Spring Flip gymnastics, Road Race and World Senior Curling Championships

Spring Flip

The St. Albert Gymnastics Club hosts its annual Spring Flip this weekend at the Riel Drive facility.

The Junior Olympic 1 to 8 level meet features 214 gymnasts from 14 clubs.

Saturday’s sessions are 8:45 a.m. for JO level 2, 11 a.m. for JO level 3 (2003-08), 1:45 p.m. for JO level 3 (2009-11) and 4 (2008-10) and 4:15 p.m. for JO level 4 (2004-07) and 5 and Sunday’s times 8:45 a.m. for JO Level 1 and 10:15 a.m. for JO Level 6, 7 and 8.

Admission is $7 for 12 years and older, $5 for six to 11 and under five is free.

Road race

Online registrations end Friday at midnight for the Landrex St. Albert Road Race.

Visit www.zone4.ca or www.stalbertroadrace.com to enter the 33^rd annual 10-miler, fourth annual 10- and five-kilometre races and one-km Kids’ fun run.

Sunday’s event, presented by Active Physio Works, starts at 9 a.m. for the 10-miler, 9:05 a.m. for the 10 km, 9:10 a.m. for the five km and 11 a.m. for the one km.

The start/finish line is on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue in front of the St. Albert Curling Club, the race venue.

As of Monday, the 213 registration totals included 93 for the 10-miler.

Last year’s harsh weather conditions didn’t stop 105 finishers in the 10-miler and 289 overall from going the distance.

Senior worlds

The 17^th annual World Senior (50-plus) Curling Championships start Saturday for Dan Holowaychuk of St. Albert on the Team Canada rink skipped by Wade White.

The Ostersund Arena in Sweden is the site for the men’s and women’s senior tournaments as well as the world doubles at the same time.

The 28-team men’s draw is divided into four pools and Canada is grouped with Belgium, England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Turkey.

Last year in Lethbridge, Sweden edged Canada, skipped by Bryan Cochrane of Ontario, 5-4 in an extra end for the championship and Ireland defeated Germany for third place.

Cochrane won the 2016 and 2018 nationals while White, with Barry Chwedoruk at third, Holowaychuk at second and lead George White, qualified for worlds as the 2017 champions.

The Alberta reps at the 2018 nationals in Stratford, Ont. finished tied for fifth at 6-4 in the championship pool.

Holowaychuk, 55, the alternate for the iconic Ferbey Four, was inducted into St. Albert Curling Club wall of fame in 2014.