Last Minute - The Lethbridge Journal

Family Sport Day - Try Out Something Different!
By Julie Freund, Program and Communication
Co-ordinator, Lethbridge Sport Council
Submitted to the Lethbridge Journal
Victoria Day, which honours Queen Victoria’s birthday
and also informally signifies we’re moving into summer, is
fast approaching. The Lethbridge Sport Council has a line
up of family-friendly activities for our Family Sport Day
on Victoria Day that will introduce you to something you
may never have tried but can be done in your backyard or
neighbourhood park!
No experience necessary; you and your family will have the
chance to get out of the house, be active, laugh and play
together! The introduction to two easy-to-learn lifetime
sports is all happening on May 21.
Lethbridge Ultimate is offering a family lesson and fun session
on Ultimate Frisbee. While we aren’t excluding any
age groups, this activity is best suited to those 12 years of
age and older. Ultimate Frisbee is the fastest growing high
school sport in Canada.
Ultimate is a non-contact disc sport played with a hightech
plastic disc on a field with two end zones; there are
seven players on a team. The objective of the game is to
score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone. A player
must stop running while in possession of the disc but
can pivot and pass. Ultimate is a transition game in which
players move quickly from offence to defence on turnovers
that occur with a dropped pass, an interception, a pass out
of bounds, or when a player is caught holding the disc for
more than 10 seconds.
Although Ultimate resembles many traditional sports in its
basic athletic requirements, the rules are simpler which allow
the game to be self-officiated. If you haven’t tried Ultimate
before make sure you plan on attending May 21!
Bridge City Gunners Disc Golf Association is a newlyformed
organization in Lethbridge and will offer a clinic
with short rounds (yes, there will be ‘professional’ disc golfers
mixed in with rookies!) of disc golf. You’ll finally have
the opportunity to learn about those hanging chain baskets
at Nicholas Sheran Park (no, they aren’t a new prototype of
garbage can).
Disc golf is played much like golf, but instead of a club and
ball, players throw plastic flying discs at specially designed
targets.
Find out more about the Bridge City Gunners’ goals of
opening another two 18 basket courses in Lethbridge plus
a possible bid for the Canadian National Disc Golf Championships.
Wait, it gets even better, because each participant will get
a coupon for a special toonie rate at Fort Whoop-Up (valid
until June 17). Fort Whoop-Up is so rich with history,
whether it’s the name to which we’ve become accustomed
(but visitors always get a kick out of) to its background
of notorious activity (selling whiskey while it’s outlawed,
charging unusually high prices for goods, etc.). Sometimes
I wonder if Lethbridge residents don’t partake in our own
historical venues often enough, so there’s no better opportunity
than this!
Pre-registration is required and can be done through contacting
the Lethbridge Sport Council at 403-320-9371 or
julie.freund@lethbridgesportcouncil.ca.
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