Martin Cleary
Freelance sports columnist at Ottawa Citizen
Since 1973, I have written about amateur sports for the Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun, on my Twitter account (@martincleary) and now for https://t.co/t0l9wtoMAK.
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3 weeks ago |
ottawasportspages.ca | Martin Cleary
By Martin ClearyAs the month of April started to fade, there was no better place in the world to be than Quebec's Boucherville Curling Club for the dynamic Shauna Petrie. A two-time Ontario wheelchair curling champion, the Ottawa-born-and-raised Petrie was competing at the Canadian wheelchair curling championship for the first time as a skip in a sport she started later in her life. At age 16, Petrie was in a parachuting accident, causing paraplegia. But she wasn't overcome by that moment.
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3 weeks ago |
ottawasportspages.ca | Martin Cleary
~~~~~~~~~ Advertisement ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Advertisement ~~~~~~~~~By Martin ClearyGo West, young woman, go West. And, modifying the 160-year-old quote attributed to American newspaper executive Horace Greeley to keep with the times, basketball coach Sarah Besselink is about to do just that.
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3 weeks ago |
ottawasportspages.ca | Martin Cleary
By Martin ClearyIf it's June, it must be time for the final round of OFSAA sports championships. Pardon us for jumping into the tornado of athletic activity a tad late as some provincial high school championships started on Monday and have already presented their medals. But the OFSAA championship tournaments continue with another slate of sports beginning Thursday and will carry on through Saturday.
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ottawasportspages.ca | Martin Cleary
~~~~~~~~~ Advertisement ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Advertisement ~~~~~~~~~By Martin ClearyWhen it comes to basketball, the Carleton University Ravens women's team certainly knows how to run the court, whether it's five-aside or 3×3. For the past 15 years, the Ravens have been one of the most consistent and successful programs in Canada, reaching eight national championship tournaments and winning three Canadian titles as well as one silver and one bronze medals.
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4 weeks ago |
ottawasportspages.ca | Martin Cleary
~~~~~~~~~ Advertisement ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ Advertisement ~~~~~~~~~By Martin ClearyDuring Dave Smart's 25-year dedication to the Carleton University men's basketball program as an assistant coach, then a celebrated head coach and finally the director of operations, he earned the respect of many of the best players in Ottawa and across Canada.
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HIGH ACHIEVERS: Shauna Petrie was "an unstoppable spirit" in curling, teaching and life https://t.co/hoAYNIEmaz @TCSCC_Athletics @BillyBridges18 @CurlingCanada @OVCAcurls @OCDSB @CDNParalympics @CurlingOntario
HIGH ACHIEVERS: Sarah Besselink earns first university women's head coaching role with Calgary Dinos https://t.co/tcFgc6LqGb @sarahbesselink @UCDinos @DinosWBB @uOttawaGeeGees @GeeGeesWBB @OUAsport @CanadaWest @USPORTSca
HIGH ACHIEVERS: Ottawa high school athletes end season with 12 OFSAA championships in five sports https://t.co/xAFAzpa4oK @NCSSAASports @OFSAA @OFSAATrack @OFSAARugby @OFSAATennis @OFSAAGirlSoccer @OFSAABoySoccer @OCDSB @OttCatholicSB