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TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY INFORMATION TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY INFORMATION 32 Zorra Now | Winter 2025 Zorra Now | Winter 2025 33 Your Thamesford Trojans have concluded their 2024-2025 season, and are now focused on planning for the 2025-2026 season. One of the last community owned clubs in the PJHL, we are proud of the commitment from all of our volunteers, staff, and the community itself. As a community owned club, we are always thankful to our sponsors, who go above and beyond supporting our team. Anyone looking for sponsorship opportunities, please contact any executive member or reach out on social media, we are always looking for new sponsors, fundraising ideas, and are open to any and all suggestions. Our year end awards banquet was held March 30 in the beautifully refurbished hall at Thamesford arena. We are one of the few clubs in the area that still gets together at year end to celebrate our accomplishments, and award our hardworking players, staff, and volunteers. Special shout out to Village Catering & Deli for providing the delicious lunch. 2024-2025 Award winners were: Riley Wood - Offensive MVP, 3 Stars, Playoff MVP + 2 hat tricks Yusuf Jomaa - Plus-Minus award Carter Musselman - Most Points award, + a hat trick Max Vandertuin - Rookie of the Year Ewan Meiklejohn & Brett Busby - Sportsmanship & Leadership Award, plus a hat trick for Busby Will Strain - Defensive MVP Brenden Smith - 7th Man Award Sam Pollock – Most Improved Oliver Rebanks & Aidan Bokor both received a Shut-Out Award Lisa Teeple Executive Member - Penny Hanford Memorial Award Our annual Trojans Golf Tournament is in the planning stages, stay tuned to our social media for details. Watch for our team float in the Calithumpian parade on May 19th. Have a safe and fun summer, see you at our tailgate party to kick off our upcoming season. Hometown Hockey Welcome to the 2025-2026 PJHL hockey season…. featuring 50 years of your Thamesford Trojans!!!! We have had a great start to the season, at the time of this writing we are tied for 1st place in the Yeck division. It is a tight race in this division, with just a couple of points separating the top six teams! This year we have some new players from the immediate surrounding area….Oxford, Perth and Middlesex counties are well represented. These newcomers are fitting right in with our returning players and that combination is making a huge impact. As we prepare to celebrate 50 years of Thamesford hockey in 2026, we have a de icated alumni committee working on several projects in the upcoming months. Jas n Ross has graciously taken on the task of spearheading this group. For more information or to become involved please visit our website at https://thamesfordtrojans.pjhlon . hockeytech.com/alumni. The Trojans hosted a food drive to support local families this holiday season, and are looking forward Trojans Hockey to Hockey Night in T amesf rd in conjunction with Thamesford & Area Minor Hockey Association (TAMHA). We are fortunate and proud to represent such a close-knit community. Friday nights are our home games…….and the Th mesford Are a is the place to be. Next time you attend a home game, check out our new sponsor boards right inside the admission gate. Without our sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to put a team on the ice. Please consider supporting these businesses for your personal needs. Also on the board are detailed profiles of each player. New players are featured each week, so check back often. Thank you to the Thamesford Lions Club for their ongoing support through sponsorship, opening the Canteen and operating the bar at each home game. Hope to see you at a game soon! Thistle Theatre’s “The Perils of Persephone” Congratulations and Thank You! The Board of Directors of Thistle Theatre would like to congratulate the cast and crew of our 30th Anniversary production of Dan Needles “The Perils of Persephone” on an amazing show. We would like to thank our Director, Sue Garner; Assistant Director, Linda Pillon; Producer, John Turvey; and Assistant Producer, Paul Brekelmans; for their leadership roles. Our cast of Doug Turvey, John Hazeleger, Heather West, Becca Potter, D’Arcy Irvine, B cky Issenman, and Shrirang Raval were spectacular, and delivered some wonderful comedic performances. As always, the crew stepped forward with amazing contributions in terms of set design, costumes, props, lighting and sound. A special acknowledgement to our Stage Manager, Joshua Issenman. Over 780 patrons attended the seven performances, and we would like to thank our patrons for your continued support. Without you, there is no show! Truly – our 30th Anniversary is a celebration of our audience and our community. Are you interested in volunteering and being part of community theatre in Embro? Reach out through www. thistle-theatre.com; we would love to have you join us! Dramarama - 2026 Registration information for Dramarama in July of 2026 will be coming out mid-winter 2026! Stay tuned to www.thistle-theatre.com for more information. Thistle Theatre’s next show: “The Mighty Men of Zorra” Just in time for Christmas, tickets are now on sale at Thistle-Theatre.com for our next production called “The Mighty Men of Zorra”. This is the third of a series of unique Zorra based plays written by William Butt focusing on the why and how an historic event occurred. This play, to be held in the Embro Town Hall between Mar 20-29, 2026, leads towards the story of the 1893 World Champions in tug-o-war; however, there are many other contributing events uniquely dramatized along the way. Players from the Thamesford Trojans enjoyed interacting with local youth during Minor Hockey night before the Trojans home game on December 5th. Team members even strapped on their skates and took a few laps with the kids! Many of the kids and their families stayed to watch the Trojans in action as they defeated the Lucan Irish 10-3!