Video: These Two Peterborough Men Played Tennis For 24 Hours Straight

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This Is A Picture Of The Stanley Cup At Kawartha Golf & Country Club Today

[photo courtesy Jeff O'Connor]

And here is a segment CHEX did on the Cup coming to Peterborough, including interview with Marc Savard from the Bruins, who has been out since January with a(nother) concussion:

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B!ke: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop Opens at New Location

After many years in the lower floor at Knox Church, B!ke: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop has moved to 336 Rubidge Street. Yesterday was opening day and the sun beamed into the busy new location. At B!ke, you can repair your bicycle, attend workshops and increase your bicycle repair skills through its director Clifford McCarten or fellow B!ke members and volunteers.

B!ke is open Sunday 2-5pm, Monday 5-8pm, Tuesday 5-8pm and Wednesday from 5-8pm. Membership is $30 a year or $5 an hour and they take donations of bicycles and parts that are in decent condition.

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]

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Tom Phillips On Peterborough's Astonishing Record Of Success In Lacrosse By Our Homegrown Players

Photo: Evan Holt

Last Friday I had the pleasure of *reuniting with many of my very accomplished lacrosse friends for the celebration of the area’s first Minto Cup, in 1961. Several members of that team turned out for the Merit Precision Juniors’ last game of the season, and the events to recognize the 1961 team’s accomplishment.

On Saturday a larger group of junior lacrosse alumni got together for golf and dinner. It was an opportunity to catch up with old friends, but more importantly, it was a time to celebrate an astonishing record of success by homegrown Peterborough players at the very highest levels of the game.

Since the 1961 Minto Cup win, Peterborough Juniors have won the Cup 12 times—the most of any other lacrosse community in the country. Along with the 13 Mann Cups won by the Seniors’ (the first being in 1951), and a national championship in a short-lived semi-professional league in 1969, Peterborough has 26 national lacrosse championships in 60 years. More astonishingly, the vast majority of the players on these 26 teams are Peterborough born-and-raised.

However, it is not the fact that we are all from Peterborough that has bound us together so strongly over the years; it is the winning tradition that has. Even the youngest of the alumni attending the weekend’s homecoming events could recite the accomplishments of the oldest players there. It is in the mutual and often unspoken respect for success at the highest levels in the game that is the greatest reward that comes from being involved in lacrosse in Peterborough.

It is one thing to win a national championship in any sport in a big-city arena filled with adoring fans; it is quite another to win a national championship at home, alongside your life-long peers and in front of a crowd of people who you have a personal connection with in one form or another.

Like the storied professional franchises in hockey and baseball—the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Yankees—it is not enough to just make the team. The only measure of success is in reaching the ultimate goal. Every year without a Minto or Mann Cup won by Peterborough is considered a disappointing year by our lacrosse community. It is the winning tradition as it is carried and told by those who have experienced it that sets the tone for every season.

As is so often the case in Canadian culture, where success is seen as less important than participation, lacrosse in Peterborough has never received the degree of respect that matches its success. Thankfully, the real success for those involved is more intimate than public. It comes in self-gratification in being the very best at what you are passionate about, and the ability to share that success with those who understand it best.

Photo: Stewart Stick

The Juniors’ have begun the playoffs with a better team than they have had in a few years, and the Seniors’ seem destined to defend the Mann Cup in the West this September. With these teams, new chapters in the history of Peterborough lacrosse will be written, and no one will be more proud of them should they bring the Cups home than those who most cherish our winning tradition.

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*Tom Phillips, a Peterborough native, was a trainer with the 1972 and 1973 Minto Cup teams (that was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2010), and involved with several other championship teams. He is currently a member of the Board of the Peterborough Merit Precision Junior ‘A’ Lakers.

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[Contributed by PtboCanada's Tom Phillips Ph. D.]

[Editor's Note: This is Tom's third column for PtboCanada.com. He is Economist & Sustainability Director - Greater Ptbo Innovation Cluster. Click here to read his first column for us on Peterborough's "Creative Class", and here to read his second column "Growing Peterborough From 'The Inside-Out'"]

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2nd Annual Fishing To Cure Childhood Cancer At Holiday Inn Waterfront This Thursday

Courtney's Legacy Fund is proud to present the 2nd Annual Fishing To Cure Childhood Cancer event this Thursday (July 7th) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Waterfront.

All day land activities including the following:

•Viewing of the fishing tournament and weigh-in
•12 boats featuring a pro fisherman, celebrity autograph session with NHL stars, NLL stars and many more
•Meet a Peterborough Pete
•Lunch with the PROS (extra cost) at the Gazebo waterfront
•Live Music
•Family activities
•Celebrity dinner and auction later that night at the Holiday Inn Waterfront in Peterborough

For more info on this special event, call 705-874-6960.

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PtboPics: National Canoe Day At Beavermead Park

Lots of local folks gathered at Beavermead Park today to celebrate National Canoe Day. With children's activities, continuous paddling opportunities, a BBQ, displays from the Trent Severn Antique & Classic Boat Association and musical entertainment, there was something for everyone. I was able to participate in the family paddle and enjoyed the calmness of the water while learning about the Canadian Canoe Museum and its history from our guide Barry.  —PtboCanada's Julie Morris

At right: Young paddlers Nate & Tori make sure they have the right paddles

The Canada Parks mascot, Parka, gives a wave

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National Canoe Day Activities Saturday & Sunday in Peterborough

National Canoe Day gets underway Saturday at 11 a.m., with activities taking place throughout the day at Beavermead Park. Then on Sunday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., you are invited to tour the Canadian Canoe Museum—free of charge! Bring the family and come and enjoy all things paddling!

[National Canoe Day; Canadian Canoe Museum]

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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Local Tennis Players To Play Epic 24 Hour Tennis Marathon In Support Of PRHC Closer Campaign

On July 30th, two local tennis players, Mark Arbogast and Shawn Beatty, will embark on a gruelling 24 hour tennis marathon in support of the PRHC Foundation’s Closer campaign.

Arbogast, a teacher in the Law and Justice program at Fleming College, says the duo will play 24, 50‐ minute sets of doubles against volunteer opponents, taking only a 10‐minute break every hour.

They're looking for pairs or individuals to sign up to play doubles against them at intervals throughout the day and night. The marathon will get underway at 10:00 a.m. on July 30th at the Quaker Park Tennis Club and run straight through until 10:00 a.m. the next day.

In order to raise money, Arbogast and Beatty will collect pledges in advance, with donors able to sponsor them either for a specific period of time, or for the completion of their marathon. All proceeds from the event will support the PRHC Foundation’s Closer campaign to expand cancer care services at our hospital.

To register to play or pledge your support, call Mark Arbogast at 705‐741‐2223 or email 24tennismarathon@gmail.com.

[image via Quaker Park Tennis Club website]

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PtboPics: Random Images From Our Great City This Weekend

The Liftlock Cruise departs

Taking a dip

A popsicle to cool off

One of the many soccer games being played at Beavermead Park

[Contributed by PtboCanada's Julie Morris]

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