Local Sports

The spring 2019 edition of the PaceSetter 5-Dollar 5K Series concluded on Sunday March 10 under sunny skies and the mildest temperature so far. It was actually pleasant standing around at the finish line, even for participants who raced in shorts.

Ava Hynd from the Chinook Swim Club attended Winter Provincial Championships for ages 12 and under athletes this season. To qualify for provincials, swimmers must attain a time that ranks them in the top 50 in their age group.

Eloise Allen and Lorren Benko represented the Sunshine Coast Chinook Swim Club in Kamloops March 7 to 10. To qualify for the meet swimmers must attain times determined by the fastest 50 swimmers in their age category.

The Elphinstone Cougars’ efforts to advance to the quarterfinals of the BC basketball 2A provincials were stymied last Wednesday when they lost to the team that would eventually take third place.

Olympians Patrick Chan and Larkyn Austman skated in front of approximately 600 spectators at the Gibsons arena on Saturday, March 9.

U17 Volleyball

5-Dollar 5K Series Race #3

The 2019 Provincial BC Winter Games, hosted by Greater Vernon, Feb.

Sunshine Coast Blues has received funding from the Esso Girls Hockey Program, an initiative from Hockey Canada as part of their Grow the Game campaign.

Initially, Patrick Chan hoped to be a hockey player, but his mother intervened, knowing his slight 5-foot-5-inch stature would make it tough to make a starting roster. And so, he turned to figure skating lessons.