NLSummer Games coming to Corner Brook and Stephenville looking for torchbearers

    Monday, 4 May 2026 14:16

    By Tonya Organ

    An event marking 100  days out was held at the Civic Centre last week. 

    It started here fifty years ago and the NLSummer Games are coming back to Corner Brook in August. An event marking 100  days out was held at the Civic Centre last week.  On Bayfm with Lenny Benoit, Games Chair Len Moores says things are shaping up well. There will be ten sports during the Games and Moores says the legacy sport will be rugby, with the host team getting proper up-rights to continue the sport here. 

    Cassidy Mercer is the Games Manager and says nominations are now open for torch bearers, including Corner Brook and Stephenville. For more information go to nlgames.ca

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