Local Sports

Another successful week of spikes, sets and volleys took place at Chatelech Secondary School this week. Close to 70 players from grades 7 to 12 took part in the annual summer volleyball camp.

House League players from the Sunshine Coast Youth Soccer Association (SCYSA) got some top-notch instruction from one of the best coaches in the province this week.

The Gibsons all-star peewee squad capped off a great season with a trip to the provincial finals in Campbell River Aug. 3 to 7. Gibsons was in tough against the other competition, but still put in a strong showing representing the Coast with pride.

Sixteen women comprised from the Sunshine Coast Women's Soccer League (CALs Crushers, CP Blazers, Mayhem and Gibsons Pigs) went to 27th annual Salmon Arm/Shuswap soccer tournament over the August long weekend.

Once again the Festival of the Rolling Arts topped the events of the past year. The Coasters Car Club's Sleepy Hollow Rod Run, held Friday, Aug.

In early September, Shaun Stephens-Whale of Roberts Creek is off to Turkey for the world mountain running championships. Shaun was recently named to the Canadian junior team due to his results this year in various trail running events.

Members of the Com-petitors' Club at Coast of Sunshine Fitness in Gibsons are taking things to the next level. Earlier this year, Coast Reporter introduced readers to this new club at the fitness facility in Gibsons.

Blake Mithrush set a new course record of five under par, 67, during the final round of the Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club's (SCGCC) 34thAnnual Sea Cavalcade Golf Tournament last Sunday.

At the Mt. Washington Canada Cup race last weekend, the podium was no stranger to the red and white On The Edge (OTE) jersey as the Sunshine Coast riders brought home medals in every category they entered.

The Sunshine Coast Arena is the place to be this month as hockey gets into full swing next weekend. The third annual Sun-shine Coast Summer Hockey School starts Friday, Aug.