Tag: Western Canada Summer Games
Reflecting on the Western Canada Summer Games
When track and field coach Kenzie McDonald travelled to the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., this month, it was the culmination of months of training.
He arrived on August 13, and met...
Cameron Courtoreille pins down medal no. 6 at Western Canada Summer Games
The 10th and final day of the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., on Sunday saw Team NT pick up its sixth medal of the event.
Cameron Courtoreille of Yellowknife was the final...
Boys relay team wins track and field bronze at Western Canada Summer Games
Another day, another bronze medal for Team NT at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., this time on the track.
The team of Nicolas Bennett of Yellowknife, Bryce Smith of Hay River,...
Medal no. 4 for Team NT at Western Canada Summer Games
Team NT's medal count at the Western Canada Summer Games is officially at four with the latest podium result coming in tennis.
Ofira Duru and Monika Kunderlik, both from Yellowknife, snagged themselves a bronze medal...
Close calls and court success on Thursday at Western Canada Summer Games
Thursday at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., featured plenty of almost and a dash of how-about-that.
Track and field got underway on Thursday and it started off with a bang as...
Nick Rivet makes NWT soccer history at Western Canada Summer Games
Among all of the hustle and bustle of the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., it's easy to forget that there are officials who make sure the contests happen in a fair...
Basketball teams fall short at Western Canada Summer Games
The last chances for a medal in phase of the Western Canada Summer Games have come and gone for Team NT.
Both the boys and girls teams were on court Tuesday morning in the bronze...
Leo Konge becomes golden boy at Western Canada Summer Games
Just when you thought Leo Konge's Western Canada Summer Games adventure couldn't get any better, it did on Sunday.
Day 3 for Team NT at the Games in Swift Current, Sask., was a history-making one...
Western Canada Summer Games get underway
The wait is over for Team NT and Team Nunavut.
The territory's latest sporting venture is underway as the Western Canada Summer Games got underway in Swift Current, Sask., yesterday morning. Yesterday morning because it...
Iqaluit’s Ian McDonald named Nunavut flag bearer for Western Canada Summer Games opening ceremony
Ian McDonald of Iqaluit is going to make history this weekend when he becomes one of the first four Nunavummiut to play in a competitive game of beach volleyball.
Before that happens, McDonald got one...
Naomi Yukon marches them in at Western Canada Summer Games
When Team NT marches into the Western Canada Summer Games opening ceremony this evening in Swift Current, Sask., they will do so under the lead of Naomi Yukon.
Yukon, who plays with the girls basketball...
Countdown begins to start of 2019 Western Canada Summer Games for Team NT
In less than 72 hours, the territory's best and brightest young athletes will be donning the colours and hitting the playing field/court/sand/track in the latest adventure for Team NT.
It's the Western Canada Summer Games...
Western Canada Summer Games girls volleyball squad warms up at Canada Cup
The Canada Cup junior volleyball tournament had never had a team from North of 60 as part of its line-up.
That is until the Western Canada Summer Games girls squad made an appearance this year...
Western Canada Summer Games boys squad finish first of two training camps ahead of...
Indoor volleyball is one of those sports where the NWT will play every other province and territory at the Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., next month.
So it should come as no...
Athletics NWT names 24-person roster for Western Canada Summer Games
It will be the single-largest team making the trip to the Western Canada Summer Games and the goal is to simply be the best in the NWT.
A total of 24 athletes from around the...
Soccer teams ramp it up in California
The 2019 Western Canada Summer Games in Swift Current, Sask., are little more than a month away and the real preparation is starting to begin.
For the soccer teams, that means a southern trip to...