This summer male and female baseball players in Brandon, aged 9-16, will have the opportunity to be a part of the #1 baseball camp in Canada. The Blue Jays Baseball Academy is partnering with Baseball Canada and Little League Canada to bring a Honda Super Camp to the Wheat City in mid-July. The two-day camp will offer children, of all abilities, the ultimate Major League experience. Participants will learn skills and techniques from former Major League All-Stars including Duane Ward, Jesse Barfield, Lloyd Moseby and Roberto Alomar. The cost for the 2-day summer camp is $209 (plus HST) and each participant will receive a Blue Jays hat, T-shirt, a baseball manual and the opportunity to get autographs from the Blue Jays alumni present. Brandon is one of 12 Canadian locations across Canada selected to host an event.  The camp will be held at Andrews field on July 18th & 19tth. For more information, or to register, click here.  

BDNMB.CA would like to congratulate defenceman Dmitry Osipov on his tryout invite to the Vegas Golden Knights first ever development camp. The camp runs June 27th to July 1st at the Las Vegas Ice Center. The camp roster will include those who are selected in the NHL Entry Draft in June and rookie free agents. Osipov was acquired by the Wheat Kings at the WHL's trade deadline last season, after several years as a member of the Vancouver Giants. The Moscow, Russia product appeared in 270 career Western Hockey League regular season games and 8 playoff games. A hard-hitting shutdown rearguard, he had 8 career goals along with 33 assists for 41 points over his career

BRANDON – Brandon University Athletics is proud to announce their 2017 Wall of Fame inductees, which includes eight individuals and two teams. The 2017 induction class includes: Neil Andrews Community Leader: Football (1965-1966) Debbie Baker (nee Morris) Athlete: Basketball, Field Hockey (1975-1980) Karen Dunbar (nee Anderson) Athlete: Basketball, Field Hockey (1968-1972) Peter Hagberg Athlete: Football (1969-1973) Doug Hedley Athlete: Hockey (1977-1982) Lorne Lagimodiere Athlete: Football (1968-1973) Ron Westcott Community Leader: Curling (1965-1969) Rick Williamson Community Leader: Judo, Football (1968-1972) Bobcat Men's Hockey Team (1980-81) College Caps Football Team (1950-51) The Dick and Verda McDonald Sports Wall of Fame is located on the second level of BU's Healthy Living Centre. The display features team pictures, artifacts, and uniforms from past teams and athletes of Brandon University and Brandon College. Tickets for the Wall of Fame brunch on Saturday, October 14 at the Victoria Inn Imperial Ballroom can be purchased from the Customer Service Centre at the Healthy Living Centre for $50. Tables of eight can be reserved for $350, and those travelling from outside of Brandon can reserve tickets by calling (204) 727-7354.

We are very pleased to announce our first annual Twilight Zaghareet celebration & fundraiser for the Westman project, Boyd Stadium. Boyd Stadium is a project aimed at benefiting the youth of the entire Westman region. This project will be Westman’s first premiere field complex featuring 2 full sized football fields and facilities. Named in Honor of the late Kevin Boyd, Boyd Stadium will be the new home of the Westman Youth Football Association, as well as the Minor and Major Junior Westman Wolverines. Twilight Zaghareet is taking place at the Victoria Inn on Saturday, June 17th at 7:00PM. Many dancers from a variety of dance styles will be performing including Egyptian Cabaret Fusion, Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Flamenco and more. For more information, tickets or to get involved contact Amanda at 204-724-7684. Tickets also available at Smitten (658 18th Street). Visit our event page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1523791591025274/

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s annual draft of 15-year-old players took place this morning (June 4) in Winnipeg. The MJHL Draft began at 9 am and featured the 11 member teams selecting Manitoba players born in the year 2002. Waywayseecappo had the first overall pick in the draft and used it to select McAuley's Jake Poole.  Poole spent last season with the Yellowhead Chiefs B1AAA team where he amassed 77 points, in just 36 regular season games.  Reece Richmond, a teammate of Pooles last season with Yellowhead was selected 2nd overall by the Dauphin Kings.  The native of Forrest, MB played 36 regular season games last year, registering 47 points in the process.  In total, the Yellowhead Chiefs had 4 players drafted in the first round as Bray Rookes went to Virden with the 5th pick overall and Brody Wilson saw his name called by Waywayseecappo with the 7th overall pick. The first Brandon player selected was Calder Anderson who went 10th overall to Winkler.  A handful of other Brandon prospects were selected over the course of the morning including: Ty Thorpe (Steinbach), Cole Jordan (Wawayseecappo), Mitch Thiessen (Winkler), Jordan Boyechko (Waywayseecappo), & Mattew Ramsey (Portage). Click here for full draft results.