Today at the closing media conference Tom Quinn, President of the Canada Games Council presented the Claude Hardy Award to the Team Sask Mission Staff. Claude Hardy Award Claude Hardy, who passed away on December 5, 1999, was a pioneer of the Canada Games from their very beginning. Claude’s first involvement with the Canada Games…
Saskatchewan won the bronze medal in wheelchair basketball Thursday at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax. Saskatchewan edged Manitoba 58-56 in the third-place game. Nik Goncin of Regina powered Saskatchewan to victory with 35 points, 12 rebounds and five assists. Adam James Bryant of Regina added 18 points, 12 rebounds and four assists. Bryant made two key free throws down the stretch,…
By Kevin Mitchell, The Star Phoenix Gymnast Curtis Graves was honoured when Team Saskatchewan chose him as their Canada Games flagbearer -honoured and a little nervous. "I felt like I needed to prove myself (competitively), that I was the right person for it and that's what I tried to do today," Graves said Thursday night from Halifax. "Hopefully, it worked out."…
Leader-Post February 15, 2011 Saskatchewan excelled in target shooting Monday at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax. Cassandra Wilson-Anderson of Naicam and Aerial Arthur of Saskatoon combined to win gold in the women's team air rifle event. Mack Kohl of Montmartre and Clayton Schlosser of Lloydminster were the silver medallists in men's team air rifle. None of the four…
Mack Kohl of Montmartre set a Canada Winter Games target-shooting record while winning a gold medal for Saskatchewan on Wednesday in Halifax. Kohl won the men's individual event with a personal-best score of 680.5 points -exceeding the previous Games record by six points. "It definitely is very exciting,'' Kohl said Wednesday from Halifax. "I really feel like I need…
