Week one of the annual Hockey Brandon Tournament of Champions concluded Sunday with champions being decided in 4 different divisions. Female U13AA Katelyn Rieger netted the lone goal of the game as the Regina Rebels slipped by the Brandon Wheat Kings 1-0 in Sunday's final. Emilee Klapak picked up the win in net for Regina. Male U13 A Athens Shingoose was a one man wrecking crew as he scored 7 goals in the Tri Valley Titans 8-7 victory over the Swan Valley Stampeders in the Westman Communications Group U13 championship game. Konnor Dixon replied with 2 goals and an assist for the Stampeders. Male U13 AA The Eastman Selects received goals from five different players Sunday (Crosby Mateychuk, Nixon Gaudet (2), Zac Warren, Ryder Olford, Beckham Broesky) en route to a 6-4 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings Gold squad. Reid Nicol and Kale Nicol each registered a goal and an assist for the Wheat Kings. Male U15 AA Ty Aldcroft, Emmyt Pearce, Daylan Duncalfe, Ben Sveistrup, Addax Egan & Crew Elder each scored once for the U15AA Brandon Wheat Kings as they toppled the Winnipeg East Railcats Black 6-4. Ryder Latta picked up 4 points (3g,1a) in the loss for the Railcats. Week 2 this weekend sees teams from Yorkton, The Pas, Estevan, Dauphin and more competing in 3 different divisions. Female U11 A1 Male U11 A1 Male U15 A

Wheat City ConnXion represented Skate Brandon at the 2023 Prairie Regional Synchronized Skating Championship in Yorkton, SK this weekend, winning gold in the Adult I category with a combined score of 74.58. The competition saw a total of 18 teams compete across age groups; 10 from Manitoba and 8 from Saskatchewan. This was ConnXion’s first competition since February 2020, due to the pandemic. The team of 23 skaters come together to practice each week in Brandon, some traveling from other communities such as Carberry, Souris, Virden, Killarney, and Morris. Wheat City ConnXion is coached by Tammy McKay and looks forward to competing at the Skate Manitoba Provincial Championship in Portage la Prairie March 17-19th.

The 52nd annual Hockey Brandon Tournament of Champions got underway today in the Wheat City. Week one sees teams from Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Regina, Kenora and more in action in the following 4 divisions. Female U13AA Male U13 A Male U13 AA Male U15 AA Next weekend sees teams from Yorkton, The Pas, Estevan, Dauphin and more competing in 3 different divisions. Female U11 A1 Male U11 A1 Male U15 A Bdnmb.ca was onhand for day 1 to capture the following images.

A new event (Brandon Bouts, Submission Only Grappling) is being presented by Wamma Brandon and organized and run by top students and the administration team. The event will be held at the Westman Centennial Auditorium April 1st, 2023. Tickets will be available online for purchase shortly through the WMCA. While this is the first time a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Submission Only Event has been held in Brandon, it is not the first time an event has been hosted by the Wamma team. In 2007 and 2008, the Wamma team, hosted the Brigham Fighting Championships. These were very exciting amateur MMA, Muay Thai, and Jiu Jitsu combination events held at the Wheat City Golf Course on the old curing ice area. The upcoming event plans on featuring 12-20 BJJ No-Gi, submission only super fights and the event will feature both male and female top practitioners from Manitoba and Western Canada, as many different clubs as possible will be represented in a full variety of belt levels and weight classes. Organizers are also planning on holding a Quintet Team Competition, this is a five man team event, with a maximum weight limit total for team. Each team sends in one member for a five minute match, if one competitor gets submitted he is eliminated, winner stays in and loosing team sends in next competitor. If there is no submission after 5 minutes both athletes are eliminated and 2 new contestants enter. This format is followed till one man standing. Judo and wrestling demonstrations and or matches as grapplers apply for inclusion. Wamma Brandon (formally BAMMA) club founder, Head Instructor and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Chris Kading is hoping to compete at the event. Chris Kading recently competed in a similar event in Winnipeg called Submission Serious, January 7 2023. This was a 10 minute match submission only bout that went the distance and resulted in Matt McDonald, 3 Stripe Black Belt and Head Instructor from Balance Jiu Jitsu Winnipeg winning the referee’s decision. Chris hopes to find a suitable black belt in weight and age to compete against in Brandon. Match announcements will follow as athletes get paired.

The 12th Annual Easter Seals Bonspiel will be taking place at the Riverview Curling Club on February 18, 2022. Funds from this one day, for fun only curling bonspiel, go towards Easter Seals.  Organizers (Century 21Wetman Realty Inc) are currently looking for teams, 4 players per team, $200/team, and that includes dinner. Any experience or talent is more of a detriment than a help. They have already lined up some very cool raffle prizes; Westjet, Michael Kors purse, Black Wheat bar fridge full of beer, Golf Westman prize package, and more. Over the past 11 events organizers have raised over $120,000 and that money stays in Westman. For more info contact Cam Toews or an agent you know at Century 21 Westman. To register you can go to; C21charity.com or the Facebook event page.