Local Sports

The Sunshine Coast Roller Girls (SCRG) are back and in full force to hit the flat track for the 2012/13 season. Dec. 5, 2011, marked the first ever Roller Derby World Cup.

The Gibsons Jays lack of offence proved to be their undoing in a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Capilanos last Sunday at Ryan Dempster Field in Gibsons, dropping the junior men's team to 0-4.

Sunshine Coast Skating Club member Caitlin Jarvis was taken totally unaware when she was awarded the BC Coast Regional STARSkate athlete of the year award in April.

For the second straight weekend, the Gibsons Junior Jays were shut down offensively, this time falling to the Aldergrove Cubs 3-0 last Sunday at Ryan Dempster Field.

Coast martial arts instructor Shawn Phillips was recently in Florida for the first ever Gracie Jiu Jitsu immersion camp. More than 300 attendees were there for four days of training with the legendary Gracie family.

For the second straight year, the senior girls mountain bike team from Chatelech Secondary School are the best on the North Shore.

The dream of playing in the Summer Olympics this July in London came to a close for Roberts Creek's Kyla Richey and her Team Canada teammates May 4 in Mexico.

Gibsons' Ryan Dempster dropped to 0-2 on the season after the Chicago Cubs lost 7-4 at the hands of cross-town rival Chicago White Sox last Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Any longboarding event that can be considered a comparatively tame affair with only two notable injuries - in this case, a separated shoulder and a broken wrist - promises to be a thrilling affair indeed.

An instrumental player in the Kootenay Ice's run to the Memorial Cup in 2011 is the latest recruit to the University of British Columbia (UBC) men's hockey program.