Brian Smiley

Owen Seal and Traynor Turkiewicz, both members of Brantford Golf and Country Club, reached the cut at the 2026 Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Golf Championship after two even-par rounds. Seal, a 27-year-old electrician who only began seriously pursuing competitive golf a few years ago, entered as a late alternate and continued his rapid improvement from an eight-handicap to a scratch golfer. Turkiewicz, a six-time club champion and former Western University standout, also advanced despite a late double bogey. Fellow BGCC members Nate Lockey and Ben Turnbull missed the cut, although Lockey improved from 76 to 74 and Turnbull showed flashes of form while returning to competitive play. The championship continues with Seal and Turkiewicz competing in the final two rounds at the Brantford Golf and Country Club.

Brantford players Becca King and Amy Coates are set to compete at the Ball Hockey Nationals after King and coach Jocelyne Larocque helped Canada win the ISBHF Women’s Legends World Championship without conceding a goal. Eight Brantford Harlequins players were invited to Rugby Canada’s U18 national development camps. The Brantford Red Sox went 2-1 on the weekend, including two wins over the Chatham–Kent Barnstormers, but remain sixth in the nine-team Canadian Baseball League and eight games outside a playoff spot.

The Six Nations Rivermen and Brooklin Merchants have split the first two games of their best-of-five Ontario Series Lacrosse Championship, with Six Nations winning 8-4 before losing 10-9 at home. The next games are scheduled for Six Nations and Brooklin, with a potential deciding Game 5 on Aug. 17; the series winner advances to the Presidents Cup national senior B championship in Edmonton. The Six Nations Chiefs swept Cobourg in the Major Series Lacrosse semifinals and remain one series away from the Mann Cup final, while the Six Nations Stealth and Peterborough Lakers have also split the opening games of their junior C provincial final.