Sports

Three surveys later and the responses confirmed that the Carbon Agriculture Society has the interest and commitment of about 30 people to move forward on opening an archery range inside the Carbon Curling Rink during its off season.

An open house event, to include demonstrations will be held on Saturday, May 11 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Decisions will be made at that time on the scheduling of which nights, how many nights, and times being offered. At the moment the group has turned 10 tree li

The Three Hills School Junior High Badminton team showed an outstanding performance at the South Central Zone Badminton Championships. The team played exceptionally well and came home as the 2J South Central Zone Champions! Special congratulations to Devon Hagel for his 4th place finish in Grade 8 Boys Singles, Annika Ferguson and Dane Richardson for their 4th place finish in Grade 9 Mixed Doubles, and to Lola Ferguson and Quinn Richardson for their silver medal in Grade 7 Mixed Doubles.

On April 22, the Trochu Rifle & Pistol Association held its annual Kids Easter Shoot with 11 youth shooters and 3 adult shooters.

The evening started with sign-in of the shooters followed by a safety talk on firearm safety and range rules. The shooters were taken in age groups of three to the range where each shooter had a Range Safety Officer to assist them, the shooters in waiting were kept busy with games of bingo.

After the shoot and prizes had been awarded, everyone received pop and ch

Trochu native Shane Issler has kept up his sport since his days with the Three Hills Neons, competing now in Masters swimming competitions.

Issler swam with the Three Hills Neons Swim Club for four years before he moved on to swim with the Olds Rapids for one year and one session, then swam with the Canadian Badlands Aquatic Club out of Drumheller from September 2017 to July 2018.

Since November 2018 he has been an unattached Masters swimmer in Calgary where he is attending Mount Royal Universi