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TAPROOM 260 presents Nate Silva live from 8 p.m. No cover charge. Located in the Orléans Town Centre on Centrum Blvd.

CORO VIVO OTTAWA PRESENTS “..a child is born” at Orléans United Church, 1111 Orléans Blvd. (just north of Hwy. 174) The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased at eventbrite.ca. Children under 14 admitted at no charge.

ORLÉANS HOLIDAY ARTS MARKET from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shenkman Arts Centre featuring unique gift ideas along with children’s activities and entertainment.

OTTAWA FIREFIGHTERS FOOD DRIVE in support of the Orléans Cumberland food bank from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sobeys stores at Trim & Innes Road and Tenth Line and Brian Coburn Blvd., area Metro stores and the FreshCo store at Trim and Watters Road.

THE CUMBERLAND CHRISTMAS MARKET from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with over 100 vendors at four locations in Cumberland Village including the Da Artisti Studio and Gallery at 2565 Old Montreal Rd.

TAPROOM 260 presents The Underground live from 8 p.m. No cover charge. Located in the Orléans Town Centre on Centrum Blvd.

THE STRAY DOG BREWING COMPANY presents Ethan Mitchell with special guest Dalton Crew from 8 p.m. Tickets $15 in advance or $20 at the door. For tickets visit straydogbrewing.ca. The Stray Dog Brewing Company is located at 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Park.

 

 

 

Local golfer finishes top 10 at visually impaired world championship
Fred Sherwin
April 11, 2023

Local visually impaired golfer Kevin Frost recently returned from South Africa where he finished seventh in both the South African Blind Open and the IBGA World Blind Golf Championships which were both held in Cape Town.

Frost, who has severe tunnel vision equivalent to looking through a straw, managed to brave winds in excess of 50 km/h to finish seventh in the B2 division which is for golfers whose vision is five degrees of less.

Fellow Canadian Kiefer Jones, who has a field of vision of 10 degrees, won the B3 championship in both events which is for golfers with a field of vision between five and 20 degrees.

It was the first time the World Championship has been held since 2018. The 2021 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For Kevin, who took up golfing only four years ago, it’s been a long wait.

“It’s something I’ve been working toward and dreaming about for a while,” says Frost, who recently returned home after two days of travel and two long flights.

In between playing two rounds of golf in the South African Blind Open and three rounds at the World Championships, Frost found time to go on a safari with his fiancée Loretta, who made the trip with him.

“It was amazing,” says Kevin, who was able to see the animals, including an elephant and a tiger, when they got close up to their vehicle. “It’s something everyone should do at least once in their lives.”

As for the golf, Kevin says the conditions were the windiest he has ever played in. “It was so windy that I couldn’t even use my driver or my ball would be blown 40 yards off the course, and when you were putting you only had to tap it to go 20 yards.”

The wind was so bad that Kevin had to keep his baseball cap in his bag because it kept blowing off his head.

Despite the wind, Kevin said it was the experience of a lifetime and something he definitely wants to try again. As for now, he is concentrating on his next tournament, the Ontario Adaptive Championships in July with an eye on a potential trip to the paralympics should golf be added to the program when the paralympics and held in Los Angeles in 2028.

“That is the dream,” says Kevin who was unable to compete in the paralympics in either speed skating or cycling, two other sports he has excelled in, largely because of his age. But golf is much kinder on its participants when it comes to age than other, more physical sports are.

Kevin is also looking forward to seeing his book, Deaf Blind Champion, come out in audio format on Amazon as early as next week. From the beginning, Kevin’s goal was to release an audiobook so that other visually impaired people can benefit from its message.

 
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