Ripley Skating Carnival

The Kincardine Independent

Members of the Ripley-Huron Skating Club showed off their skating skills at their achievement day held March 28 at the Ripley-Huron arena. This year’s theme of “Love Ice Show” was enjoyed by a huge crowd, who cheered the skaters on. See all the amazing photos captured by Liz Small in this week’s edition of the Kincardine Independent, click here to purchase your subscription.

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U15 girls to compete at provincials

The Kincardine Independent

The Kincardine U15B girls team is having a successful season this year. With some girls playing with other surrounding centres in previous years, they decided to come home, play with their friends and hope to have a competitive year. (By Joel Armstrong)

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Blades of glory

The Kincardine Independent

Twenty-two-year-old Brooke Thomas is still glowing from her and her teammates’ successful showing at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games held in Calgary last month. On her own, she skated her way to the top of the podium in the free skate competition,
with Team Ontario finishing fifth overall in level one dance. (By Liz Small)

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Brooke skates away with gold

The Kincardine Independent

Ripley Huron Skating Club member Brooke Thomas skated away with gold at the 2024 Special Olympic Winter Games held in Calgary in February. The 22-year-old skater is a member of Team Ontario, who also brought home numerous medals. Brooke has been skating since the age of four and is the daughter of Leigh-Anne and Ian Thomas. She is currently coached by Brenda Hill-McIntosh and Brooke Leppington. Brooke was previously coached by Nicole Handy-Richardson.

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U11 B Kincardine girls hockey team scores big at two tournaments and moves on to provincials

The Kincardine Independent

The Kincardine Kinucks U11 B Girls team is having a great season. The girls won gold at the Brock Junior Badgers Tournament in November and placed first at the London Devilettes Tournament in February Recently, they won playoffs to secure a spot in Provincials this April. The team is currently in League playoffs, having won three games so far and tied one, with two more games to go.

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  • Amberley Store
  • MacAdams (Ripley)

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Kincardine Curling Club has successful bonspiel

The Kincardine Independent

Another successful bonspiel took place at the Kincardine Curling Club on Feb. 3. The annual mixed
spiel was full with 16 teams on two draws. Convenor Cathy Alcombrack reported there were lots of new
people who joined this year. The club returned to the format of three six-end games this

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Since it's London that gave the hockey world The Michigan – likely the most stunningly skillful goal in history – it makes sense that it would be another local player who would innovate a new twist and score a goal the play-by-play announcer could only describe with two words: "Absolutely insane." Here's a breakdown, with the highlight-reel video at the bottom: Read More
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