Douglas Lake cowboy Curt Martindale was selected Top Hand at the O’Keefe Ranch’s ranch hand rodeo outside Vernon on the August long weekend. Martindale, along with Douglas Lake cowboys Stan Jacobs and Gib Schneider, combined to win the team competition too at the 22nd annual event.
Look for complete results and more photos in the Aug. 19 edition of the Merritt Herald.
Merritt’s Jodie Peachey, 19, was the fifth-fastest female overall in the Kamloops Marathon’s eight-kilometre run on July 27 at MacArthur Island Park. 
Her time was 38 minutes and 44 seconds. In 31st place in the same race was Merritt runner Alex Rubner, 20, in 46:46.
In the 42.2-kilometre marathon race, the Nicola Valley’s Marie-Josée Bedard finished in third place in the women’s competition in a time of three hours, 30 minutes and 46 seconds.
The Merritt Golf and Country Club received a shipment of 10 brand new EZGO golf carts last week from Prairie Coast Equipment of Kamloops — just in time for the Coyote Collision men’s open golf tournament on the weekend. For complete men’s tournament results, read this Thursday’s edition of the Merritt Herald.
Guest services manager Candice Archachan (centre) presented a cheque on behalf of Wal-Mart for $250 to the Nicola Valley Thunder bantam lacrosse team that recently finished fourth at the provincial championships in Victoria-Esquimalt.
Receiving the cheque are bantam players (from left to right) Fred Ware, Tom Girard, Mack Stead and Travis Simon.
Archachan is a former B.C. Summer Games participant in track and field. She continues to stay active and healthy as a goaltender for the Prowlers team in women’s rec hockey.
