NNSL (DEC 27/96) - Here's what happened in sports over the past year.
Richard Robertson advanced to the Brier national curling championship with a win over a Yukon counterpart. The NWT women failed to advance.
Brother-sister act Jamie and Kerry Koe led Yellowknife teams to NWT junior curling championship.
Richard Beck won the 30-mile mush race.
February
Controversy hit figure skating as two Alberta-based skaters -- who claimed NWT resident status -- were removed from the NWT Arctic Winter Games team. Karina and Michelle Fernendes' father Terry threatend legal action.
Brown's Moving junior women's curling team scored a perfect eight-ender.
March
Yellowknife Rebels won the women's territorial broomball championship.
Richard Beck finished second at the Canadian championship Dog Derby.
NWT won the Hodgson Trophy as most sportsmanlike team at Arctic Winter Games in Alaska. We also finished second over-all with 181 medals.
April
David McCann was named intermediate over-all champion at Canadian Speed Skating Championship. He won a gold, silver and two bronze medals.
Justin Brown won bronze at the junior national wrestling championship.
Brent Beck captured bronze at a dog-sled race in Italy.
Illegals beat KFC for territorial co-ed volleyball championship.
Executive won womens' broomball title.
Linda Corkall completed the Boston Marathon.
May
Three per cent of the entire NWT population competed in the Super Soccer tournament. Rae-Edzo won the senior boys' title, while Sir John captured the girls' crown.
Moira Green of Hay River and David McCann were named NWT's top junior athletes at the annual Sport North awards banquet.
Mike Penkela finished second at the national five-pin bowling championship.
June
Steve Fabien won five gold medals at the territorial track and field championship in Hay River. He added another four at Yellowknife high school championship.
The minor hockey association brought Gordie Howe to town.
Yellowknife's Peter Bergman was drafted 150th overall.
Jeremy Jaud won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at Canada Cup international swim meet in Vancouver.
July
Malclom Farrow won the 50-55 age group in the triathlon in Liverpool, England.
Commercial Carpet Raiders of Yellowknife won the territorial slo-pitch title.
Yellowknife softball umpire Steve Muise was suspended for a year-and-a-half by NWT Softball.
Right Spot beat Ace Enterprises 5-3 to win Yellowknife men's ball hockey crown.
August
Team NWT captured a gold medal at the Western Canadian masters men's fastball championship in Yellowknife. Host Rock Services won bronze.
Jeremy Jaud won a silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley at the Met Life swim meet in Toronto.
Buffalo Airways doubled the Junior Selects 4-2 to win the Yellowknife outdoor soccer title.
Malcolm Farrow placed third at the Timex Ironman Canada triahlon in Penticton, B.C.
September
Warren Magrum of Hay River won the Yellowknife marathon.
Rick O'Brien won the Yellowknife Golf Club championship.
October
Malcolm Farrow finished 23rd at the Ironman World triathlon in the 50-55 age group.
Peter Bergman was traded from Kamloops Blazers to Calgary Hitmen in WHL deal.
November
Conrad Schubert won six gold medals at Armed Forces shooting event in Arkansas.
Rae-Edzo and St. Pat's won boys' and girls' titles respectively at senior high school volleyball tournament.
Sir John swept the Wade Hamer Challenge Cup games against St. Pat's.
Yellowknife won the consolation final at the World Broomball Championship and captured bronze at the Western Canadian B event.
December
Billiards was accepted as a member of the Sport North Federation.
The first biathlon was held in Yellowknife after a six year hiatus.
Chris Bergman was named director of Sport North.
The City announced plans to build $6.3 million twin arena.