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Comets GM Ryan Johnson talks about Canucks prospects that will impress at Young Stars Classic

“I won’t be satisfied with anything less than a championship,” said the new captain.

The Elk Valley Gymnastics Club has moved into a new location, and held it’s first classes this past Monday.

Seventy-two golfers gathered on the greens last Thursday, to honour and show their support for Eirin Amundsen, a friend to many who was lost but not forgotten.

Ninety-one mountain bikers participated in what could have been, the last ever Porky Blue Ride and Race.

Sixteen softball teams faced off last weekend in the 2017 Fernie Mixed Slo-Pitch softball playoffs.

On Saturday, July 29, 238 runners competed in the first ever Elk Valley Ultra, a 50 km endurance running race.

On Thursday, July 20, golfers took to the greens to participate in the 2017 Tony Servello Senior Open golf tournament.

Eighteen players represented Fernie in the JulyFest Soccer Tournament, which took place in Kimberley July 22-23. Over the course of two days, 60 teams played over 150 games on nine different fields. Fernie F.C. was mostly comprised of players from Fernie, although there were four from Calgary who also joined the team upon arrival.

Over seven hours, seven sets of winners were crowned in seven categories as the Fernie TransRockies Society hosted the Fernie Lucky 7’s cross-country mountain bike event last Saturday.