Local Sports

An event expected to draw some of the top curlers in the world is coming to Olds. Pinty's Grand Slam of Curling will be held April 21 to 26, 2020 on the main ice surface of the Sportsplex as part of the 2020 Humpty’s Champions Cup.

Olds College Broncos female forward hockey player Abby Webster is surprised that the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) will cease all operations come May 1, after 12 years of existence.

The turnout for the Sundre Curling Club’s annual open bonspiel increased over last year, an organizer said. “We were up four (rinks) from last year,” said Kevin Humphrey, a past president and club volunteer.

INNISFAIL – Two Innisfail Hurricanes water polo players are helping put Innisfail on the water polo map.

INNISFAIL – Fans, residents and Eagles alumni are showing support for the Innisfail Eagles and their quest for an Allan Cup. One of them is 80-year-old Larry Tronnes.

INNISFAIL – The long-awaited 2019 Allan Cup tournament in the region is underway. The senior national hockey championship series takes place this week in Lacombe from April 8 to 13.

The carpet bowling team of Joe Wagemans, Sylvia Bullick, Alma Phillips and Roger Frederick are a proud group these days. On March 28, at the Evergreen Centre, they bowled a perfect eight-ender.

DIDSBURY -- It has been a year since the tragic bus accident involving the Humboldt Broncos in which 16 people were killed and 13 more were injured.

DIDSBURY-OLDS -- Students from half a dozen Chinook's Edge School Division schools competed in a badminton meet on April 3 at the Ralph Klein Centre in Olds.

The Innisfail Eagles were in Olds on Thursday (April 4) for their first of two practices this week as they prepare for the 2019 Allan Cup. The Birds are in Sylvan Lake tomorrow (Saturday) for their second practice.