Local Sports

The Gibsons Yacht Club (GYC) is getting set to launch its learn-to-sail program. "Last year we had 60 kids attend our classes. This year we are hoping for a similar number," said program coordinator Carl Armstrong.

It seems kind of fitting that Kyla Richey will be working to wear the mighty Maple Leaf on Canada's birthday. Kyla, 16, is one of only 50 athletes from across Canada who have been invited to a selection camp for the junior national volleyball team.

The Midget and Bantam Gibsons Crusherz are both off to respective provincial championships after each won a best-of-three playdown last weekend.

The Chat senior boys completed a solid season on the links with a sixth-place showing at the provincial championships May 30 in Kamloops. Chat finished with a two-round total of 664 (based on the four top scores from each round).

Fresh off a third-place finish at the provincial championships, Elphi's Brianna Kane is setting her sights on national and international competition.

Canadian Champion - it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Sechelt's Julia "The Jewel" Budd captured the Canadian Muay Thai Kickboxing title on Saturday night at the Max Bell Centre in Calgary. Budd defeated Keri "Crusher" Crothers from Victoria.

The Central Hardball League's Marsh Landscape Mariners placed third in the Mission River Rush baseball tournament held over the May long weekend. Game one of Saturday's double header saw the Mariners up against the Ridge Meadows Braves.

Sun drenched fans were treated to a day of speed and smoke at the Sechelt Airport on Sunday.

A dedicated group of ladies did Gibsons proud on the May long weekend as the Gibsons Pigs soccer team won its division at a tournament in Kelowna.

High school riders from Chatelech and Elphinstone used the familiar trails around Halfmoon Bay to their advantage on Saturday. The B.C.