Taking it to the street

JStrong Cup event a great success in Yarmouth

On what would have been Jadon Robinson’s 20th birthday, 20 teams took to Main Street in Yarmouth on Saturday, Sept. 29, to participate in Day 1 of the twoday JStrong Cup.

The street hockey tournament was organized by the JStrong Fund. The fund was started in memory of Jadon Robinson – following his death at the age of 17 from a car accident – and assists Yarmouth County athletes and teams with registration costs, team sponsorships, event sponsorships, etc. The fund’s premise is that everyone should be able to access sports.

The street hockey event was a fundraiser for the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association. The JStrong Fund donated $200 to minor hockey for every youth team that registered in the event (registration for the youth players was free), and overall, as a result of the entire weekend, the event raised around $5,000 for minor hockey.

The JStrong Cup was organized by the JStrong Fund with the help of the minor hockey association, many volunteers and sponsors, including the event’s title spon- sor Modern Realty.

Main Street was closed between Collins and Cumberland Streets on the Saturday while on Sunday, Sept. 30, the championship games were played at the outdoor arena at the Yarmouth Mariners Centre.

Organizers are already looking ahead to next year’s JStrong Cup.

These were the category winners of this year’s event:

• Novice: Golden Knights

• Atom: Bash Brothers

• Peewee: Southwest Sticks

• Bantam: Kill Fish

• Midget: Southend Snipers

• Open: Aerial Ridge

TINA COMEAU PHOTOS Goalie pads took on new meaning as saves were made on the asphalt surface.

After days of rain leading up to the event, the JStrong Cup saw two days of sunshine. At times the sun cast some long shadows of players “on the bench.”

A section of Yarmouth’s Main Street was closed to traffic for the day on Saturday, Sept. 29 so that the JStrong Cup street hockey tournament could take place.

Players took to the street instead of the arena for the JStrong Cup in Yarmouth as spectators watched from the sidewalks, instead of the stands inside a rink.

There was plenty of cuteness in the younger divisions of the street hockey event, which started out with a novice division. The other divisions were atom, peewee, bantam, midget and open.

Sandwiched in between their home games last weekend, members of the Yarmouth Jr. A Mariners helped to referee some of the games on Main Street on Saturday.