Local Sports

It was a great weekend of activity for the Sunshine Coast Youth Soccer Association (SCYSA) and its more than 1,000 players as the Vancouver Whitecaps made their second visit in as many years to provide training sessions to all divisions of the league

You may have noticed the new Sunshine Coast Cycling Club's team colours and logo on our club members as they ride the roads and trails of the Coast. The bright yellow, blue and green are easy to see.

The men's and women's teams returned to league play this week. Meanwhile, the Sechelt Indian Band mourned the loss of young Kyle August and the motivated Band teams all posted victories on the pitch.

On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Suncoast Racquet Club hosted the Rogers Rookie Tour Tennis Tournament in Sechelt.

How to hold a regatta without wind? That was the question the organizers of the third annual Snake Bay Sailing Club Regatta faced on Sept. 18. The waters of Sechelt Inlet were as calm as a mirror on this perfect, sunny late summer's day.

With a second victory in as many weeks, the U13 Scorpions upheld their fiery undefeated status in rep soccer league action with a 4-0 triumph over the visiting West Vancouver Spuraways last weekend.

The Scorpions U13 boys' rep team opened the season with a decisive 5-2 win over the Italian Canadian Sports Federation Azzurri, in East Vancouver on Saturday. Duncan Armstrong led the scoring and tallied a hat trick before the game was over.

There were tons of thrills and spills in the first sanctioned roller derby match on the Sunshine Coast last Saturday night in Sechelt.

Many players of the Sunshine Coast Youth Soccer Association (SCYSA) took to the field last weekend to kick off the beginning of another season. "A thank you to all who made it such a great day.

Two third period goals propelled the Powell River Kings to a 3-2 BCHL exhibition win over the Coquitlam Express before about 200 hockey fans Sunday afternoon in Gibsons.