They’re fighting for a cause! On December 14th, a sanctioned amateur boxing match between Darren Adams and Michael Frombach will benefit three charities in the city of Regina. The winner of the match will receive 60 per cent of 2/3rds of the proceeds, while the runner up will get 40 percent of 2/3rds. The final third will benefit the women’s boxing program at Newline Boxing Academy.…
The snow is flying, which means only one thing – OHL registration is open! The 2020 season will run from January 6th to March 8th, weather dependent, at eight rinks throughout the city. You can view the schedule, rinks, and register here. To be fitted with equipment via our Dress-A-Champion program, please call the Sport Venture Library at 306-751-2411, Monday through Friday, between the…
Ehrlo Sport Venture is excited to have partnered with Timeraiser YQR! Timeraiser is a unique event where attendees bid volunteer time instead of money, for a chance to win amazing pieces of art created by local artists. This year, Sport Venture will be one of the organizations people can “bid on” – they will pledge volunteer hours in exchange for a chance to win.…
Ehrlo Sport Venture has been undergoing a transformation! Over the summer of 2018, an extensive interior remodel was done when the Paper Crane art studio moved in to share the space at 2730 5th Avenue. The enhancements continued with widespread exterior improvements. Program manager Amanda McConnell worked in collaboration with Ranch Ehrlo’s facilities team to make the project a…
Sport Venture has teamed up with Knight Archer Insurance to host an equipment drive to benefit our lending library! With winter coming up, Sport Venture is looking for adult sized skates and toboggans, but we are also short on rollerblades, skateboards, basketballs, baseball gloves (left and right), and footballs! Please note that we are currently experiencing overstocking of the following…
Since 2016, Ehrlo Sport Venture has been helping new Canadian youth learn a little more about their new home through the power of sport The camp runs for four days and focuses on a different sport each day. Over the years, participants have been exposed to lacrosse, rugby, football, baseball, basketball, road hockey, and cricket. Sport Venture teams up with various community groups, such as…
Being displaced and far from home is difficult, but thanks to Ehrlo Sport Venture, children from the evacuated Ontario reserve of Pikangikum First Nation had an opportunity to put that trouble behind them for an afternoon. Working with other organizations who have been involved with the wildfire evacuated residents, Sport Venture quickly put together an afternoon of arts and sports activities for…
We regret that we have to cancel our 2019 Soccer program due to lack of capacity. We appreciate those that reached out to offer their help but unfortunately, it was not enough person-power volunteers to be able to run a safe and fun program for the kids in our community. We encourage you to watch for registration for our upcoming football program starting Sept 2nd, 2019. Also please consider…
Sport Venture is excited to be teaming up to offer camps to two groups in Regina this month! July 23-26th will be our fourth annual camp for New Canadian Youth, in partnership with Regina Open Door Society. For four days Sport Venture works with different community groups such as Elite Basketball Academy to help introduce youth from the RODS summer youth programming to different…
Another basketball season has come and gone! This season we had 297 kids register for the Ehrlo Basketball program. We ran it at five locations: Dr Ferguson, Harbour Landing, Coronation Park, Arcola and mamaweyatitan centre. We had so many participants we had to add a second location in the Dr Ferguson area, across the street at St Catherine School! We also added mini-ball this year which had…
Join Ehrlo Baseball Rookie League — the amazing baseball program for kids in your community! We practice and play games all summer long with the support of the Toronto Blue Jays. The season starts May 28th and runs in five areas of the city. Sign up today! Brett coaching
Grassick Rink volunteers Susan, Aleece, and Martin When and why did you get involved with Sport Venture? Susan: I got involved with the OHL during it's second year. My middle son, who was 7 or 8 at the time (he's now 33) came home with his older brother and said that there was some sort of organized hockey at the local rink (Leslie Park). I decided to investigate, and discovered a need for…
Our school skate program had another amazing season! Our school skates went out 7327 times from Oct 29th to March 15th. Our busiest month was January when they went out 2262 times! Our busiest week was Jan 14-18 when we lent out 786 pairs. Thank you to everyone who helped make this year a success!
All good things must come to an end, and with that, we’ve reached the end of 26th annual Outdoor Hockey (OHL) season. Players and coaches alike made it through one of the coldest winters in Regina over the past 80 years. “Our league is built around the outdoor rink and the community that these rinks inspire,” explained Sport Venture manager Amanda McConnell. “Unfortunately, this…
Our basketball season (EBL) is gearing up and runs May 6th to June 23rd. We are currently looking for volunteers to coach. Do you have 2-4 hours a week? Do you want to work with kids in our community? Do you have a passion for sport and recreation? Then this position is right for you! Please fill out the application and email it to sportventure@ranchehrlo.ca League kickoff EBL kick off…
