Roblin Review Sports
Sunday, 02 February 2025 11:22
Leflar foursome wins Farmers'
Roblin’s first bonspiel of the season, the Farmers’, is in the books. The mixed spiel played out Jan. 23 to 25 at the local curling rink with 12 rinks in the mix battling it out in three events.Check out the winning rinks’ pics in this week’s issue.
Thursday, 10 October 2024 16:20
Angels and Raiders in action
The volleyball courts at Goose Lake High and Roblin Elementary School saw plenty of action Oct. 4 and 5 for the Angels and Raiders annual home tournament. Teams from Russell, Swan River, Gilbert Plains, Erickson, Hamiota, The Pas, Melville, Rossburn, Landmark, Fisher Branch, Warren, Flin Flon and Grandview took part…
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 06:00
Larsen finishes fourth overall
It wasn’t his best finish at the Calgary Stampede but it wasn’t his worst by far. Shell Valley’s own Orin Larsen had to settle for fourth place overall among the 30 competitors in Bareback at the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. Larsen began his quest for that elusive Stampede buckle on…
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 06:00
Men at Play
Forty-five golfers, including [L-R] Jayce Legaarden, Braydon Dube and John Perchaluk pictured here on #1, took to the links of the Roblin Golf & Country Club Saturday for the annual Moonshine Daze Men’s Open. Winding up on top of the leaderboard with a score of 71 was Chad Jones, a…
Tuesday, 16 July 2024 06:00
Join Jon Montgomery for viewing of The Amazing Race Canada
Pictured above: Jon Montgomery made his way down Russell’s Main Street as a crowd followed him under the arches for the beginning shots of the fifth episode of The Amazing Race Canada on CTV. If you were lucky enough to be in on the filming of The Amazing Race Canada…
Monday, 03 June 2024 10:04
17U Predators win national championship
The 17U Predators Volleyball Club are golden after winning Volleyball Canada’s national championships in Edmonton. It was a rough start to the tournament for the Parkland-based Predators as they lost their three opening matches, May 20. Check out this week’s Review to find out more.
Sunday, 24 March 2024 14:04
Stadnyk rink wins Mixed
The final bonspiel of the 2022-23 curling season played out Saturday, March 18 with some familiar names battling it out in the finals of the three events. Taking top spot and winning the Cross Town Motors trophy was the Colton Stadnyk foursome with a 6-2 victory after six ends over…
Monday, 04 March 2024 09:44
Elite league proposed
The Manitoba U18 AAA League Board of Directors formed a Competition Committee in December 2022 to look at restructuring the league. Last July, the committee provided four recommendations to the board of directors. On Aug. 27, those concepts were voted on for the committee to pursue. Read more in this…
Friday, 16 February 2024 10:22
Aceholes win second annual
The second annual Roblin Nursery School Coed Volleyball Tournament Fundraiser happened on Feb. 9 at Goose Lake High. There were six teams competing this year, up one from last year. More in this issue.
Sunday, 11 February 2024 11:19
League considers restructuring
There’s some unsettling talk about the possibility of Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League restructuring and eliminating some teams that they feel aren’t meeting the competitive standard of the league. A competition committee was formed to determine the viability of league and made some recommendations for improvements. Find out more in…
Sunday, 21 January 2024 12:54
Rocking M wins Farmers
The 2024 bonspiel season got underway Jan. 11 with 16 rinks battling it out in this year’s version of the Roblin Farmers’ Bonspiel. With four events this year, the ‘spiel saw some rinks playing four games on the final day, Saturday, making for some very tired curlers after the finals.…
Sunday, 29 October 2023 13:59
GLH hosts JV v-ballers
Goose Lake High’s Junior Varsity Angels and Raiders volleyball teams, both ranked #2 in the province, hosted their home tournaments Friday and Saturday and despite some weather-related delays, the tourney went off without a hitch. The boys side featured teams from Warren, Russell, Swan Valley, Hamiota, Virden, Ebb & Flow…
Friday, 20 October 2023 10:18
She's a rebel
Brooklyn Hramalak is making a name for herself in the world of post-secondary sports. Hramalak had a successful first season playing with the University of Regina’s Cougars softball team, ending the season off by receiving Second All-Star Team for Right Field award and has now signed with the Regina Rebels…
Sunday, 11 June 2023 12:47
Build it and they will come
If you grew up in the area and are of a certain age, you’ll have fond memories of heading to Asessippi Beach on a hot summer Sunday for a family picnic, to climb the hill, go for a swim and take in some great fastball. Those salad days have returned…
Friday, 17 February 2023 10:24
Roblin hosts stick spiel
Roblin’s Senior Curling Club and the Municipality of Roblin’s Rec Department hosted the community’s first ever Two Person Stick Bonspiel Wednesday at the curling rink, attracting 16 rinks to town. The game features two curlers per rink who stay at one end of the sheet and throw three rocks each…