HIGH ACHIEVERS WEEKEND WRAP: Ottawa Hunt’s Dwight Reinhart places second at Canadian men’s senior golf championship

By Martin Cleary

If you were to take a few minutes to study the golf resume of Dwight Reinhart, you would be impressed.

But you also might say there’s something missing.

Since the former two-time PGA of Ottawa zone champion (2000 and 2001) was reinstated as an amateur golfer in 2007, he has been one of the dominant players on the Ottawa Valley Golf Association and Golf Quebec circuits.

On the OVGA men’s and senior scene, Reinhart has won three city and district titles (2020, 2023 and 2025) and three match play finals (2010, 2021 and 2024) as well as four masters championships (2010, 2020, 2022 and 2023).

The six-time club champion, including three at Eagle Creek and singles at Ottawa Hunt, Renfrew and Arnprior, also is a four-time Golf Quebec mid-amateur champion (2012, 2015, 2017 and 2018) and two-time provincial match-play winner.

But what the statistical report of the OVGA Hall of Famer (inducted 2023) doesn’t show is a significant result from a Canadian championship … until now.

Reinhart, who plays out of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, was at the top of his game last week at the KenWo Golf Club in New Minas, Nova Scotia, where he placed an impressive second behind runaway champion Don Martone of Sault Ste. Marie at the Canadian men’s senior golf championship.

Not only did he share the lead after the opening round of the four-day national championship, but also he shot the lowest score in the third round, which lifted him into second place, where he stayed at the end.

Martone, a Northern Ontario golf legend, was the only player to finish under par at minus-7 from rounds of 71-63-68-71-273. Reinhart’s scorecard showed rounds of 69-73-66-73-281 for a two-stroke margin over Bryan Hoops of Tempe, Arizona, 72-70-71-70-283.

Reinhart marked five birdies, four bogeys and nine pars in his opening round, which left him tied for first place. He scored a 73 in the second round and slipped to fourth place as he made one eagle, two birdies and seven bogeys.

His third round was the most remarkable with five birdies and only one bogey. Sitting in second place entering the fourth round and wondering if there was a chance he could catch Martone, who had injured his back on the 12th hole in the third round, Reinhart finished with one birdie and four bogeys on the front nine and nine straight pars on the back nine.

At the Canadian Collegiate Invitational on the Oviinbyrd Golf Club course in Foots Bay, ON, Ottawa’s Isaiah Ibit of Kent State University finished third in the individual competition at 12-under-par 204 from rounds of 64-70-70.

Ibit was the leader after the opening round, marking one eagle, seven birdies, one bogey and nine pars. His overall scoring helped Kent State finish seventh in the team competition with an even-par 864.

Notre Dame defended its team title in the second annual competition with a 35-under-par total of 829, while Michigan was second at 839 and Missouri took third at 851.

Ottawa’s James Newton also played for Kent State and scored 75-79-76-230.

Kent State opened its 2025-26 NCAA men’s golf season with a fifth-place-team showing at the Pan-Pacific UGSL Tournament in Mishima, Japan. Nihon University won the team title at 19 under par, while Kent State was fifth at 11 over par.

Ibit was ninth in the individual competition with rounds of 68 and 73 for a two-under total of 141. The scheduled third round was cancelled by rain.

Archer Eric Peters returns with strong 8th-place showing at world championships

After some time away from international competition following his Olympic debut last summer in Paris, Ottawa’s Eric Peters returned for the 2025 World Archery Championships in South Korea and earned a very strong eighth-place finish.

The 28-year-old qualified in eighth position and then won elimination matches over athletes from Bangladesh and Japan before losing to the eventual silver medallist from Brazil in the quarterfinals.

“It was nice to jump back in after a year away,” Peters said via Archery Canada. “It’s been some time since I’ve been on the international stage. I’m just happy to have a really good result here and shoot a good round.

“[I] shot well in matches. You always want a little bit more. But it would have been nice to have a repeat of Berlin (when Peters won world silver in 2023). Once you’re in the top eight, it’s never going to be easy, and any of the eight guys could win the whole thing, but it didn’t happen to be me. I’m so happy to be here and to see what the future holds.”

GEE-GEES RANKED IN U SPORTS TOP 10 FOR RUGBY, SOCCER, FOOTBALL

The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees have three of its varsity sports teams in the U Sports Top-10 rankings this week.

The women’s soccer team, which is in a four-way tie for second place in the OUA East at 4-2-0, is ranked No. 3 in the country.

The women’s rugby team, which is tied for first place with Laval at 3-0 in the RSEQ standings, is No. 4 among Canadian universities. That deadlock is likely to be broken on Saturday, when the Gee-Gees play host to the Rouge et Or at 4 p.m.

An OUA East record of 3-1 has allowed the third-place Gee-Gees to climb one spot nationally to No. 10 for football.

The Carleton Ravens men’s soccer team held its U Sports ranking at No. 9 with a 2-0-3 record.

After posting a 30-23 win over the Guelph Gryphons, which came on the heels of a 55-29 loss to the Western Mustangs the previous week, the Gee-Gees go head-to-head against the No. 1-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks at home on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.

The Gee-Gees notched three touchdowns against Guelph in three different ways – a reception by Noah Avery, a punt return by Denny Ferdinand and an interception by Jaxxon Brashear, who was Ottawa’s top defensive player with six solo and six assisted tackles, one sack for a 10-yard loss, one forced fumble and two interceptions for a 24-yard gain.

Zachary Copeland kicked field goals from 18, 11 and 39 yards as well as three converts.

Josh Janssen continued his strong work at quarterback, completing 22 of 34 passes for 248 yards, one touchdown and one interception. On the season, Janssen is ranked fourth in the OUA for passing touchdowns at eight in four games, and fifth in yards passing average at 261.8.

Avery is the OUA’s No. 5 receiver, averaging 91.8 yards a game.

On defence, Louis Prince and Riley Hildebrandt are tied for second in sacks at three each, while Marc Djonay Rondeau is No. 3 in tackles per game at 6.9.

Carleton Ravens saw their record fall to 1-2, following a convincing 63-26 loss to the Western Mustangs, who are ranked No. 3 behind Laurier and Montreal Carabins.

The game was filled with offence as Western moved the ball for 691 yards, while Carleton managed 356 yards. The game was similar to the Ravens’ opening-game 42-23 defeat by the Toronto Varsity Blues. Toronto posted 683 yards of offence to Carleton’s 496 yards.

Carleton’s Tristan Lefebvre, Ethan Rocha and Frederick Hachey scored touchdowns against Western, while Brandon Forcier added one field goal from 15 yards, two converts and one single. Lefebvre also scored a two-point convert.

In RSEQ women’s rugby, Mercedes Cole, Alysia Comtois and Ngozi Mosindi counted the tries and Claire Bennett added one convert in the Gee-Gees’ narrow 17-14 win over the Concordia Stingers.

Carleton has a 1-2 record, after a 47-3 loss to Laval. The Ravens received a penalty kick from Zoe Nield. The Ravens are in a four-way tie for fourth place at four points each.

In OUA women’s soccer, Ottawa and Carleton will meet twice in three days this weekend. On Friday, the Ravens will play host to the Gee-Gees at 6 p.m. On Sunday, the Gee-Gees will welcome the Ravens at 1 p.m.

Carleton and Ottawa are in a four-way tie for second place in the OUA East at 4-2 and are one point behind Toronto Varsity Blues. But both local schools have played two more games than Nipissing Lakers and one more than Queen’s Gaels.

The Ravens won both of their weekend games by identical 2-0 results over Ontario Tech Ridgebacks and the Trent Excalibur. Chloe Lachance-Soula earned both shutouts, making eight and one saves respectively.

Lauren Illman and Ava Mills scored against the Ridgebacks and Emmanuelle Rheame and Olivia Crombie counted the goals in the Trent game.

The Gee-Gees lost to Toronto 2-0 before blanking Ontario Tech 3-0 on goals by Grace Somers, Celina Bensebaa and Madison Clark. The one-save shutout went to Juliann Lacasse.

The Carleton men’s soccer team had only one match, which was a 3-1 decision over Ontario Tech for its second win against three ties and no losses. John Aldiban, Darren Bouaziz and Adrijan Vranjkovic had the Ravens’ goals.

CANADA WINS MEN’S CONTINENTAL FLAG FOOTBALL BRONZE MEDAL

Former Ashbury College quarterback Michael O’Connor sparked Canada to the bronze medal at the International Federation of American Football flag football Americas continental championship in Penonome, Panama.

Canada defeated host Panama 32-22 to earn one of the five berths to the 2026 IFAF world championships in Dusseldorf. The United States and Mexico were declared co-champions, when the gold-medal game was cancelled because of a thunderstorm.

O’Connor, who played in the CFL from 2019-22 with Toronto, Calgary and British Columbia, threw five touchdown passes to four receivers – James Drysdale, two, Francois Rocheleau, Antony Auclair and Jeanslee Alexis. Ottawa’s Keyshawn Upshaw-Tynes was also part of the Canadian roster.

Canada finished second in its pool, defeating Guatemala 34-6, Brazil 32-13 and Colombia 44-14, but losing to the United States 54-26.

Flag football will make its Olympic debut at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

C.A.N.I. SPRINTER REACHES 100-METRE SEMIS AT WORLDS

Eliezer Adjibi of C.A.N.I. Athletics faced two of the world’s best sprinters in his debut at the World Athletics championships in Tokyo.

Adjibi placed second in his men’s 100-metre heat in 10.19 seconds, while Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson, who is ranked No. 1 in the world and an Olympic silver medallist, posted the best time of 9.95 seconds.

In the semifinals, Adjibi placed eighth in 10.27 seconds. American Noah Lyles, the No. 2 100-metre runner on the globe and a six-time world champion over 100 and 200 metres and the 4×100-metre relay, topped the field in 9.92 seconds.

Lauren Gale of the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club finished 26th out of 51 runners in the women’s 400-metre heats on Tuesday and missed advancing to the semifinals by two positions and 0.19 seconds. She placed fourth in her heat at 51.56 seconds.

TEAM HOMAN OUSTED IN SHORTY JENKINS CLASSIC SEMIFINALS

After two phenomenal seasons of success, Rachel Homan opened the 2025-26 women’s curling season with two losses in six matches and an unexpected exit in the semifinals.

Madeleine Dupont of Denmark took control of the tight semifinal at the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic in Cornwall by stealing one in the fifth end and a game-ending five in the sixth end for a decisive 8-1 victory over Homan.

Homan’s Ottawa Curling Club rink qualified for the playoffs with a second-place record of 4-1, which included a 7-2 loss in six ends to eventual champion Xenia Schwaller of Switzerland.

Schwaller defeated Dupont 8-5 in the final for the $12,000 first prize. Dupont received $9,000. The Homan rink earned $6,000.

END NOTES

· Ottawa’s Jonathan David is one of six nominees for the CONCACAF men’s player of the year. He has been nominated five times for the award, but has never won the honour. David recently scored the game-winning goal in his debut with Juventus of Italy’s Serie A and came off the bench for the final 11 minutes this weekend to inspire his team to a comeback 4-3 Derby win over Inter Milan. He played the last five seasons with Lille in France’s Ligue 1.

· Kelley Robinson of Russell, ON, riding Ultimate Defender posted the fastest time of 42.50 seconds in the jump-off to win the $15,000 Ottawa National, which was the final show jumping tournament of the Wesley Clover season. Sophia Nihon Millar of Perth and Marty McFly were second.