Local Sports

Nine athletes of various disciplines and one coach from across Rocky View County will be in Kamloops, B.C., for the Western Canada Summer Games this week. The 10th WCSG, which began Aug. 5 and will conclude Aug.

The Heritage Junior Hockey League will have a new look to it this season. With the removal of the Rimbey Rock for the 2011-12 season, the Junior B league has decided to adapt a two-division system with seven teams in each.

While the summer starts to wind-down, and the rodeo scene heads into the homestretch, a completely different type of horsepower is tearing up Race City Motorsport Park on the south-east tip of Calgary.

It may not have been the team result he was looking for, but Cochrane running back Kellen Forrest still made quite the impact at the recent U-18 Canada Cup national football championships in Lethbridge.

It was a successful weekend in and away from the gym July 27-30 for the Airdrie Edge Gymnastics Club. The club had a group of 12 athletes participate in the Canada Cup trampoline and tumbling competition.

Chelsie Boychuk was excited to be competing in her first international event in her hometown July 27-30.

The 2011 Trampoline and Tumbling Canada Cup marked another step up in the young careers of Brody Atkin and Hailey Macaig. Both made the transition from the provincial level and made their national debut in Airdrie.

After numerous cancellations due to this year’s strange weather, the Fun Country Riders were able to hold their second show and gymkhana of 2011 on July 24 at the Strathmore Rodeo Grounds. Thanks go to our judge Sarah Jones for placing the classes.

The inaugural Mountain View Credit Union Charity Golf Classic raised $15,000 for Habitat for Humanity Mountain View, when it took place at the Coyote Creek Golf Resort near Sundre, July 7.

Airdrie’s Ty Rattie is having a busy summer. The St.