Sports
WIN a 2016 Harley Sportster and support Miramichi’s Rock ‘n Roll Festival! Mill Cove Coffee is holding a Raffle where one lucky person will win a brand new 2016 Harley Sportster. Tickets are only $10 each! Tickets are available at Mill Cove Coffee, JH Stewart and Westside Fitness. Or click here to purchase tickets online using our handy…
It is not too late to sign up for the FIRST SUNNY day of the year … at the Miramichi Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament! Come out this Thursday June 16th and enjoy an afternoon of golf, shotgun start at 1 pm, and it is going to be the first SUNNY day of the year ……
Another successful Robert Blacquier tournament is in the books. Over the course of the weekend 12 teams from across the Maritimes and Quebec played for the top prize at Nelson’s Merle Doyle & Gerald King memorial ball parks. Though a spot of bad weather threatened the conclusion, with a few tweaks to the schedule the tournament came to a…
by Shawn McCarthy This year, for the 13th summer, players from across New Brunswick will take to the field in the Robert Blacquier Memorial Fast-pitch tournament June 10th-12th. A former President of the Nelson Softball Association, player, coach, and organizer, Robert passed away prematurely in the early summer of 2004. That summer, his friends in…
The Chatham Miramichi Honda Ironmen made their first trip to PEI on Saturday June 4th and came home with a split in the doubleheader.
The 2nd Annual Miramichi Striper Cup took place over the weekend with lots of bass being brought in for weighing and plenty of fish tales being took home. Registration numbers increased this year with 189 teams in boats hitting the water, 967 individuals fishing from the shore, and 252 youth participating. Organizer Jeff Wilson took to the Miramichi Striper Cup…
The Miramichi Striper Cup happens this weekend, May 27-29, 2016. The City of Miramichi and Mr. Jeff Wilson recently announced that thanks to the generous sponsorship of two Miramichi companies, the Miramichi Striper Cup will be increasing the prizes for the Individual (Shoreline) Division and are able to offer cash prizes for the Youth (Shoreline/ under 16 years of age) division.
Miramichi Dragway Park is a quarter mile National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag strip located on the North Napan Road off Hwy 11 beside the Miramichi Airport. NHRA officials announced that Miramichi Dragway had joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of Division 1, the Northeast Division, early in 2016. Over the last several…
The Ironmen now have a new name to go along with the new Coach and General Manager. The team is now called the Chatham Miramichi Honda Ironmen. The Ironmen are very pleased to have Miramichi Honda on board as their major sponsor.
The recreational striped bass fishery will take place from May 1st – October 31st 2016. The retention fishing periods will take place from May 9th – 29th, July 30th – August 21st, September 2nd – 5th, and October 22nd – 30th.
Mark Noel, a former Ironmen, was named head coach of the team starting the 2016 season. Noel played for the Ironmen from 1989 to 1994.
The Miramichi Sportsmens Gun Club is hosting the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) New Brunswick Provincial Championship September 10th and 11th, 2016. IPSC shooting is dynamic, challenging, and one of the fastest growing shooting sports in the world today. Courses of fire use many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as…
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) officials have announced that Miramichi Dragway has joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of Division 1, the Northeast Division. Over the last several years, facility owner Rodolphe Savoie has shown his commitment to the sport of drag racing time and time again, and with the help of local…