Moyse headlines She Leads seminar

O’Rourke, Taylor, Martin share their experience at She Leads

Coming back home for a bit, two-time Olympic gold-medallist Heather Moyse headlines Sport P.E.I.’s She Leads seminar set for Saturday, Sept. 29, in Charlottetown.

The event at the Holiday Inn Express runs 9 a.m. to noon.

Moyse, four times an Olympic bobsleigh brakeman, has become a motivational speaker and recently released her first book “Redefining Realistic”. The Summerside native will have a one-hour question-and-answer session on her career and book.

Before Moyse, the day kicks off with a discussion about women in leadership positions moderated by Lynn Anne Hogan, and includes panellists Kathy O’Rourke, Alanna Taylor and Louise Martin.

O’Rourke, managing partner of Grant Thornton P.E.I., was a silver medallist at 2010 Canadian women’s curling and the 1999 Canadian mixed curling championships. In 1989, she garnered a Canadian mixed championship.

Taylor, a partner with Cox and Palmer, played volleyball and soccer at UPEI, where she was a Canadian university all-star and player of the year finalist. She was the first women’s soccer player inducted into the UPEI Sports Hall of Fame.

Martin, host of CBC News: Compass, offers her insight from many years of broadcast journalism.

Cost is $40 per person with light refreshments included. The first 25 registrants receive a copy of Moyse’s book

Register at sportpei.pe.ca or 902-368-6253, or with Lynn Boudreau at lboudreau@sportpei.pe.ca. Taylor

P.E.I. lifters earned 15 weight class titles on home turf at the recent Canadian Powerlifting Union Eastern Canadian powerlifting and bench press championships in Summerside.

Summerside’s Tilman Gallant, lifting in Master 4 93 kg, set a new unofficial world record in the bench press with a 145-kilogram effort and won the powerlifting portion with a total lift of 430 kg tallied from his 130 kg, 140 kg and 160 kg results in squat, bench and deadlift, respectively.

Tyson Veniot also captured two titles, winning the junior 59 kg bench press (85 kg) and powerlifting (squat 102.5 kg, bench 80 kg, deadlift 152.5 kg, total 335 kg) events. Tilman Gallant set a new unofficial world record in bench press with a 145-kilogram effort at the Canadian Powerlifting Union Eastern Canadian powerlifting and bench press championships in Summerside recently.

Island winners

Other Island powerlifting winners include Caitlin McKenna (sub-junior 63 kg), Karley Affleck (junior 57 kg), Breanne Burgoyne (junior 63 kg), Jill MacFarlane (Master 1 52 kg), Logan Vessey (junior 105 kg), Cameron Gordon (Special Olympics 83 kg) and Allen Profitt (Master 3 120 kg).

Bench press titles went to Kara Arsenault (Master 1 84-Plus kg), Marian Johnston (Master 3 57 kg), Caleb Boreland (sub-junior 83 kg) and Hunter Ellis (Special Olympics 83 kg).

Best lifter awards went to Ontario’s Sangeetha Jeyabalasingam (junior female), Nicholas Hayward and Michelle Harwood from Newfoundland and Labrador in junior male and master female, respectively, Nova Scotia’s Shiek Ali (master male) and Jessica McNutt (female bench), Tasnim Banuga of Manitoba in open female and New Brunswick’s Chris Sharpe (open male) and RJ Forbes (male bench).

Over 100 lifters from six provinces competed at the event.

Full results on B2.

Against the Rams, the Holland College women opened the scoring just four minutes in on a goal by Laura Wells.

Wells, with her second of the game, Kathrine McEwen (2) and Ali Fahie gave the Hurricanes a 5-0 lead at halftime. Jade Stewart (2), Emily Rasmussen, Grace Peardon and Taylor Thorne added second-half markers.

The Hurricanes and Chargers played a scoreless first half. MacEwen notched her third goal of the weekend just two minutes into the second half to put the ‘Canes ahead 1-0, which is how the game would end.

Holland College keeper Hailey Terstege was perfect all weekend in recording back-to-back shutouts.

Men

Tjeerd Schep scored in the first minute of play, and the ‘Hurricanes never looked back in men’s play Saturday. Shunya Kobayashi added to the Hurricanes’ lead less than 10 minutes later, followed by two goals from Ehab Moustafa.

Moustafa showed Holland College fans the future is bright as he scored his third of the game in the 60th minute.

Sunday’s match versus Crandall was another hard-fought defensive stalemate in the first half. The Hurricanes would burst the game wide open with five straight goals in the second half.

Harrison Ellison, Alex Lourenso, Alec Iatrou, Schep and James Briand scored for the Hurricanes. Brandon Lund had a perfect weekend in goal for the Hurricanes.