The Big Valley Elks mite hockey team held its tournament on the first weekend of March.
With four teams participating, all the players skated hard and demonstrated true sportsmanship. Friends, families and the whole community are so proud of all the players.
The mite Elks would like to take this opportunity to thank the following for all their support, be it through donations or time spent at the rink: the Big Valley Royal Purple, the Big Valley Elks, Granny’s Fudge Factory, Diana McCuaig, Battle River Source for Sports, the Stettler Independent, Siplicious, Canadian Tire, Amanda Lucki, Lorna and Tony with Den’s Repair, Valhalla Filtration 2006, Aspen Ford, Stettler GM, Tim Hortons, Stettler Dodge, Sean’s No Frills, and Larry Erickson for his endless kitchen help.
Many more thanks to all the parents, coaches and players for all the help and support at the tournament. We look forward to a great season next year.
Congratulations to Big Valley’s junior high boys’ basketball team for qualifying for the CWAJHAA championship.
Placing seventh overall locally, the boys had to play the No. 6 team to earn a berth in the CARA tournament. Accomplishing that, the boys went in as the underdogs, but were able to defeat two more teams to put them into the final against Stettler, where they finally lost.
Although that effort earned Big Valley a place in the CWAJJHA tournament, the boys unfortunately had too many players with other commitments last weekend and the team could not attend. Nonetheless, good work, boys!
Members of the Big Valley team are Luke Skocdopole, Russel Steen, Kyle Lawrence, Brendan Bardwell, James Nyuli, Brandon Sukkau, Ty Sukkau, Soren Jensen, Kaiden Chapman, Shaye Skelton, Austin Slootweg and Bradley Dods. The boys were coached by David McComish.
The Big Valley Legion will hold their annual St. Patrick’s Stew Day on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Legion Hall.
At the Big Valley Drop In Centre, eight people came out to play Military Whist last Friday. In first place were Edna, Geneva, Connie, and Linda and in second were Dave, Ed, Allan, and Les. The next Military Whist will be on Friday, March 22, beginning at 7 p.m.
The Big Valley Drop-In Centre will host its last community pancake supper of the season next Monday, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pancake suppers will resume in October.
The Big Valley United Church’s annual Ham Supper will be held on Sunday, March 24, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Big Valley Jubilee Hall.
Thirty-two people attended Bingo last Thursday. The progressive Jackpot was finally won. Congratulations to Carol Kashuba. Next week, it will start building up again.
The bonanza was won by Loren Watts, with the consolation going to Dave Garstad. The loonie pot is now up at $13.
The next Bingo will be this Thursday, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Hall Board Bingo finishes up at the end of March, so with only three Bingos left, we hope to see you there.
— BIG VALLEY BULLETIN