Canadian Wrestling's Elite management is very excited to announce that the demand has been answered and CWE will be returning to the Keystone City but this time with an all ages event the whole family can enjoy! When CWE originally inked a deal for its long 3 year plus overdue return to Brandon at Houston's Roadhouse minors were allowed in the facility accompanied by an adult. Unfortunately changes to their licensing just a week prior to the event changed that leaving many disappointed families and sad children who were unable to attend. That wrong has finally been turned into a right and on Thursday, May 26th when CWE returns to Brandon, Manitoba it will be at the Assiniboine Community College gymnasium where people of all ages can come out and enjoy a night of live professional wrestling action! This tour stop is apart of The Back To The Future Tour featuring Ring Of Honor TV stars Kazarian, Silas Young, Lio Rush, and all your favourite CWE stars! Event info is as followes: Thursday, May 26th- Brandon, MB Location: Assiniboine Community College (1430 Victoria Ave. East) Time: VIP/Meet & Greet 6pm, Doors Open 6:30pm, Bell time 7pm Tickets: VIP Front Row Access Meet & Greet $21, General Admission $16 in advance, $19 at the door. Advance Tickets Available At: Eye Opener Book Store (314 10th St.) Advance Tickets Available at: diyobo.com For more event information as it becomes available visit www.cwecanada.ca

On April 2nd, 2016, Brandon's newest 24/7 training facility, Embark Fitness, will play host to the first ever sanctioned powerlifting competition to be held in Brandon, Manitoba. Officially named the Westman Embark Open, it has come to be affectionately known as “The Wheat Meet” amongst Manitoba lifters. The Wheat Meet will feature over thirty lifters from the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Powerlifting Associations, competing both in full powerlifting (Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift) and/or "Bench Press Only" flights. Embark Fitness gym owner, Carrie White, has generously offered Embark Fitness as the venue for this inaugural Westman event. Meet directors Amanda Moffitt and Mathew Bowen, both of Brandon, have been thrilled with the number of entrants and of the interest of the local Brandon community at large. Carrie, Matt and Amanda would like to welcome any and all interested lifters, coaches, fans, friends and family to the event. Feel free to come on down and cheer on the lifters as they experience the thrill of The Manitoba Powerlifting Association and Embark Fitness. The Bench Press Only flight begins at 11:00AM, with the full powerlifting meet to follow. See you then! Manitoba Powerlifting Association and Saskatchewan Powerlifting Association are provincial divisions of the Canadian Powerlifting Union, a national body within the International Powerlifting Federation. For more information: www.manitobapowerlifting.ca Location: Embark Fitness 101 Unit C Industrial Drive Date/Time: April, 2 / 11 am Contact: Mat Bowen  - bowenms42@gmail.com  (204) 803-0773                    Amanda Moffitt - amandarmoffitt@gmail.com (204) 571-6124

If you're looking to catch some exciting hockey action the MNP Female Hockey Tournament is scheduled to take place in Brandon the weekend of April 1st-3rd. With the Royal Canadian Winter Fair occupying the Keystone Centre games will be played at the Sportsplex and in Carberry. There are eight Novice teams (ages 7/8) and six Peewee teams (ages 11/12) registered. Teams from SK, MB, and ON are represented. Players from communities as far away as Weyburn, Rankin Inlet, Kenora ,Thompson, Tuelon, Killarney, and Oakville will be participating in the weekends tournament. There will be a prize table and Progressive 50/50 available over the weekend.

Championship Results Bronze Game: Verns's Pizza 79 Royal Le Page 65 Championship Game: Beezkneez 88 Extreme Clean 77 Top 5 Scorers David Jeff 32 Adam Hartman 28 Theodore Farough 25 Keith Van Walleghem 24 Eric Davis 20 Stay tuned to www.bndmb.ca next season as we plan to cover the Brandon Sr. Mens Basketball League from the opening tipoff to the final buzzer.

The South East Prairie Thunder are this years' host team of the Allan Cup, a trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions. The tournament which is to held in Steinbach from April 11-16th features many familiar names to followers of the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Prairie Thunder have many former Wheat Kings on their roster including Justin Kurtz, Tyler Dittmer, Terry Yake, Daniel Tetrault, and Del Cowan. Westman fans may also recognize the names of local products Mike Hellyer and Kevin Saurette who are also part of the roster. Another Manitoba team the Ile des Chenes North Stars also qualified for the tournament and they too feature a few former Wheat Kings. Listed as part of the North Stars roster are defensemen Chad Erb and Reid Gow. The Thunder also have many players with ties to the Westman area including Ryan Adams, Travis Mealy, Devon Leblanc and Zeanan Zimmer, To follow the action the week of the tournament please visit: http://www.allancup.ca/