It is now time for Drumheller and area to come together to prove it is the most Rider Friendly Community in Canada.

     Drumheller is entered into the contest, created by Renee “Belt Drive Betty” Carbonneau and presented by Community Futures to name the most rider friendly community in Canada. Up for grabs is a $35,000 marketing package bragging rights.

Drumheller has already made it through round one, and now it is vying to be the Western Canadian finalists in the contest.  Linda Buchamer of Top Rocker in Rosedale says Drumheller has some stiff competition, but also has a lot of this pulling for it.

“Now it’s west against the east. The east is in the finals, but the are three in the west that are competing,” she said.

These include with Drumheller, Port m B.C., and Nisku, Alberta.

‘We are up against some stiff competition. Port Alberni has a huge run every year, with over 1,000 riders and Nisku is the home of Black Jacks, which is a big, big biker bar. That is the start and stop for Cannonball Run for Ride for Sight and Ride for Dad, some big runs,” she said. “It’s not like it's a cakewalk for us.”

This means that those who support Drumheller need to get out and vote online at www.riderfriendlycontest.ca. The website asks you to register and voters are allowed to cast one vote a day.

“The secret to winning is voting every day, and it is going to take that kind of push," she said.

Buchamer says while some of the other locations host some big rallies, Drumheller is more of an all summer destinations, with riders streaming in on a daily basis.

“We have several rallies and run through every year. We have more going on. We may not get 1,000 riders at a time, but we get 500. They do it once and we do it every weekend,” she said.

To vote go to www.riderfriendlycontest.ca and follow the links to vote.

“I’m a hoping people get behind it, the certainly did in the first round. We need to get through the second round and then after that, get through the final round,” Buchamer said.

    The Morrin School Senior Girls Curling team have proved their dominance again at the provincial level winning the title and completing the three-peat.
    The team is made up of skip Shelby Primrose, third Taylor Olmstead, second Kayla Adams, lead Amanda Holowath and coached by Betty Primrose, competed in the tournament in Lethbridge on March 2-4 and came home with their third championships in as many years.
    “It went excellent,” said coach Betty Primrose.
    The Morrin team dominated in the round robin, and then they crossed over, they faced a tough match in the semifinal.
    “In the eighth end Shelby drew to the four foot to win,” said Primrose. “She clinched the win.”
    The final wasn’t close as they dominated Lethbridge for the gold medal.
    “There has not been a streak this long, we looked on the plaques when we were down there,” said coach Primrose. “Some schools have won twice, but not back-to-back, we kind of set a record.”
    That is it for the season for the team, aside from some recreational bonspiels. For the ones that graduate Primrose expects they may play at the post-secondary level.
    As for Primrose, her youngest daughter will be graduating, so she is retiring from coaching.
    Despite this, she says they have a good core that can keep the streak alive.
    “They just have to put the hard work in. We start in November and were playing in U18 bonspiels to bring our level of play up so when you go into your own competition you have the mental set ready,” said Primrose.