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Hudak takes gold Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak contributed to one of Canada’s four gold medals collected at the IBU Para...

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Black History Month 2025

For almost 50 years, February has marked Black History Month in Canada, which celebrates the contributions that Black Canadians have...

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Newkirk, Wiens named Athletes of the Year at 40th Annual Saskatchewan Sport Awards

Paris Paralympic bronze medallist Shelby Newkirk and Olympic bronze medallist Rylan Wiens were named Female and Male Athlete of the...

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Team Saskatchewan has been named for Scotties and Brier It’s official, the teams that will represent Saskatchewan at the Scotties...

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Oatway returning to top form with eyes on 2026 Paralympics 

By Ryan Flaherty for Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan  Kurt Oatway thought he would have success this season, but the amount...

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Building A Winning Personal Brand: Webinar Hosted By P&G

As an athlete, you have an incredible platform to share your unique story with the world. Building a compelling personal...

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CSCS Holistic Athlete Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the ten CSCS registered athletes who were awarded a $1,000 Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan Holistic Athlete Grant. The...

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Building a Vision Board – CANCELLED

Join us for an engaging and creative two-part workshop designed to help you visualize your future and set meaningful goals!...

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Weekly Roundup Jan. 8-14 

Canada claims gold at U18 Women’s Worlds  With a 3-0 shutout victory over the United States in the final, Canada...

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Saskatchewan Sport Awards Recipients and Finalists Announced

Ahead of the 40th Annual Saskatchewan Sport Awards, a number of Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan registered athletes and three high...

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Weekly Roundup – During the holiday break

Local teams compete at 2025 Mixed Doubles Curling Trials Three teams with ties to Saskatchewan concluded their time at the...

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Perseverance pays off for Longboat winner Margo Erlam 

By Ryan Flaherty for Sask Sport, Canadian Sport Centre Saskatchewan When 2024 began, competing at the Paris Olympics seemed like...

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Weekly Roundup – Dec. 11-17

Dash to join Canada at Wheelchair Curling Championship Gil Dash, of Wolseley, SK, is set to join Team Canada at...

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Etta Love: Cleans up on world records

From mirroring the actions of her mother at the gym as a child, to standing on the youth weightlifting stage...

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Weekly Roundup – Dec. 4 – 10

Mixed results at Canadian Seniors Curling Championships Two Saskatchewan teams wrapped their time at the 2024 Everest Canadian Seniors Curling...

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Weekly Roundup – Nov. 27 – Dec. 3

Newkirk sets two Canadian records Shelby Newkirk, who hails from Saskatoon, set two Canadian records at the Ken Demark International...

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Weekly Roundup – Nov. 20 – 26

Norsten named to Canada’s rugby 7s team Waldheim-born, Carissa Nortsen was named to the Canadian rugby sevens team for the...

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Weekly Roundup – Nov. 13-19

McKnight named to Team Canada for Pan American Water Polo Championship Brody McKnight, of Regina, was named to help represent...

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Weekly Roundup – Nov. 6-12

Saskatchewan fourth at National Women’s U18 Hockey Championship Team Saskatchewan concluded their time at the 2024 U18 Women’s National Hockey...

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From the Olympic stage, to life after

After committing years to wrestling, Jillian Gallays chose to move on from being a high-performance athlete and was forced to...

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Weekly Roundup Dec. 6 – Dec. 12 

December 12, 2023

Photo Credit: Curling Canada/Michael Burns

Kos concludes her time at lawn bowling championship  

On December 8, Regina’s Jordan Kos concluded her time at the U25 Junior Indoor Championships in Scotland.  

Kos partnered with Erik Galipeau in the mixed pairs event and started strong by defeating Wales & Macao 2-0 (12-1, 8-3) before they lost back-to-back against Australia 0-2 (0-15, 5-9) and Ireland 1-2 (2-9, 6-3, 0-1). The pair finished third in their group. 

In Kos’ first singles match, she defeated Malaysia 2-1 (7-10, 6-5, 1-0) and followed with a second 2-0 (8-3, 7-4) win against Scotland, qualifying for quarterfinals. Kos fell to Wales 1-2 (8-6, 4-7, 0-1) and Ireland 1-2 (4-10, 8-4, 0-1) before her final game against Guernsey in the quarterfinal.  

Kos finished her time in Scotland, defeated by Guernsey 1-2 (1-6, 7-1, 0-1) 

Finished attends fourth stop of ISU World Cup Speed Skating  

Graeme Fish, born in Moose Jaw, made his fourth stop of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating from December 8-10 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.  

Fish placed 15th in the 5000-metre men’s division A race with a 6:36.25 time and 26 points. 

Silver Saskatchewan at Senior Curling Championships 

Saskatchewan’s men’s Team Bruce Korte and women’s Team Nancy Martin, both claimed silver respectively at the 2023 Everest Senior Curling Championships in Vernon, BC. 

On the women’s side, Saskatchewan went 6-0 in the round robin and advanced though the championship pool to defeat British Columbia 7-2 in the semifinals. In the gold medal final they took on Ontario but fell 10-4 to claim silver.  

Meanwhile, Korte and his crew also went undefeated in the round robin and won eight of their ten games, earning a spot in the semifinals. Playing against Manitoba they won 7-1 and advanced to play Nova Scotia for gold and were edged to a loss to take silver 

Five softball players join 2024 Men’s National Athlete Pool 

Saskatoon’s Patrick Burns, Jordan Hudson, Zach Pierce and Devon McCullough were announced with Warman’s Justin Laskowski by Softball Canada as part of the 36 athletes set to join the 2024 Men’s National Athlete Pool. 

Laskowski and Pierce were members of the 2022 WBSC World Cup Team. The 2024 athlete pool can be invited to the men’s national team training, development and selection camps. 

In mid-July 2024, Canada will host a six-team WBSC Men’s World Cup Group Stage in Prince Albert. 

Chernoff apart of rookie project for bobsled 

Cadence Chernoff from Regina was named with four others to the rookie Project Athlete bobsleigh crew. The group of five athletes will spend their time developing skills alongside the Canadian women’s bobsled team for the North American Cup circuit.  

Yager invited to National Junior Selection Camp 

Hockey player Brayden Yager, who was born in Saskatoon, was invited along with 29 other hockey players to attend the Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp from December 10-13 in Oakville, Ontario. 

The camp will be used to determine which players will Canada at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5, in Gothenburg, Sweden. 

Dash makes roster for World Wheelchair Curling Championship  

Moose Jaw’s Gil Dash will represent Canada at the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Championship and the 2024 World Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling Championship from March 10-16, 2024, in South Korea. 

Wrestling Olympic qualifier in Edmonton  

The 2023 Canadian Team Trials is a Paris 2024 qualifying event and will be held December 15-17 , in Edmonton. 

The trials will be run in a pool and ladder formation. According to Wrestling Canada, the pool tournament will take place on Dec. 15 for women’s wrestling and men’s freestyle. From the pool, one winner in each weight class will join three already ranked wrestlers, who previously earned their ranking earlier in the year, for the ladder competition on Dec. 16. 

Once the trial’s winners have been determined, they still need to qualify their respective weight class internationally to attend the 2024 Olympics. The Pan-American Olympic Qualifier set for Feb. 28- March 1 in Acapulco, Mexico will be the next international qualifier. 

Love is named Sask Sport’s November Athlete of the Month 

Etta Love broke two records at the 2023 Junior World Weightlifting Championships and claimed bronze in the 106-kilogram snatch category.  

Read more about Love’s success at Sask Sport