Local Sports

It has been a great year for the Sunshine Coast Skating Club and an exceptional year for 12-year-old Caitlin Jarvis. She was selected to carry the Olympic Torch just prior to attending the BC Winter Games where she placed 13th overall.

The improvement of the Sunshine Coast Special Olympics curling team was clearly evident on Feb. 19 with their second place finish at the annual bonspiel in Abbotsford.

Is a four-peat in the cards? That's a question that will be answered this weekend in Laval, Que., as the UBC Thunderbirds are in search of their fourth straight national women's volleyball championship.

For the fourth straight year, the Chatelech ski/snowboard team is racing for gold at the provincial championships.

The Sunshine Coast welcomes natural horsemanship instructor Glenn Stewart for a stage one natural horsemanship clinic next month.

The Pender Harbour senior boys captured third place at an eight-team tournament in Ashcroft on the Feb. 12/13 weekend. Game one saw Pender win 66-61 in overtime over B.C. Christian Academy. Joel Field scored 17, while Charles Christian added 14.

The senior girls' basketball season concluded on a high note for both Elphinstone and Chatelech last weekend. Elphi hosted the Cougar Classic tournament featuring the Eagles, King George and Pemberton.

At the Griffins Boxing Club in North Vancouver Saturday, Feb. 5, the Sunshine Coast Boxing Club had three of its senior boxers in action on an amateur boxing card with 10 bouts contested.

The senior and juvenile boys' basketball teams from Elphinstone and Chatelech saw their seasons come to a close this week.

The early spring riding season is upon us and the operators and diehard motocross enthusiasts welcome the old and new to join the MotoCross Club. Take part in one of the most exiting and enjoyable motor sports on the planet.