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Tennis
Circa 2004
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
http://www.therooms.ca/archives/wis/vera_taylor.asp
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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Two women with tennis rackets, Grand Falls
1940s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Newfoundland Tourist Development Board photograph collection

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SOCCER

The first soccer league was made up of teams representing England, Scotland and Newfoundland, and the rivalry was terrific. In 1923, the soccer system was changed to include brigade teams like the Church Lads' Brigades, the Catholic Cadet Corps, the Guards and the Saints.

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Soccer
1914
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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HOCKEY

The first official hockey game played in the old wooden rink was said to be played in 1912. It featured two teams made up mostly of British men who worked at the mill. Amongst them were the three McHenry brothers, Fred Hackett, Mike Hennessey, Ted Brain, Fred Wilcox, Sir Vincent Jones and Sebat Foran, but the most noticeable player of the lot was said to be Sir Vincent Jones, who played the game with a field hockey stick.

The First World War brought an end to hockey at the rink since the rink was being used by the A.N.D. Company as a storage shed. The game of hockey was back in full bloom in 1919, with three teams making up a league -the Terra Novas, the Crescents, and the Victorias.

The hockey league changed in the late 1920s and 30s to a four-team league, namely the Church Lads Brigade (CLB), the Guards, the Hawks, and the Catholic Cadet Corps (CCC).

In 1934 the two schools in Grand Falls, namely the Grand Falls Academy (GFA) and Notre Dame Academy (NDA), started a hockey championship. NDA won the first championship. Sir Vincent Jones, who was the general manager of the mill at the time, awarded the trophy for the championship. The hockey series for the Sir Vincent Jones Shield was to last 65 years before it was retired.

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Hockey
1932
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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Girls Field Hockey Team
1918
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society A.N.D Collection
Photograph by E.I. Bishop

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The Maroons- Junior Tie Cup Champions
1939-40
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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CLB Intermediate Hockey Champions
1934-35
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society
Alison Bartle

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SENIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

The local senior hockey league continued over the years with teams like Church Lads Brigade (CLB), the Guards, the Catholic Cadet Corps (CCC) and the Hawks playing for the Beeton Cup. The CCC won the cup in 1935 and 1936, the Guards in 1937, the CLB in 1938 and 1939, the CCC in 1940-1944. There was no competition in 1945 and 1946 but in 1947 and 1948, the CCC won the championsip.

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Senior Hockey League
1923
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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BASEBALL

American workmen, engaged in the construction of the mill, first introduced baseball to Grand Falls in 1908. Games were played on the town's first athletic grounds situated across the street from the Lady Northcliffe Hospital at the intersection of Lincoln Road and Carmelite Road. Soccer and baseball were played on this field until a new athletic field was constructed on Church Road in 1910, which then became the base of operation for all summer sports until the middle of the 1970s.

Baseball did not reach its popularity peak until the 1920s and 1930s when regular teams were set up, much the same as the club teams in soccer and hockey- the Guards, Church Lad Brigade (CLB), Catholic Cadet Corps (CCC) and the Scouts.

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Baseball
1920s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society

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Guards Baseball Team
Early 1900s
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada

Credits:
Grand Falls Windsor Heritage Society
E.I. Bishop photo