Sports | DrumhellerMail

Lost Egg disc golf tournament ranks swell to 150

This weekend a different kind of golfer will be taking over the small community of Wayne, not with clubs, but with flying discs.
   August in the valley means the return of the Lost Egg Classic. The disc golf tournament began almost two decades ago. The look and the locations have changed, but it has has spent the last nine years being played out at the permanent disc golf course in Wayne.
    Craig Burrows-Johnson says the Wayne event is a Professional Disc Golf Association sanctioned event.
   “Sanctioned means all the information on this tournament goes world wide. The tournament results are posted and the players all get a rating and are put into divisions,” he said.
This year they are expecting their best turnout ever with over 140 players committed to coming.This is the first time they have has to put in two flights. While organizers had to cap registration, he still invites residents to come out and see what disc golf is all about.
   “Why are we doing this? One, is to promote the game of disc golf and get the community interested in playing, and two, are the players,” said Burrows-Johnson. “There are players who want to come and play in this particular course and its unique landscape.”
   “It is a full 18 (holes or targets), beautifully unique and challenging course. It has literally gotten international fame from the videos that have been posted. Players from Europe will contact us wanting to know about the course.”
He says they are players from Alberta B.C. And Saskatchewan expected to come and play, and maybe a few from the United States. He expects a few local players as well.
The action starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 4 and wrap up Sunday afternoon.
   “Some of the best players anywhere are coming to this event,” said Burrows-Johnson. “There is going to be some fantastic disc golf if the public wants to come and observe and learn more about the sport.”
The future of the sport in the valley also appears to be strong. Burrows-Johnson said they have approval for a second course at Midland Provincial Park.
    “Going forward, we see nothing but growth for the sport in the valley because of the landscape and all the other attractions,” he said.
   “We have designed and are now starting to build a second course and we will be able to double the size of the event. The second course at Midland is equally spectacular in terms of the landscape and it will be world class,” he said.
He says they are exploring the possibility of a third course, and that would make it possible to host the national championships.
   “That would attract in excess of 500 players,” said Burrows-Johnson.

Local artist paints tribute mask for Humboldt Bronco, former Dragon

A former Drumheller artist has created a goalie’s mask for a Humboldt Broncos player to honour the 16 victims killed in the April 6 bus crash.

Morgen Schinnour, who grew up in Drumheller but now runs Schinny Designs, a full-time custom mask art business in Lethbridge, was asked to paint a mask by goalie Dane Dow, 19, who was acquired by the Broncos from the Drumheller Dragons this summer after their former goalies Parker Tobin was killed and Jacob Wasserman was paralyzed in the crash.

“It was an honour to be asked to paint this for him,” Schinnour says.

She says Dow came to her saying he wanted the Humboldt logo, his last name on the chin, and a green and yellow ribbon on the side. She ended up adding the horse logo on the other side of the mask. She decided to also add the names of all 16 players who were killed in in a pearl paint which gives it a ‘ghosted’ look where the names are only visible at certain angles of light.

“When he contacted after we found out he’d been traded by the Dragons, I was sad he got traded because it meant the mask I had painted for him before needed to be sanded off and re done, but in the long run it was good because I was able to create this for him.”

She says he was looking forward to wearing it when their season starts this September.

“He’s a very quiet guy who doesn’t have many words, but he’s really happy about it,” Schinnour says.

The mask has also gained the attention of media around Saskatchewan, with her saying she’s been busy with interviews all week.

Harrington cleans up at Summer Games

harrington summer games

Local swimmer Ava Harrington smoked the competition at the Alberta Summer Games in Grande Prairie on July 21 and 22. Harrington won four gold medals representing Zone 2(50, 100, 200 metre freestyle and 4 x 50 relay) and four silver medals (4 x 50 medley, 200 individual medley, 400 metre freestyle, and 50 metre fly).

More Articles ...