聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 A fun-family event held every year in Lampman brings home those who have moved away and draws from across the southeast in attendees. Lampman Sports Weekend is packed with excitement and this year promises to again bring sports and fun together.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lampman Rec Director, Haley Ingham, explained, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a busy weekend in Lampman. We have beach volleyball on the Friday night, and slow pitch has been growing in number of teams we get so that will run Friday evening this year as well as on Saturday and Sunday. There鈥檚 men鈥檚 hardball which runs Saturday and Sunday, and ladies fastball on Sunday.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭here鈥檚 also a movie in the park on Friday and Saturday night Samara Yung from Yorkton is coming to perform.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Appealing to all age groups, the weekend focuses on bringing the community together for an active and fun way to fundraise for projects in Lampman.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭raditionally the Lampman Lions would put this on years ago, but after the community got a Rec Board together we now plan it with help from the Lions and the other community clubs come together to help,鈥� Ingham said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 an interesting dynamic because it brings everyone together, everyone back to Lampman for one time in the year. It鈥檚 cool because it鈥檚 geared towards everyone, toddlers to senior citizens and everyone in-between enjoy it.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 As a fundraiser this project has recently helped towards expanding the campground from 40 to 68 full service sites and a new washroom house with brand new facilities.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to another really good year,鈥� Ingham stated.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This year the weekend fundraiser will be used by the Rec Board to finish upgrading the swimming pool, which includes flooring and finishing the pool matting around the structure.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Additionally one of the major renovations will be to the ball diamonds.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淔or the past, probably 25 years, one of the ball diamonds has been totally unusable because it鈥檚 always under water,鈥� Ingham explained. 鈥淪o, we鈥檙e planning on coming up with an idea which will fix this and give us that ball diamond back.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檙e focusing on transitioning from being retroactive to being proactive. By doing these large projects, it does cost up front, but then we only have to focus on smaller maintenance later.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Children and family activities include a movie in the park on Friday night, as well as a 鈥淜iddies Corner鈥� during the weekend which will include bouncy castles, popsicles, juice, and face painting.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 High school students are encouraged to join in the fun at the four-person beach volleyball tournament.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淟ast year we had some high school girls put in a team and their parents were on another one, they had an absolute blast when they had to play each other!鈥� Ingham laughed.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淪aturday night we shut down a portion of Main Street and have a dance, minors are allowed but they require a parent or guardian to get in,鈥� Ingham explained. 鈥淟ocal community groups will have food booths set up with all sorts of different snacks here.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This year slow pitch will take on a fun twist. Ingham found that there were numerous teams entering in the past, so decided to have slow pitch run on the Friday night as well. Excited about this, the Rec Board is renting lights from a local business to have the games played under the big lights.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Men鈥檚 hardball will be found on Saturday and Sunday, which draws teams from southern Saskatchewan as well as the northern states.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Breakfast is served by community groups on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, with the 4-H Beef and Lighthorse clubs making the Saturday breakfast while either the Fire Department or Knights of Columbus will take on Sunday.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淪unday is then a kind of wrap up,鈥� Ingham stated. 鈥淏all is coming to an end and the ladies fastball usually has a few teams so they only run that day. In the early afternoon the Lions then put on their famous roast beef dinner and the weekend is usually wrapped up by 7 p.m. that evening.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ingham is also looking for umpires for both ladies fastball and men鈥檚 hardball. For more information, to register a team, or to umpire contact Ingham at the Rec Office, (306)461-3521.
