Local Sports

Two up and coming speed skaters are trying to bring their act a little closer to home.

The Sunshine Coast Volleyball Club (SCVC) is off to a fast start as the U14 team placed third at a recent event. Tsunami took part in the Six-Pack Sensation volleyball tournament on March 27 at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre. Volleyball B.C.

A poet once wrote "Oh, to be in England now that April's here." Well, it couldn't have been any better than last weekend on the Coast as beautiful weather contributed to a dandy Women's Soccer League year-end tournament.

The Suncoast Flyers claimed the 2003/04 Men's A-division hockey championship after a thrilling 1-0 overtime win over the Rangers last Friday night at the Sunshine Coast Arena.

Jenna Nestman represents the future of track and field athletes on the Sunshine Coast.

More than 480 individuals and teams ran from Gibsons to Sechelt last Sunday in the 26th annual April Fool's Run Half-Marathon.

Last Wednesday and Thursday, the elementary school boys and girls took over the gyms at Gibsons Elementary School and Elphinstone Secondary School for the annual boys' and girls' basketball play days.

The Suncoast Flyers punched their ticket into the Men's A-division hockey final, while the Inlet Raiders and Rangers need a third game tonight (March 27) to decide their fate.

The first nine holes of a Gibsons 18-hole disc golf course are open for play, with the remaining nine scheduled to be in place by the summer.

Sunshine Coast figure skaters have come home with outstanding results from recent competitions. Kai-Jing Leong won gold and Alison Camenisch won bronze in ladies' free skate at the Vancouver Skating Club's Valentine's Day Competition.