The Norman Wild will be holding try-outs for U-15 and U-18 girls at the Whitney Forum on Saturday and Sunday, September the 19th and 20th.

For Under 15, registration will take place at 10 with ice times at 11 and 2:30 on Saturday and 9 on Sunday.

For Under 18, registration is at 10 with ice times at 12:30 and 4 on Saturday and 10:30 on Sunday.

Parents meetings will take place after ice sessions on Sunday. Try-out fee is $100.00.

Registartion forms are on flin flon minor hockey web-site.

The Norman Northstars held try-outs at the CA Nesbitt Arena in Thompson this past weekend and once again there will be a good contingent from Flin Flon and Creighton.

6 players were chosen from the Flin Flon / Creighton area and they include Connor Slugoski, Nolan Rideout, Magnus Pearson, Evan Reid and returning from last year's club is Morgan Daneliuk and Odin Church.

The Northstars continue to work with Hockey Manitoba and the Manitoba Health Authority and look forward to getting back on the ice for the start of the seasaon in October.

The SJHL has targeted October the 9th as a start date to begin their regular season as they await the decision from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

SJHL President, Bill Chow has reached out to the Saskatchewan Government and league sponsors that the league is committed to coming back stronger than ever.

Closer to home, I had a chance to catch up to Head Coach and GM of the Bombers Mike Reagan and find out how the Bombers are dealing with the delays and how it is affecting them in returning to action.

Reagan talks about their recent cash draw, season tickets and the state of the club entering a very challenging year.

You can hear that full interview here: https://soundcloud.com/102-9-cfar-podcasts

The Flin Flon Bombers are eagerly waiting to get back on the ice and like everybody else are waiting for the Saskatchewan Health authority to announce when the SJHL can get back into operation.

Like all the other Junior clubs in the country, the Bombers have taken a major hit financially and have announced a major cash draw to help pay some bills.

The Bomber cash draw is now on and there will be $30,000.00 worth of prizes to be won. There will be ten draws for $200.00, 20 draws for $500.00, 23 draws for $1000.00 and one major draw for $20,000.00.

Tickets are $100.00 each and you can pick them up at the Bomber office or contact Cole McCaig for e-transfer at 204-573-1236 or mccaig_cole @hotmail.com

The draws will take place on Saturday September the 26th, 9 pm at the Whitney Forum.

Congratulations to Flin Flon Bomber forward, Zach Bannister on committing to the University of Wisconsin- Superior Div 3.

Bannister was obtained from Melville on the Jan 10th deadline and fit into a Bomber uniform well picking up 15 points in 18 games and he also added 2 points in 4 playoff games against Humboldt.

Bannister finished with 135 points in 133 career games with three different teams and will join former Bomber, Troy Quinn at Superior later this year.

Congratulations to Flin Flon / Creighton Minor Ball on being awarded a grant courtesy of the Toronto Blue Jays, Field Of Dreams Foundation.

Channa Senyk, the Creighton Recreation Director confirmed that they began the process, two years ago by submitting an application and have been going through  lots of other steps since then.

Creighton will receive just over $30,000.00 and will use the money to fix up the Creighton ball diamond,  which will include replacing the mesh around the field and building two covered dug-outs. 

With Covid 19, the Toronto Blue Jays decided they wanted to reach out to minor ball leagues across the country to help with funding on improving ball diamonds.

Flin Flon / Creighton Minor Ball hopes to start work on these projects as soon as possible.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club hosted a Senior golf outing yesterday with 52 golfers taking part and were split up over 5 flights.

Congratulations to Shawn Fraser who won the Championship flight, firing a sizzling 68.

Doug Anderson was second, followed by Ron Breedon and Murray Grimes.

Bob Davis took the first flight, Scott Greenwood the second, Wayne Bailey the third, Pat Jones the fourth and Lorne Cridland the 5th.

The top 4 ladies golfers were Pat Bilquist, Maxine Long, Darlene Quinn and Bev Ductawich.

The Norman Northstars will be hosting a summer conditioning camp , August the 24th to the 27th and August the 31st to September the 3rd.

If you are interested, you can send your registration to 23 Pelican Crescent, Thompson MB, R8N-1A5.

Questions can be delivered to Mike Scadden at 204-679-5376.

You can also pre-register for try-outs later in September by sending your information to Rachelle Ladyka, at 204-679-6763.

Registration forms are located on Norman Northstars web-site at : normannorthstars.com.

When the SJHL  season does get going, the Flin Flon Bombers will have a new starting goalie.

Jacob Delorme, the 20 year old out of Quebec who has played the majority of games the past two seasons has committed to the Concordia Stingers hockey program, U-Sport.

Delome started 63 games over two seasons with an additional 6 playoff starts and really found a groove in their first round series with Humboldt this past spring.

In three starts, Delorme was 3-0 with a gaa of 2.00 and a sparkling save % of .936. Delorme was very popular on and off the ice and will be greatly missed.

Head Coach and GM, Mike Reagan had this to say about Delorme's signing.

"We are very happy for Jacob and want to wish him all the best. We want all of our players to move on to a higher level but it's a bitter sweet feeling losing Jacob. He has been a big part of our success and a great Bomber for the past two seasons."

Registration continues for the Flin Flon Extreme Hockey School which will kick off on Monday at the Whitney Forum.

They are completely full in the Intermediate, 10 to 13 year olds and have 6 spots left for the Junior's 6-9.

There are only 8 spots left in Skill Development, 12 to 15 and 5 spots for the Specialty Clinics.

There is lots of room for Conditioning, 14 and up.

You need to sign up a.sa.p. by contacting Mike Reagan at 204-271-1407 or mikereagan39@hotmail.com.

No registration will be taken after Saturday and you must come to the rink 15 minutes before your ice session. Dressing rooms will not be available and skates will be tied in the stands.

The Phantom Lake Golf Club is planning on hosting a Senior Golf outing on Wednesday August the 19th,  with tee times starting at 9.

This will include 18 holes of golf, a meal and gift prizes. This is open to anybody 50 and over, so if you are interested call the Pro-Shop at 306-688-5555.

Cost will be $40.00.