Seventeen podiums, including 12 by the athletics team. To say that with the swimmer Para Jessery in addition, as well as a few winged wrestlers, New Brunswick would have flirted with his record of 24 podiums made in 2017 in Winnipeg.
New Brunswick therefore comes back from the Newfoundland and Labrador games with five gold medals, seven silver and five bronze. It was only two podiums less than in 2022 in Niagara, where the Cunney operating machine alone collected no less than six.
To be honest, if we ignore the miracle called Pepper Pepperdene, in struggle, the paras athletes were once again our stars at these games. Dante Cormier, Rémi Ouellette and Christel Robichaud, our three musketeers of athletics, won no less than seven medals.
Cormier, in full control of his rolling chair, was the most prolific with gold at 100m and 400m, as well as silver in 1500m.
The triple medalist of Canada Dante Cormier games (left) in full discussion with an opponent. – Gracieusetel Kevin Lunn
Christel Robichaud, also in a wheelchair, is not to be outdone with her gold medal at the weight throwing and the silver at the throw of the disc.
Christel Robichaud once again distinguished himself in throws with gold weight and disc silver. – Gracieuse: Fran Harris
As for Ouellette, he amazed by winning the silver at the disc and bronze launch at the weight throwing.
Rémi Ouellette won two medals in athletics, including money on the disk throw. – Gracieuse: Fran Harris
Fortunately, our paras athletes are not the only ones to have shone in athletics in St. John’s.
The Versatile Shelby Macisaac, for example, knew its moment of glory by winning gold at 400m hurdles and silver in the 800m.
Shelby Macisaac is right to be proud with her New Brunswick flag, she who returns to the house with a gold medal and another silver. – graciousness
Speaking of versatility, how not to rent the great performance of Max Mazerolle to the decathlon. Not only did he get his hands on a silver medal, but he also broke six personal records. It’s not nothing.
The Léblanc lunching launcher is another who can say mission accomplished, she who brings back a beautiful silver medal in her suitcases.
Audée Leblanc won the money at the female weight throwing. – Gracieuse: Fran Harris
Finally, note the third step on the podium for the very emotional jackson banks in 200m. A sweet revenge for Banks who had taken fourth in the 100m final.
Jackson Banks (right) was very moved after getting their hands on bronze in the 200m final. – graciousness
Cyclist Molly Flynn is another who was able to mark the history of the summer games of 2025 with two medals, money during the road race and bronze in the criterium.
In struggle, the one whose surname and first names would guarantee her passing to WWE without having to change anything, Pepper Pepperdene, caused a very nice surprise by winning the 90 kg tournament.
Pepper Pepperdene (left) immortalized his participation in Canada Games by winning gold in fighting. – Gracieuse: Fran Harris
The young wrestler of Richibucto, who is only 17 years old, will also be the standard bearer of New Brunswick during the closing ceremony in the company of Dante Cormier, of Riverview.
His teammate in the 73 kilos Chloe Richardson also distinguished himself with bronze.
Chloe Richardson could not be happy after getting their hands on the bronze medal in struggle. – Gracieuse: Fran Harris
Finally, note the recipient of the first neo-Brunswickoise medal of these games, the swimmer Zachary Newman, with bronze in the 50m breaststroke.
This same Newman who finished at the foot of the 100m breaststroke podium.
Among the other fourth positions in the province, we also find the beautiful female softball team. It is only a shame that the girls started the tournament slowly, because they really finished with force.
The Softball Women’s team came very close to winning the bronze medal to finally be satisfied with the fourth position. – Gracieuse: Fran Harris
The female duo in veil, composed of the surprising Florence d’Astous and Nuala Murphy, also took the fourth level during the 29er in double.
In athletics, in addition to Jackson Banks in the 100m, we would have liked a little more juice in the legs for Jared Howse at 5000m and Georgi Bernhard in the 3000m Steeple who also completed at the foot of the podium.
In struggle, Dylan Wood was the other neo-Brunswick to have missed the podium of a position, in his case in the 56 kilos.
We cannot also ignore the 15 fifth places, including those of the female volleyball team and the beach volleyball male duo made up of Connor Waugh and Finn McMorran.
The relay teams also had a good week of work in athletics. The girls took the fifth step at the 4x100m and 4x400m, while the boys did the same at the 4x100m.
Still in athletics, long -distance runners Allison Wasson (1500m) and Sierra Rodrigues (5000m) were also searched for fifth positions.
In wrestling, Tanner Vautour (52 kg), Louis Ashe (120 kg), Ella Dunn (59 kg) and Danica Richardson (80 kg) also finish in fifth row.
Finally, in swimming, in addition to Zachary Newman in the 200m breaststroke, Ella Tucker, twice (butterfly and breaststroke) and Reuben Smith (breaststroke) also finished in fifth position. Tucker and Smith are paras swimmers.
In the final classification, Ontario (61-57-55) was ahead of Quebec (63-56-52) by two small podiums, or 173 against 171 medals. British Columbia is good third with 116 podiums (43-32-41). Alberta (22-30-29) and Nova Scotia (21-22-17) complete the top-5 with 81 and 60 medals respectively.
Saskatchewan (13-14-21, 48) and Manitoba (12-10-12, 34) are the other provinces that have done better than New Brunswick which ends in the eighth step in the ranking.
Newfoundland and Labrador (1-4-1) and Prince Edward Island (0-1-3) finish with six and four podiums. The Northwest Territories, the Yukon and Nunavut were laundered.