Athletes of the Month
Claire Booth
March 27, 2019
The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce that the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month for March 2019 is Claire Booth. Claire Booth is a 15 year old Grade 10 student at Lindsay Thurber High School in Red Deer and a competitive curler/softball player.
Claire has been curling for 7 years and this past season Claire competed in Alberta U18 Curling Tour, qualifying for Alberta U15 Bantam Championships and was a Red Deer Junior Curling Academy Silver Medallist. Last season Claire and her teammates captured the Gold Medal at Alberta U15 Bantam Championships, won the Red Deer Junior League, and competed in the 2019 Jeux Canada Winter Games Pre-Trials. Claire’s short terms goal for next season is to win U18 Curling Provincials and represent Alberta at the Canadian Curling Championships, with a long term goal of competing at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Claire also excels in the classroom as an Honours Student since Grade 6 and last year was named an Honours Student with Distinction. Claire’s goals in the classroom are to remain an Honours student and attend university in the medical field.
Claire keeps herself busy with other sports (has played softball for the past 11 years) and enjoys travelling and hanging out with her friends.
With Claire’’s strong work ethic, her undeniable athletic abilities and her training experiences with ASDC-Central, she will surely continue to grow, develop and succeed in her curling career!
ASDC-Central thanks Tom Bast Sports for celebrating the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month recipients by the provision of commemorative apparel for each recipient.
Isaac Bahler
February 28, 2019
The Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) is pleased to announce that the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month for February 2019 is Isaac Bahler. Isaac Bahler is a 14 year old Grade 9 French Immersion student at Lindsay Thurber High School in Red Deer and a competitive swimmer.
As a swimmer Isaac has had many accomplishments, most recently at the 2018 Alberta Summer Games in Grande Prairie where he won 3 gold, 2 bronze and a silver medal. Isaac has had a great year in the pool thus far with Red Deer Catalina Swim Club, achieving many Alberta Championship qualifying times, and most recently a Western Canadian Championship qualifying time. He is currently gearing up for Alberta Short Course Championships in March 2019 and Western Championships in April 2019.
Outside of his swimming exploits, Isaac has many other interests. Isaac is a Martin Godfrey writing award winner, and recently was named a County of Red Deer writing award recipient. Isaac is a lover of music and is the drummer for his rock band – The Bland Band. Isaac’s believes hard work and determination will allow him to continue improving in all parts of life as he continues through the rest of high school.
With Isaac’s strong work ethic, his undeniable athletic abilities and his training experiences with ASDC-Central, he will surely continue to grow, develop and succeed in his swimming career!
ASDC-Central thanks Tom Bast Sports for celebrating the ASDC-Central Athlete of the Month recipients by the provision of commemorative apparel for each recipient.
