Brantford City Overview
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The modest manufacturing town of Brantford, to the west of Hamilton beside the Grand River, takes its name from Joseph Brant, who led a large group of Loyalist Iroquois here after the American War of Independence, then worked to form a confederation of Iroquois to keep the United States out of Ohio. His dream was undermined by jealousies amongst the Indian nations, whereupon he withdrew to Burlington and lived the life of an English gentleman. The town was later the birthplace of ice-hockey's greatest player, Wayne Gretzky. Brantford is proud to be the hometown of the "Great One" Wayne Gretzky.

Here is what Walter Gretzky, the world's most famous hockey father, has to say about Brantford, the Tournament Capital of Ontario. "Brantford, Ontario's Tournament Capital and my hometown... Brantford is the Tournament Capital of Ontario for obvious reasons, we have some of the best facilities in the province. Any boy or girl who wants to play here is welcome to play at any level that they can compete at or want to compete at, it's just a wonderful city to live in."

With sport facilities like: Arrowdale Golf Course, Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, Bisons Alumni Football Complex, Branlyn Community Centre, Brantford & District Civic Centre, Cockshutt Park -Arnold Anderson Stadium, Eagle Place, Jaycee Sports Park, Lions Park Complex, Resurrection Community Centre, T.B. Costain/SC Johnson Community Centre, Woodman Park Community Centre, their is always a tournament in town.

Brantford Ontario has great opportunities for sport tournaments of all kinds, and is recognized as the tournament capital of Ontario. Sport tourism is a part of Brantford Ontario and it features a wide variety of sport tournament opportunities.