Sixth annual Fish Findlay goes swimmingly

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The sixth annual Fish Findlay Classic took over Shawville on the weekend, seeing over 20 teams compete in four divisions. Pictured: Goalie Matt Jenkins defends the net in one of the A Division semi-final games.

Team Bamford won the A division at the Fish Findlay Classic over the weekend. Back row, from left: Brett Dupuy, Brent Sullivan, Damian Cross, Fabian Walsh and Cody Caron. Front row, from left: Matt Jenkins, Josh Burnside, Sean Bamford, Alex Boivin and Darcy Findlay.

Team Martineau took the B division finals on Sunday afternoon. Back row, from left: Sebastien Constantineau, Julian Dumont, Steve Wawatie and Stephane Bergeron. Middle row, from left: Wyatt Dumont, Neil Chabot (with daughter Alie), Cody Tolley and Miguel Branchaud. Front, James Marnier.

Team Kirkham took the top prize in the C division. Back row, from left: Brady Trudeau, Keith Kirkham, Cody Smith, Pat Dick, Matt Thompson, Yves Martineau and Kyle Stanley. Front row, from left: Roger Larocque, Daniel Kingdom and Jeremy Poulin.

Team Murray won the Female division at the Fish Findlay Classic over the weekend. Back row, from left: Shannon Byrne, Érika Pouliot, Zoe Quigg, Rori Richardson, Donna Ringrose and Roxanne Tremblay. Front row, from left: Kathleen Byrne, Amanda Barbier, Chayton Chalifoux, Hailey Murray, Alice Sauvé and Christine Allen.

Brodie Telford looks to get by Cody Smith in the C division finals on Sunday

The sixth annual Fish Findlay Classic took over Shawville on the weekend, seeing over 20 teams compete in four divisions. Pictured: Patrick Rock guards the puck against a player from Team Graham in the first game of the weekend.

Entertainment and parties accompanied the fun, with live music at the Lions’ Hall on Friday night and Beyond Driven playing Atkinsons’ Bar on Saturday night. From left: Beyond Driven’s Jeremy Williams, Erin Davis and George Lafleur, plus Kyle Pallen on drums, entertain at the bar on Saturday night.

Joel Boisvert skates past a player from Team Martineau during the B finals on Sunday afternoon

Donald Teuma-Castelletti
SHAWVILLE March 10, 2018
A Shawville favourite hockey tournament returned over the weekend, bringing players from across the Pontiac and up from Ottawa for the fast-moving, high action three-on-three games.
The Fish Findlay Classic took over the Shawville Arena all weekend, where 22 teams competed across four divisions in support of the local minor hockey organization.
Event organizer, Darcy Findlay, said that the tournament, now into it’s sixth season, has continued to be enormously popular and only made easier by the help of volunteers and the Shawville District Minor Hockey Association.
“I’m lucky now that minor hockey takes care of [organizing] all the volunteers,” said Findlay. “I’m lucky that I have all the help.”
With their assistance, he said organizing the tournament has become a steady routine, made only easier by sticking to efficiency over quantity.
“We could have grown with more teams, but we decided to keep it as is based on timing,” said Findlay. “We stay with what works and don’t overcomplicate it.”

With over 20 teams to schedule, plus players travelling from all over the extended area to participate, games tend to run past midnight the Friday and Saturday of the tournament. After every two games, allotted 35 minutes each, the rink is flooded and divergence from this timing makes the day run that much longer for all the dedicated volunteers, and players, too.
While games played out on the ice, parties took over nearby venues to keep the good times rolling. Friday night saw the Shawville Lions’ Hall hosting with live music, before Atkinsons’ Bar took the reins on Saturday, with live music from local rockers Beyond Driven.
Rounding out the fundraising efforts were raffle prizes and 50/50’s, with donations for the former from a whole host of local businesses.
By Sunday afternoon, after 45 games, the champs across each division were crowned. Team Bamford took the title in the A division Saturday night, while Team Martineau won in the B, Team Kirkham in the C and Team Murray cleaned up in the female division on Sunday.
Still, for many of the players, the tournament is a sweet excuse to return to their roots, playing with old friends and seeing folks they may not get a chance to see as often as they like.
“You get to see everybody, hang out with family and friends, so it brings people together,” said Findlay. “We’re fortunate to have Shawville as a hockey town.”
See page three for more pictures from the tournament.

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