Sports Day in St. Albert will be celebrated Nov. 5 at Servus Credit Union Place.
Presented by St. Albert Dodge, the event goes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will showcase a variety of sports through demonstrations and interactive try it opportunities.
The participating sport groups are as follows.
COSA programs
Dynamyx Gymnastics Club
Fastball St. Albert
KidsSport
Edmonton Oil Kings
Raiders Hockey Club
SLAM basketball
Special Olympics
St. Albert BMX
St. Albert Canoe and Kayak
St. Albert Curling Club
St. Minor Baseball Association
St. Albert Minor Football Association
St. Albert Minor Hockey Association
St. Albert Nordic Ski Club
St. Albert Pickleball Club
St. Albert Rams Lacrosse Club
St. Albert Ringette Association
St. Albert Road Runners and Triathlon Club
St. Albert Skating Centre
St. Albert Soccer Association
St. Albert Sturgeon Volleyball Club
St. Albert Mustangs Track and Field Club
St. Albert Youth Basketball League
Wonderfun hockey
Visit www.stalbert.ca/rec/events/sports-day/ for more information.
Event-goers will also have a chance to win a canvas picture of netminder Cam Talbot of the Edmonton Oilers.
Donations will also be accepted of new or gently used sports equipment items at the Sport Central equipment drop-off. Bins will be set up onsite for donations and Sport Central will gather, recycle and redistribute equipment to those in need in northern Alberta.
A list of acceptable donation items is available at www.sportcentral.org.
St. Albert golfer Barrett Belland received All-Canadian honours at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championships last week in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
The winner of three-straight Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference tournaments with the MacEwan University Griffins, including the championship in Lac La Biche earlier this month, was recently selected the ACAC golfer of the year.
The fifth-year commerce student was joined on the MacEwan team at the CCAA nationals by Noah Lubberding of St. Albert, Josh Gorieu of Stony Plain, Brett Hawken of Wetaskiwin and Mitch Lukasewich of Beaumont.
Belland tied for 38th out of 78 competitors with rounds of 76-81-74 to finish 20 shots behind the winner, Josiah Dixon (67-69-75) of the Niagara College Knights, at the Fox Meadow Golf Club.
The Griffins also placed sixth in the team standings with contributions from Belland, Gorieu (78-74-71), another All-Canadian, Hawken (75-78-74), Lubberding (73-75-80) and Lukasewich (80-78-79).
The St. Albert Rugby Football Club celebrated another successful season on the pitch at its recent awards banquet.
The award winners for the senior men and women are as follows:
Premier men (12-2 as winners of SARFC’s third Labatt’s Cup provincial championship in a row and fourth consecutive Ken Ann Cup in the premier north final)
MVP: Jake Robinson.
Most effort/least recognition: Justin (Bomber) Armitt.
Most improved: Mitch Millett.
Breakout player: Dave Emmerzael.
Women (9-4 as Edmonton Rugby Union division one semifinalists)
MVP: Brie Grey.
Players’ player: Michelle Marler.
Most improved: Mackenzie Doughty.
Rookie of the year: the Dewitt twins, Kendall and Emily.
Third division men (2-9 ERU record)
MVP, forwards: Josh Freeman
MVP, backs: Luke (Aussie) Richardson.
Most effort/least recognition: Joey Redman.
Most improved: Darby Hood.
Rookie of the year: Gordon Becher.
Two losses were two too many for the St. Albert rink skipped by Lauren Jenkyns at the Alberta Travelers Curling Club Championships last weekend in Grande Prairie.
Jenkyns, third Kathy Piper, second Laurie Conrad and lead Cindy Bobowik lost their opening draw to the eventual champion, Morgan Muise of the Calgary Curling Club, and the next game in the double-knockout format was an early handshake with the Nelson rink of Lethbridge.
Muise, who has World Curling Tour experience, also won the 2014 Alberta Travelers and one of her victories was against Jenkyns in the semifinals at the Edmonton Garrison Golf and Curling Club.
This year’s qualifier for nationals was the third in four years for Jenkyns, Piper and Conrad, winners of the 2013 Alberta Dominions (Travelers) with Diana Backer at lead, and the second for Bobowik
Team Jenkyns is the defending President’s Cup playoff women’s champion at the St. Albert Curling Club.
