Accomplishments: Softball Gold Medallists, Jeux Canada Games, 1973. In 1972, a group of young female softball players came together under the guidance of Frank O’Donnell and Andy Messner and achieved immediate success by winning the Women’s Division II Championship in Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Women’s Fastball Champions, 1970. Coming off a great season in 1969, the Imperials were focused on winning another national title with new coach Gil Strumm. At the national championships, the Imperials faced an undefeated Calgary Timac in Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Senior Women’s Fastball Champions, 1969. In 1967 the Saskatoon Imperials moved up to the Senior “A” division. Coach and Manager who formed the team, Gail Hopkins, stepped back from coaching and brought in Bob Stayner as coach. It Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Junior Ringette Champions, 1988 The 1987–88 Regina Optimist Stingers were the Regina representatives in the 1988 provincial ringette championships. They posted a perfect record in the round robin portion of the championships and went on to become our Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Ladies’ Five-Pin Bowling Champions, 1967. In 1967 the Saskatoon Ladies Bowling Team won the Canadian Ladies Team Championship. Held in Winnipeg, the team score for 10 games was 12985, a record that has never been surpassed by any Read more →
Accomplishments: World Baton Twirling Champions, 1991. The Buffalo Gals Baton Twirling Club was formed in 1967, Canada’s Centennial Year, and twenty-four years later the club reached the pinnacle of success – a World Championship! The Buffalo Gals, named in honour Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Women’s Basketball Champions, 1963. In 1963 the Aces once again dominated the Saskatchewan league. Led by coach, Bob Stayner the team advanced on to the Canadian Women’s Basketball championships held in Kelowna. The double knockout tournament consisted of Read more →
Accomplishments: Canadian Women’s Basketball Champions, 1959. The Saskatoon Adilman Aces, named after their coach and sponsor Jack Adilman, had created a strong tradition since starting in 1948, but it was not until 1959 that they captured the Canadian title. With Read more →
Volleyball took Joyce Gamborg (nee Senyk) from Melville to Saskatoon. Then, it took her around the world. After graduating from Melville Comprehensive High School in 1978, Gamborg joined the University of Saskatchewan Huskiettes women’s volleyball team later that fall. As Read more →
Annie Thomson won seven provincial open championships in ladies’ singles; six in ladies’ doubles; and six in mixed doubles events. Annie won western Canadian titles in singles and doubles events, and was a semi-finalist in the Canadian Senior Ladies Doubles. Read more →
Joe Griffiths saw Doreen Wolff jump 4 feet, 10 ½ inches at a high school track meet. He put spikes on her and only two weeks later she set a new junior world record, jumping 5 feet, 1 ½ inches. Read more →
Between 1973 and 1981, Lynn Kanuka finished in the top three in every track event she entered at the local and provincial levels. Lynn set eleven Canadian senior running records between 1983 and 1989 in the 1500m, 2000m, 3000m, 5000m Read more →
Margaret Tosh set a new Canadian open record in javelin at the Canadian Olympic trials in Hamilton, 1956. The record throw of 145’5” stood until 1964. Margaret competed in the Olympics at Melbourne, Australia in 1956. In 1957, at the Read more →
Photo Credit: Alyssa Sutton Academy Studios Judy Peddle showed great promise as a track athlete while still in high school. By age sixteen, she had already set a new provincial record for the junior girls 60-yard-dash, and was a member Read more →
Joanne McTaggart was indisputably one of Canada’s premier runners of the 1970’s. She was named to Canada’s national track team in 1972, while still in high school, and remained on the team until 1980. In 1975, Joanne competed at the Read more →