Mayor MacPhee to Proclaim Saturday, April 23, 2022 as ‘Val Sweeting Day’
Vegreville, AB (April 8, 2022) – Saturday, April 23, 2022 will be ‘Val Sweeting Day’ in Vegreville, Alberta.
Sweeting was born in Redvers, Sask. and lived on a farm between Maryfield and Fairlight, Sask. before moving to Vegreville in 2000 at the age of 13 with her parents Ross and Marcia and sister Stephanie. While she was already an avid curler before her time as a student at Vegreville Composite High School, she credits members of the local business community as the first-ever sponsors of Team Sweeting in 2010 – a rink that would go on to win that years’ provincial championship, cementing Sweeting as the youngest skip ever to represent Alberta at the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Sweeting has since gone on, be it as skip of ‘Team Sweeting’ or, more recently, as third for ‘Team Einarson’, to six Scotties Tournament of Hearts appearances, including back-to-back-to-back tournament victories in 2020, 2021, and 2022 as well as two second place finishes in 2014 and 2015. Sweeting has also been a part of five Grand Slam of Curling event victories and, most recently, earned a bronze medal representing Canada at the 2022 World Women’s Curling Championship.
“Watching Val (Sweeting) compete and succeed on the national and international curling stages has been a tremendous source of pride for residents of Vegreville for over a decade. She’s made long-lasting impacts, not only on our local curling community, but on our community as a whole. Val is a part of a long list of Vegreville athletes that turned a game they loved as youth into a profession as adults, proving once again that you don’t have to be from a ‘big city’ to fulfil big dreams. While Val may have been born in Saskatchewan and may now currently play with a team based out of Manitoba, she’ll always be ‘Vegreville’s Val’ to the citizens of our community.
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Tim MacPhee, Mayor, Town of Vegreville
As a celebration of Sweeting’s successes and the impact she’s made on Vegreville, everyone is encouraged to attend a meet & greet and photo opportunity with Sweeting and some of the hardware she’s won over the years on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The event will be held at the Vegreville Multiplex (Curling Rink) from 3:00 – 5:00 PM and there is no charge to attend.
Sweeting is also scheduled to attend the Heather Curling Club’s Supper & Dance fundraiser to be held at the Vegreville Social Centre on April 23. Tickets for the adults only event are $35 each and available by calling Dean Brooks at 780-632-9891.
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About Vegreville: Home to the World’s Largest Freestanding Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter Egg), the Town of Vegreville is located about 100 kilometers east of Edmonton and conveniently adjacent to Highways 16 and 36, two of Western Canada’s major transportation corridors. A friendly and thriving community, Vegreville has positioned itself to become a future hub of Agriculture and Industrial Business thanks to its proximity to major cross-continental highways, access to TELUS PureFibre internet and the now under construction Prosperity Industrial Park.
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