2012 Active Living Challenge held in Pincher Creek

Mallory DeCock, Pincher Creek Community Services Coordinator/ Contributor

Here at the Recreation Department of the Town of Pincher Creek, we challenged the community to come together as teams of 5-10 members and push themselves to be physically active and to eat healthy. Each individual kept track of their personal points every day for four weeks (May 21 –June 17th) and earned ‘physical activity points’ and ‘healthy eating points’.  At the end of the challenge teams turned in their sheets and the highest scoring individuals, the best team name, and the team with the highest scoring average were determined.

This year’s Active Living Challenge consisted of eleven very determined teams from the community:

• W ‘Rec’ Department
• Mal’s Pals 
• The Avengers (PCWES)
• The Blueweed Busting, Knapweed Nipping, Toadflax Terminating,  Starthistle Slaughtering, Flowering Rush Fishing, Autumn Olive Abolishing ATHLETES of PINCHER CREEK (MD Weed Crew)                                                                                  
• Pounds, Dollars & Sense (ATB)
• Vista Village
• CIBC Pink Bandits
• Charlie’s Angels (Vet Clinic)
• Wicked Water Witches (Lifeguards)
• Team Lightning (TOPC)
• HIA (Hedderick Insurance Agencies) 

We intended on awarding two individuals based on the age categories of over 65 and under 65, however, we did not have any participants who were over 65 so we awarded two participants under 65. Tina Snow from team Vista Village and Travis McLellan from the MD Weed Crew’s team were the highest pointed individuals. Congratulations Tina and Travis for your active and healthy lifestyles! Both received recreation t-shirts, Frisbees, health brochures, and 5% off discount coupon to Mirror Mirror Salon (which were donated) as prizes for their excellent scores. Tina Snow earned 662 combined active living and healthy lifestyle points, and Travis accomplished 643 combined points.


The best team name, and certainly the most unique, was awarded to the MD Weed Crew, a young and vibrant bunch, as seen in the below photo.

MD Weed Crew:
The Blueweed Busting, Knapweed Nipping, Toadflax Terminating,
Starthistle Slaughtering, Flowering Rush Fishing,
Autumn Olive Abolishing Athletes of Pincher Creek
(BBKNTTSSFRFAOAAPC)

According to team member Jessy Pisony, a few of their crew members wanted to use the names of weeds that they have been spraying and pulling this summer to represent their team. And by using creativity, a dictionary, and alliteration, they did just that. Good job guys, thank you for participating and I hope you enjoyed your recreation t-shirts, Frisbee’s, and healthy meal planners. 

And finally the team with the highest scoring average was the lifeguards from the Pincher Creek Swimming Pool aka the ‘Wicked Water Witches’. They had an average score of 440 with just 5 members, which is very impressive. They took home some nifty lunch bags filled with a water bottle, a stress ball, Frisbee, health pamphlet, and a donated pass for a Free Drop-in to Fusion Fitness.

All in all it was a successful Active Living Challenge and I hope even more teams enter in next year! Thank you to all participants and I hope you continue to embrace a healthy and active lifestyle!