Audrey Sandbeck – Athlete

Audrey Sandbeck – Athlete

Audrey Sandbeck – Athlete Softball in the summer and curling in the winter describes Audrey Sandbeck. A softball player during her school years in her hometown of Smeaton, Sandbeck later played in Regina and Calgary. In the mid 1960’s she returned Prince Albert...
1978 Brown Motor Dusters – Team

1978 Brown Motor Dusters – Team

1978 Brown Motor Dusters – Team A team which was formed in 1966 when there was no women’s softball in Prince Albert culminated with a Western Canadian championship in 1978. Originally known as the Key Realettes, the team tasted success immediately winning the...
Dave Balon – Athlete

Dave Balon – Athlete

Dave Balon – Athlete After playing junior hockey with the Prince Albert Mintos, Dave Balon began a lengthy professional career in 1958‑59 with the Saskatoon Quakers. Following stops in Three Rivers, Quebec and Kitchener‑Waterloo, Ontario, Balon made it to the...
Ev Ellison – Builder

Ev Ellison – Builder

Ev Ellison – Builder An athletic family provided the foundation for a life‑long involvement in sports by Ev Ellison. This involvement dates back as far as 1935 when, at the age of 15, he started curling. Ellison’s involvement in that sport has continued to this...
Leroy Coates – Athlete

Leroy Coates – Athlete

Leroy Coates – Athlete A remarkable career as a national and international athlete began in 1967 when Leroy Coates participated in wheelchair sports competitions held in conjunction with the Pan-Am Games in Winnipeg. At that event, Coates captured a silver medal...