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Local athletes lead the way for Manitoba at Western Canada Track and Field Challenge By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner
The very best track and field athletes from across the prairies recently converged on Winnipeg for the Western Canada Track and Field Challenge. Amongst those elite were five members of the Prairie Storm Athletics track club. Their weekend results included: Lara Denbow: Denbow claimed a gold medal in the midget girls’ high jump, clearing 1.50m. She also competed in the individual 800m and 300m race, placing ninth and 10th respectively. Denbow was also a part of Manitoba’s midget girls medley relay team, which finished second overall in the standings. Ben Perrett: Perrett finished the weekend with a pair of silver medals. First, he hit a personal best in the 400m, with a time of 50.77 seconds. That was followed up with another second place showing in the 4x400m relay. Perrett also finished fifth in the men’s 200m. Daxx Turner: Turner participated in the triple jump, high jump and javelin. He placed fifth in the triple jump and sixth in the javelin, while competing in both events at the same time. In the high jump, Turner finished 11th. Taine Middleton: Middleton anchored in the 4x100m relay, with Team Manitoba finishing second overall. He also raced in the men’s 100m and 200m, picking up 11th and eighth place results. Zoie Forgue: As part of the women’s 4x100m team relay, Forgue helped the team take second place overall and the silver medal. In the individual 100m, Forgue finished 17th.
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Top picture: Ben Perrett separates from the competition during the Western Canada Challenge. Above left: Lara Denbow claimed gold in the high jump, with a height of 1.50 metres. Above right: Perrett finished the WCC with a pair of medals, a silver in the 400m and another silver in the 4x400 relay.
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First round upset in Santa Clara playoffs By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner
The seventh seeded Carberry Royals eliminated the Minnedosa Mavericks from the Santa Clara Baseball League playof fs, on Monday, July 17, with a 7-0 win. Carberry knocked out the second ranked Mavericks with a 2-1 series victory. The Royals now advance to the semi-finals to face the top ranked Portage
Padres, who moved on by beating the Ebb and Flow Lakers 2-0 in their opening round series. The Neepawa Cubs also advanced by topping the Austin A’s in two straight games, first beating them 8-5 on Wednesday, July 12 in Neepawa. The Cubs followed that up with a 7-5 decision in Austin on Monday, July 17. Cole Krutkewich earned the complete game victory for the third-seeded Cubs in
game two, while Garett Rempel collected the win in game one. In the other series, the Dauphin Brewers finished off the Plumas Pirates with a 20-10 win in the third and deciding game. Dauphin and Neepawa will face one another next for the chance to move on to the Santa Clara League Championship. The start date for the semi-finals has yet to be announced
Santa Clara Baseball League playoff bracket Portage Padres (1) Ebb and Flow Lakers (8) Minnedosa Mavericks (2) Carberry Royals (7) Neepawa Cubs (3) Austin A’s (6) Dauphin Brewers (4) Plumas Pirates (5)
Portage Padres (1)
Carberry Royals (7)
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Dauphin Brewers
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The 2017 SCBL Playoffs began on Wednesday, July 12 with all eight clubs vying for the championship. With the first round now completed the teams have been rebracketed with the highest seeded team (indicated in brackets) facing the lowest seeded club and will be a best-of-three format.
New player signings to Neepawa Natives Gladstone plays in Four more players have committed to the Neepawa Natives for the upcoming Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) season. The club has announced via press release the signings of forwards Brett Namaka and Jessie Gibbons, as well as defensemen Gabriel Comeau and Ben Hilhorst. Namaka played last season with the Winnipeg Wild, serving as the team’s captain and accumulating 57 points in 43 games. Natives general manager Myles Cathcart said the 18-year-old is a very good hockey player in all areas of the rink. “[Namaka] has a good eye for the net, works extremely hard and is defensively sound,” said Cathcart. “You don’t become the captain of the Winnipeg Wild without great leadership and character. He is a welcome addition to our dressing room and to the on ice product.” Fellow Winnipeg Wild alumni, Jesse Gibbons, has also committed his CJHL playing rights to Neepawa. Gibbons tallied 18 points for Winnipeg in 28 regular season games last year. Cathcart noted that Gibbons is a good energy player, with a solid skill set, who finishes his checks and does not take a shift off. As for defensemen Gabriel Comeau, the 17-year-old played last year with the Winnipeg Thrashers, registering 13 points in 44 games. Cathcart said Comeau is a skilled blue liner with great skating ability and an ability to anticipate the play. The fourth addition to Neepawa is Ben Hilhorst, a 17-year-old from Killarney. The defensemen played last season with the Pilot Mound Buffaloes of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL). In
56 regular season and tournament games, he was able to accumulate 56 points.Cathcart said Hilhorst will be a multi-faceted addition to the blue line. “[Hilhorst] is a big strong d-man that takes pride in his defensive zone, but has an offensive upside. He sees the ice well, has a great first pass and plays very physical. He is hard to play against and he plays an honest hockey game,” stated Cathcart. These players, along with the other off-season signees, will all be vying for a spot on the Natives’ roster this fall, when the MJHL clubs training camp begins Aug. 30. MJHL news and notes Lanny Stewart, former sports reporter for the Neepawa Banner/mywestman.ca and soon-to-be former editor of the Westman Journal, has been named the marketing and communications manager for the Virden Oil Capitals. Stewart will be tasked with growing the club from several different angles – whether it’s the social networking aspect, branding, formulating game day operations and growing fan interaction with the club, along with continuing to evolve the team’s corporate partnerships into the coming years. Stewart says to have the chance to work for the Oil Capitals is an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. “I want to say thank you to [The Oil Capitals] for the opportunity. Leaving the Westman Journal was a difficult decision. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the editor’s chair, but I’m ready for this new exciting challenge and can’t wait to get started.” Stewart will begin his new role with the Oil Capitals on Aug. 8.
2017 Minnedosa Golf and Country Club Senior Ladies Open results Championship flight 1st: Gisele Sayer, 87 2nd: Lois Fowler, 88 3rd: Cindy Grant, 90 4th: Janice Meadows, 93
First flight 1st: Dianne Sandstrom, 100 2nd: Diane Wahl, 100 3rd: Mary Lou Hunter, 101 4th: Cheryl Robson, 101
Third flight 1st: Carol Taylor, 110 2nd: Iris Anderson, 111 3rd: Eveylyn Neufeld, 111 4th Pat Goulden, 111
Second flight 1st: Joan Tegg, 105 2nd: Debbie Farr, 105 3rd: Shirley Nicholl, 105 4th: Pam Lewis, 106
Fourth flight 1st: Heather Lewis, 120 2nd: Judy McFadden, 122 3rd: Monica Kim, 124 4th: Darlene Bright, 125
The annual Senior Ladies Open was held in Minnedosa on Thursday, July 13. The listed results indicate the score of the player over the course of the round
baseball provincials
By Eoin Devereux The Neepawa Banner
The Gladstone Pirates recently capped off an already successful season with an appearance in the Midget ‘AA’ Championship. The Pirates were one of 12 clubs who earned a chance at provincials, which were held in Brandon July 14-16. They claimed the opportunity by defeating Hamiota in a best-of-five series 3-2, to win the regional crown. For the provincial championship, Gladstone was placed in Pool B with teams representing Pembina North, North Winnipeg and Blumenort. In game one of the round robin, North Winnipeg defeated Gladstone 10-3. Game two saw the Pirates upended by Blumenort 12-5. In their third and final game, Gladstone battled Pembina North in a closely contest game, but were beaten 9-7. With the 0-3 record, the Pirates were unable to advance into the playoff round. As for the championship game, The Portage Pirates ended up claiming the title by defeating Boissevain 15-5 in the final.
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Vehicles from last years races ready to start there engines and hit the race track at last year’s Yellowhead Roadrunners Runway Drags.
By Kira McCormick-Adema The Neepawa Banner
Welcome to the Runway Drags!
The Yellowhead Roadrunners are always looking for new members with an interest in vehicles of all types. This year, at the club’s 17th annual Runway Drag Races, they are again giving novice racers a chance to test their skills on the track. While there will be some fast cars, the races are open to anyone, all drivers need to do is bring a vehicle, a helmet and be in time for the pre race orientation. Drivers don’t have to be pre-registered; they can register when they get there. The race is coming up on Saturday, July 29 2017 at the Neepawa airport. Bert de Koning, club president, says the races aren’t about who has the fastest car, but who has the most consistent time. How this works is the cars will race earlier that day and get a time for the distance that the drivers are comfortable with. Then, that time gets put in the window of their car and when they race in the afternoon, the drivers have to get as close to that time as possible. There will be no knockouts. The most consistent driver, regardless of speed, will win. The racers for this event are not just local, there are people that come from all over the province and even from Saskatchewan.
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For spectators coming to watch the races, there will be food and drinks available, as well as stands for the spectators to watch the races. There will be an announcer to help the audience follow along with the action on the track. Races will depend on the weather and the rain day is Sunday, July 30. On race day, registration will start at 8:00 am and the races will start between 10:00 and 11:00 am and go until 5:00 pm. An exciting change for this year is there will be no featured cars; de Koning explains that between the members and other racers, there are already lots of fast cars on the track for spectators to enjoy. The Yellowhead Classic auto show, another event put on by the club, will be on Friday, July 28. The Roadrunners will also be hosting a charity barbecue at the car show. The barbecue and car show will run from 4:00 pm until 9:00 pm at the Neepawa Co-op Grocery Store parking lot, on Highway 16 in Neepawa.
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