martensville messenger - julY 14, 2016 - Page 5
By: Tyler Janzen
ABOVE: The 2015-16 Novice Villains donated $1348.31 to the MCRP to help the group work towards their goal of building a
second ice surface for Martensville.
2016 A Big Year For The MCRP
Submitted by Jesse Reis
This past spring marks
the second complete
year for the Martensville
Community Recreation
Project. The committee
has put in many hours
promoting our cause
to get a second ice
surface in Martensville.
The MCRP received a
donation from the Ladies
Night Out committee that
put us over the $100,000
plateau. This group of
ladies was the first group
to donate to the MCRP in
2014 and also donated in
2015. Through donations
from service groups and
teams in Martensville,
the MCRP has seen
incredible growth. Here
is what we have been
able to accomplish in
2015-16
In our first ever BN Metals
Martensville 3 on 3 Fall
Hockey
Tournament,
we raised over $10,000.
Three hundred players
from Martensville and
surrounding areas signed
up and played “the
best organized shinny
around” for the first 3
weeks in September. This
year the tournament is
almost sold out with only
a few spots available
in the Bantam and 15+
divisions. We also have
spare list spots open
in all divisions. Go to
www.martensville3on3.
goalline.ca to register.
The 2nd Annual Casino
Night was a huge success;
we raised over $9,000
and had 250 people
attend. We are planning
an even bigger event for
our 3rd Annual Casino
night. We are adding a
DJ and dance, plus more
game tables. It will be
held November 5th and
tickets will be available
in August.
This January, with the
help of Todd Devonshire,
we
were
able
to
get $25,000 in rink
upgrades through Kraft
Hockeyville.
Through
organized events by our
schools and community
members, our city made
the top 10 communities
out of many other cities
across Canada.
Our 2nd Annual NHL
Playoff Draft raised over
$17,000. The draft grew
by 4 teams this year and
had great door prizes. The
MCRP also gave away
$18,000 in prizes to the
winning teams in the draft
and the Calcutta auction.
The draft is scheduled
for April 9th, 2017. A
huge thank you goes out
to Ffun Motorsports who
was the title sponsor of
the draft and the Casino
Night.
As
the
mentioned before
MCRP receives
numerous
selfless
donations from many
local businesses, service
groups and sports teams
throughout the year. This
year we received our
largest one time donation
ever of $10,000, from the
Buster Days committee.
The MCRP gave out
two scholarships to
graduating Martensville
High School students
this past June. The
MCRP was looking for
students who contributed
to
the
community
through sport and are
going to attend any post
secondary educational
institution in the fall.
This years winners were
Madison Ryan and Tyler
Janzen.
The MCRP would like to
thank all those who took
the time to volunteer at
our events, especially
the Kinsmen Club who
has been a staple since
the first Casino Night.
A huge thank you goes
out to those businesses
who helped through
sponsorship. These are
BN Metals, Western Wall
Systems, Trach Power
Skating, Al Andersons,
Lakeview
Insurance,
SIGA, Dakota Dunes,
Imperio
Plumbing,
Ayotte
Plumbing,
Ideal
Insulation,
National Refrigeration,
Speedy
Collision,
Ffun
Motorsports,
Smokehaus
Meats
and Deli, Budweiser
and the Martensville
Messenger.
It was a good year for
the MCRP but next
year looks to be bigger
yet. You can follow the
MCRP on Facebook or
check out the website at
www.martensvillecrp.
weebly.com.
There were some wild games
in the CFL this week with
two of the four match-ups
headlining into overtime. On
Thursday night Winnipeg
withstood a strong Hamilton
comeback in the third quarter
and both teams were shut out
in the fourth. Bombers QB
Drew Willy was 32/42 for
279 yards and one touchdown
while his counterpart Jeremiah
Masoli threw for 367 yards
on 29 completions and two
touchdowns but also threw
up two Interceptions. The
Bombers got their first win
of the year 28-24 over the Ticats. This might have been
helped by the six turnovers
Hamilton gave up. The
Toronto Argonauts handed the
BC Lions their first loss of the
season on Thursday when they
shut out the Lions in the second
and third quarter and held them
to just 14 points. Argo’s QB
Ricky Ray threw for 283 yards
and one touchdown on 23
completions over 32 attempts.
British Columbia split their
quarterback duties between
Travis Lulay and Jonathon
Jennings who combined for
288 yards, one touchdown and
a pair of interceptions. Friday
Night Football was crazy
as both games needed extra
time to be settled. In the first
game of the doubleheader the
Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary
Stampeders could not break
the deadlock and finished in a
26-26 draw giving one point to
each team. Calgary’s Bo Levi
Mitchell tossed up 368 yards of
passing and a pair of TD’s along
with one interception. BC’s
Trevor Harris threw for 396
yards, three touchdowns and
a pick. In overtime it was only
field goals as no team managed
to score a touchdown. In the
night game the Saskatchewan
Roughriders
failed
to
capitalize on an early
13-0 lead and allowed th