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Training Matters: Planning smart meals for athletes during COVID competition
By Kimberlee Brooks on July 24th, 2020
As youth athletes start to return to some preliminary games and tournaments they will be travelling to other cities and communities. Eating well on the road is important to support their performance. With our new COVID-19 environment, planning ahead will be key. Venues hosting events will have new protocols in place. Tournaments and games may ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rare double-eagle at Hat Club’s hole No. 17
By Medicine Hat News on July 22nd, 2020
Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club was home to an albatross last month. The local course has confirmed that Troy Hieb completed the double-eagle on the par-5 Hole 17 back on June 24, using a hybrid club to hole out on his second shot. Local courses are encouraged to submit hole-in-one and albatross reports to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paradise Valley adds another pair to hole-in-one tally
By Medicine Hat News on July 21st, 2020
Two more golfers added to Paradise Valley Golf Course’s growing hole-in-one tally last week. Bill Wilson aced the 13th hole on July 13, using a 7-iron on the 103-yard hole. Four days later, Ivan Ulriksen drained a perfect 120-yard shot on Hole 3, using an 8-iron, for the par-3 golf course’s seventh hole in one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters: Getting back in the gym
By ED STILES on July 10th, 2020
It’s good to be back, so many happy faces back on the fitness floor… at least there was Monday. However, Tuesday and Wednesday some of those same faces were wincing pretty good as they struggled to walk up the stairs. It’s funny that after almost four months off and with limited access to resistance exercises ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Monarchs, Knights form exhibition schedule with Vauxhall
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on July 4th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Banter in the dugout, chatter and clapping in the stands – action on the diamond. It was almost as though a pandemic never happened. While the American Legion Baseball season was cancelled as a result of COVID-19, the Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs and K of C Knights put together an exhibition schedule with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers select hard-working Finn forward in import draft
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on July 2nd, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers selected 2002-born Finn Oskari Kuntonen with the 51st overall pick in Tuesday’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. Tigers director of player personnel Bobby Fox says he spoke to various sources regarding Kuntonen’s skill and potential, and the common thread was an unwavering work ethic. “We talked to his agent, we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers take Oskari Kuntonen in import draft
By Mo Cranker on July 1st, 2020
The Medicine Hat Tigers selected 2002-born Finn Oskari Kuntonen with the 51st overall pick in Tuesday’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. The 6-foot-1, 181-pound left-shot forward joins the Tigers’ system after producing 16 goals and 30 assists over 39 games with the U18 SM-Sarja’s Lahti Pelicans last season. Kuntonen also put in two games with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tigers shift focus to import draft
By RYAN MCCRACKEN on June 27th, 2020
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Tigers have protected both of their Danish imports for the upcoming season, but director of player personnel Bobby Fox will still be scouting for the best player available with the 51st selection in Tuesday’s Canadian Hockey League import draft. Forward Jonathan Brinkman is set to return for his second year with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Training Matters: Why work on your mental game with a mental performance specialist?
By Brittney Nyrose on June 26th, 2020
During this time when sports are on pause for the foreseeable future, many athletes are wondering what they should be doing. They can work on building physical strength and conditioning to ensure they are in shape and ready to hit the ground running when leagues and organized sport begins again. However, it is hard to ... Read More »
1 responseWerre finishes T11 at Alberta Men’s Mid-Amateur
By Medicine Hat News on June 26th, 2020
Redcliff’s Ryan Werre finished tied for 11th in the Alberta Men’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Sundre’s Coyote Creek Golf and RV Resort this week. Werre closed out the three-round tournament with a three-over 74 Thursday to finish with a two-over 215. The Desert Blume golfer started out the event with a 69 in the first round ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local golfer comes up aces at Paradise Valley Golf Course’s hole No. 4
By Medicine Hat News on June 25th, 2020
Another hole in one has been recorded at Paradise Valley Golf Course. Susan Critchley took credit for the local par-3 course’s fourth hole in one of the season, which started later than usual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Critchley recorded the hole in one on the 103-yard 13th hole using an 8-iron on ... Read More »
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