Second-Annual Gary Dalliday Memorial Golf Tournament Hits Hole-In-One With Sellout Attendance at Peterborough Golf & Country Club

There were 144 linksmen that came out to Community Care Peterborough’s second-annual Gary Dalliday Memorial Caring For Our Communities Golf Tournament at the Peterborough Golf & Country Club on Monday.

Pete (left), Tim (middle) and Krista Dalliday (right) at the second-annual Gary Dalliday Memorial Tournament. Their father passed away in 2018. Photo by David Tuan bui.

The event had a goal of $15,000 which was up from last year’s inaugural event of $10,000. Some proceeds went towards the Ennismore and Buckhorn Community Care’s support offices. The 144 golfers that attended were a sellout for this year’s scramble golf tournament.

Other contributions went towards Community Care’s Meals on Wheels program, a volunteer position Dalliday held for several years delivering meals. It provided food to seniors living alone, adults with disabilities unable to cook or get groceries or recently discharged patients from hospitals.

“He touched so many lives in Peterborough, as the voice of the Petes, as a sportscaster and all the roles he had here, he was such a proud person who lived here in the Peterborough area,” said Alicia Vandine, Community Care donor relations. “Community Care aligns so well with him because we care about the folks who live here in the City and County of Peterborough.”

Owen Beck, Petes forward (left); Pete Dalliday (middle) and Holden Cattoni, Peterborough Lakers (right). Beck and Cattoni were special-guest golfers in the tournament. All photos by Keegan Beekers.

The tournament was moved from the Quarry last year to the Peterborough Golf & Country Club. Dalliday was a member for several years which was a fitting location according to his kids, including Tim Dalliday.

“Dad was all about community, whether it was volunteering doing things under the radar that people didn't know about like Kawartha Food Share,” said Tim. “He was a longtime member here at Peterborough Golf and Country Club.”

Community Care and Gary’s children added that the event would not have existed without the Quarry’s help for the inaugural tournament.

A few local celebrities made their appearance at the tournament including Peterborough Petes forward Owen, Beck, Peterborough Lakers scoring leader Holden Cattoni and former sports broadcaster and podcaster Dan O’Toole.

Proceeds were also collected from raffles, a live auction and door prizes.

The tournament’s idea spawned from his grandson Nick who previously did a placement with Community Care.

“He was a Peterborough guy, born and raised and he believed in helping people out,” said Tim. “Whether it was through the media or doing stuff totally on his own.”

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FMX World Tour Comes to the Peterborough Memorial Centre For Oct. 23

The Peterborough Memorial Centre is getting extreme as they are hosting the FMX World Tour on Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. announced on Tuesday.

Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Memorial Centre

The FMX World Tour is an extreme action sport competition that was formed to tour, USA, Canada, Mexico and select European countries.

Pro riders are competing by throwing out death-defying tricks ever seen. Competitions include Best Trick, Dualing Duos, Team Competitions and Head-to-Head Backflip Competitions.

All FMX WORLD TOUR fans will receive free pit passes with advance ticket purchases. Those fans are invited to come on the floor and meet the stars. 

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Schedule Released For MSL Final Between Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs

The schedule for the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) final between the Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs begins this Tuesday with game one at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville with an opening faceoff at 8 p.m.

Simliarities from this year and last year is that both these teams met in the MSL finals last year with the Six Nations Chiefs beating the Lakers three games to one in the regular season and ended up the same seed entering the playoffs. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers

The Lakers will need to win on the road to capture another MSL title as they are the second seed to the regular-season champion Six Nations.

Game one begins in Six Nations and will alternate the home field for each game of this best-of-seven series.

The following is the MSL final schedule:

• Game one: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena

• Game two: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 17, 8 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre

• Game three: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 21, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena

• Game four: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 23, 8 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre

• Game five: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 25, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena*

• Game six: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 27, 7 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre*

• Game seven: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 29, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena*

*if necessary

The Chiefs are led by former Major Lacrosse League and the National Lacrosse League number-one pick Lyle Thompson who won the regular-season MVP this year. The youngest Thompson brother netted 35 goals and 48 assists for 83 points.

Between the pipes for Six Nations is the reigning President’s Cup MVP (from 2019) and Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League’s Warren Hill. His stats boast the best goals against average in the league with 6.69 in 11 starts. His backup Doug Jamison has the second-best percentage with 6.82 in eight starts.

Peterborough has firepower of their own in Holden Cattoni who the MSL Scoring Leader this season with 28 goals and 50 assists for 78 points.

Landon Kells and Drew Hutchinson have almost evenly split the goaltending duties for Peterborough, starting 11 and nine games respectively. Both goalies averaged under nine goals against average a game with 7.77 and 8.80 respectively.

Last year, the Lakers beat the Chiefs in six games to win the MSL Championship and be eligible for the Mann Cup (which they won their fourth straight).

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Peterborough Lakers To Play Six Nations Chiefs In Rematch of MSL Finals

History repeats itself for the Peterborough Lakers as they will face the Six Nations Chiefs in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) final in a rematch of last year determined on Thursday.

The Lakers defeated the Chiefs last year in six games in a best-of-seven series last postseason in the MSL final. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers.

The Lakers had already punched their ticket to their eighth-consecutive final after sweeping the Brooklin L.C. on Tuesday. Six Nations capped off their semifinal series with an 11-3 rout of the Cobourg Kodiaks, winning the series 4-1 on Thursday night.

Six Nations had already clinched first place in the regular season when they defeated the Lakers in a 9-8 overtime thriller at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on July 20.

Peterborough found themselves as the second seed while Six Nations was the regular-season champions which was the same position as last year’s. The Lakers were able to triumph over the Chiefs in six games. Another similarity from last year is that the Chiefs had the series lead last year during the regular season, winning three of four games, the same as this year.

“When you're the team that's at the top and they're trying to knock you off, it's really important to focus on our group and what we can do to continue to be better and I think the league gets better every year,” said Paul Day, Lakers general manager in a prior interview.

One of Six Nations’ key changes was the return of Lyle Thompson. He was under contract with the Premiere Lacrosse League (PLL) but took a sabbatical for the 2023 season. Last year, the PLL implemented a clause in their player contracts that barred them from playing in summer lacrosse leagues such as the MSL. It was the same reason Jake Withers of the Lakers could not play in the Mann Cup for being on the PLL Waterdogs’s roster.

Thompson is a former number-one overall pick in the Major Lacrosse League and the National Lacrosse League. He was this year’s MSL League MVP, with 25 goals and 40 assists for 65 points. He also scored the first-place-clinching goal against the Lakers in overtime on July 20.

He is backed by brothers Austin and Randy Staats for the Chiefs whose stats have leapt from last season. The brothers have 47 and 48 points in the regular season respectively, a significant increase from 28 points and 16 in 2022.

The Lakers had a key departure in Shawn Evans who was traded to the Akwesasne Bucks Sr. B team in exchange for monetary compensation on June 14. Evans only dressed for one game with the Lakers this season.

Peterborough still holds firepower, showcasing their offensive weapon in Holden Cattoni as the league’s scoring leader with 28 goals and 50 assists respectively for 78 points. Turner Evans and Josh Currier were team leaders in points as second and third behind Cattoni with 61 and 48 points respectively.

A schedule for the MSL finals has yet to be released but the first game will be held at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville since Six Nations is higher-seeded than Peterborough.

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Peterborough Petes to Play First Home Preseason Game in Port Hope

The Peterborough Petes are headed to Port Hope to play their first home preseason game of the 2023-2024 season on Sept. 4 at the Jack Burger Sports Complex to take on their rival Oshawa Generals announced on Thursday afternoon.

Petes Forward Owen Beck’s (pictured) hometown is Port Hope. He was acquired from the Petes prior to the trade deadline last season from the Mississauga Steelheads. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Petes.

The game starts at 2:05 p.m. for their first of three home exhibition games taking place at local community rinks.

Tickets for the game are available online,by calling 905-885-2474 or in-person by visiting the Jack Burger Sports Complex at 60 Highland Dr. in Port Hope

The game was originally scheduled to take place in Cobourgbut was moved as stated in a press release. Further details regarding the next two remaining home exhibition games in Millbrook and Norwood are being released in the coming weeks according to the Petes. 

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Hometown PTBO: Mark Hubble and His Inaugural Hubbs Open Mini-Golf Tournament to Support Peterborough Big Brothers and Big Sisters

This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday speaks with Mark Hubble about his inaugural Hubbs Open mini-golf tournament at Milltown Mini-Golf on Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. The event concludes with a pub crawl with proceeds for Peterborough Big Brothers & Big Sisters.

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First Little Lakers Night Raises Over $6,700 For Five Counties Children's Centre

The Peterborough Lakers in their ‘Drive For Five’ quest takes time to help the community as their first-ever Little Lakers Night from July 27 raised $6,784 for Five Counties Children’s Centre (FCCC) Building Abilities For Life campaign, announced on Thursday.

Five Counties kids Mya (left) and Elsie (right) pose with Peterborough Century 21 Lakers mascot, Teddy, during Little Lakers Night on July 27. Many Five Counties clients, families, volunteers, staff and supporters took part in the first-ever event held during the Lakers’ final regular season home game. Little Lakers Night raised nearly $6,800 for Five Counties Children’s Centre. Photo courtesy of FCCC.

The fund helps FCCC reduce wait times and provide priority treatment services like speech and occupational therapies for children and youth in the region according to a press release.

“We are so thrilled to receive this support from the Peterborough Century 21 Lakers, during their drive to win a fifth consecutive Mann Cup title,” said Lyn Giles, FCCC director of fund development. “We are extremely grateful to fans, donors, supporters, volunteers, staff and others who came out to support the first-ever Little Lakers Night. It was a great success and we look forward to continuing our partnership with the Lakers for this annual event.”

Funds were raised during the game through donations, t-shirt sales, a silent auction, facepainting, sponsorships and proceeds from that night’s 50/50 draw during the team’s last home regular-season game.

Several FCCC kids and families attended the game and also played roles during the pre-game ball drop and singing of the national anthem. 

During the game, four FCCC kids took part in the Peterborough Lakers Backstage Experience. They received a behind-the-scenes tour from Lakers board member John D’Altoe, got high-fives from team members on their way to the field, toured the video control room, helped in-arena hosts with giveaways and met the Lakers’ mascot, Teddy.

The partnership between FCCC and the Lakers continues during the club’s playoff run. The team’s Ticket Assist Program means Five Counties kids and their families get free tickets to every Lakers’ home game.

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Four Exemplary Student-Athletes Receive $2,000 Bursary From Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame

Four student-athletes were recipients of the annual Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame Bursary Award at a presentation ceremony at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Wednesday night.

(Left to right) Pat Bronson, PDSHoF chair; Delaney Hancock, 18; Parker Miller, 18; Alexis Thompson Jenkins, 18; Erik Unger, 17 and Linda de Jeu, PDSHoF Second Vice Chair. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Delaney Hancock, Parker Miller, Alexis Thompson Jenkins and Erik Unger were all high-school student recipients that took home $2,000 apiece from the bursary.

It has been given annually to four recipients since 1996 (with 2020 having six). This year’s winners will have their headshots commemorated in the Hall of Fame and will have their names etched into the history of the awards’ beneficiaries.

Delaney Hancock, 18. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Hancock, 18, is an honours student and a graduate of St. Peter Secondary School. She is attending St. Thomas University in Fredericton, N.B. in the fall for their Bachelor of Arts Program.

She plays sports such as field hockey, soccer, badminton, ice hockey and track and field for the St. Peter’s Saints. Hancock was also a member of the varsity running club, winning several MVP awards.

Hancock is active in the sports world not just as an athlete. She is an official for minor soccer, a hockey timekeeper, a lacrosse timekeeper and a fitness leader for the Ice Kats training camp. In high school, she was a LINK leader and a peer tutor in a special needs physical-education class and a member of the Athletics council.

She has played hockey for the PGHA Ice Kats, coccer with the Oshawa Kicks, Ice Hockey for the Central York Panthers U18 AA team and has been a member of the Kawartha Lakes Lightning running Club. 

Outside of sports, Hancock volunteered for Kawartha Food Share as a food sorter, was an instructor at Girls with Game Basketball camp, a Peterborough City soccer camp instructor, baked for Humane Society Fundraiser on National Cupcake Day and helped at the Saints Classic Tournament.

Parker Miller, 18. Photo by David Tuan bui.

Miller is an honours student and a graduate of Adam Scott Collegiate. In the fall, he plans to attend McMaster University in Hamilton to study business. 

During high school, the 18-year-old played volleyball, basketball, soccer and ultimate frisbee. He served as captain of the soccer and basketball teams. In ultimate, he was awarded the gold medal game MVP honours during back-to-back OFSAA championships in the past two seasons. Miller also was the 2023 Nationals gold medal game MVP. 

He captained his school basketball team to an OFSAA Bronze medal earlier this year. His team also was awarded the OFSAA Sportsmanship Award.

In the community, he has played basketball with the Time 2 Hoop program as captain. Miller also played rugby in the Pagans program and ultimate. 

His leadership skills continued by coaching basketball and soccer at local summer camps, coaching and organizing a grade six youth basketball house-league team, officiating basketball, scoring and timing at basketball games, tournaments and camps. He helped with training sessions for Peterborough youth basketball and Time 2 Hoop program. Miller was a camp counsellor at the Raiders summer basketball camp and a Level 1 CISA ski instructor.

Alexis ‘Lexi’ Thompson Jenkins, 18. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Jenkins is an honours student and graduate of the Crestwood Edge program at Crestwood Secondary School. In the fall, she will be attending the University of Oregon on a lacrosse scholarship while studying human physiology.

At Crestwood, she participated on the basketball, volleyball, wrestling, lacrosse, Nordic Ski and rugby teams. Individually, she did track and field and cross country. She was a captain of her teams in lacrosse, basketball and rugby. She earned numerous Kawartha and COSSA individual championships as well as being named MVP in basketball and wrestling.  

At the year-end athletic banquets, Jenkins was awarded the Larry Pearson Award, the Sportsmanship Award and the Dysart Award three years in a row. To cap off her Crestwood athletic tenure, she was named ‘Student of the Year’ which recognizes leadership, character and athletics. 

The 18-year-old was a member of the Kawartha Lacrosse Club, was on Team Ontario’s box lacrosse team, Peterborough Power basketball player, a Kawartha Nordic Ski Club member and part of the Peterborough Legion Pacer track and field club.

A leader both on and off the field, Jenkins displayed leadership skills by coaching and officiating rugby for elementary school athletes, volunteering at the Pagans Minis program, coaching house league lacrosse and officiating youth soccer.

She volunteered at Kawartha Food Share program as a porch pirate, Champlain animal hospital and was an ‘amigos’ for Crestwood’s lunchtime support program for the LLS students.

Erik Unger, 17. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Unger also was an honours student and graduate of Adam Scott. He is headed south this fall to attend the University of Massachusetts – Amherst to study mechanical engineering and compete on the track and cross-country teams.

In addition to those sports, the 17-year-old also is into Nordic skiing. Known for his performance at high-level events, Unger has won almost every Kawartha, COSSA and OFSAA event he has competed in. He has 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and a fourth-place finish in his OFSAA career.

He is a Paul Burke Honour Athlete, earned his senior and junior athletic letters and numerous MVP awards in all three sports. 

Unger has four All Ontario Awards from Athletics Ontario and was named one of the top 10 athletes in the city by the Peterborough Examiner last year. He also was a 2022 Running Lane USA All-American Selection and he has received the Member of Parliament Award after his U18 National Cross Country Championship win in 2022.

Unger has raced and skied on every competitive level, including internationally with several championships.

He has volunteered with Skate Canada as a youth instructor, with Peterborough recreational power skating, cross country and a relay for life participant. 

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Petes Executive Director of Business Operations Accepts New Position With Professional Women's Hockey League

Burton Lee, Peterborough Petes executive director of business operations is leaving the organization to accept a position as director of game operations and fan experience within the Hockey Operations Department of a new professional women’s hockey league announced on Wednesday.

BURTON LEE, PETES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (LEFT) ADDRESSING THE 165+ STUDENTS IN GRADES 7 AND 8 ABOUT HIS CAREER EXPERIENCE WITH THE TEAM at a World of Choices program with JA-NEO. PHOTO BY DAVID TUAN BUI.

The league is planning to launch this January. 

Burton originally joined the Petes in August of 2013 as the director of communications and game operations. He was formerly with the Sarnia Sting in the ticket sales department, after having spent nearly a year in the Canadian Football League with the 2012 Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts. 

“I’m extremely grateful to the Petes Board of Directors and to our hockey and business staff for the opportunity to have worked for the historic Petes organization for the past decade,” said Lee. “It has been a pleasure to have partnered with exceptional people at the OHL and CHL, the City of Peterborough, Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame, the Peterborough Lakers, and Compass Food Services. Above all, though, it has been a true joy to play a role in the growth of our business team, as our staff continues to work tirelessly to help fans, partners, alumni, and players have world-class experiences right here in Peterborough.”

After his first two years, Lee was promoted to executive director of business operations for the next eight years. He was recognized with the 2022-23 Ontario Hockey League Community Involvement Award. 

“I am looking forward to contributing to one of the most exciting projects in the sport industry, working alongside a renowned ownership and executive team to establish the new professional women’s ice hockey league,” said Lee. “The Mark Walter Group and Billie Jean King Enterprises have initiated something truly special for the hockey world. I am excited to work alongside a team led by Jayna Hefford and to use the knowledge and experience I’ve gained in Peterborough to help fans across North America and around the world experience elite hockey in a new way.”

Lee was born and raised in Delhi and been an active community member since 2013. He is the current chair of the board of directors for Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development and serves as program advisory council chair for various programs at Fleming and Loyalist Colleges. Lee is also involved in minor and recreational sports, having organized the Peterborough Squash Club’s PSB Wilson Squash Classic for several years as well as coaching minor sports teams.

“Burton has been the driving force behind our business operations for the past 10 years,” said Dave Pogue, Petes president. “His innovative and progressive ideas spawning some major changes in our business model have helped the Petes organization make huge strides and Burton’s team is regarded as one of the best and most respected in junior hockey.” 

Lee’s last day with the organization is on Aug. 15. Lee, his partner Heather and their two children are remaining in Douro-Dummer and continue to be with Peterborough County.

“Although we will greatly miss Burton’s talent, leadership and most of all, his second-to-none work ethic, we are very excited for him to be able to take on new challenges with his next career move,” said Pogue. “On behalf of the Peterborough Petes, please join me in wishing Burton the best of luck. We look forward to seeing him, his wife Heather and their children Louie and Lottie around the rink and in the community.”

Lee has worked alongside the hockey operations department throughout his time with the Petes. His decade-long tenure saw him work closely with Michael Oke, Petes general manager to ensure the smooth operation of the team.

“On behalf of everyone in hockey operations, I’d like to congratulate Burton on joining the new professional women’s hockey league,” said Oke. “It’s been ten great years working with Burton and we’re all excited to see him continue his career in something he’s very passionate about. Since we brought Burton on board, we have seen a tremendous amount of growth on the business side of the Petes. Burton’s vision and ideas were an integral part of this growth. Although we will miss him, we know that he’s going to be a great addition to the new league.” 

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Holden Cattoni Becomes Overtime Hero As Peterborough Lakers Sweep Brooklin L.C. 12-11 to Make Eight-Straight MSL Final

Holden Cattoni gets the series-winning goal as he helped the Peterborough Lakers sweep the Brooklin L.C. 12-11, in overtime to advance to the Major Series Lacrosse final for an eighth-consecutive time at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre on Tuesday night.

The Lakers await the winner of the Six Nations Chiefs and Cobourg Kodiaks. The Chiefs hold a 3-1 series lead with Game Five on Thursday. Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Lakers

The Lakers were off to a rough start as the Cattoni scored the team’s lone goal of the period. Brooklin scored four straight in the period to take a 4-1 lead after the first.

Brooklin continued their run with a Tanner Cook goal to make it 5-1 and seemingly have all the momentum. Peterborough shrugged off their sluggish start with a pair of goals from Matt Gilray and Colton Armstrong to make it a 5-3 game. Kyle Waters gave Brooklin breathing space with a goal to make it 6-3 but Peterborough went into overdrive shortly after.

Just as Cattoni started the scoring for Peterorough, he kept them going with a pair of goals to start a five-goal run. Thomas Hoggarth, Eli McLaughlin and Taite Cattoni got into the mix with goals to get an 8-6 lead. Brooklin broke the streak with a pair of goals to tie it up but McLaughlin got a powerplay goal to round out the period and give Peterborough a 9-8 lead, scoring eight in the second period.

The final frame saw a low-scoring affair from both teams as they traded goals until the end of the period. Brooklin opened and ended the scoring, tallying three scores while Peterborough had two and sent the game into overtime with 11-11 apiece.

As Holden Cattoni started it, he also finished it as Josh Currier and Holden’s brother Taite got in on the assistant helped him get the game winner in overtime 2:30 in to send Brooklin packing in a 4-0 sweep with a walk-off series win.

Riley Hutchcraft made 42 saves to pick up the win for Peterborough. The series victory gives Peterborough their eighth-straight MSL final appearance including their 18th in 19 seasons. The winner of the MSL Final will travel west to meet the WLA champion for the Mann Cup championship. 

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