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Blackville figure skater honoured
Blackville residents gathered to honour one of their own on Saturday, July 26. At a ceremony in Blackville Municipal Park, local figure skater Bonard Muck had his name added to the community’s Rock of Fame, in recognition of his numerous achievements as a skater. He also received a plaque from the Municipality of Blackville, a…
Read MoreBlackville honours figure skater
Bonard Muck’s hometown has recognized the well known figure skater for his accomplishments. Blackville village councillor Jake Stewart and Southwest Miramichi MLA Rick Brewer met with Muck and presented him a keepsake plaque from the village and a New Brunswick Merit Award in the sports category. He also had his named placed alongside Roy MaCrae…
Read MoreBlackville native skates with Disney ice show; Figure skating talents have taken Bonard Muck to far corners of the world
For most young boys growing up in rural Canada, winter months meant hockey. Youngsters eagerly lace up their hockey skates, grab their hockey sticks and glide onto frozen ponds and local arenas. Bonard Muck of Blackville wasn’t any different. However, he kept falling and didn’t like that so his mom and dad enlisted help in…
Read MoreAlberta bound; Blackville’s Charity Walls will play her hockey in Warner, Alta. this season
She might be small in stature, but Charity Walls has the heart of a lion. Walls loves all sports, but give her a hockey stick and she is in her own heaven. This coming season, Warner, Alta. will be hockey heaven for Walls. Walls is a 17-year old Grade 11 student at Miramichi Valley High…
Read MoreFormer Olympian repays Miramichi; Blackville’s Kathy McCormack operates hockey school for girls
Classes might be out for the summer, but one teacher is going back to school this week. Blackville’s Kathy McCormack is a Grade 7 teacher in Etobicoke, Ont., but she will be donning her skates this week for her first-ever hockey school. McCormack grew up in Blackville and played her minor hockey in Blackville and…
Read MoreBlackville umpire steps on to international stage
Political unrest in Colombia almost cost Brian MacRae his first international assignment. Instead, the turmoil in the South American country has simply caused the long- time softball umpire from Blackville to rearrange his itinerary. MacRae will make his debut on the international softball stage next week in Hawaii as a member of the officiating crew…
Read MoreLocal figure skater receives 1999 Roly McLenahan Canada Games Award
FREDERICTON (CNB) – Pairs figure skaters Carolyne Forest and Bonard Muck are the winners of the 1999 Roly McLenahan Canada Games Award for their outstanding performance at the recent Canada Winter Games in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. The award was presented by Marcelle Mersereau, minister responsible for sport, recreation and active living for New Brunswick, during…
Read MoreTeam NB announced for 1999 Canada Winter Games
Municipalities and Housing Minister Marcelle Mersereau announced today the names of the members of Team New Brunswick who will represent the province at the 1999 Canada Winter Games, being held in Corner Brook, Nfld., Feb. 20 to March 6. Among the athletes selected is Blackville’s own Bonard Muck who will compete in the Figure Skating…
Read MoreOlympian honored in Blackville today. Silver medallist Kathy McCormack will be the star of parade in her honor
There’s one constant in Kathy McCormack’s life right now: she’s always on the go. “I’ve definitely racked up the frequent flyer points,” said the member of the Canada’s silver medal winning Olympic women’s hockey team. McCormack returned home to Blackville Tuesday but was back on the road to Fredericton the next day to deal with…
Read MoreBlackville area has Olympic fever Community pride booms with Kathy McCormack in Japan
Kathy McCormack may be trying to become an Olympic gold medalist. But she has already become a symbol of community spirit in her hometown. McCormack’s membership on the first-ever Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team has brought out the best in the people of Blackville and the surrounding communities. “It’s done wonders for the community,” said…
Read MoreVillage teams up to send Olympian’s parents to Japan
They opened their hearts, they opened their wallets, and they raised enough money to send two of their own halfway around the world to the Winter Olympic Games in Nagano. Amber and Jack McCormack of Blackville leave Friday for Japan to watch their 23-year-old daughter Kathy compete as part of the inaugural Canadian women’s Olympic…
Read MoreA small village with big heart
Amber McCormack hasn’t missed many of daughter Kathy’s hockey games over the past 20 years or so. And she didn’t like the idea of not being there next month when her eldest child took to the ice in Nagano, Japan as a member of the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team. Now, Mrs. McCormack isn’t one…
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