Inter-provincial Tournament, May 9, 1998
Regina's Lao Catholic Association's B team attempts to block a "Round House Soul Spike" by Emmanuel Beauchard of the visiting team from Montreal.	In the Men's Division, it was Winnipeg's Lao Red River team who parted with the Bronze medal.
Emmanuel led his Montreal team to victory in the tournament with "Roll Spikes" like these	Men's Division, Regina Lao 1 played a close, very exciting final to finish with the Silver medal.
JHS Girls, Martin Monarchs, were automatic Gold Medallists.	Men's Division, Saskatoon West, won the Gold medal after losing the first set in the final match 11-15, but then coming back to win the 2nd set 15 - 11 and the tiebreak 6 - 0.
HS Boys, Luther Team 3, finished with the Bronze medal, presented by two of ASEC's board of directors, Bob Braun and Judy Quon.	Men's Division, Overall Winners, were the very experienced and confident team from Montreal who never lost a match.
HS Boys, Luther Team 4, took home Gold after a very close match that went to the tiebreak against TKO, the JHS team.	ASEC International's team (front row, red shirts), which finished third in their pool so were out of the finals, pose with some of the medallist teams to remember this very special occasion.

A new sport comes onto the horizon in Regina! It is Sepak Takraw (Kick Volleyball), mainly a cross between soccer and volleyball. The LAUNCH for this sport in Saskatchewan, and ultimately in Canada, was the first ever Inter-provincial Takraw Tournament hosted at Luther College High School, Saturday, May 9. High School and Adult teams entered in both boys and girls events. The girls placed fourth in the senior high school boys pool event in which they competed since they were the only girls team, so they did very well ... and were favorites with many of the spectators! Also doing very well were the JHS Boys team, TKO (not pictured below), who played in the pool of older HS Boys, yet went right to the final in the pool event, loosing narrowly in a close match that went to the tie-break.

Special guests included a Men's team from Montreal, on which two of the players have had experience competing in International Takraw Tournaments. Also competing were Laotian Men's teams from Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina. It is the mainly the Laotian Canadians who are the experienced Takraw players here and across the country, as it is a very popular sport back in Laos where many of them came from as refugees in the late 70's. It was also a popular past time activity in Thai refugee camps, where some spent several years before finally being able to immigrate to Canada.

The tournament was a great success! Approximately 100 people were involved in the tournament, including spectators, players, and volunteers. Most spectators present were seeing this sport for the first time, and just loved it! There comments regarding the game were predictably on how exciting it was to watch the action and how amazed they were to witness such good ball control without using the hands.