A large crowd, young and old, filled the Athabasca Seniors Centre for the annual Athabasca Fish and Game Association trophy night Apr. 11.
The festivities included a great meal as well as several prize draws for the adults and kids along with a silent auction, with all the proceeds supporting the youth wilderness camp at Narrow Lake. The camp helps teach hunter and firearms training as well as survival skills along with archery, kayaking and proper use of knives and making fires.
Stacey Kamarek is in charge of the camp and has been involved since she went 15 years ago. She stated events like this are really important for small clubs to help give back to the community they serve and produce future leaders.
As for the awards, there were several multiple winners. Danielle Borle won the Gisli Gislason Memorial for hunter training and the Art Miles Memorial for top junior whitetail deer; Colton Gustafson won the Len Stiles Memorial for top senior non-typical whitetail deer and the big game open archery award; Trevor Yurchak won the Dianne Christensen Memorial for moose archery and the Han's and Rita Birkigt Memorial for typical moose; Cindy Schulte won the big game open rifle and the senior typical whitetail deer awards; Vance Wolak won both the senior perch and goldeye awards; Garrett Borle won both the junior perch and rainbow trout awards, while Leland Gauthier walked away with the most awards of the night, three – winning the junior awards for top northern pike, walleye and goldeye.
