The City of Medicine Hat and Cypress County’s Southern Alberta Summer Games Office is NOW OPEN! We are looking for athletes to compete on Team Medicine Hat and Team Cypress County in Raymond/County of Warner at this year’s games.

The registration deadline for athletes is Monday June 4th, 2012 at 4:00pm.

This year the games will take place from July 4-7th in Raymond/County of Warner with 22 different events to choose from!

The events that athletes can participate in include:

Athletes from Medicine Hat who are interested in participating in the games can contact Jesse Zimmer by phone at (403) 502-8570 or email jeszim@medicinehat.ca.  Athletes from Cypress County and Redcliff can contact Derek Hood by phone at (403) 525-2315 or email derhoo@cypress.ab.ca. We also welcome participants to drop by the Summer Games Office which is located in the Medicine Hat Arena or Cypress County Building.

Check out our website for updates at www.medicinehat.ca

Or http://www.cypress.ab.ca/Special_Events/sasg/games.htm

There are events for ALL ages.  Let’s put together a larger team than last year and celebrate the 43^rd anniversary of the Southern Alberta Summer Games!

The Host Committee for the 2011 Southern Alberta Summer Games in Medicine Hat is still recruiting volunteers for various positions prior to and throughout the games which take place July 6-9, 2011.

Most of the remaining volunteer positions are required for the following:

• Soccer (Field Managers, Scorekeepers, Referee Coordinators, etc.)
• Swimming (Timers, Registration Table, Results, etc.)
• Athletics/Track & Field (Timers, Announcers, Registration Table, Results, etc.)
• Equestrian (Set-up, Results, etc.)
• 5/10 KM Run (Timers, Water Stations, Route Markers, etc.)
• Baseball (Scorekeepers)
• Cycling (Timers)
• Rugby

Volunteers are also required to help with the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and in the Results and Medal Centre (which will be located at the Family Leisure Centre during the Games).

Bill Grady, Volunteer Director with the 2011 Southern Alberta Summer Games Host Committee says, “We all know our community shines when it comes to pulling together to make these types of events happen. We’ll need between 400 and 500 volunteers and I’m confident our community will come through for us and show the rest of Southern Alberta what it means to be a ‘Medicine-Hatter’.”

Those interested in volunteering are asked to sign up online at www.southernalbertasummergames.com or visit the games office at the Medicine Hat Arena (155 Ash Avenue SE) to fill out a volunteer form.

The Southern Alberta Summer Games began in 1970 as a grass-roots sport and culture festival with an emphasis on participation, fair play and fun for the whole family. Each year, 13 teams or “regions” from across southern Alberta bring more than two thousand participants to a different southern Alberta host community – making in the largest consecutively-running festival of its kind in Western Canada. The City of Medicine Hat, in partnership with Cypress County and the Town of Redcliff, is thrilled to be the host for the 42nd Annual Southern Alberta Summer Games July 6-9,

On behalf of the 2010 Southern Alberta Summer Games, we would like you to know that there are only 10 more days for athletes to register for the Southern Alberta Summer Games! We are looking for athletes to compete on Team Medicine Hat and Team Cypress County in Brooks/County of Newell at this year’s games.

The registration deadline for athletes is Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 4:00pm.

This year the games will take place from July 7-10th in Brooks/County of Newell with 26 different events to choose from! The events that athletes can participate in include: THE JUMP – Read the rest of this entry »

On behalf of the 2010 Southern Alberta Summer Games, we would like you to know that the City of Medicine Hat and Cypress County’s Southern Alberta Summer Games Office is NOW OPEN!  We are looking for athletes to compete on Team Medicine Hat and Team Cypress County in Brooks/County of Newell at this year’s games.

The registration deadline for athletes is Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 4:00pm.

This year the games will take place from July 7-10th in Brooks/County of Newell with 26 different events to choose from!

The events that athletes can participate in include: THE JUMP – Read the rest of this entry »

Kara Hurkens wrote in with:

Southern Alberta Summer Games Public Service Announcement

The deadlines have come and gone and the count down to the Southern Alberta Summer Games is on. Team Medicine Hat is taking 209 participants to the games this year (20 coaches and 189 athletes). Team Cypress County is taking a total of 37 athletes. These athletes are competing in athletics, badminton, beach volleyball, cycling, mountain biking, golf, gymnastics, indoor rock climbing, martial arts, mini soccer, photography, 5/10km run, canoe/kayak slalom, soccer and swimming!

Both regions are taking more athletes to the games than the last time the games were held in the Crowsnest Pass. We look forward to watching these athletes compete in the games during their stay in the Pass.

Athletes will be competing in the Crowsnest Pass between Wednesday, July 8th at 8:00am and Saturday, July 11th at 3:00pm. Results will be posted daily for those unable to attend the games.

Results from the games can be found daily at http://www.medicinehat.ca/sasg

Here’s another event that popped up in my Facebook messages a little too late. The games this year are being held in the Crowsnest Pass from July 8th – 11th and there are 27 different events for participants to choose from. The reason this message might be a late is because the registration deadline was June 3rd, and there is “no late entries accepted”. As explained by Kara Hurkens, the Regional Director for the City of Medicine Hat in the 2009 Southern Alberta Summer Games, last year they took 205 athletes from Medicine Hat, and this year they want more. She also states that Medicine Hat always gets beat out by Lethbridge or Taber and this year, she wants Medicine Hat to be better represented.

There is many different events in the games including cycling, baseball, soccer, track and field, and even photography and cribbage for those less athletically inclined – keep in mind there is absolutely no age restrictions from the summer games, anybody can participate. That is of course if you got your registration form in before the 3rd. There’s even a “Handgun” event where participants fire handguns, which I think would be quite interesting since I’ve never fired an actual handgun before.

Southern Alberta Summer Games Website