Mallard's Team of the Week — Nelson Figure Skating Club
The Nelson Figure Skating Club enjoyed a banner season as the club completed the campaign on ice with a boatload of medals during local major competitions — Kootenay Regional Championships Staff at Mallard's Source for sports would like to honour the skaters with Team of the Week status. Nelson Figure skaters include Breanna...
Nelson Clubsters open Spring hoop season in Salmon Arm
Nelson Club Basketball team traveled to the North Okanagan to begin the spring lead against teams from Salmon Arm. Josh Matosevic led the U17s in scoring in a 59-27 defeat against a much bigger and stronger Synergy U17's. Nelson has no U17s on the team as the club is filled with younger players. "We are often physically...
Rhythm Ropers shine at BC Rope Skipping Championships
Nelson Rhythm Ropers treated the public to some world-class skipping as the Heritage City Club hosted the B.C. Rope Skipping Championships this past weekend at the L.V. Rogers High School gymnasium. Teams from throughout the province attended the three-day Jump Rope BC event that featured events in speed, freestyle and power....
Banner season concludes for Nelson Figure Skating Club; Ice Show May 10
The Nelson Figure Skating Club completed a successful season on ice with a trunk load of hardware. Despite starting out the season with a a number of club skaters competing for the first time, coaches Yoshie Measures and Sarah Gower saw a vast improvement from last season. Starting in February, 15 skaters competed at the...
Kootenay Mountaineering Club celebrates 50th anniversary
The Kootenay Mountaineering Club celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. The KMC existed as a section of the Alpine Club of Canada for its first five years, but went its own way when it could not or would not persuade sufficient numbers to sign up with the ACC. Today, the KMC numbers over 300 members and schedules more than...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Abacus, Jackson's Hole Masters Champs
Soccer Quest wrapped up its indoor league season by crowning champs in the three adult divisions. Abacus made it a clean sweep of the Jackson's Hole Masters League by capturing both playoff and regular season title. Abacus edged out Bia Boro 6-5 in the final to claim the title. The regular season champs advanced to the final...
Wild ride for Bombers as Mt. Baker wins LVR tournament
The L.V. Rogers Bombers wasted a complete-game pitching performance from Austin Tambellini against Mount Baker Wild in the final game of the Bomber Invitational High School Baseball Tournament Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Park. Tambellini tossed a five-hitter during a 4-0 loss to the Wild. The win allowed the Cranbook-based ...
Leafs looking to fill key positions after coach and president tender resignations
Fresh from hosting the very successful 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup, the Nelson Leafs are now looking to fill two key off-ice positions after president Russell Stocks and head coach Frank Maida recently tendered their resignations to the hockey club. Both Stocks and Maida were instrumental in making the Leafs one of elite franchises...
Neptunes back after year hiatus from Kootenay Summer Swimming
The Nelson Neptunes swim club is back in business. After spending the entire 2013 season on the sidelines due to the closure of the Nelson and District Aquatic Centre, the Neptunes are happy to report the club is up and running, beginning May 5 with the first of pre-season training. Along with a new season is a new coaching...
Silver the colour of the medal for Nelson Selects in Kelowna
The Nelson Selects U14 Girls squad shook off the winter rust at the annual Kelowna Icebreaker tournament over the Easter weekend and brought home a silver medal. The Selects put together a 2-1 record in the round robin to earn a spot in the gold medal final where they lost 2-1 in a heartbreaker to Okanagan Mission #2. “The ...
