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Gibsons golfer Mike Mannion helps to create thrilling finish

Tom Harder of School District No. 46 accepts a donation of $600 from Sue Duxbury at the BRAT Enduro held on Sept. 20 at Brickers Cidery in West Sechelt. The funds go to the local high school mountain bike race teams – Chatelech and Elphinstone.

Three drag races this year, all in sunshine, and all insured and COVID-authorized. Sechelt Airport saw the year’s final race on Saturday, Sept.

Hikers of Canada’s longest hut-to-hut trail have a new record to beat. Professional ultra long distance runner Nick Duff completed the 178-kilometre Sunshine Coast Trail (SCT) in a fastest known time of 27:20:00.

The Sunshine Coast Baseball Association (SCBA) 15U Bantams took on their counterparts from West Vancouver Minor Baseball on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Vancouver’s world-famous Nat Bailey Stadium, in a game which no one thought would be possible.

Baseball players on the Sunshine Coast were thrown a curveball when their league games were cancelled because of COVID-19, but now they have the chance to play where the pros do, thanks to a hometown major leaguer.

Former featherweight world champion Julia (The Jewel) Budd will be stepping back into the ring for the first time since she lost her title in January. The Roberts Creek mixed martial artist will take on Jessy (The Widowmaker) Miele on Aug.

At Sunday’s drag races in Sechelt, one of the Powell River cars was 70 years old – but in the skilled hands of Chris Moretto, the Oldsmobile Rocket charged to victory in the Super Street class at the members-only event.

Sunshine Coast Cricketers

The Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Association (SCDRA) has received approval from Vancouver Coastal Health and the District of Sechelt for the Aug. 9 drag race at Sechelt Airport. This event will be limited to a maximum of 50 participants.