Local Sports

Professional and amateur downhill cyclists gathered at the Coast Gravity Park outside of Sechelt last Saturday for the fifth annual Backwoods Jam. “This is the biggest year we had so far,” said parks operations manager Kendra Zegers.

Ryan Dempster

Sunshine Coast Open Tennis Tournament

Three Sunshine Coast Skating Club members attended the first-of-the-season BC/YT Section Summer Skate Competition at the Burnaby 8 Rinks arenas this last weekend.

Last Saturday at Sechelt arena, the Sunshine Coast Pickleball Association (SCPA) celebrated National Pickleball Day by inviting people to give the game a try for the first time.

Participants in the 13th annual Four Lakes 10k & 3k in Garden Bay didn’t mind the rain and cooler temperatures on Sunday, as it made for faster running.

The Sunshine Coast Fastpitch League ended their season last weekend on the beautifully revamped Hackett Park in Sechelt.

Weather put a damper on the Sunshine Coast Drag Racing Associations (SCDRA) 20th anniversary celebrations on Sunday, Aug. 11.

Ryan Dempster briefly came out of retirement on Wednesday to pitch for a hardball team at his namesake field in his hometown of Gibsons.

Fourteen-year-old Gracey Hemstreet of Sechelt won the national downhill mountain biking championships in her age category on July 28, capping off a blowout rookie season.