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Local cattle producer secures champion accolades at Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
Madisyn Robertson, of Neepawa, and her cattle had quite the time at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair, securing some champion titled accolades. Pictured at left: Robertson poses with Champion Charolais X steer MRR Habanero at the Brandon Winter Fair. Habanero weighed 1,165 lbs on show day. There were 16 entries in the show. Robertson also won the Donn Mitchell Memorial Showmanship Competition with the same steer. Behind the steer are judges Cody Carson & Bobbie-Jo Foster, Rossburn who chose Robertson as the winner from among 81 entries.
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Pictured at right: Robertson in the ring during the All-Breeds Heifer Show with her Grand Champion
50th Annual Rv Show And Sale
By Eoin Devereux Neepawa Banner & Press
The same winning tradition the Miniota/Elkhorn C-Hawks had established for themselves in the North Central Hockey League has followed them over to the Tiger Hills. The first year franchise capped off a near perfect season on Saturday, Apr. 1, defeating the Minnedosa Bombers 6-3, to claim the league title. With the win, the C-Hawks closed out the best-of-five Championship series 3-games to one. This season was the first for Miniota/Elkhorn in the Tiger Hills Hockey League (THHL), after transferring over from North Central in 2022. The C-Hawks had won the NCHL crown in the league’s final season, before it announced plans to take a one year hiatus to reorganize.
In the final game of the series, Curtis Gardham and Taylor Sanheim each scored twice and added an assist for the C-Hawks. Former Portage Terrier Brad Bowles, as well as Dustin Fisher, who played with the Carberry Plainsmen from 2006 to 2017, scored the other goals for the visitors. As for Minnedosa, Wes Lewis, Bryson WerbickiMallett and Shane Jury scored for the Bombers. Shots on goal for the game were 44-20 in favour of Miniota/Elkhorn.
After the game and the trophy presentation by league president Rodney White, the Banner & Press spoke with Devrin Stonehouse, team captain for the Miniota/Elkhorn CHawks. Stonehouse said it’s been an incredible year for the team in the Tiger Hills.
“We knew it was going to be a different level of
