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After a season which brought hundreds of people to the arena, The Alvinston Killer Bees want to upgrade the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre. The new team had been drawing good crowds during the regular season, particularly when Lambton County rivals, the Petrolia Squires, came to town. On one occassion, the Brooke Fire Service Chief met with the club concerned about the

Heather Wright photos It was a weekend of rop’n and rid’n at the Alvinston Pro Rodeo. About 6,000 people were int he stands for three shows. Here are some photos from Friday’s events.  Rob Weese of Alvinston, top of this page, prepares to leap onto a calf as part of the Alvinston Rodeo’s Steer Wrestling competition. Trickriders delight the crowd.

Ryan Beattie won the Super Sonic School Pro-Am on the weekend at Grand Bend Speedway. It was the second leg of the Bridgestone Canadian Superbike Championship. The third round is in Alberta in two weeks. (June 21-23). Beattle, from Marthaville in Enniskillen Township, was the top amateur and second overall at the season-opening event in eastern Ontario last month.

Meagan Munro, Jack Helps and James Grant all finished in the top 10 for their events at the OFSSA Track and Field Championship in London. Saturday, Munro placed fourth in the Novice Women’s 300m hurdle event with a time of 47.42s – faster than her time at the West Region Championships a week ago but two thirds of a second

LCCVI’s Jack Helps placed fourth in the Senior Men’s Javelin at OFSSA. Helps best throw was 53.65m at the provincial meet held at Western University in London. That was about two meters less than his throw at West Region and the bronze medalist at OFSSA. Also Saturday morning; Meagan Munro placed second in her heats of the Novice Women’s 300m

James Grant had the best performance of LCCVI athletes at the second day of OFSSA. Grant placed sixth in the Junior Men’s 1500m Friday at the provincial track and field meet at Western University in London. Grant was at the back of the pack for a number of laps but pushed to sixth and a time of 4:01.49 – almost

Burns wins Silver at OFSSA Maggie Mullens knew Rachel Burns has what it takes to be competitive in shot put even before she picked up a four kg ball. The Grade 10 St. Pat’s student from Petrolia proved her right Friday, exploding for a personal best 12.55 m to win Silver in the Junior Women’s Shot Put at OFSSA in

Petrolia’s Rachel Burns has captured Silver at the provincial track and field championship. The Grade 10 St. Pat’s student started competing in shot put this season throwing around nine meters. Friday, at OFSSA at Western University, Burns exploded with her final throw, tossing the shot put 12.55m, nearly a half meter further than her personal best of 12.09s. More to

PHOTOS BY SYDNEY GOODREAU AND HEATHER WRIGHT Eight LCCVI Lancer track and field athletes are heading to the provincial championships. Jack Helps led the team at the West Region Championship in Windsor Friday and Saturday, winning Gold in the Men’s Senior Javelin. He beat the field with a throw of 55.94m to earn his place at the championships in London

PHOTOS BY SYDNEY GOODREAU/THE INDEPENDENT Jack Helps of LCCVI is one of several Lancers advancing to the provincial track and field championships in Day One of the West Regionals in Windsor. Helps earned gold in Javelin with a throw of 55.94m. James Grant of LCCVI won Silver in the Junior Men’s 1500m race at the West Regionals earning his berth

Blake Ellis/The Independent Oil City’s Gorman Park will be getting much more use this summer. Enniskillen Township council at its May 21 meeting, approved a soccer skills development program for youth for the soccer fields. Tirth Barot of Petrolia had asked to use one soccer pitch at Gorman Park in July and August from Monday to Thursday from 5:30 to

James Grant and Meagan Munro led the LCCVI Lancers in Day Two of SWOSSAA. Grant took home Gold in both the Men’s Junior 800m and 3000m races. In the 3000m, Grant’s winning time was 9:41:11. He ran the 800m in 2:00.01. Grant also took home gold in the 1500m. Munro placed first in the 300m Hurdles with a time of