Local Sports

You can add another banner to the impressive wall of honour inside the Elphinstone Secondary School gymnasium as the boys' golf team captured the North Shore championship Monday.

Chicago Cubs right-hander Ryan Dempster was tagged with a no-decision in the Cubs 7-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday afternoon.

Squash is the new game in town, and enthusiasm couldn't be any higher. The new courts at the Gibsons and Area Community Centre have been a long time coming for squash enthusiasts on the Coast, and they are taking full advantage of the new facilities.

A week of blowouts and rainouts highlighted last week's play in the Gibsons Men's Alumni Baseball League. On Tuesday, the Gibsons Royals beat Norris Oil 8-2.

Some up and coming softball stars learned from the best at the annual Simon Fraser University (SFU) Clan softball clinic last weekend.

The Court Jesters club volleyball team had a successful stint at the U15 provincials last weekend in Burnaby. The Court Jesters played four matches on Saturday, coming second in their pool.

Two Sunshine Coast girls are making a name for themselves off-Coast playing women's hockey. Sydney McAlister, 15, from Gibsons, and Mikaela Meyerink, 14, from Halfmoon Bay have been playing hockey since they were youngsters.

Some of the best coaches in Canada were in Gibsons last weekend for the annual Big League Experience Super Clinic put on by the Gibsons Minor Ball Association (GMBA).

"You guys have the sweetest bike trails anywhere." These were the words of "race dad" Cam Cairns from Squamish, as he hopped on his bike to check out the course for last week's high school series race at Sprockids park in Langdale.

The second running boom is alive and well as indicated by the nearly 10 per cent increase in numbers for this year's Vancouver Sun Run 10k: from 54,000 last year to over 59,000 registered in 2008.