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Mundare Ladies Bonspiel
A Event - Sponsored by Imagine Travel. Won by Courtney Zieger Team.
Kathy Ilkiw-Imagine Travel, Courtney Ziegler, Brittany Erickson, Lydia Pauluk and Cora Mcinnes. Runners Up: Candace Tratch, Cherie Ziegler, Cynthis Baxandall and Nancy Makoweckie. (Mundare Curling Club/Submitted Photo)
B Event - Sponsored by Magnum Masonary. Won by Carmen Tratch team. Candice Kropielnicki - Director, Carmen Tratch, Kate Sanford-Mitchell, Chandel Warshawski and Carla Sanregret.
Runners Up: Maya Franklin, Isabel Flanagan, Tany Chrapko-Charette and Jody Zacharkiw. (Mundare Curling Club/Submitted Photo)
C Event - Sponsored by Liquor Choice. Won by Taryn Soloway team. Candice Kropielnicki-Director- Taryn Soloway, Anita Kuffert, Shonna Blonke and Amanda Malo.
Runners Up: Deanna Jackson, Jordana Saskiw, Amanda Nott and Hannah Musterer. (Mundare Curling Club/Submitted Photo)
VMSA Embraced Changes this Past Year
Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent
Vegreville Minor Soccer Association had a busy year with a couple of positive changes, which helps young people’s skills grow in soccer.
Director of Registrations/Communications Shelley Berry announced that for the 2024 Outdoor Season, they had 280 players and 47 on their coaching staff. For the Indoor Season, they had 79 players and 16 people on their coaching staff. Online registration opened on March 1 for the 2025 Outdoor Season. “At the end of June, we had the Lakeland Cup held at Cold Lake and Vegreville, U17 Boys United won the Bronze in Cold Lake, Vegreville U15 Girls won the Gold, Vegreville U19 Girls won Silver, and Vegreville U15 Boys won Bronze at the Lakeland Cup in Vegreville. All attended Provincials at St. Paul, along with the Vegreville U19 Boys, who won Gold, and the Vegreville U15 Girls brought home Silver.
These were some of the statements announced at this organization's annual general meeting on March 5 at Vegreville Legion Hall.
President Allan Bohrson reported that the highlights this past year were that they held their First Annual three-day Revolution Soccer Camp. They had 32 kids registered for the July 9-11 camp. Revolution Soccer provided three qualified and skilled soccer coaches for the event. “Although the camp was held during the extreme heat wave last July, the camp was well received and enjoyed by all. This year’s Camp will be in the second week. In addition to the Revolution Soccer Camp, the 2025 Outdoor Season will include four weekly in-season training sessions for U5, U7, U9, and U11 age groups. This will be one hour per week with Revolution coaches conducting training alongside our regular team coaches, and it will start the third week of May.”
Bohrson went on to say their organization worked with volunteers Emma Myshak and Kaylee Bohrson, to help coordinate a free parent-and-tot soccer group by providing balls and field space for parents to come out and introduce soccer to children under three years of age. “This was a successful program for drop-in soccer and will be running again this year.
VMSA hosted the Under 15 and Under 19 Lakeland Cup on June 21 to 23. It was an excellent weekend of soccer. We had applied for and received the Town of Vegreville Recreational Grant of $1500 to help offset the costs of the event. In addition, we also received the annual grant of $300 from the Town of Mundare.
2024 was another busy year for fundraising. In addition to the annual cash raffle, we also returned to the Vegreville Fair to run the Synergy Beer Gardens. The Calahoo Meat fundraiser was held in late fall. 2025 fundraising will include our second Casino dates, September 10 and 11, in Camrose.
Check out the video on Vegreville Soccer Website. In Spring of 2024, our organization donated a large number of used jerseys, balls, and equipment to the Gelerang Kawayan Football Club in Batangas, Philippines,” Bohrson said.
During the meeting, Jenny Tozer was appointed as the Director of Equipment. They are still searching for a Vice-President, Director of Field Maintenance, and Technical Director.
Sunshine Club Hosts Provincial Floor Curling Bonspiel
Senior Citizens Sunshine Club of Vegreville - Submitted
On Monday, March 3, the Vegreville Senior Citizens Sunshine Club hosted an Alberta Floor Curling Bonspiel with 18 visiting and two local teams. The winning teams were:
First Place – Vegreville: Skip Carlene Wheeler, Third Mary Karbashewski, Second Carolyn Kiist, and Lead Victoria Paranych.
Second Place – Villeneuve: Skip Anngeline Majeau, Third Linda Wickman, Second Lois Dutton and Lead Dorothy Rinas.
Third Place – Tofield: Skip Roger Stutzman, Third Rodney Boida, Second Lana Boida and Lead Lorraine McNeely.
Fourth Place – NW Edmonton (Calder): Skip Stan Androschuk, Third Dianne Andraschuk, Second Linda Frank and Lead Carol Richert.
Marlene Kryklywicz presented all of the awards on behalf of the Sunshine Club.
