The Extreme Hockey School will make it's return to the Whitney Forum in August.

There are programs for all age groups including Junior 6-9, Intermediate 10-12, Senior 13-14,and Conditioning for 15 and up starting August the 21st.

The Specialty Clinics will return August the 28th.

Mike Reagan the Head Coach and GM of the FF Bombers will be the Head Instructor with both assistants Gary Childerhose and Chris Bortis also helping out.

Lots of Bomber players will also be in attendance including Zac Robidoux, Nate Hooper, Nick Shumlanski, Ben Lanferman, Rylan Tkachuk, Tyler Miller and Tyler Nyman. Mackenzie Bortis who is a former member of the Yellowhead Female AAA Chiefs has been added to the staff.

For more information and to sign up you can contact Mike Reagan at 204-271-1407 or by e-mail at mikereagan39@hotmail.com.

Sign up by July the 28th and you could win a Bomber season ticket.

The inaugural  Junior/Adult Open wrapped up yesterday at the Phantom Lake Golf Club. 20 teams took part and Phantom Lake Golf Pro Chris Doyle is hoping this will become an annual event.

Nevin O'Donnell and Glenn Smith won the Championship Flight with Blaine and Gage Gogal coming second and Lucas and Derek Reid third.

First Flight- Joel and Mike Williams

Second Flight- Evan and Suzie Reid

Third Flight- Riley and Jay Ginnell.

The 2017 CFAR Million Dollar Hole In One wrapped up yesterday at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

It was a very successful event which included 4 hole in one's during the week from Erin Ginnell, Blake Alexander, Leon Janvier and 7 year old Lucas Reid.

Alexander and Janvier got theirs on the final day of competition and Ginnell got the first one on the first day of qualifying. Lucas Reid is the youngest golfer in the history of the event to score a hole in one at 7 years of age. He got his on Friday night.

Three golfers got to shoot for a million dollars including Erin Ginnell who got the closest at 37 ft,2 and a half inches. Blake Alexander was second at 91ft,5 inches and Leon Janvier came third at 100 ft. Erin wins the Missinippi Fly/Golf package worth $7000.00.

The longest drive competition for the men was won by Jason Fehr at 255 yards, and Lauren Fox won the Ladies with a drive of 181 yards.

Natasha Ward was the 50-50 ball drop winner.

Proceeds will go to FF/Creighton Minor Ball and the FF/Creighton Slow Pitch League. A big thanks to the Kinsmen and Rotary for volunteering their time plus a big thanks to all the other volunteers and sponsors for your continued support.

A BIG THANK YOU to all the golfers for coming out, because without you there is no event. It was nice to see lots of new faces this year and we look forward to seeing you again next year.

Flin Flon Minor Hockey is accepting registration online for the 2017-18 season starting now on their website.

All you have to do is go to Flinflonminorhockey.com and click on the link for registration. You can then make 4 equal payments with the 1st payment at the time of registration, 2nd payment August the 15th, 3rd payment September 15th and 4th payment October 15th.

There will still be one in person registration at the Flin Flon Community Hall at the Registration Under One Roof on September the 6th 5-8PM.

Season will start September the 18th.

The early bird deadline has passed but you can still pick up your Flin Flon Bomber season tickets for the upcoming season.

The season count stands at about 360 and as soon as they hit 400, each Bomber season ticket holder will receive a free Bomber T- Shirt.

If they end up selling 500, every season ticket holder receives a Bomber Hat, 600 a Bomber Hoodie and if they hit 1000, tickets will be reduced to $200.00.

The Bomber office is located at the Flin Flon Community Hall and their office hours are 10-1 and you can call them at 687-4404.

Flin Flon Parks and Rec will be hosting a speed camp at Queens Park August the 8th to the 11th for all different age groups starting at 9 years old.

The camp will feature Brendan O'Donnell who was born in Flin Flon and  played in the NCAA with the University of North Dakota between 2011 and 2015.

O'Donnell now plays in the ECHL with the Florida Everblades and has been drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

O'Donnell knows all about speed and his knowledge is at a high level due to his training experiences at Elite Performance in his home town of Winnipeg.

You will learn acceleration mechanics, how to become quicker with more agility and maximum velocity.

Register by calling Flin Flon Parks and Rec at 204-681-7502. If you sign up by July the 26th you could win lots of prizes including a  signed hockey stick from  Canadian 2015 World JR Championship Gold Medal winner Madison Bowie.

26 golfers took part in the Ladies Open yesterday at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

Congratulations to Lauren Fox who won the Championship flight just ahead of Lori Salahub and Judy Maitland.

Here are the rest of the results:

First Flight- Sue Murray

Second Flight- Patty Korchinski

Third Flight- Audrey Murray

Fourth Flight- Pat Hyndman

Fifth Flight- Sheila Leclair

Sixth Flight- Karen Ras

The 28th annual Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge is coming up fast and furious this August long weekend.

Boats will hit the water August the 5th and 6th for a chance to win great cash prizes. Once again cash will be given away for the top 11 boats including $3500.00 guaranteed for first.

Entry fee is $150.00 per team and is catch and release on lake Athapap. You can register right up to Saturday the 5th.

For more information you can call Tiffany Anderson at 204-472-3044 or go to their facebook page.

After an overwhelming response the Flin Flon Bombers will be extending their season ticket deadline to Monday July the 17th.

The Bombers are only 110 away from their first goal of selling 400 season tickets. With that level all fans will receive a Bomber T-shirt.

Office hours will be extended on Monday July the 16th from 10-1 and then from 3-5 to accomodate the fans.

Head Coach and GM Mike Reagan is very excited in how this year's campaign is going. "We have extended it til next Monday due to the overall demand being so good. We don't want to take that away from people. We are 110 away from our goal of reaching 400 with the early bird, and that is exciting and the best response we have had in a number of years. We are hoping we can reach that goal of 400 this week and be able to guarantee everyone a T-shirt and the overall response from the community and surrounding area has been terrific."

Congratulations to Cory Sliworsky from Sprigfield MB on winning the 2017 Bomber Boat Draw for winning ticket #1865.

The Flin Flon Bombers have released their schedule for the 2017-18 season and they will play 56 games again this season, 23 at home and 23 on the road.

Games within the division will be huge as the Bombers will play 25 games against the other teams in the Sherwood including 10 against Laronge, 8 against Nipawin and 7 versus Melfort.

It all begins Friday September the 15th and 16th with a home and home against Laronge.  Friday in Flin Flon with the rematch in Laronge Saturday. Flin Flon will play 6 of the first 10 games to start the year at home with the first big road trip starting October the 11th in Humboldt.

Here is the complete schedule:

Congratulations to Flin Flon's Carson Lee who continues to shine at every wrestling event he competes in whether it is Provincial, National or International.

This time Carson has won a Silver in Buenos Aires Agentina competing in the Pan Am Games in the  Cadet 76 KG. Carson lost the Gold medal  match to an American.

Carson will return to Flin Flon to train for the Canada Games coming up in Winnipeg in August. Team Manitoba will train at Camp Whitney July the 14th to the 20th.

After hosting a very successful Homecoming Tournament, the Phantom Lake Golf Club is getting ready for their next two big events.

The Ladies Open will take place Sunday July the 16th with a shot-gun start at 1. All ladies are welcome for 18 holes of golf, prizes and dinner to follow the event.

Something brand new this year will be the Junior/Adult Tournamrnt on Sunday July the 23rd. There will be a shotgun start at 11 with 9 holes of golf, Hot-Dogs and Fries and lots of prizes.

You can sign up for both events by calling the Pro- Shop at 306-688-5555.

The Flin Flon Bombers have completed the Eric Sinclair trade with the Melville Millionaires and will be losing 20 year old forward Riley Zimmer and 19 year old defenseman Troy Williams for the upcoming season.

Zimmer has been a Bomber for the past couple of  seasons putting up 81 points in 79 games and 21 points in 32 playoff games.

Williams came to Flin Flon in a trade this past season  with Steinbach from the MJHL putting up 15 points in 27 games including 3 points in 16 playoff games.

Head Coach and GM of the Bombers Mike Reagan explains the trade here

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Congratulations to Darcy Salamondra who fired a sizzling 67 to take this year's Homecoming Golf Championship this past weekend at the Phantom Lake Golf Club.

Ray Shirran was second while Jeff Woods came third and Shawn Goodman 4th to round out the Championship Flight.

Here are the rest of  the results:

First Flight- Shawn Fraser

Second Flight- Ken Brough

Third Flight- Kriss Lee

Fourth Flight- Hugo Sandherr

Fifth Flight- Terry Anderson

Sixth Flight- Terry Anderchuk

Ladies Championship Flight

First- Lori Salahub

Second- Karen Martin

First Flight- Beatrice Floch 1st, Amanda Bilquist 2nd.

Second Flight- Maxine Long 1st, Charney Jones 2nd.

Junior Championship- Chris Reynolds