The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

The 2012-2013 athletic year will be over in the next few weeks. This week our rugby and soccer teams will participate in playoffs, while 9 of our track athletes are preparing for zones on May 28th. My apologies to Ria and Alec as I could not access their pictures due to the long weekend. I will include their pictures in next week’s article. TRACK AND FIELD The track and field meet for Rocky View schools was held on Tuesday, May 14 at East Lake Athletic Park in Airdrie.  Nine out of our 17 competitors were able to place in the [...]

12 riders representing Sweet Talk Stables of Chestermere competed at the Spruce Meadows May Classic this past week. As evidenced in the pictures, the riders, under the direction of their coaches, Joyce Enders and Hope Enders surpassed all expectations bringing home ribbons and coolers from all divisions entered. All the girls work very hard to achieve this level of success spending numerous hours at the stables not just riding but grooming, maintaining equipment and “mucking” out stalls. As stated by head coach Joyce Enders, “these girls work very hard to compete at these events and deserve every ribbon they win”. [...]

I have to confess when my 7 year old son begged me to sign him up for football I was worried, although I have always loved the sport I had a hard time envisioning my boy taking on some big burly linebacker and it ending up OK!! But when both his dad and him were keen to join the Chestermere Chiefs I signed us all up. What I was pleasantly surprised to learn was that this “Ultimate Team Sport” would be one of the most inspiring things I’ve been a part of. First every piece of equipment except shoes was [...]

BOYS’ RUGBY A hard fought battle between friendly arch rivals left Chestermere on the losing side, this past week. The score remained 10-7 for Strathmore for more than 2/3rds of the game. It was a tough match for both teams as they met head-on. Chestermere’s only try was scored by Wade Zimmerman, and converted by Cole Templeton, for a final score of 15-7. Strathmore scored in the final minutes to secure the win. Another difficult game will be played at home next week against Division 1 team Foothills Composite High School. Come on out and support your teams. GIRLS’ RUGBY [...]

Alex Sergueev, coach of the Chestermere Star skaters program was very pleased with the results of his teams placement at the Chinook Open Competition in Lethbridge April 5 to 7. Sergueev, said this is the biggest competition he’s seen, with over 400 skaters competiting over a 3 day period. Six local skaters ages 8 to 15 participated to bring home 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. Amanda Grover placed 4th in junior bronze, Natalie Miller 4th in first preliminary, Rachael Matthews 1st introductory level, Rebecca David 1st in freeskate junior bronze level, Brenna Gosse 3rd in freeskate introductory [...]

BADMINTON ZONE RESULTS Congratulations to the badminton team on an excellent performance at zones in Cochrane this weekend. Paul Hui and Danny Pham played well in their round robin pool but, unfortunately, came up short in making it to play-offs. Akshay Aheer played well and finished second in his pool making it to the semi-finals. After a hard fought game Akshay came up short in making it to the finals but did end up taking home the bronze medal. Congratulations to all of the boys. Thanks to Coaches Massig and Everson for your time and hard work, this season. BOYS’ [...]

Welcome back, after two weeks of not writing a column. As I write this I am looking out my classroom window and wonder if spring will ever arrive. Our spring teams are anxious to get started with their season and we all look forward to nicer weather. History was made, this past weekend, as our boys swept all three singles events at the Divisional Championships. BADMINTON ATHLETES STRIKE GOLD Our badminton team had quite a weekend sweeping the boys singles events and earning the silver in Boys’ Doubles.
Coach Massig indicated that he was really proud of the team and that [...]

Our basketball season is officially over now that the league banquet and all-star games are done. We have our Easter break, this week and badminton, rugby and boys’ soccer will swing into full gear when school resumes next week. ROCKY VIEW LEAGUE AWARDS BANQUET On Monday, March 25 the Rocky View league Awards Banquet was held at Bert Church High School. Close to 500 people attended this event, with 95 coming from Chestermere. A number of our athletes were honoured with awards. Earning Heart Awards were: Kendra Anderson, Mitch Marjoram, Kendall Armstrong, and Drake Bruney. All-star awards were presented to: [...]

CHESTERMERE – Once again District 3 is holding its Level 1/2 Clinic, using the National Umpire Certification Program, to prepare you for another season umpiring in Little League and at other levels in Calgary. Why be an umpire? It keeps you active in baseball, you get to give something back to the game, you have “The Best Seat in the House”, you get to meet some great people and it is a great part-time Spring/Summer employment. Chestermere Rocky View Little League (CRVLL) is looking for umpires for the 2013 Season. Qualified umpires are an important part of insuring safety, competitiveness, [...]

Would you believe that Chestermere Minor Hockey has not had a Provincial Champion amongst its teams in 13 years? The year 2000 proved to be the year for the Atom C team in Chestermere. We all know that 13 is seen as an unlucky number but the Atom 1 team has just proven that this superstition is just that, a superstition! After winning a playdown against Brooks, The Chestermere Laker Atom 1 team earned the chance to represent Hockey Alberta’s Zone 6 in the Alberta Atom AA Minor Provincial tournament held in Leduc this past weekend, March 15-17. The Tournament [...]