Local Sports

In an effort to re-vamp Yorkton's Patrick Park, the City of Yorkton has started to design a course to help promote a game known as disc golf.

Over the past week and a bit there has been more badminton games in the City of Yorkton then you could swing a racquet at. There was an awful lot of badminton played here within the past five days.

There were over 140 countries that participated in the largest Tae Kwon Do world championship in history. "The competition was as fierce as the Olympics approach," states Master Wayne Mitchell of Kee's Tae Kwon Do in Yorkton.

The Alexander Mens Wear Junior Cardinals are back for another season, and with the possibility there of an exhibition game this weekend at Jubilee Park, head coach Brian Trollope said the team is ready to go.

On April 6 in Canora, Rita Fetsch competed in her first high school career badminton tournament and won a gold medal in girls' singles. On April 11, Morgan Shymanski won what would be her first of four gold medals of the season.

"That's it!" claimed Randy Schuster, coach of the Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS) badminton club following their regional playoff which the Yorkton school hosted on Saturday.

The Yorkton Regional High School will be the site of two big archery competitions in the next 14 days, says Darren Wandy of the YRHS. This Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m., the school will be holding its own tournament featuring paper-faced targets.

The Bongo 16U boys' volleyball team took to Saskatoon for the weekend to compete in the Saskatchewan Volleyball Association's provincial championship.

Native of Yorkton, curler Amber Holland and her team were recently awarded the Sask Sport Inc., Athlete(s) of the Month for March following their success this past winter.

The Yorkton Soccer Association (YSA) is holding a referee clinic on May 7 at the Sacred Heart High School, says president, Chuck Tysowski. The YSA is hoping to add to its number of officials this spring/summer soccer season.