Local Sports

The Elphinstone Senior Girls Volleyball team came close to becoming North Shore league champions last Wednesday, losing to B.C.

Ice has been installed at the curling rink in Gibsons and activities are in full swing, including a nascent program that introduces young people to the game.

Volunteers are being asked to help maintain trails and assist visitors for the upcoming Dakota Ridge winter season.

Minor League Baseball

The 20th annual Fraser Valley Hunt Opening Meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9 at the private residence of Lynn Putland and Kenan MacKenzie in Roberts Creek. Hosting the event is the Sunshine Coast Equestrian Club.

Sunshine Coast kickboxers took home three medals from the 2019 World Kickboxing and Karate Union (WKU) World Kickboxing Championships in Bregenz, Austria from Oct. 15 to 21.

BC Major Midget Hockey League rookie Jaden Fodchuk got his name on the scoreboard for the first time with a dramatic overtime goal that put an end to the Okanagan Rockets’ 10-game winning streak.

Two young shíshálh Nation soccer players will be gearing up for competition in Europe this August and a fundraising event at the Nation’s longhouse has been organized to help raise money for the athletes.

It’s been nearly three months since Dane Hanna sealed his North American longboarding championship and a sponsorship deal with a leading longboard manufacturing company. The broken ankle he suffered while doing it is on the mend.

Sunshine Coast Skating Club