Bolts of Gold for Vegreville Thunder Girls

Bolts of Gold for Vegreville Thunder Girls

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

Vegreville Minor Soccer Association (VMSA) hosted the Outdoor Lakeland Cup Soccer Tournament for U13 and U17 teams at RJV Soccer Field on June 25 and 26.

The teams involved were Vegreville Thunder U13 Boys and U13 Girls, as well as, Vegreville Thunder U17 Girls. Out of town’s teams were Bonnyville/Lac la Biche U13 Boys and U17 Girls, Cold Lake U17 Boys and U17 Girls, St. Paul United U13 Boys and U13 Girls, and Vermilion U17 Girls.

Vegreville Thunder U13 Girls won gold on June 25 and Vegreville Thunder U17 Girls won gold on June 26.

VMSA Communications Director for VMSA Shelley Berry said, “We had 11 teams attend. Unfortunately the St. Paul U17 Girls Team had to drop out of Lakeland Cup, which reduced our games by four. We had 15 games this weekend.

Vegreville Thunder U13 Girls after they were presented with their gold medals gather with their coaches and helpers.

(Melissa Foglietta/Photo)

With players, coaching staff, referees, soccer executive and spectators, I would say we still had over 400 people throughout the weekend. We got donations from some businesses which was nice and much appreciated!

The highlight of the weekend was of course two of our girls’ teams winning Gold and going to Provincials on the July 8-10th weekend in Camrose! Veg Soccer is super proud of them!

Our U13 Boys worked hard, but didn’t receive any medals at Lakeland Cup this season. We need to remember that over 1/2 their Team is U11 players. We were very proud of them for winning Silver at the Camrose Night Classic Tournament!

We were very pleased that we didn’t get any more rain over the weekend and the tournament went great! The kids all had a fantastic weekend and that’s what it’s all about!”

Vegreville Thunder U17 Girls after they were presented with their gold medal gather with their coaches and helpers.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo)

Challenges to the Finish

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

The Pysanka Games offered an amazing race edition and other challenges on the grounds of the 49th Annual Pysanka Festival on July 2.

Deeyana Baydala is the Co-Director of the Pysanka Games with Nicole Daskaluk. Baydala said, “We have eight teams of four players on each team. The teams had to solve clues that lead them to an area on the grounds where they would receive a Ukrainian flag. They had to collect eight flags. Once their eight flags were collected they were able to start playing the games. We had “Pin the Tail on the Putin”, a

Borscht making relay and even a Pyhrohy eating contest. Once all eight of the games were complete the team with the best time won. The grand prize was their 2023 Pysanka Festival Experience for free.

People participating in the Pysanka Games.

(Vegreville Cultural Association/Submitted Photo)

The objective is to give the younger generation more of an incentive to come to the Pysanka Festival. To unite everyone through fun and games with a Ukrainian flair to it,” Baydala added.