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The Norwood Fair Is Celebrating Its 151st Year
/The Norwood Fair has always been a great family tradition at Thanksgiving, going strong since 1868!
This year marks its 151st year, and the theme is “Scarecrows and Fence Rows” for the fair, which runs October 12th, 13th and 14th. Organizers are looking forward to seeing lots of creation “on theme” entries—especially in their Homecraft and School Fair divisions.
So if you're looking for something to do with the kids and in-laws before you get your turkey on, get your herd on with family and friends!
For more information and to get the full schedule of events, click here.
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Marc Savard Speaking At Parent/Child Golf Day At Kawartha Golf & Country Club
/Kawartha Golf and Country Club is hosting an information session on its Junior Golf program June 8th with former NHL star and competitive golfer Marc Savard as the guest speaker.
Parents and children (aged 12 to 18) can learn about this summer’s golf program at Kawartha and hear from Savard on his experiences as an NHL all-star and Stanley Cup winner with the Boston Bruins, a top-rated amateur golfer and an active Kawartha member.
Marc Savard at 2018 Kawartha Invitational (photo courtesy Kawartha Golf & Country Club)
Following the session, both parent and child can play a 9-hole round on the Stanley Thompson designed course, ranked one of the best in Canada.
The session begins at 1 p.m, on Saturday, June 8th. The fee is $35 for a parent and child or $15 for a child only.
Kawartha’s summer Junior program is open to members and non-members. For more information or to register, click here or call 705-743-3737 ext. 220.
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City of Peterborough Is Launching New Fun Guide
/A new Fun Guide will launch March 1st, providing Peterborough residents a comprehensive listing for City-run recreational and leisure programs, as well as children’s day camps.
The larger, more extensive Fun Guide replaces both the previous Recreation Division Leisure & Culture Guide, and the Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre Live Life Well program guide. The new guide includes recreational and leisure programs and children’s day camps, as well as a listing of parks, natural spaces, trails, and bikeways. Lifelong learning opportunities, free community events and festivals, public art installations, and film, photo and art exhibitions are also listed.
Peterborough Fun Guide
“We recognized the need for a handy reference for all city-related leisure programs and services and decided to expand its purpose to include the beautiful natural areas of Peterborough, as well as the free or low-cost cultural and creative events throughout the City,” says Jennifer Lambert, marketing and graphic design coordinator with the City of Peterborough.
The new Fun Guide will be available at most City recreation and leisure facilities, as well as City Hall and the Recreation Division office on Wolfe Street. The guide is also available online here.
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11 Slightly Obscure But Fun Sport Clubs To Try In Peterborough
/Hockey, baseball or soccer not your thing? Just wanna try something new? Don’t you fret and don’t you frown, because Peterborough is full of other random options. Learn about these 11 local leagues/clubs you might not know even existed…
1. Peterborough Ultimate League: It’s kind of like football but with a frisbee… and way more running!
For more info: https://pultimate.ca/
2. Peterborough Axe Club: Chucking steel has never been so fun. They have leagues for everyone.
For more info: https://www.ptboaxe.com/
3. Peterborough Lawn Bowling Club: This is one of the oldest clubs in town, dating back to 1901.
For more info: https://www.peterboroughlawnbowlingclub.org/
4. Bocce Ball: Courts are located at King Edward Park. Start a club, and have at it.
5. LARPing (Live Action Rollplay): A medieval swords and sorcery sport that brings the battles you’ve seen in film and video games to real (padded) life.
For more info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/peterboroughamtgard/
6. Ptbo Disc Golf Club: There are now two courses in town—Jackson’s Park and Riverview Disc Golf.
For more info: http://www.peterboroughdiscgolf.ca/
7. Pickleball: A hybrid sport between ping pong, badminton, and tennis! There are awesome courts at Knights of Columbus Park or play indoors at many local gyms.
For more info: https://twitter.com/pickleballptbo
8. PARD (Peterborough Area Roller Derby): Jam on in this full contact sport!
For more info: http://www.pard-rollerderby.com/
9. Underwater Hockey: There is great underwater hockey out at Trent University. Grab your snorkel and flippers and jump in the pool!
10. Peterborough Fencing Club: Strap on your gear and try this regal sport at the Peterborough Multisport Club, along with archery and longsword.
For more info: http://peterboroughmultisport.com/
11. Peterborough Table Hockey Club: One of your favourite childhood games is an actual league in town and it’s a ton of fun. For more info: http://www.tablehockeypeterborough.com/
—post by Aaron Elliott
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2nd Annual Peterborough Yoga Festival Included Yoga Right On Little Lake
/It was an absolutely beautiful day at Del Crary Park on Saturday by Little Lake for the 2nd annual Peterborough Yoga Festival.
Our Scott Arnold—a yoga enthusiast himself—captured these contortionist pictures...
There was even a yoga class happening right on Little Lake...
See this Instagram photo by @scottarnold12 * 85 likes
—By Scott Arnold
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Field Of Dreams: Peterborough Man Building Epic 18 Hole Disc Golf Course Near Keene
/Peterborough's Darrell Bankes is a huge fan of disc golf—aka frisbee golf. So much so that this landscape architect is constructing an 18-hole pay to play course southeast of town near Keene on 38 acres of land he purchased.
Fields being plowed for the course
When the course is ready, Bankes hopes that disc golf players young and old—and new—will not only come from Peterborough and the Kawarthas but from all over to play, including day trips from the GTA area.
Disc golf, for the uninitiated, is a flying disc game—a precision and accuracy sport, where individual players throw a flying disc at a target. The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.
This once counter-culture sport has grown up and is becoming more mainstream cool.
Darrell Bankes has a dream and is making it happen
Bankes hard at work
Construction on the 18 hole course, TinLid Disc Golf, started earlier in July. "It's a private pay to play course near, with similar offerings of a ball golf course," Bankes tells PTBOCanada. "The course is still being built—it's not accessible full time yet—but the plan is to have open access in the fall."
The course design—a schematic layout plan made from aerial photos and topographical maps—is evolving daily as Bankes gets used to the property and its nuances, but looks like this..
Like a golf course, there is even a driving range to practise on...
TinLid Golf Disc Driving Range
Rather than holes, baskets are used in disc golf...
So if you build it, will they come? Time will tell. But this is a burgeoning sport: there is "massive growth Stateside," Bankes says, not to mention an existing local Peterborough disc golf club to mine from.
Also, it's affordable, accessible, good casual exercise, easy to learn and much faster to play than golf, he says.
And no tee times.
Bankes has a pro shop being operated out of 302 Park Street north in Peterborough until a shop on the course is built this fall.
Learn more about Darrell's venture on his Facebook page or email him here for more info.
Watch this awesome documentary video to learn more about the history of the sport...
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