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Wheat Kings announce intent to bid for 2026 CHL Memorial Cup

Wendy’s Summer Hockey League Honors Previous Players

Revitalizing Our Ice Rink: An Update on Community Sportsplex

Thiesen wins fourth Grey Owl

Lewis, Howarth still on top

Lewis, Howarth lead 62nd annual Grey Owl men’s golf tournament

Lemoine selected in first round of MJHL draft, seven Brandon prospects selected overall

Boxing Event: Battle on the Prairie coming to Brandon this summer

2016 Friday Spring Junior Golf League

Golf Brandon will be holding a spring Junior Golf League on Friday nights starting April 29th . Each Friday night will begin with a 40 minute lesson followed by 9 holes of golf at the Northern Pines Golf Course. Start time each week is 4:10 for the lesson and 5:00 pm for the round of golf. Lessons will include etiquette, chipping, putting, pitching and the full swing. This fun league is open to both boys and girls aged 7-13 with previous golfing experience. Participants must be able to play on their own and follow the leagues rules and regulations. This will be a fun team league and everyone who signs up will be placed on one of 6 teams of 8 who will play against another team each week. All participants will receive a golf shirt personalized with a number of their choice and the league logo. Teams will be participating for prizes and points. Registration is restricted to the first 48 golfers who sign up and included with every registration is a 2016 Northern Pines Jr. Golf Membership. Cost is $260, plus GST. For more information: http://patricklawgolf.com/pages/junior-golf

CWE Wrestling Returns To Brandon With All Ages Event

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

Powerlifting Competition Coming to Brandon

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

MNP Female Hockey Challenge

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.

Beezkneez Sr. Mens Basketball Champions

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.