By ANSON WONG The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) season begins on Saturday, July 24, at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville and the Toronto Beaches Junior A team will be taking part in the action. Due to COVID-19, the 11-team league’s schedule will see 44 regular season games played over the next two […]
The Balmy Beach Club held a special event earlier this week to wish its Olympic and Parlympic athletes success in the Tokyo Games which officially open today. The #TogethertoTokyo photo booth and flag signing event took place beside the mural on the club’s wall by the Boardwalk on the evening of Wednesday, July 21. At […]
By ANSON WONG A number of athletes with connections to the Beach and East Toronto will be taking part in the Tokyo Olympics which begin on Friday, July 23. Athletes with local connections taking part in this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games include: Penny Oleksiak The Tokyo Games will be the second Olympics for 21-year-old swimmer […]
By AMANDA GIBB SUPGirlz is back this summer to offer standup paddleboard (SUP) classes, private sessions, and rentals to Beach residents and visitors. Owner Janna Van Hoof established SUPGirlz in 2008, a women-led team of certified SUP instructors that operate classes at Kew-Balmy Beach near Hubbard Boulevard and Maclean Avenue. “I just watched the guys […]
By ALEXANDROS VAROUTAS Skateboarding coach Trint Thomas and roller skating coach Stephanie Salazar held a Pride Month Wrap Up event recently at the Beach Skatepark. Skaters, cyclists and roller skaters came out to celebrate Pride Month on June 28 and to socialize with one another. Among those in attendance was Fay Ebert, the youngest member […]
By AMANDA GIBB Longtime Beach resident Dan Roitner has published his second book Best Mountain Bike Trails in Ontario: 55 MTB Locations, detailing off-road trails fit for an adventure. Roitner has been a biking enthusiast for many years and got into mountain biking with the Toronto Bicycle Network. “A group of us [from Toronto Bicycle […]
By ALAN SHACKLETON Beach resident Megan Coyle will be lacing up her soccer boots for the Sheridan College Bruins Women’s Varsity team next fall. Coyle, 18, has been playing high-level soccer since the age of seven as a member of a number of teams including Olympic Flame, Wexford T-birds, and North York Cosmos. She signed […]
As Beach Metro News celebrates 50 years, we spotlight one of the community’s longest-running beach institutions. The Balmy Beach Club was formed in 1903. Here is a look at the Club 50 years ago in the early 1970s. Times they were a changing… By MARY BETH DENOMY In 1970, seat belts were not mandatory. A […]
The Toronto Beaches Jr. A Lacrosse club raised more than $17,000 for local businesses at its recent Workout For Local event. Held virtually on Jan. 2, Workout For Local saw team members and officials take part in workouts in order to raise funds to help out East Toronto businesses that have been hard hit by […]
Members of the Toronto Beaches Jr. A Lacrosse team will take part in an upcoming fundraising event in support of small businesses in the Beach that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Beaches Jr. A Workout for Local Businesses is set for Saturday, Jan. 2. All proceeds will be donated to local […]
