Many young athletes from Hay River made it to the medal podium at the 2018 South Slave Arctic Winter Games.
Sixteen competitors from the host community SA国际影视传媒� along with one from Enterprise SA国际影视传媒� earned an ulu as an individual competitor or as part of a team.
The ulus came in all colours SA国际影视传媒� gold, silver and bronze. In fact some of the young Hay Riverites won more than one medal.
One of the Arctic Winter Games champions is Tyrell Wilgosh, who won his gold ulu as a member of the midget male hockey team.
At the opening ceremonies on March 18, Wilgosh told The Hub that his goal was to win a gold ulu.
As for actually doing that, he said, "It was pretty sweet. It was a good experience."
Dane Dupuis was another medal winner, earning a silver ulu as a member of the NWT's junior male volleyball team.
"We were aiming for gold, but we'll take what we can get, I guess," Dupuis said at the March 24 closing ceremonies of the games.
Here is a list of ulu winners from Hay River, along with one from Enterprise:
Tyrell Wilgosh SA国际影视传媒� gold, midget male hockey
Zackary Horton SA国际影视传媒� gold, midget male hockey
Declan Munro SA国际影视传媒� gold, bantam male hockey
Kaden Beck SA国际影视传媒� gold, bantam male hockey
Trey Beck SA国际影视传媒� gold and silver, junior co-ed dog mushing
Kale Beck SA国际影视传媒� silver, silver and bronze, juvenile co-ed dog mushing
Anna Cassidy SA国际影视传媒� silver and silver, juvenile co-ed dog mushing
Dane Dupuis SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior male volleyball
Zoey Walsh SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female curling
Julie Squires-Rowe SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female curling
Katherine Lenoir of Enterprise SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female curling
Nicole Griffiths SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female curling
Bryn Hill SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female hockey
Layne Leonard SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female hockey
Abby Webster SA国际影视传媒� silver, junior female hockey
Fiona Huang SA国际影视传媒� bronze, intermediate female futsal
Brianna Goodwin SA国际影视传媒� bronze, juvenile female futsal
Source: 2018 South Slave Arctic Winter Games
