Earlier today, the Brandon Wheat Kings released their training camp schedule and rosters for the 204/2025 season.

Many local people will remember great times and memories from their time when going to Foxwarren to play hockey and other events that would include the local arena. 120 - 130 kilometer an hour winds Sunday morning have destroyed their rink that was built in 1948.  Various NHL players such a # 2 overall draft pick in 1991 Pat Falloon,  Ron Low plus Mark Wotton to name but a few got their careers started in that building.  As of late Manitoba Moose dman Dawson Barteaux started at a young age in that rink to being drafted in the NHL. At this time no news is available if the plans are to rebuild or fix the rink.

Moose Jaw's Chris Knoop has won the 2024 Tamarack men’s golf tournament. The Tamarack is an annual match play golf tournament held at Riding Mountain National Park each summer. Knoop defeated Carberry's Joel Baron in the final at the Clear Lake golf course. Knoop started the championship shooting a 70 and 72 in his opening qualifying rounds, leaving him tied for 3rd overall with Baron. He then disposed of Marcus Friess, Cal Vanderschuit, and Kolby Day prior to meeting Baron in Saturdays championship match. The men's scramble was a new event this year and Scott McCallum and Riese Gaber took home top honors defeating Chad Daciuk and Lyle Meek in the final Leslie Olson and Tracy Rutlege won the women’s scramble defeating Joan Johns and Kelly Sheard. Meanwhile, Eugene Hodgson won the senior’s championship, Ron Cornell took home honors in the master’s championship, and Grady Chuback the junior championship. Results for the entire tournament can be viewed here.

Brock Trotter the 37 year old from Brandon has officially hung up the skates to be the new Assistant Coach in Portage for the Terriers of the MJHL. His career started in the MJHL and then moved to USHL - NCAA - AHL - NHL - KHL and various European leagues. Blake Spiller the long serving Head Coach and GM of the Terriers will welcome Brock to his staff for the upcoming season.  Spiller has been involved in coaching and front office GM tasks for over 23 seasons with Portage. Of note, Trotter was a skills coach last year in Virden plus played senior hockey in Saskatchewan. No Brandon players played for Portage last season but perhaps this is going to change with Brock being involved with the club.

Danika Nell has been named to the 2024 U18 Women’s National Softball Team, an achievement that highlights her exceptional talent and dedication to the sport. This selection places her among the top young softball players in the country, and she will now have the opportunity to represent her nation once again on an international stage. Nell will head to Dallas, TX  from August 29 to September 2 to compete in the 2024 WBSC U18 Women's Softball World Cup Group C. Australia, Ireland, Mexico, the Philippines, and the USA are the other teams who will be competing in Group C. The top two teams from Group C will advance to the 2025 WBSC U18 Women’s Softball World Cup Finals, also to be held in Dallas. Couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to represent Canada again. ❤️🇨🇦 https://t.co/WfmGwwRoIE — Danika Nell (@danikanelly44) August 13, 2024 This accomplishment is a significant milestone for Nell, who has shown incredible promise throughout her softball career. Danika started playing softball as a 6 year old for the Boissevain Mites team, her family’s hometown since moving there from South Africa in 1998. Over the years Westman fans have been able to follow her development with the Westman Magic u12 team and Magic u14 squad. The talented pitcher and left-handed batter also committed to Boston University for NCAA Division I softball in November of 2023. This past season, she helped the  Vincent Massey Collegiate Trojans to their second consecutive provincial high school varsity girls fast-pitch softball championship. She was also named the 2023-2024 'AAAA'  Girls High School Athletes of the Year Nell is the lone Manitoban selected to the team.