Local Sports

It was a busy winter for the executive of the Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association (SCDRA) as they were working overtime to ensure drag racing became a reality in 2013 at the Sechelt airport.

The Sunshine Coast Boxing Club will play host to the War on the Shore on Saturday night, April 27, at the Gibsons Curling Club. Doors open at 7 with the first fight at 7:30 p.m.

After a month's break with no league games, the U13 Thunder took to the field against the Richmond Impact in the first round of the Coastal Cup playdowns, coming away with an impressive 3-0 win.

Roberts Creek's Kyla Richey helped the national women's volleyball team to a sixth place finish at the Universiade tournament in Kazan Russia last week.

The Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club's (SCVC) U14 girls finished second in the Lower Mainland Regional tournament last weekend This two-day, 20-team tournament is a seeding tournament for the upcoming provincial volleyball championships.

The 36th BMO Sunshine Coast April Fool's Run presented by Coast Cable welcomed a near-record number of registrations and a dry, calm day on Sunday, April 7.

The Ya Yas women's soccer team placed third at the 51st annual Totem soccer tournament in Victoria over the Easter long weekend.

In the men's finals tournament at Shirley Macy, Halfmoon Bay (HMB) was the up-and-coming best team on paper going into the weekend, but then folded like paper, mostly due to injuries.

This Sunday, April 7, was the women's year-end tournament, which culminated in the final between league champs Ya Yas and their decade-long rivals, Source.

Several Coast rep soccer teams are in action at home this weekend in Provincial Cup playdowns with all games at lower Kinnikinnick Park. On Saturday, April 6, the U18 boys Spartans host ICSF United at 11:30 a.m., then at 3:30 p.m.