Halloween Fun Run?

The community association extends a huge thank-you to Pete Laughton who created and organized the annual Halloween Fun Run for our neighbourhood children.

But Pete is retiring his running shoes on this event.

So we’re looking for a few volunteers who can take over. Pete has kindly agreed to have a chat about what’s involved (he says it’s pretty simple)
If your kids have taken part in the past you know how fun it is. If you’re new to the hood then consider helping out in the run which winds through our community.

Let’s not let this great event disappear.

If you can help out, contact our social convenor Nick ASAP at: chparkevents@yahoo.com.

Thanks in advance.

Enthusiastic organizer, Peter Laughton, led the 2019 2km runners by bicycle on the SJAM trail through Champlain woods.

Hockey Pool Reminder – October 11

Just a reminder that the Champlain Park Hockey Pool picks are due in a couple of days, on Wednesday October 11. Who do you think the best players will be?

See the original post for details.

Hockey Pool – October 11

Annual Champlain Park Hockey Pool – picks due Oct 11th

From: Nick X.

Join the 4th Annual Champlain Park NHL Hockey Pool!!!

To participate, it’s easy, open to all in the neighbourhood and free, simply:

1) Choose 15 skaters (forwards or defencemen) and 1 Goalie

– To ensure we all don’t pick the same top players, you cannot choose the following 15 players:

C. McDavid, L. Draisaitl, N. Mackinnon, N. Kucherov, M. Tkachuk, J. Hughes, J. Robertson, M. Marner, A. Matthews, D. Pastrnak, M. Rantanen, K.Kaprizov, E.Pettersson, T. Stutzle, T.Thompson.

You can choose any other players.

– Scoring: most points at the end of the season wins.

Goals and assists each count for 1 point
Goalie wins count for 1 point each
Goalie shut-outs count for 5 points each

2) Email your team list (15 skaters, 1 goalie) to Nick at chparkevents@yahoo.com by end of day October 11.

– Provide me with your player list, your first name and first initial of your last name and name of your street where you live (i.e. John D from Daniel Ave).
– Updates will be provided to all participants via a free hockey pool website.

Winner will be announced via our website at the end of the season and gets bragging rights as “Champlain Park’s Hockey Pool Champion” and in the process dethrones the current 2022-23 champion Dave H from Carlton ave – congrats to Dave for winning last year! and for the record Dave B from Daniel Ave won the 2021-22 pool the year before – can anyone dethrone the Daves?

If you have any questions email Nick at chparkevents@yahoo.com

Summer Solstice Street Party – June 21

Bring your neighbours, friends and family to the Second Annual Champlain Park Summer Solstice Street Party!

Wednesday, June 21, 2023. 5pm – 8pm

On Cowley Ave (between Clearview & Pontiac – across from Champlain Park).

Si Senor tacos will be on site again. We’re still searching for an ice-cream truck, if you know of one, please let me (Sarah R.) know. BYOB, a lawn chair and money for food.

Please indicate if you can attend and number of people by replying to the Facebook Post.

Garage Sale

The 2023 Kitchissipi Ward-wide Garage Sale is scheduled to happen on Saturday, June 3, starting at 8AM (usually ending around 1pm but it can go longer). This year our city councillor Jeff Leiper is hosting a map of sale locations. Write to him if you want to be added, but it’s not necessary.

[Poster for the Garage Sale]

Here’s a possibly useful 2017 article about preparing for a garage sale in the Kitchissippi Times.

For late breaking news and posts about the garage sale, see https://champlainpark.org/category/community-news/garage-sale/

Spring Cleanup 2023 Wrapup

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all those who volunteered during the 2023 Spring Clean-Up! This year’s turnout was amazing, with over 45 volunteers enjoying delicious donuts and cleaning up trash in and around Champlain Park. Thanks to you, our neighbourhood is so much cleaner and more beautiful! We are looking very forward to doing it again next year!

Kris, Eirene and Nick

Spring Cleanup 2023 – May 6 – Reminder

The weather looks sunny for this Saturday, so the spring cleanup is on!

Spring cleanup CPCA 2023 poster v2.pdf

Spring Cleanup 2023 – May 6

Nope, nope, way too rainy this final weekend of April (April showers?). We’ve decided to move spring cleanup to the following week. Sorry for the confusion.

Time to limber up and to get ready to stoop, scoop, lunge and squat our way to a cleaner community!

It’s a great way to get some exercise and help make our neighbourhood beautiful at the same time.

When: Saturday May 6^th (in case of rain May 7)

Where: meet outside the Champlain Park fieldhouse at 10am and pick up a garbage bag and gloves. We’ll also provide snacks to tide you over! Children should be accompanied by an adult.

What: Choose a part of the neighbourhood and pick up any garbage you see and make our neighbourhood clean and beautiful. Dispose of the garbage bag with your normal household garbage/recycling/composting.

Spring cleanup CPCA 2023 poster v2.pdf

2023 Champlain Park Chess Tournament

Join the 3rd annual tournament of the Champlain Park Chess League for the Spring/summer 2023. A ladder format will be used, so sign up, then challenge a neighbour to a game of online chess (many online sites exist) and move up the ladder ranking. Top four players will then play off at the end of summer to crown the champion. Congrats to Vitaly who won last year!

To sign up, email Nick at chparkevents@yahoo.com

Rules:

To move up the ladder you can challenge any player above you or anyone anywhere below you. If you win you switch ranks with them on the ladder.
To challenge someone, send them an email and choose your chess online website to play (i.e. chess.com). You can choose to play with time limits or not or any other format agreed upon by both players. If there is no agreement then the higher ranked player chooses the format. If the opposing player does not play their turn within 5 days then they default the game (unless both sides agreed to take a break or allow longer).
If someone is not playing anyone and turns down 3 challenges in a row then they automatically go to the bottom of the ladder.
Top four ranked players in the ladder who have played at least 5 games on Oct 1 will play a tournament. Format will be #1 plays #4 and #2 plays #3 – in a one-game winner goes to final format. Final 2 winners play each other in a best of 3 final tournament (first one who wins 2 games). The winner of the best of 3 final is crowned the Champlain Park Chess Champion of 2023!

Spring Cleanup 2023 – April 29

Nope, nope, way too rainy this final weekend of April (April showers?). We’ve decided to move spring cleanup to the following week. Sorry for the confusion. See the new post for the new dates.

Time to limber up and to get ready to stoop, scoop, lunge and squat our way to a cleaner community!

It’s a great way to get some exercise and help make our neighbourhood beautiful at the same time.

When: April 29^th (in case of rain April 30th)

Where: meet outside the Champlain Park fieldhouse at 10am and pick up a garbage bag and gloves. We’ll also provide snacks to tide you over! Children should be accompanied by an adult.

Spring cleanup CPCA 2023 poster.pdf