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/

Submitted by: The Pinkest Owl Golf Tournament The tournament has been around since 1993, making this year the 23rd annual, being held on June 11th at Glen Lea Golf Course. The tournament is a ladies only golf tournament (which is rare in our area) and all proceeds from the event are donated to cancer programs and research. We are proud to say that for the past five (5) years we have been able to donate $5000 annually. The donation takes place in front of the tournament players as part of our event program. Past recipients of our donations have included Murray House and the Brandon Regional Health Centre. 2016 Tournament Registration & Details The most important reason for the tournament & the great day that we all have, is the contribution that we are able to make towards cancer programs and research. Almost every single woman that has participated or volunteered with The Pinkest Owl tourney has been touched by some form of cancer. This brutal disease touches the hearts of our sponsors and participants and we are proud as a committee to help invest in research, education and promotion programs related to breast cancer.