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The Athabasca Golf and Country Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a tournament last Wednesday. More than 180 golfers attended the event.

Though medals eluded them, three Athabasca soccer teams held their own at the Alberta Soccer Association Outdoor Youth Tier IV City Provincials July 26–28 at the Lillian Osborne High School soccer fields in Edmonton.

A successful season for Westlock’s junior Rock lacrosse squad has ended with the team dropping its championship series 2-0 to the Medicine Hat Sun Devils. The Rock took on Medicine Hat in a best-of-three series in St.

Years before, Ernest Ernst had been part of a floor curling team that won gold at the Alberta 55-Plus Winter Games, which enabled them to compete nationally.

With two games left in the regular season, the Westlock 35+ Red Lions, also known as the Grey Lions, are gearing up for a playoff run and a shot at a national title.

Cycling enthusiasts paused to reflect on their passion before gearing up ride the last leg of Sunday’s 185-kilometre Tour de l’Alberta that passed through Westlock.

Despite rolling his ankle only four days beforehand, Athabasca’s Jonathan LeMessurier completed his 130-kilometre bike ride to fight breast cancer in about six hours last Saturday. He also exceeded his goal of raising $1,000 by an additional $500.

Billy Loutit himself would have been proud of the 11th annual Billy Loutit Despatch Triathlon and the new Duathlon July 21 in honour of his run to Edmonton to inform authorities Athabasca was being flooded.

“We are seniors, we are happy, we are healthy, and that’s all that counts …” With those words, Herb Sieben summed up the spirit that defines the Barrhead Seniors Open.

It was a day when rainy July relented, adorning the Paddle River golf course with the colours of summer.