Gold Cup and Saucer Trial #2 is set to go Monday night at Red Shores in Charlottetown. The field includes the defending champ, Ys Lotus, who will leave from the 3-spot. Arque Hanover has the coveted rail position.
The top four will advance to Saturday’s Gold Cup and Saucer, joining the four qualifiers from Trial #1 — Always At My Place, Shadow Place, Do Over Hanover and Crombie A.
Marc Campbell drove Always At My Place to the Trial #1 win in 1:51:1, which Campbell says was a great trip in the conditions Saturday night.
You can listen to Vance Cameron’s Trial #2 race call live on Ocean 100.
Sunday night’s New Brunswick Senior Baseball League game between the Charlottetown Islanders and Moncton Fisher Cats was postponed and will be rescheduled this week.
Swimmer Alexa McQuaid carried the PEI flag at the closing ceremonies of the Canada Games Sunday in Winnipeg. She won a silver in the 50 metre breaststroke at the Games.
The Toronto Blue Jays beat Pittsburgh 7-1 to take two of three against the Pirates at Rogers Centre. Boston edged the N.Y. Yankees 3-2 in 10 innings.
In the CFL, the Saskatchewan Roughriders blew out the visiting B-C Lions 41-8.
Justin Thomas has won the P-G-A Championship for his first major title.
The Charlottetown Islanders open training camp this week for the 2016-17 Quebec Major Jr. season.
The rookie camp opens Wednesday and the regular camp on Monday, August 21st. The Rookie Challenge goes Friday to Monday in Moncton.
The Islanders will host Moncton Wednesday, August 23 at the APM Centre in Cornwall in a pre-season game.