Granite Pointe salutes Club Championship winners
Jeff Langin carded five-under-par 139 to capture the 36-hole Granite Pointe Men’s Club Championship Sunday at the Rosemont Course in Nelson. Michelle Palm won the Women’s tournament while Torin Edmonds and Paul Burkart captured the Junior and Senior titles, respectively. Langin, the defending champion, opened with a three-under-par 69 Saturday before finishing up with a […]
KIJHL releases 2023-24 schedule
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has released its 2023-24 regular season schedule, which begins on Friday, September 22nd with 16 of the league’s 20 teams in action. All KIJHL teams will play a 44-game regular season that includes six games each against divisional rivals, two games against teams from the alternate division within the […]
Nelson boxer Lola Brouillette gains valuable experience competing in Colombia
Nelson boxer Lola Brouillette won a silver medal in the 52Kg female division at the Continental Championships held earlier this month in Cali, Colombia. However, while the medal will definitely find a special place in the trophy case of the Nelson Boxing and Athletics Club boxer, it’s the valuable international experience...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Nelson Mariners Minor Baseball
The Nelson Mariners minor baseball team nearly pulled off a championship for the Heritage city when it went undefeated through the season ending playoff tournament in Castlegar, but ultimately lost (5-1) in the gold medal game to the Beaver Valley Blue Jays. The Mariners started the weekend with an 18-9 rout of the host team...
KIJHL announces increase in 20-year-old roster players
The Kootenay International Junior ‘A’ Hockey League has announced a policy change, effective immediately, that will see the maximum number of 20-year-old players on a team roster at any one time increased from five to six. The announcement was made on the KIJHL website. “Adding an additional 20-year old roster spot provides...
Granite Pointe's Reg Clarkson finishes fourth at BC Senior/Super-Senior Golf Championships
Reg Clarkson of Nelson came ever so close to tasting victory Thursday afternoon in Williams Lake at the BC Senior/Super-Senior Golf Championships. After firing a three-under-par round of 68 Wednesday to put himself into contention, the Granite Pointe at Nelson Manager carded a four-over-par 75 to finish tied for fourth spot...
BC Hockey approves KIJHL move to Junior A status
During the mid-1990s, there was a movement in the Kootenays to court some of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams to join a Junior A League, dubbed the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League. After a few years, the league folded and teams from Nelson, Creston, Kimberley, Fernie and Castlegar returned to the...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Nelson Selects U14 Soccer
The Nelson Soccer Association was shutout of medals at the recent BC Soccer Provincial B Championships in Kamloops and Langley. The NSA saw no less than six teams, with the seventh being a regional squad consisting of local players, qualify for the provincial tournaments. Mallard's Source for sports would like to salute one...
WIRTH Hats Quad Tandem Worlds conclude in Nelson
From July 15-23, 2023, Vancouver-based brand WIRTH Hats is hosting the Quad Tandem World Championships. The one-of-a-kind adventure race that starts in the Okanagan before concluding through the Slocan Valley and ending in Nelson on Sunday, July 23, is the first of this scale for the company, draws teams from around...
Local boxer, coach punch ticket to represent Canada at Continental Championships in Cali, Colombia
For the past two-plus years, Nelson Boxer Lola Brouillette has been pounding the heavy bag, dodging, and weaving punches in the training ring and skipping for what has seemed to be an eternity to make her mark in the sport she dearly loves. Just last month, the 17-year-old Nelson Boxer received news that she hopes will...
