The Hay River Rusty Blades held their second annual Best Ball Golf Tournament this past weekend. A warm clear day on Saturday provided ideal golfing conditions for the 48 registered players.
A passing thundershower did little to damper spirits during the 14th annual Hay River Chamber of Commerce Corporate Challenge golf tournament on Sunday. Four-person teams representing 31 businesses from across the South Slave Region descended on the Hay River Golf Club to mix, mingle, and take part in a fun nine-hole best ball tournament.
The 27th annual Hay River Elks Invitational Golf Tournament took place this past weekend, raising funds for the Relay For Life. Fifty-five golfers registered, with 25 coming from Yellowknife. “We usually have around 55 to 60 golfers,” said John Brockway. “They have a lot of fun.”
This year’s Northwest Territories Track and Field Championships has come to a close, but another successful year is on Hay River’s record. Over 1,000 kids from 17 communities across the NWT were in Hay River from June 2-4 competing for a territorial title. Despite potential complications with the construction of the new trades centre at [...]
This week 1,177 students from across the Northwest Territories will be meeting at the track field at Diamond Jenness for this year’s NWT Track and Field Championship. Out of all the participants, 339 will be locals, with 104 coming from Princess Alexandra, 16 from Chief Sunrise, 62 from Diamond Jenness, 76 from Harry Camsell and [...]
Diamond Jenness Secondary School isn’t the only thing getting a makeover this year. The DJSS track, which has played host to the Northwest Territories Track and Field Championships since 1991, will be modified this year due to the construction of the school’s new trade centre. “It certainly is a different look out there,” Tim Borchuk, [...]
This year’s slo-pitch season is shaping up to be bigger and better, with new teams and a new executive, the league’s outgoing president said last week. Angela Haley-Carter said 10 teams have expressed interest in playing in the Hay River Mixed Slo-Pitch League this year, up one from last year’s nine teams.
Princess Alexandra, Ecole Boreale, and Diamond Jenness Secondary School students participated in the Ernie’s Rock- Around- the -Clock Indoor Soccer Tournament in Grand Prairie demonstrating great soccer spirit and bringing home impressive results. There were students that ranged from 12 to 18 years of age that made the long 8-hour trip to Grand Prairie to [...]
“Work hard and your dreams will come true ” was the motto that Sabrina Broadhead told her son Gavin to follow. He never lost sight of that objective – getting drafted in the Western Hockey League 2010 Bantam Draft by the Medicine Hat Tigers. The 15-year-old Broadhead was the first forward picked by Medicine Hat [...]
The Hay River Figure Skating Club (HRFSC) celebrated another successful season, marking their 40th anniversary with a year-end banquet and awards ceremony on April 21 at the Community Hall. However, the figure skating club success on and off the ice wouldn’t be achieved without the hard work, commitment and dedication of the club’s volunteers, program [...]
