Local Sports

Elphinstone grad Elan Kimpton-Cuellar got some more court time with the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack as they opened up 2020 with a big win over the visiting Mount Royal University Cougars on Jan. 3.

Two of the Sunshine Coast Skating Club’s top competitive figure skaters will be competing at this year’s B.C. Winter Games in February.

Sechelt motocross racer Alissa Harkin took second place at the 2019 outdoor series of the BC Motocross Championships in the 2-stroke class – and for the first time earned a national ranking. “It was a mudfest that day.

One of the purposes of this series of articles about curling is that of hoping to introduce more of the public to the game, and the joy it brings.

The 2019 Elphinstone Alumni Basketball Tournament reached new heights on Dec. 27-28 with six teams and over 70 athletes competing for the championship trophy. Games kicked off on Friday afternoon and ran straight through until Saturday night.

Sunshine Coast athletes put their stamp on the province, on Canada and on the world in 2019 in such sports as swimming, equestrian, volleyball and – as expected thanks to the Coast’s sprawling mountainous landscape – mountain biking.

The Christmas Co-ed Hockey Fundraiser on Dec. 7 raised $1,500 in cash and about $200 worth of food items. The cash and food will be divided up equally and distributed to the food banks in Madeira Park, Sechelt and Gibsons.

Gibsons Gracie Jiu Jitsu head instructor Shawn Phillips (centre) was recently awarded the rank of black belt in Torrance, Calif.

The Roaring Game

A Whistler-based international mountain biking festival series is introducing a youth category for the upcoming season. CWNEXT will be available across the Crankworx World Tour starting with Crankworx Rotura 2020.