Hundreds of people poured into downtown Hope for the 46th annual Brigade Days celebration over the weekend.
Mayor Susan Johnston and Brigade Days committee president Jeff Smith officially kicked off the festival on Friday night after a performance of the national anthem by Sara Leach. The weekend celebration also included a parade, fireworks, vendors, beer garden, salmon barbecue, kids games, gold panning with Yukon Dan, Gary Savard magic show, duck/sheep herding, and a softball tournament.
The Sports Bowl was once again a big draw at Brigade Days with a new spectator seating area for the Friday night concert as well as the motorsports action on Saturday and Sunday. There were 22 4x4 vehicles, 18 mini stock cars, and 25 demolition derby entries this year. Participants came from Hope, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Aldergrove, Langley, Surrey, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Kelowna, and Monroe, Wash.
4x4 races:
Long Box
1st - Cam Friesen
2nd - Cody Kovacs
Short Box
1st - Steven McArthur
2nd - David Lasser
Bobtail
1st - Fred Laramie
2nd - Pat Kirksey
3rd - Cody Leach
Competition Modified
1st - Jeff Cole
2nd - Rob Dufault
3rd - Len Wirsche
Buggy
1st - David Warner
2nd - Kris Fraser
3rd - Matt Nieman
UTV
1st - Brad Taylor
2nd - Marcus Braun
Powder Puff
1st - Leslie Hagen
2nd - Alexa Jeffery
3rd - Katie Fry
Hard Luck
Rob Dufault
Crowd Pleaser
Jeff Cole
Mini Stock:
Heat 1
Tanner Spooner
Heat 2
Aaron Harris
Heat 3
Trent Truman
Heat 4
Shelby Hahn
Heat 5
Jeff Cole
Heat 6
Roger Dalton/Dale Hahn
Heat 7
Shelby Hahn
Heat 8
Angelo Galle
Heat 9
George Dover
Mini Stock Main Event
1st - Tanner Spooner
2nd - George Dover
3rd - Nick Canessa
Points Final
1st - Tanner Spooner
2nd - Shelby Hahn
3rd - Angelo Galle, Nick Canessa,
George Dover
Demolition Derby:
Heat A
1st - George Dover
2nd - Jason Ranker
3rd - Kenny Bates
Heat B
1st - Andrew Dixon
2nd - Lee Pemble
3rd - Bob Cameron Jr.
Grudge
1st - Sean Edwards
2nd - Brad Mulder
3rd - Dusty Smith
Final
1st- Randy Makowsky
2nd - Ray Knoller
3rd - Kenny Bates
Crowd Pleaser
Kenny Bates
Best Looking Car
Dusty Smith