Local Sports

With a new coach arriving from Poland in mid-October, the Sunshine Coast Skating Club had to get creative in order to get the 2005/06 season off to an exciting start.

The Pacific Blades Speed Skating Club launched their second season on the Coast with a two-day mini camp last weekend.

On The Edge (OTE) Race Club was tearing it up at the B.C. Cup Finals last weekend Aug. 28 and 29 at Mt. Washington. The Coast was well represented with over 40 people including 19 racers at the event.

The second annual Sunshine Coast Summer Hockey School was bigger and better this year.

Rep soccer players were getting prepared for the upcoming season this week with a high-level skills camp.

While others were off enjoying the last few days of summer vacation, close to 100 kids in grades 6 to 12 were indoors this week working on their sets and spikes.

The Lighthouse Pub Mariners are the kings of fastpitch for 2005. The Mariners bested the Inlet Raiders in two games in the best-of-three final this week to reclaim the season championship.

Years of hard work and sacrifice are starting to pay off for Jenna Nestman. The former Elphinstone Secondary School track and field star is now making her mark on the national stage.

A group of hoop stars from Chatelech and Elphin-stone Secondary Schools are in Pitt Meadows this week for an intensive summer basketball camp. On Sunday, eight dedicated players from the Coast left for Pitt Meadows.

A large contingent of athletes from the Sunshine Coast came home last week with great results from the World Masters Games in Edmonton. The event was held July 22 to 31.