referee supervisor,hockey and music fan.

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Articles

A successful and long overdue return of the UFC to Montreal

3 days ago | news-journal.com | Mark Lidbetter

Last Saturday night’s card of UFC 315: MUHAMMAD vs. DELLA MADDALENA to the Bell Centre marked a long overdue return to Montreal by this wildly popular combat sport. It had been 10 years since the octagon was in town and to mark the occasion, fans were treated to numerous activities leading up to the main event. Through the initiative of Tourism Montreal, UFC 315 drew fans from across the province, the country and around the world.
A successful and long overdue return of the UFC to Montreal

3 days ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

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St. Laurent’s Sofia Fassi-Ferhi earns Loto-Québec bursary

1 week ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

This year, Loto-Québec and the Aléo Foundation celebrated the renewal of a unique partnership highlighting Quebec para-athletes. The 18th edition of the program recognized and encouraged the careers of 13 para-athletes, who received $52,000 in bursaries, in addition to the accompanying services offered for life by the Foundation. The Loto-Québec Bursary Program annually recognizes the achievements of athletes with physical or sensory limitations exclusively.
Montreal’s Iulian Ciobanu played to perfection in Santiago

1 week ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

Montreal’s Iulian Ciobanu was perfect from start to finish in the second leg of the Santiago World Boccia Challenger earning the veteran para-athlete two gold medals. The double gold standard by Ciobanu helped Team Canada to a seven-medal haul at the event. He was undefeated in the BC 4 individual meet and then followed that with another perfect effort in the BC 4 pairs discipline with his longtime partner Alison Levine of Cote St. Luc. “It’s a great start to 2025,” Iulian Ciobanu said.
Alouettes QB’s mentor Mavericks’ players

1 week ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

Players in the Montreal Mavericks/Montreal Alouettes flag football program had the opportunity to learn from members of the Als last Sunday at LaSalle’s Riverside Park. Quarterbacks Davis Alexander and Jonathan Senecal along with receivers Austin Mack and Cole Spieker worked alongside a group of Maverick players helping them to sharpen their skills. Montreal’s Austin Mack has been involved in a few sessions with the Mavericks. “It’s hard to tell (who has more fun),” Austin Mack said.
GMAA’s boys’ rugby sevens tournament a real ruck fest

1 week ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

The annual GMAA rugby sevens boys’ tournament took place last Friday as some 35 teams took over NDG’s Concordia and Ed Meagher fields for the day long event. Upwards of 15 schools took part in the bantam juvenile and cadette categories. For the uninitiated, rugby sevens is a stripped-down version of 15 a side play with just seven players per side on a full-sized pitch.
Girls’ Flag football showcased at Bialik’s second tournament

1 week ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

The Bialik Bulldogs girls’ flag football team hosted the second edition of a day-long tournament last Monday. Following the initial event last year, the success of the first tournament fueled the excitement to do it again. The success of the first edition also led to Sportdirect.ca sponsoring the game balls and kicking tees for the tournament. “We were almost at a six-team tournament,” Matt Starr, Director of Athletics JPPS-Bialik said.
GSP hosting a new venture launch for fans to attend

1 week ago | news-journal.com | Mark Lidbetter

This Friday, MMA legend Georges St. Pierre will launch his latest entrepreneurial venture, his clothing brand Still Standing Strong as part of the UFC 135 Montreal activities. St. Pierre will be joined by a quartet of Quebec MMA icons Patrick Côté, David Loiseau, Olivier Aubin-Mercier, and Valérie Létourneau for the launch presentation to the fans on hand. The event gets underway at the Vogue Hotel in downtown Montreal with a 5 pm start following the UFC weigh-in session.
Monsters mash Laval’s sweep scenario

1 week ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

The Laval Rocket returned to a packed Place Bell looking to apply the broom to the Cleveland Monsters in the North Division semifinal best of five series following a pair of wins in Cleveland. Unfortunately, the Monsters had a different mindset as Cleveland avoided elimination thanks to a 3-1 victory over the Rocket in front of the sold-out Laval crowd of 10,243.
Pascal Vincent tapped as AHL’s outstanding coach of the year

2 weeks ago | thesuburban.com | Mark Lidbetter

The Laval Rocket’s stellar regular season campaign has earned an accolade for their Laval native coach Pascal Vincent, as he was tapped as the AHL’s coach of the year. Vincent has earned the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award, which is voted for by fellow coaches and members of the media representing each of the league’s 32 cities. This marks the second time Vincent has won the Pieri Memorial Award, the first coming in the 2017-2018 season when he was the bench boss of the Manitoba Moose.