Local Sports

An exciting day of basketball competition is slated for Saturday, July 6, at the fourth annual Daniel Kingsbury Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at Roberts Creek Community School.

Summer has officially arrived. The long evenings and sunny days have made for great local horseback riding but the hot and dry weather we’ve had for the last couple of months has put us at risk for an earlier than usual wildfire season.

The Sunshine Coast Rapids Bantam lacrosse team won 15 of 20 games this season to become division champions.

Olympique Lyonnais Select

Skater of the Month

Art Perry used a nine iron from 125 yards away on the second hole of Sechelt’s Blue Ocean Golf Club course to score a hole-in-one on Father’s Day. Perry was playing with Ray Haag, who witnessed the shot.

Mill workers were among the original members of the Sunshine Coast’s first golf course. Five decades later, they’re still swinging clubs.

Gibsons native Ryan Dempster was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., on June 15.

Mountain Biking

The Sunshine Coast Slo-Pitch League hosted the annual Jamie Ross Memorial Tournament at Kinnikinnick Park in Sechelt June 7 and 9. The Sexpos won the ‘A’ division title in a hard-fought battle against The Fujis, 22-15.