The St. Albert Rugby Football Club kicks off its Edmonton Rugby Union fixtures today at Ellerslie Rugby Park.
At 4 p.m. the women’s team scrums down against the Rockers and at 5:45 p.m. the second division men battle the Nor’Westers, the 2011 provincial finalists.
Last year the women finished 2-10 and the seconds were 8-5.
Game time is at 8 p.m. at Northstar Hyundai Arena.
The Miners are the two-time defending senior B provincial champions.
Last year at the Presidents’ Cup national championship the Miners duplicated their 2010 result with two wins and four losses.
The Spruce Grove Slash are hosting the 2012 nationals.
Sunday’s open house at the St. Albert Tennis Club goes from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Mission Avenue courts.
Registration for memberships for the 2012 season will also take place.
The first tournament of the season is doubles on May 26.
The 17th annual Spirit of the North seminar, hosted by the Desa School of Karate, wraps up this weekend with a karate tournament at Servus Credit Union Place.
The black belts perform today, starting at 12:30 p.m. Sunday’s event features all ages and ranks below black belt.
On Wednesday the St. Albert Storm will huddle up against the Edmonton Chargers in the Tier II final in the Capital District Minor Football Association’s midget spring league.
Kickoff is 6:30 p.m. at the Riel Park turf field.
The Storm and Chargers were to play Friday in St. Albert in the last league game before the playoffs, but it was cancelled because both teams were going to meet in the Tier II final. There were also scheduling conflicts with high school spring camps, the zone bantam tryouts for the Alberta Summer Games and the U18 Team Alberta tryouts.
The top two teams in the Tier I and II division qualified for the Tier I final and the next two teams compete for Tier II honours.
The Storm are 1-4 going into the final and their only win was 35-7 against the Chargers.
The Storm’s last game was Tuesday’s 39-7 loss to the Edmonton Mustangs at Clarke Park. The Mustangs led 33-0 at halftime.
Brendon Thera-Plamondon was 5-for-10 passing for 71 yards and one touchdown. He was also intercepted once.
Rocky Borrelli caught three passes for 55 yards and scored one TD.
Ryan Shorten led the defence with eight tackles.
