Volume 9 No. 37
Friday, June 22, 2018
Education Page3 Englefeld honours their history
New Zealand’s Leighton Hiko-Smith fires a pitch towards the plate during New Zealand’s exhibition tour, which stopped in Wadena on June 16 for a doubleheader against the Rosebud Royals. photo by Christopher Lee
FamilyFun Page5 Meacham car show hits year 10
Rosebud Royals host New Zealand national team By Christopher Lee Reporter It is not too often that a senior fastball team gets the chance to go head-to-head against one of the top teams from another country, but the Rosebud Royals got to do just that on June 16 when they welcomed the New Zealand International Softball Academy U19 team to town. The stop in Wadena was part of a tour for the New Zealand squad, which will see them tour Western Canada from
June 13 – July 1 making stops in Delisle, Wadena, Shellbrook, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Fleming, Winnipeg, Cross Lakes, Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Early Grey, Bonnyville, and Camrose, before making the trip back to New Zealand. New Zealand team manager Craig Waterhouse notes the trip is a great way to provide life experience for the players. “The billeting experience is quite humbling really… they stay in ho-
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to Australia and New Zealand in February. “Our kids are super excited about going over to New Zealand and Australia,” noted Rosebud Royal and head coach of the bantam team Darin Faubert. “It’s getting to meet people from other places of the world, it’s learning about other places in the world, and doing it with your friends and playing a sport for fun, so you can’t really beat that.” While Faubert says he
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tels sometimes but they make lots of friends as a result of their billeting. One of the players as a result of touring came back and is now playing in Alberta for a team. One of the other players is actually playing on Vancouver Island. So it’s a real development of their maturity as kids.” Wadena was added to the list by Saskatoon Softball, says Waterhouse, with the stop being part of an exchange, which will see the Wadena Bantam Wildcats club travel
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