NATS WIN FIRST EVER HAMRE RE/MAX CUP S P O R T S
ANIL JHALLI anil.jhalli@eap.on.ca
team’s bench boss. The Nats won a playoff series, but their quest for a Bogart Cup and even a Centennial Cup came to a disappoin- ting halt when they lost their second round playoff matchup to the eventual Bogart Cup champions, the Navan Grads. Pereira said his focus is to lead this team to a Centennial Cup, and believes he has the players that can take that next step. “It’s exciting to get back out there on the ice with the boys,” said Pereira. “We have had some great practices and I really like our depth. We have four lines that can come at you, and any one can put the puck in the net.”
The Rockland Nationals are the inau- gural Hamre/Remax Cup champions. The Nats hosted the first-ever pre-season tournament, which took place from Sept. 6 until Sept. 8. The tournament featured four Central Canadian Hockey League (CCHL) teams battling to be crowned the first ever Hamre Rem/Max Cup champions. Aside from the hosts, the Carleton Place Canadians, the Hawkesbury Hawks and the Nepean Raiders were all vying for the cup. But it was Rockland who came out on top in the end, defeating the Canadians 3-1 to take home the top spot. Nathan Landriault, Jacob Charron and Gabriel Le Houllier all scored for the Nats while Sean Hogan backstopped the Natio- nals in the final game, stopping 17 of 18 shots he faced. “As the games went on, we got better and better,” said Justin Pereira, head coach of the Rockland Nationals Junior A Hockey Club. “We started to play our game, and got the results we wanted.” The tournament was part of the team’s exhibition schedule, which included a Sep. 2 home loss to the Renfrew Wolves. New season is around the corner Pereira said while it’s a great feeling to win the tournament, the team continues to prepare for a new CCHL regular season, which kicks off next weekend.
Les Nationals Rockland Junior A ont été couronnés les premiers champions de la Coupe Hamre Remax le week-end dernier, alors que l’équipe continue de se préparer pour une toute nouvelle saison de la LCHC qui débute ce week-end. (Patrick Bergeron, Rockland Nationals)
The Nats and the Canadians will clash on Sept. 14 at the Benson Centre in Cornwall before hosting the Cornwall Colts on Sept. 20 for their home opener. The Nats enjoyed a turnaround season in 2023-2014 under Pereira’s first year as the ROCKLAND’S BIANCA BORGELLA SHOWS GRIT AT PARALYMPICS For more information on the Rockland Nationals, visit www.rocklandnationalsju- niora.com.
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With grit and determination, she picked herself up after collapsing on the track and crossed the finish line in 25.11 seconds. She later left on a wheelchair. One of the favourites to bring home a medal for Canada at the Games, Borgella was ranked number two in the world in the 100m going into the Paralympics games. A rising star While this was the first time she was representing Canada at the Paralympics, Borgella, has become a rising star in para- athletics since she began competing in 2021. She won gold at the 2022 Canadian Track
and Field Championships in the 400 m, 100 m and U20 4 x 100 m relay. At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, Borgella won silver in the T13 women’s 200 metres and bronze in the T13 women›s 100 metres, setting a Canadian record for the event. At the same event, she competed on the Canadian universal 4 × 100 m relay team which placed fourth. Borgella trained at the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club and has been presented with a Sam Estwick Memorial Award, which is awarded by the East Ottawa Lions Club to outstanding athletes with disabilities.
Rockland’s Bianca Borgella was se- conds away from the biggest moment in her impressive career as a competitive sprinter. Borgella, who was born with Leber conge- nital amaurosis, a rare inherited eye disorder that causes severe vision loss and compe- ting in the T13 classification for athletes with visual impairments, made it to the finals in the women’s T13 100 metre (m) race before suffering a devastating hamstring injury roughly 30 m into the race.
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