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Weekly Roundup – Jan. 29 – Feb. 4

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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Weekly Roundup – January 22-28

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...

Saskatchewan Stories
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...

Saskatchewan Stories
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...

Saskatchewan Stories
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 – Feb. 14 – 20

February 20, 2024

Photo – Dave Holland

Canada’s women’s water polo qualifies for 2024 Olympics

The Canadian women’s water polo team, including Regina’s Blaire McDowell, qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics through a unique situation after missing out on the original berth at the World Aquatics Championships.

McDowell with Canada’s women’s water polo team lost their match 10-8 against Australia and 12-18 against Italy in classification. In quarterfinals against Spain, Canada lost their final game 12-9 and therefore their chance to attend the Olympics. The sombre  news was turned into a high a few hours later as  South Africa forfeited their Olympic Games berth, passing the qualifying spot to Canada.

Team Canada finished in eighth place at the championships.

Tierney wraps up time at World Aquatic Championships

Saskatoon swimmer Blake Tierney competed in multiple events the World Aquatics Championships, with a fourth-place finish in the men’s 4×100-metre relay as his best result.

In that event, Canada completed the race in a time of 3:34.89.

In solo competition, Tierney finished 18th in the heats for the men’s 100-m backstroke with a time of 54.46.  He also combined with teammates to finish 10th in the heat races for the men’s 4×200-m freestyle relay and the mixed 4×100-m medley relay.

Saskatchewan’s Team Ackerman has mixed start at Scotties Tournament

A mixed start for Team Ackerman of Saskatoon, representing Saskatchewan at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts from February 16- 22 in Calgary.

Saskatchewan members Skylar Ackerman (skip), Kaylin Skinner (lead), Taylor Stremick (second) and Ashley Thevenot (third) went 3-2 in the round robin and will look ahead to their next game against Team Einarson, who has played 4-1 in their previous matches.

Team Ackerman is sitting fourth in Pool A.

Two Saskatchewan athletes on Team Canada for Rocky Mountain Cup

Aberdeen’s Kyrell Sopotyk was joined by Regina’s Nik Goncin as they represented Canada at the Rocky Mountain Cup from February 15-20 in Colorado Springs.

Canada started strong, defeating the United States back-to-back, winning 56-45 in their first match and 59-35 in the second. For the third game against Italy, Canada lost 63-53 before ending on a high in their final game against the United States, dominating 68-50.

The event was preparation for the 2024 Men’s IWBF Repechage Tournament, set for April 12-15 in Antibes, France.

Regina’s Garrett Ostepchuk is n also a member of the men’s national team, but was not available for this event.

Live footage of the games can be found on the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Facebook.

Norsten on roster for HSBC SVNS rugby tournament

Carissa Norsten, who hails from Waldheim, is listed on the roster to represent Canada’s women’s 7s rugby team at the at HSBC SVNS, February 23 to 25 in Vancouver.

This will be Norsten’s first time competing at an international rugby event in Vancouver.