Town of Porcupine Plain

Sports Days 2026 brings Pirates & Community Spirit!

Sports days 2026 may have ended a little soggier than we hoped, but there was still plenty of fun packed into the weekend!

The morning of Saturday, June 27th kicked off with the parade which, as always, proved to be a highlight of the weekend.  This year’s theme – Ahoy Matey! Pirates on the Prairies – inspired some truly memorable floats.  Taking home first place was Parkland Co-op with their hilarious “mutiny on board”, featuring the kids taking over the ship, poor Susanne Cairns being forced to walk the plank, and paper mache sharks and pool-noodle kraken tentacles from the depths!  Second place went to the Porcupine Opportunities Program pirate ship, where participants fully embraced the theme with pirate hats all around; even those following on bicycles joined in on the fun! Finally, third place was awarded to the Show & Shine pirate ship, featuring Craig Kriger and cousins Audriene and Rowyn dressed head-to-toe as pirates and tossing “pirate bounty” to children along the route. Their float was topped off with a customized banner featuring Quilly Willy sporting an eye patch of his own.

Also drawing plenty of attention was the Museum’s float, featuring an anchor and signage – Anchored in the Community for 50 Years – recognizing the Museum’s 50th anniversary celebration this year. Keep an eye out for announcements on that celebration, planned for the end of August.

The fun continued throughout Saturday afternoon as families enjoyed the pirate ship bouncer, balloon dome, face painting, and plenty of kids’ games and prizes. Visitors could grab a bite to eat at the ever-popular burger booth, concession, and Filipino food booth, while new vendor Kate Warkentin and her Bells Coffee Truck kept everyone fueled with coffee!

Mother Nature cooperated for most of the day, allowing chariots, gymkhana, and chuckwagons to go ahead; unfortunately, rain moved in during the evening and continued throughout the night, forcing the cancellation of the fireworks.  Sunday morning still saw the community gather for a pancake breakfast and Cowboy Church, but with the tracks too wet for activities to proceed safely, the difficult decision was made to cancel the remainder of Sunday’s events.

Not to be deterred, Amy and her crew continued serving delicious Filipino food on Sunday, offering delivery in town, ensuring residents could still enjoy one of the weekend’s favourite offerings despite the weather.

Saturday’s races drew plenty of spectators, with some close finishes keeping the crowd on the edge of their seats:

PP EPCCA Wagon Winners:

1. Cody Leach (Seed Farm 23)
2. Riley Braaten (Assiniboine Trailer Sales)
3. Shayne Salmond (Grain Millers)
4. Kain Salmond (Wayne & Diane Drebit Farms)
5. Carol Hooge (Northern Livestock Sales)

PPEOCCA Chariot Winners:

1. Kain Salmond (Kelvington Pharmachoice)
2. Twyla Salmond (Big B Farms & Chris Beaudry MLA)
3. Jackson Rooks (Seed Farm 23)
4. Brandee Braaten (G4 Custom Ag)
5. Carol Hooge (The Avon Lady)

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate and celebrate, to the many event sponsors for their generous support, and the volunteers who donated countless hours of their time to make Sports Days
possible.  Special thanks to…

• The parade entries, a lot of work went into the floats again this year!
• PP & District Museum and volunteers for running the Bingo Booth
• Kim Duhaime and volunteers for working the burger booth
• Susanne Cairns & Scouts for running the confectionary booth
• Amy Santiago & Filipino Community Group for running the Filipino Food Booth
• Prayer Baptist Church for the free pancake breakfast on Saturday
• Cowboy Church on Sunday
• Town staff & council for pitching in as always!
• Sports Days Committee for organizing the weekend
• Prosoils for bringing the water truck
• 4-Gen Forestry for bringing water tanks
• Brandt Tractor who brought us a John Deere skidsteer & tractor
• Wheelers for supplying the propane for the burger booth each year
• Marvyn Pickering for bringing sand for the kids
• Town Public Works & Dwight Levick who got the grounds looking awesome
• John Horvath was our track expert!

Thank you also to our sponors:

EVENT SPONSORS:

• De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
• Lutz Logging (Blair & Angela Lutz)
• Klimm McKee Law (Gordon Klimm)
• Yelland Contracting (Riley & Lorie)
• Porcupine Plaza (Heidi Leach)
• Tumax Service & Towing (Keith & Cheri)
• Lueur Esthetics (Sasha Dzurka)
• RF Now – Reliable, Fast Internet With Rural Roots
• Access Communications
• Althouse Honey Farms
• Lone Rock Holdings
• Big B Farms
• Seed Farm 23
• Slobodian Pharmacy
• Fields
• Parkland Co-op
• Affinity Credit Union
• Denham Farms
• Hipkins Farms (Dave & Carla, Travis & Coralynn)
• T&M Pegg Farms Ltd. (Susie & Terry)
• Carol & Keith Bohachewski Farms
• Larry & Marge Salmond
• Neil & Barb Salmond
• Twyla Salmond
• Wayne Salmond
• Tuff Tasa
• Donnie Deforest
• Barry & Violet Bender
• Esther Brezinski
• Debbie Johnson
• Norman & Bonnie Belchamber
• Joanne Yacyshyn
• SUMAssure
• Sask Lotteries

“This project has been made possible [in part] by the Government of Canada.”
<< Ce projet a été rendu possible [en partie] grâce au gouvernement du Canada. >>

Sports Days would not be possible without the incredible support of our community.  Thank you for helping keep this cherished community tradition alive. Here’s hoping for a little more sunshine for Sports days 2027!

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