The Red Deer Emergency Services department sent a team of 12 athletes to these games which are held every 2 years in venues all over the world. Out of those 12 athletes, we brought home 6 medals – 3 Gold and 3 Bronze. This year for the first time the number of athletes competing in [...]
26th Annual Barron / Cormier Ski Trip
Despite marginal ski conditions in the Rockies in February, we were once again able to convince eight skiers and one boarder to venture to Golden B.C. to tame the challenging Kicking Horse Resort.
We all departed Red Deer on the afternoon of February 16. The weather was mild and sunny [...]
Local 1190 will be hosting the IAFF Hockey Tournament March 23-26, 2010. The organizing team is working hard organizing this fantastic event which will be in it’s 32nd year of competition. Again we would like to thank Anchorage Local 1264 for putting on a great event last year and look forward to 2010. More information regarding [...]
As suspected all members who ate the fish are ill this morning, as are others who had no fish at all. This could only mean one thing. It’s contagious. Now on to the hockey.
By way of miracle, the Anchorage Killers beat Saskatoon Flatlanders this a.m. thereby setting up the Red Deer Dirty Dozen to play [...]
The Saskatoon flatlanders came head on with us today in a battle of epic proportion. The epic portion of the battle was the 17 man ex pro bench for Saskatoon. The Red Deer Dirty Dozen was unable to keep pace despite our superior physical conditioning. Paul Witting’s nephew (who can’t be named as he appears [...]
On Wednesday evening at the Anchor Pub, tournament organizer Brian Leigh of Local 1264 Anchorage, Alaska made the anticipated announcement of the host local for the 2010 IAFF hockey tournament. Red Deer put in a bid to host and was officially announced as the host for the tournament in 2010. Red Deer Local 1190 last hosted [...]
The much anticipated 2009 IAFF hockey tournament in Anchorage, Alaska kicked off Tuesday and it was a case of the nerves for the team. The team was originally slated to play in the C division but was bumped up into the B division a couple of weeks prior to the tournament.
Game one was against Greater [...]
Curlers from across Alberta gathered in Calgary for the 2009 Provincial Firefighters Bonspiel. Red Deer Emergency Services was represented by three teams during the event. The Smoke Eaters, consisting of Vern Poffenroth, Marty Lang and Ron Polutnik skipped by Craig Bistritan, qualified to the championship final 8 and then were taken out of contention. The Young [...]
This year Red Deer Firefighters hockey club will be competing in the annual hockey tournament which will be hosted by Local 1264, in Anchorage, Alaska. The tournament which was started in Kamloops over 30 years ago is an annual event in which fire fighters from across Canada and the Western United States gather to compete [...]
The annual hockey tournament was held in Victoria, BC this past April and Red Deer had a good showing with the two teams that went. Local 1190 sent a B team as well as a D team. The B team came up short losing in the final of the B division. Team manager Kevin Stelmaschuk [...]
