touchdown atlantic

Remembering the wonderful Sue Linnen and the inspiring life she led

November 5, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Touchdown for Dreams and Touchdown Atlantic intersected on July 28 in Halifax.  After the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ walk-through at Saint Mary’s University’s Huskies Field, the players flocked ...

Icing the kicker: Quiet time on the rink for Brett Lauther

July 31, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Brett Lauther pulled out the stick before it was time to kick.  With some quiet time before Saturday’s game against the Toronto Argonauts, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ placement specialist spent ...

Day 3 Diary: “The spirit of Canadian football” is something to savour before, during and after Touchdown Atlantic

July 30, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Anatomy of a Saturday …  11:38 a.m.  This grizzled gargoyle of 59 wakes up, thank goodness, after a long night/morning at Riderville (the social venue, not the website). I vow to end this day at ...

Numbers are for naught as Argonauts defeat Roughriders 31-13 in Touchdown Atlantic

July 29, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The comparative numbers jump off the stats sheet.  The Saskatchewan Roughriders amassed 402 passing yards during Saturday’s CFL game against the victorious Toronto Argonauts at Saint Mary’s ...

Day 2 Diary: “The friendliest, nicest thing that’s ever happened” — the British Invasion of Riderville

July 29, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Anatomy of a Friday (and early Saturday) …  7:30 a.m.  The alarm goes off — and is promptly crushed with a fist. It is 4:30 a.m., back home in Saskatchewan, and nobody should be awake at this ...

Robservations: Touching moments before Touchdown Atlantic — Sue Linnen meets the Roughriders

July 29, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Jamal Morrow initiated a handoff, for a change.  After the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Friday walk-through at St. Mary’s University’s Huskies Stadium, the CFL team’s always-cheerful tailback ...

Touchdown Atlantic fits Brett Lauther to a (kicking) T

July 28, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Brett Lauther was poised to meet with reporters on Friday at Saint Mary’s University when, suddenly, he spotted a familiar face.  The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ veteran kicker darted to his right, ...

Rob Vanstone: The receivers give back — thanks to the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation

July 28, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Karen Kuzyk looked closely at her little red raffle ticket as Kian Schaffer-Baker read off the numbers, one by one.  “Three, four, one …,” the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ receiver began.  So far, ...

Good times in the Maritimes: Kelly Jeffrey has fond memories of Huskies Stadium

July 28, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Once upon a time, the Mount Allison Mounties seldom mounted a challenge when they faced the Saint Mary’s Huskies.  Entering an Oct. 18, 2013 Atlantic University Sports football game in Halifax, ...

Day 1 diary: Celebrating Canadian football fandom, the wonders of aviation, and Roughriders royalty

July 28, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Anatomy of a Thursday …  6:04 a.m.  The alarm goes off. It immediately occurs to me that, in a mere nine hours’ time, I will be on the other side of the country.  Final destination: Halifax, ...

CFL reaches out to Nova Scotians as Touchdown Atlantic nears

July 27, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Randy Ambrosie has embraced a game plan that extends far beyond Touchdown Atlantic.  The CFL Commissioner hopes that Saturday’s game in Halifax between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto ...

Roughriders’ Brayden Lenius is ready for a “good time” in the Maritimes

July 24, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Brayden Lenius is ready for a game that has a six-point theme after enduring a six-game absence.  Touchdown Atlantic — Saturday’s CFL game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto ...

Touchdown Atlantic Returns to Nova Scotia

March 29, 2022 | CFL.ca Staff
HALIFAX — The east coast’s biggest celebration of football – Touchdown Atlantic – will return to the region on Saturday, July 16 as the Saskatchewan Roughriders take on the Toronto ...

Lauther, Muamba Get Back to Maritime Roots For Touchdown Atlantic

March 29, 2022 | Chris O'Leary
It’s a game that’s two years in the making and for Brett Lauther, the stakes are uniquely high for this summer’s Touchdown Atlantic game in Wolfville, N.S. The Truro, N.S. product, is the ...

2020 Touchdown Atlantic sold out

March 11, 2020 |
The 2020 edition of Touchdown Atlantic has sold out in one day after opening to public sale.

O’Leary: Lauther ready for a Halifax homecoming

January 23, 2020 | CFL.ca Staff
Truro, Nova Scotia’s Brett Lauther can’t wait to play in the Touchdown Atlantic game this summer in Halifax, he tells CFL.ca senior writer Chris O’Leary.