Local Sports

Muddy conditions and torn ligaments in the knee didn’t stop motocross racer Alissa Harkin from clinching second place in the Future West Moto 2018 Fall Series youth class.

The local cross-country ski program for youth is alive and kicking. In 2017, the ski group (part of the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club) renamed itself the Dakota Ridge Nordics and has never looked back.

This fall marks the tenth year of operation for the Sunshine Coast Boxing Club (SCBC) in Gibsons.

The Sunshine Coast Baseball Association will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25 at Gibsons & Area Community Centre from 6 to 7 p.m. – Submitted

Members of the Coast Classic Tennis Tournament organizing committee present a cheque for $30,000 to Denis Fafard, chair of the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society. The funds were raised from the Suncoast Racquet Club’s inaugural tennis tournament.

SCMHA Head Coach Tom Poulton’s two teams, Bantam C1 and some Midget C1 players partnered with Sunshine Coast Community Services volunteering their time in this past weekend’s Clothing Swap on Sept. 29 at Seaside Centre.

The Tuesday Senior Men at Blue Ocean Golf Club wrapped up their year with the Brian Baggs Memorial Scramble on Oct. 2, with winners (from left): Ivor Watson, Mel McKenzie, Ken Langdon, and Jac Cawsey, net score 60.2.

Twenty-one members from two Lower Mainland Jiu Jitsu schools, including Gibsons Gracie Jiu Jitsu, were in attendance at a recent seminar in Seattle.

Jenna Nestman of Roberts Creek took home a silver medal in the 2018 Canadian Track Championships held Sept. 27 to 29 in Milton, Ont. Nestman and her racing partner, Lizanne Wilmot, placed second in the women’s team sprint race with a time of 35.

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