Sports Archives - Birch Cliff News

04 Nov 2018

Community centre $7.9 million addition

November 4, 2018
By Hedy Korbee
basketball, Birchmount Community Centre, gymnasium

The new and improved Birchmount Community Centre had its grand re-opening last week with about 200 people on hand to check out the $7.9 million addition that includes a new double gymnasium. There was...

30 Jun 2015

News, Sports

Wayne Simmonds creates memories

June 14, 2022
By Hedy Korbee
hockey, Ron Baldwin, Wayne Simmonds, Wayne's Road Hockey Warriors, Wayne's Warriors Road

By Ron Baldwin We all remember the first time we met our first NHL player. What a thrill! I grew up in North York and lived right across the street from the North York Centennial Centre,...

28 May 2015

News, Sports

Scarb. Village $50K surprise

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Ashly July, Cedar Avenue PS, Jamaal Magloire, Just Energy, MLSE, Raptors, Scarborough Village

By Ashly July The Toronto Raptors and the Just Energy foundation have donated $50,000 to help youth in Scarborough Village develop their skills on the court, as well as in reading, writing and math. A gym...

20 May 2015

News, Sports

Balmy Beach Rugby’s 60th

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
60th anniversary, Balmy Beach Rugby Club

The year was 1955. An English rugby fanatic named Dennis Fletcher showed up at the Balmy Beach Canoe Club armed with grainy black and white films of the legendary New Zealand All Blacks and...

08 Jul 2014

News, Sports

Wayne’s Warriors wow Birch Cliff

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
charity tournament, Drew Doughty, Ron Baldwin, Wayne Simmonds, Wayne's Road Hockey Warriors

By Ron Baldwin When I was a kid, I wore whatever sweater number was given to me by my hockey coach, without complaint. As I got older I started to wear the numbers of players who...

30 Jun 2014

Sports

NHLers coming to Birch Cliff

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee

By Leon Korbee The NHL is coming to Birch Cliff on Saturday, July 5th. Yes, you read that correctly. NHL player and Scarborough native Wayne Simmonds is holding his third annual charitable event called Wayne’s Road Hockey...

14 Jul 2013

Sports

Wayne’s Road Hockey Warriors

October 18, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Anthony Stewart, Chris Stewart, Devante Pelly-Smith, Drew Doughty, Joel Ward, Kevin Henderson, Mike Duco, NHL, Wayne Simmonds, Wayne's Road Hockey Warriors, Zac Rinaldo

By Ron Baldwin What a fabulous day it was on Saturday July 13th as Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers invited a bunch of his NHL buddies to come to Scarborough Arena Gardens to participate in...

22 Nov 2012

Sports

Grey Cup ref from Birch Cliff

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
CFL, Grey Cup, Jeff Harbin, Referee

By Leon Korbee This Sunday, more than 50,000 people will flock to Toronto’s Rogers Centre and an estimated five million more will tune in on TV to watch the 100th Grey Cup. Most fans will be cheering...

04 Oct 2012

News, Sports, The Quarry

Golf range story on Global TV

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Beach Fairway Golf Range, Global TV, golf, Quarry

Well, what do you know! Global TV News has returned to Birch Cliff for the second time in as many weeks, this time to do a story on the closing of Beach Fairway Golf Range. Once...

01 Oct 2012

Condos, Sports, The Quarry

Golf range to close Oct. 8th

October 19, 2021
By Hedy Korbee
Beach Fairway Golf Range, Build Toronto, golf, Quarry

After 14 years of serving the golfers of East Toronto, the Beach Fairway Golf Range will close on October 8th -- Thanksgiving Monday. Owner Kim Holman says she and her husband Brian Jacobsen are determined...