Cooper claims Granite Pointe Simulator Championship
The warmer weather has chased the snow away at Granite Pointe, allowing Golf Operations Manager Reg Clarkson to open all 18 holes for play for the 2023 season. Golfers can now book tee times beginning at 8 a.m. Granite Pointe staff said all 18 holes are open along with the driving range and putting green. This is not the first...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Kootenay Bombers BC Club V-Ball Champs
The Kootenay Bombers 18U claimed the top prize at the recent BC Club Volleyball Championships at the Richmond Olympic Oval. The Bombers defeated Sunshine Coast two straight in the final. The U18 Bombers finished first after round robin play with wins over North Star and Squamish Wild. During the playoff round, the advanced ...
Glacier Gymnastics Club hosts Kootenay Zone Championships
The Glacier Gymnastics Club is once again hosting the Kootenay Zone Championships at the Civic Centre facility this weekend. The Championships run from April 29-30. This is the 20th consecutive year the Glacier Club has hosted the Kootenay Championships. Teams from Trail, Castlegar, Nelson, Fernie, Cranbrook, Invermere and ...
Revelstoke Grizzlies capture 2023 Cyclone Taylor Cup
The Revelstoke Grizzlies scored three times in the opening frame en route to a 4-1 decision over the Kimberley Dynamiters 4-1 in the all-KIJHL Cyclone Taylor Cup Final Sunday at the Revelstoke Forum. Will McPhee, Carter Bettenson and Brady Schawb scored power play goals in the first period, and David Coyle added another special...
Nelson Figure skaters encouraged by BC Winter Games experience
The Nelson Figure Skating Club sent a strong contingent of competitors to the recent BC Winter Games in Vernon. The Kootenay Zone sent a total of four skaters, which three were from Nelson — Kailee Stewart (12), Taylor Singer (16) and Aili Brackett (13). Singer had a strong showing in the short program, finishing tenth...
Nitros Sommer scores in OT to power Kimberley to KIJHL Championship
The Kimberley Dynamiters won the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Teck Cup championship with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the Posse in Game seven of the series Monday night in Princeton. Justin Sommer scored his third goal of the playoffs with 5:24 remaining in the period as he beat Peyton Trzaska in the...
Local skiers gain valuable experience at BC Winter Games in Vernon, Purcell earns $1000 bursary
Local skiers from the Nelson area represented the regional at the BC Winter Games in Vernon. Quin Clark and Flynn Tracey of Nelson and Paige Purcell of South Slocan were part of the Kootenay Zone Alpine Ski Team competing at Silver Star Resort near Vernon. Clark finished eighth in the male K1 Slalom and 25th in K1 Giant Slalom...
Leafs Brockett signs with Jamestown Jimmies, team host weekend evaluation camp
Nelson Leafs defenceman Kingsley Brockett has signed to play in the American Collegiate Hockey Association for the University of Jamestown Jimmies in 2023-24. The 6-2, 195-pound blueliner completed his third and final season in the KIJHL with the Leafs recording 15 points in 38 regular season games. The Calgary product began...
Ernie Gare Scholarship Society accepting applications for 2023
Since 1964, more than 200 student-athletes from School District #8 in Nelson and the surrounding areas ofBritish Columbia have been awarded the Ernie Gare Scholarship. As Athletic Director at then Notre Dame University, Ernie Gare founded the Scholarship - the first of its kind in Canada - to acknowledge and support local...
West Kootenay Wildcats Provincial U18A Female Champs
Players from Nelson, Trail, Castlegar Grand Forks and Rock Creek joined together to capture the BC Hockey U18A Female Hockey Championship held recently in Williams Lake. The West Kootenay U18 Wildcats defeated Victoria Reign 5-2 to claim the overall title. The Wildcats went 2-1-1 during the round robin before edging Vancouver...
