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Darrell Belyk has been there and won before. Now he hopes to do it again. The Airdrie arm wrestler is about to make his seventh appearance at the World Arm Wrestling Championships, which will run Dec. 6-11 in Mesquite, Nev.

It doesn’t matter if it is in front of 20,000 fans in an NHL arena or 900 students in a school gymnasium – Theoren Fleury still elicits a certain wow factor.

Darrell Belyk has been there and won before. Now he hopes to do it again. The Airdrie arm wrestler is about to make his seventh appearance at the World Arm Wrestling Championships, which will run Dec. 6-11 in Mesquite, Nev.

The Airdrie and District Tennis Association’s inaugural year has wound up with a provincial honour for its president.

The Calgary Roughnecks opened its 2011 National Lacrosse League training camp at Airdrie’s Genesis Place last weekend, with local product Jordan Sealock among the 35 players competing for a roster spot.

The Calgary Roughnecks opened its 2011 National Lacrosse League training camp at Airdrie’s Genesis Place last weekend, with local product Jordan Sealock among the 35 players competing for a roster spot.

Darrell Belyk has been there and won before. Now he hopes to do it again. The Airdrie arm wrestler is about to make his seventh appearance at the World Arm Wrestling Championships, which will run Dec. 6-11 in Mesquite, Nev.

The Airdrie Xtreme moved into a tie atop the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League’s Ram South division following a 2-2 tie with the Calgary Northstar Sabres, in its first game at the Ron Ebbesen Arena in nearly a month, Nov. 28.

The Airdrie and District Tennis Association’s inaugural year has wound up with a provincial honour for its president.

It doesn’t matter if it is in front of 20,000 fans in an NHL arena or 900 students in a school gymnasium – Theoren Fleury still elicits a certain wow factor.