Local Sports

The competitive high school mountain bike series came to a close on the hills and trails in Whistler last weekend. More than 300 athletes from around the province competed at the 2006 provincial high school finals.

A few rain drops did little to dampen the enthusiasm and spirit of racers and spectators at Race Day at the Raceway last Sunday.

A poor opening day proved to be too much to overcome for the Chatelech golf team. For the second straight year, Chat finished sixth at the provincial high school golf championships.

The Elphinstone track and field team had another successful season, with the largest number of athletes ever qualifying for the North Shore Zone Championships held at Swangard Stadium on Tuesday, May 16.

The Chat golf team is off to Creston this weekend for the high school golf provincials.Chat earned a berth by winning the North Shore finals and Lower Mainland Regional finals during a great week of golf on the Coast last week.

Danger Bay 5 last weekend in Pender Harbour was a complete and utter success.With over 130 racers this year it not only broke records, but also created a great show for spectators as well as the competitive downhill racers that joined in on the fun.

The Suncoast Breakers travelled to Whistler in late April to participate in the Whistler Spring Summit hockey tournament 35-and-over division. They played .500 hockey in the round robin portion, winning one, tying one and losing the other.

When Wendy Cooney was a girl growing up in Port Alberni, she always thought she had the ability to be a first-rate quarter horse rider. However, because of the expense of the sport, she had to wait 20 years to find out just how good she could be.

Charlene SanJenko, fitness entrepreneur and owner of Coast of Sunshine Fitness in Gibsons, recently competed in the Western Canadian Bodybuilding and Fitness championships in Kelowna.

Organizers are tabbing last weekend's Brodie Rat Race as the best one yet. Rider entries were close to 500 for the two-day event along the trails in Roberts Creek. The fifth annual event started Saturday with an intense cross-country race.