Southwest Booster Staff
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The City of Swift Current’s outdoor rinks and shacks will be closed for the season as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, so grab your skates and take one last twirl at one of these five great locations over the weekend:
Southside RinkNorth Hill RinkWest Side RinkHighland RinkSheldon Kennedy Rink
Seven members of Swift Current Christian Taekwondo participated in the
50th Annual Chun’s Taekwondo
Memorial Championship on February 15 in Edmonton, bringing home five gold and
five silver medals in sparring and poomsae (forms).
“Our students
really stepped up to the plate,” says chief
instructor, Gary Voysey. “Competition was
tough—the courage and effort that came through this weekend was really
impressive.”
The Swift Current Barracuda Swim Club is excited to welcome new Head
Coach Homayoun (Homie) Haghighi Jadid. The Barracudas know he will be a great
addition to the team and to the community of Swift Current. He will take over
for long time Swift Current swim Coach Jackie Powell, who so graciously stepped
up to coach the club while he worked...
The Swift Current City RCMP is requesting assistance from the public. On
February 12, 2020 between 8:15 and 8:45 p.m. at the Fairview East Hockey Arena,
an unknown individual(s) entered the change rooms and went through the kids’ hockey bags and clothes
while the kids were playing hockey. A number of cell phones, earbuds, cash,
wallets and clothes were taken. The...
The Swift Current 14U Black Female Junior SunDogs placed second at Sask Cup 1 this past weekend in Saskatoon.
The SunDogs finished 3-1 in the round robin on Saturday. They opened up pool play with a loss to the Estevan Extreme Storm (19-25, 17-25). They went on to post wins over Regina QCVC (25-21,...
Most of our senior basketball league games wrapped up last week. Maple
Creek boys beat Gull Lake (57-52). Swift Current boys defeated Vanguard (75-20)
and Frontier boys lost to Shaunavon (69-61). The Maple Creek girls lost to
Swift Current (55-26) and Shaunavon girls won over Herbert (59-39).
Top boy scorers in last week’s games - Gull...
The Cypress Motors/Subway (Rumpel) and RBC Dominion Securities (Haichert) rinks now lead the Swift Current Curling Club - Innovation Credit Union Super League after two weeks with 2-0 records.
February 6 results:
Quintin defeated Therrien Construction (Dixon); Cypress Motors/Subway (Rumpel) defeated B&A Petroleum/Nitro Millwright (Seidler); ACT Sliders (Cornelson) defeated ACT Sliders (Chambers); RBC Dominion Securities...
Now that exam week is done, there is one set of regularly scheduled
senior basketball league games left before playoffs. The standings have not
changed since before exams. On February
4, Gull Lake boys and Swift Current girls are in Maple Creek. Swift Current
boys will be in Vanguard and Shaunavon boys in Frontier. Shaunavon girls will
travel to Maple Creek. There...
In the afternoon of January 28, 2020, an off-duty RCMP officer spotted three vehicles driving at a high rate of speed east on Highway 1 towards Swift Current, SK. The three vehicles appeared to be travelling together as they were driving in close proximity, in the same direction and at the same high rate of speed. Swift...
The 15U Yellow Female Junior SunDogs volleyball team finished with a 4-4 match record at Sask Cup #1 in Saskatoon over the weekend.
The 15U SunDogs, coached by Hayley German, finished with a 1-4 record on Saturday, including a trio of three-set matches to conclude the day. They lost their opening matches to the...