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BCF announces March Marathon Madness

Amber LeavittJens Madsen

Marathon Madness is the theme for March, at the Badlands Community Facility (BCF). Drumheller’s Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon Race Director Jens Madsen came up with the idea, to encourage fitness and be able to enter, free of charge, to the 5K, 10K or the 21K runs.
The rules for Marathon Madness are straight forward, for example, if you run/walk 5 kilometers at the BCF in March, you win your entry fee for the 5 km Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon. Running or walking 10 or 21 kms at the BCF qualifies for winning the entry fee for the 10 and 21 km marathons.
BCF Acting Program Specialist Amber Leavitt told The Mail “17 runners have already signed up and it’s never too late to join. We also have the speakers series for the runners. March 14 will be on massage benefits and the following Monday, a registered dietitian will talk about nutrition.”
The Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon is scheduled for September 11, 2016. Proceeds will support local health and wellness initiatives.

Local High School rinks win gold and silver

Morrin girls curling

On the weekend, March 3-5, the ASAA High School Provincial curling competition saw curlers from Morrin and Delia win gold and silver medals. Morrin High School girls won gold medals and this was their second consecutive ASAA Provincial Gold Medal in Girls. Their last game was played against Dr. Folkins Community School from Chauvin, slipping in to win 8-7. Skip Katie Primrose said, “An exciting game, we worked well as a team and never gave up. We were looking forward to winning and watching all our hard work pay off. We were ahead 4 points at the end of the sixth. Then Dr. Folkins rink scored 5 points, leaving us down one. Coming home with the hammer, we scored two and the win. It was an intense game.”

Delia High School Boys rink also did well, winning silver medals. The team lost a closely played game to Strathcona High School from Edmonton

delia curling boys new

Morgan Syvertsen wins six month Multi Facility Membership

Morgan Syvertsen

Results are in for the Battle of the Sexes that was held at the Aquaplex and Badlands Community Facility (BCF). This friendly competition was held for the month of February, with men competing against the ladies on who could tally up the most kilometers, by running/walking laps or swimming lengths. Ladies dominated the men, by running/walking, at the BCF, 924 to 703 km’s. The women also won at the Aquaplex, 11,975 lengths versus 10,822. The total swam, walked, or ran by the men and women, during the month of February was an impressive 2,196 km (1365 miles).
The three month Aquaplex memberships were won by Bink Losoncy and Brenda Campbell. The three month BCF memberships were won by Ryan Hatch and Leah Cook. The six month Multi-Facility memberships were won by Morgan Syvertsen and Karen McMillan.

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