Parkland Valley District

For general information about this district email parkland.valley@ssfa.ca.

Activities

The Parkland Valley District hosted a very successful pickleball clinic with 22 participants. Games continue to be played every Sunday at 2:00 p.m. as long as there is interest. Melville has pickle Ball on Wednesdays @ 7:00 p.m. at the Melville Tennis courts. If the weather is inclement it will be moved to the hall in Duff @7:30 p.m.. For more information contact Thelma Raczynski @ 728-4400 Or Edna Schick @ 760-1427.

Kaiser took place in Buchanan on May 10, 2013. There were 6 teams participating and the winners were: Gold: Anne Brezinski & Florence Bilan; Silver: Shirley Kushneruk & Lil Kitzan; and, Bronze: Sharon Murray & JoanSakundiak.

The Melville SSFA host committee for a number of provincial games over the years accumulated some resources that they donated to the local community.

Ed Miller, left, accepts a cheque for $600 for the Melville and District German Heritage Club, presented by Joe Kirwan.

Ed Wihlidal on behalf of the Melville Senior Center accepts a $600 donation from the group, presented by SSFA member Joe Kirwan.

PARKLAND VALLEY DISTRICT SSFA 55+ GAMES
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2013

EVENT: CRIBBAGE		EVENT: POETRY & SHORT STORY
DATE:	May 22, 2013	THEME: “Live Your Dreams by Being Fit”
TIME:	10:00 a.m.	DEADLINE:	May 31, 2013
PLACE:	St. Gerard’s Hall	CONTACT:	Anita Bella
CONTACT:	Angie VanParys	PHONE #:	306-728-5163
PHONE #:	306-783-7838

EVENT: FIVE-PIN BOWLING		EVENT: TRACK & FIELD
DATE:	May 28, 2013	DATE:	End of May (weather dependent)
TIME:	10:00 a.m.	PLACE:	Melville
PLACE:	Yorkton Bowl Arena	CONTACT:	Anita Bella
	49 Broadway St. E .	PHONE #:	306-728-5163
	Yorkton
CONTACT:	Colleen Haider
PHONE #:	306-783-5183
EMAIL:	c.haider@sasktel.net

EVENT: BANK SHUFFLEBOARD		EVENT: GOLF
DATE:	May 29, 2013	DATE:	June 13, 2013
TIME:	10:00 a.m.	PLACE:	Melville Country Club
PLACE:	Melville Sr. Citizen’s Hall		Hwy 47 N, Melville
CONTACT:	John Murray	CONTACT:	Joe Kirwan
PHONE #:	306-728-3832	PHONE #:	306-728-3855
EMAIL:	hm@sasktel.net

EVENT: SLO-PITCH
DATE:	June 19, 2013
PLACE:	Preeceville
CONTACT:	Joe Yacyshyn
PHONE #:	306-547-3117
EMAIL:	jnyacyshyn@sasktel.net

Note: The SSFA membership of $5.00 plus a $2.00 administration fee allows you to participate in any or all of these events. The membership is good from April 1, 2013 – March 31, 2014. You need only purchase the membership once. Some events will require an additional charge – e.g. golf – your green fee will be subsidized by SSFA but you will pay any fee over $20 and cart rental (if desired). Bowlers will be subsidized $10 each but must pay any additional fees. Others may charge something for lunch.

The Parkland Valley District sent three curling teams to the Canada 55+ Games in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The men’s 65+ team from Canora brought home the gold medal.

Congratulations

Lead Jim Chicilo, Second Robert Roll, Third Merv Tomski, Skip Ron Hoehn

The next Canada 55+ Games will be held in Edmonton in 2014.

PARKLAND VALLEY DISTRICT GAMES 2012

As a result of the provincial curling held in Canora in March and the District games held in Melville in May, the Parkland Valley District has a membership of 135 this year. Results of the curling were published earlier so this report will outline the district games in more detail. This is the first time in a number of years that the district games were held in one location. Melville hosted a variety of events on May 29, 2012, and medal winners had the opportunity to enter the provincial games in Saskatoon. As a result the district sent 36 participants plus several guests to Saskatoon, July 3-5. The majority of the participants were members of two slo-pitch teams – one from Melville and the other from a variety of communities north of Yorkton, mainly Preeceville and Kamsack. Also entered from the Parkland Valley District are two track and field athletes and one golfer. Although they do not need to attend the games in Saskatoon the gold medal winners for poetry and for a short story are also entered in the provincial games.

Parkland Valley District athletes obtained eight medals in the Provincial 55+ Games. All medals were earned by the two track and field athletes, Bob Edwards and Polly Wardle. Polly received four gold medals and Bob received three gold and one silver medals. Congratulations!! The Melville slo-pitch team won the consolation side of the slo pitch competition defeating the Preeceville-Kamsack team. Well done!!.

Pictures of some of the district winners are below: