Local Sports

Four members of the Estevan Taekwon-Do Club were rewarded for the efforts and their hard work this past weekend when it came time for black belt testing.

The Estevan Golden Eels summer speed swimming club hosted their annual mini meet on Wednesday afternoon at the RM of Estevan Aquatic Centre.

Weyburn’s Challenger Baseball program received support from the Weyburn Young Fellows Club and the Weyburn Rotary Club recently, as they plan to send athletes to the National Challenger Jamboree.

Representatives of Weyburn Special Olympics bowling and the staff of TS&M in Weyburn gathered to present a donation of $1,350 to bowler Justin DeRoos on Tuesday. All of the staff contributed towards this donation for DeRoos.

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins have come to terms with head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood on a new three-year contract. An announcement was made Wednesday afternoon on the Bruins Facebook page.

Several roller derby teams from Saskatchewan and Manitoba competed in a roller derby tournament hosted by the Estevan Junior Coaler Rollers Saturday at the Bienfait Memorial Arena.

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team will begin their preparations for the 2019 season by hosting a spring camp. An equipment handout will happen on May 30, and then scrimmages will happen from June 3-7.

The Prince Albert Raiders might have gone winless at the recent Mastercard Memorial Cup in Halifax, but it wasn’t from a lack of effort by the two local players on the team.

The Southeast Performance Pump midget AAA Twins picked up one of a possible four wins during double-headers on the weekend. The Twins split home games against the Saskatoon Giants on Saturday at Lynn Prime Park.

A motocross racer zipped by in front of the starting line, as he completed another circuit for his race while a group of racers patiently waited for their turn to hit the track.