the mad sports man

Good grief its the end of August already.  I don't know were it went.  CFL season is ramping up with the Labor Day games this weekend, loads of baseball, I met an Olympian, lots of hot days and bit of rainy cool days. Feels like fall is hear too.  Leaves are turning color.  September is going to get good.

Brooke Hemderson has won the CP Womens Open, becoming the first Canadian to win it since 1973 when Jocelyn Bourassa won it.  Congrats Brooke.

This past Thursday was burgers to beat MS day at A&W.  For every teen burgers sold, 2 bucks went to MS research.  Met Christine Sinclair (two time bronze medalist in soccer - 2012 and 2016).  Her mom has MS.  Also met Patrycia.  She is Also battling MS and the hardesy working and tireless fundraiser. Got a pic of the both of them.

Sarah Douglas is the sailor as she qualifies for the Tokyo games.  She qualifies after finishing 6th in the Radial Class.

Canada as they dominate Sweden 6-2 AFTER they trailed 2-0. It is Canada's 22nd title.

Russia hung on to beat the U.S. 5-4 to claim bronze in the Hlinka/Gretzky tournament.  Crazy finish though.  Coming up is the gold medal game.

The 5th place game had Czech Republic beat Slovakia 8-3.  Meanwhile Canada tied it with less than a second left to send it into overtime where they won it a minute and a half into it.  They win 6-5 and will face Sweden for gold while The U.S. will face Russia for bronze.  Both games tomorrow

First Semi final game is done and Sweden is playing for gold after beating Russia 2-1.  Russia will play for bronze.

Finland will finish 7th at the Hlinka/Gretzky tournament with a 8-2 win over Switzerland.  The 5th place game (Slovakia vs Czech Rep) is at 4pm, Sweden vs Russia at 3 and Canada vs U.S. at 7 for the semi finals.

the Canadian spot claimed belongs to Tom Ramshaw with a 5th place finish in the Finn Class at the Sailing World Championships.  yes.  more spots to come.

Semi finals are set.  Canada beat Sweden 4-3 while Russia beat the U.S. 8-3.  Canada will face the U.S. in one semi and Russia will face Sweden in the other.  Other games had Slovakia beating Switzerland 5-3 and the Czech Republic beat Finland 4-3 in OT.  Slovakia will face  the Czech Republic for 5th and Switzerland will face Finland for 7th.   Those games are Friday.

This was a closer game.  Despite outshooting Slovakia 58-19, Canada won 4-2.  Slovakia played their hearts out.  Earlier Sweden beat Switzerland 5-0.  Canada vs Sweden tomorrow will decide group A. In Red Deer, Russia beat the Czechs 3-0 and the U.S. beat Finland 6-2.  The U.S and Russia plays tomorrow for group B.

The Hlinka/Gretzky Cup tournament is on. 8 teams in two groups in Edmonton and Red Deer.  Canada is playing in Edmonton and beat Switzerland 10-0.  Sweden beat Slovakia earlier 4-2.  Canada plays Slovakia tomorrow at 7pm Edmonton time.

Where did July go?  It took off.  So, what happened?  End of the World Cup, which France won.  My sisters birthday,  MLB all star game, CFL football and some car racing.  Canada turned 151, I went to some Prospects games and got a sunburn at one game, and It got toast warm.  Wont be long before August gets here.

A hot one at Re/Max Field.  Prospects beat the Fort MacMurray Giants 12-7 AND it got to 31c.  Yikes.  Got A bit of A burn on my arms.  Good thing for cold drinks and  ice to put on my heaf to cool off.  Nice way to end the last weekend of July.

Boy has Edmonton had some fun weather lately.  From 32c on Tuesday to some decent storms.  Had a doozy yesterday that had some hail.  Good thing i was on a bus going to work when it happened.  Had one go through a couple of hours ago and might be in for another one later by the looks of the clouds in the west.   Should be fun.

This was a game.  An own goal, a gift goal, a penalty kick and three good goal.  France beats Croatia 4-2 to win the world cup.  They earned it This year.   Next tournament is in Qatar in 2022.  Until then......

Belgium has just beaten England 2-0 and will finish Third in the tournament.  The championship game is tomorrow at 9am Edmonton time.

Croatia continues its cinderella run as they beat England 2-1 in extra time.   Got the winner in the 109th minute. They will play France on Sunday for the championship while England plays Belgium for third on Saturday.

France has beaten Belgium 1-0 and will play for the championship on Sunday.  Belgium will play for third place on Saturday.  Tomorrow has England vs Croatia.