Team Ward captures Granite Grinchmas tournament
The Kelvin Ward team came away the winner at the Grinchmas tournament this past weekend at the Granite Pointe at Nelson Course. Team Ward, including Mike Pozin, Lorraine May, Ruth O'Bryan, Larry Marinas, won by two strokes with a 12-under-par round of 60. Team Scheldrups won the Sunday Chapman event by one with a net score ...
Leafs get back to work Friday against Creston
Round two of "Who wants to play for the Nelson Leafs" goes Friday at the NDCC Arena when the Creston Valley Thunder Cats pay a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League exhibition visit. Nelson opened the pre-season with an 8-2 win over Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Leaf coach Frank Maida is scheduled to change of the lineup...
Lakeside pitches alive with roundball action again
The Lakeside Pitches are once again busy from the summer hiatus as roundball gears up for the second half of the 2013 campaign. This week Nelson Youth Soccer players kicked off the Canada Geese to for training and games as the season comes to a close in October. The same for Nelson City Soccer Adult Leagues. Tuesday the Leo's...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Team Wined it Up
The event raised more than $80,000. One team, Team Cranked Up, brought in more than $9,000. Not to be outdone was Team Wined it Up which came a close second at more than $7,500 raised for MS Research. Not bad says the folks at Mallard's Source for sports which selected the squad Team of the Week. The West Kootenay Glacier...
UPDATE: Leafs deal away pair to acquire rights to defenceman Darnell St. Pierre
The Nelson Leafs continue to build a team worthy to host the 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup. Leaf skipper Frank Maida dealt away two more players from last season’s roster in a move to acquire the rights to defenceman Darnell St. Pierre. The soon to be 19-year-old St. Pierre, who toiled last season for the Revelstoke Grizzlies before...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Kootenay Glacier Kings
The Kootenay Glacier Kings took the much tougher road, but it was all worth it after the local squad captured the BC Senior Games Men’s 55-plus Gold Medal Saturday in Kamloops. Rod Guimont of Cranbrook scored twice, his second tally of the highlight reel variety, to pace the Kings past Zone 9 Masters from North Central 5-3....
UPDATE: 2013 Fat Tire Festival Results
The 2013 Fat Tire Festival results are in Kootenay Krawl 5 and under: Rosco Dupont 6-8 year olds: Lauren Bridge 9-13 year olds: Oso Punchard "Grown-ups": Travis HauckLast Wheelie Standing DudeDouble Up Cross Country Race Sane 100+: "Slow and Easy" Brent and Rose Watkinson Sane Over/Under: 1st: (no team name) Chantal...
Saints look to 'natural leader' to lead Selkirk into BCIHL season
The Saints, beginning another march to the top of the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League Sunday in Castlegar, named Trail native Logan Proulx to lead them. The 22-year-old forward has been named captain of the Saints hockey club. Proulx will slip on the captaincy when Selkirk opens the exhibition season Tuesday in the Silver...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Team Cranked Up
The event saw more than $80,000 go toward finding a cure for MS and one team raised more than $9100. Team Cranked Up cranked it up on the fundraising circuit to raise the amazing total during the West Kootenay Glacier Challenge MS Bike tour held last weekend. The tour took riders from New Denver to Nelson one day and Nelson...
Fat Tire Festival back for year 18
It's an event that salutes the memory of avid cyclist Cam Alexander. Friday, the curtain is raised for year 18 of the annual Fat Tire Festival. Held the week before Labour Day at various locations around Nelson, the festival celebrates a love of all things bicycle, and helps to raise money and awareness for the Nelson Cycling...
