Author Archives: Fred Wallace

One of the neat activities I got to attend this year was the annual Heritage Fair at Grey Roots Museum & Archives. The fair is an Elementary School celebration where selected students spotlight li...

Were you offended by Phil Mickelson’s manoeuvre at the 2018 US Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club ? In Round 3, while putting on the 13th green, Mickelson pushed a 15 footer by the cup. The ball...

The Owen Sound Attack Rookie Camp opens today and I have NO plans to attend…….what’s the point ? It’s not that I don’t fully realize how significant these first few days ...

There are retirements in sports that get significant coverage, but there’s an equal number, probably many more in number, that get precious little attention. In my view, the Bluewater Fastball r...

Nanaimo, British Columbia will be hosting the 2018 Presidents Cup for the Canadian Senior Lacrosse Championship. The last time Nanaimo hosted the Championship Tournament was in September of 1989, whic...

It was remarkable in July to watch the final round of the British Open after our latest round at Sauble Golf & Country. Somewhere around 11 am that Sunday morning, Tiger Woods took the lead and th...

Is it possible to be too excited about something that won’t happen until a year from now ? I think it is. The Softball Canada Under 19, or Midget, Championships just concluded in Napanee yesterd...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. As always, there’s a lot of things on the go in our region, so let’s take one look back and one look ahead. Looking back, the 20...

Hi, this is Fred Wallace with ” Off the Wire “. Nordic skier Julian Smith is perpetually on the move. When we caught up to Smith late last week, he was hopping a flight from Thunder Bay to...

About 30 years ago I was at Duncan McLellan Park in Owen Sound watching fastball of some description…it might have been the Ontario Fastball League, it might have been the Owen Sound Men’s...