Sports and Recreation
Swift Current is home to the Swift Current Broncos, a hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League. They play in the 3,239 seat Credit Union iPlex in the east end of town. The team has raised some of the world's greatest hockey players to the professional level, such as Dave "Tiger" Williams, Joe Sakic, and Bryan Trottier. The Credit Union iPlex is also the home of the Swift Current Rampage a junior box lacrosse team. San Jose Sharks and Canadian International hockey player, Patrick Marleau was born in Swift Current.
Swift Current is also home to the Swift Current Indians, a baseball team that plays in Canada's premier summer collegiate level baseball league called the Western Major Baseball League (WMBL). Former Major League Baseball players Reggie Cleveland (Boston Red Sox), Jim Dedrick (Baltimore Orioles) and Shawn Wooten (Anaheim Angels) all played for Swift Current before being drafted into professional baseball. Since 1992, Swift Current has won an unprecedented 10 league championships (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2010). The Indians play at Mitchell Field, located just north of the Iplex.
Other sports institutions in the city include:
- Speedy Creek Racing Club
- Chinook Golf Course
- Elmwood Golf Course
- Vipers Ball Hockey
Lake Diefenbaker and Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park are 50 km north of the city on Highway 4. The park provides recreational activities like fishing, swimming, boating, camping, hiking and 4 RV parks.
Swift Current Motorcross Club has a track on the west side of town, just off 11th Ave NW.
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