Mallards Team of the Week — Nelson Selects U14 Girls
The Nelson Selects came away with a silver medal at the B.C. Soccer Provincial B Cup Sunday in Kelowna. The Selects, also winners of the Fairplay award, lost in the final after rallying for two straight wins to conclude the round robin draw. Staff and management at Mallard's Source for Sports would also like to add to the...
Slopitch players look to put positive spin on what has been a disastrous season on the diamond
Flooding on the Nelson waterfront along with the worst June for rain on record has put the Nelson Mixed Slopitch League underwater this season. “It’s been a very trying season,” league spokesperson R.J. Warren told The Nelson Daily. “We played out first game since June 15 on July 3.” “Instead of Lakeside Ball Diamonds we’re...
UPDATED: Selects future looks ever so bright after silver medal showing at Provincial B Cup in Kelowna
The future's so bright; the Nelson Selects had better wear shades. The Nelson Selects won the silver medal at the B.C. Soccer Provincial B U14 Girl's Tournament Sunday in Kelowna. The Reps lost 5-0 in the final to the Powell River Cobras in the final. But that did not take away from the tremendous accomplishment of the Nelson...
Round robin loss too much for Nelson Selects to overcome, finish sixth at Provincial B Cup in Aldergrove
So close, but yet so far away for the Nelson Selects at the B.C. Soccer Provincial B Cup U15 Boy’s tournament Sunday in Aldergrove. The Selects watched as Prospect Lake score the lone goal of the second half of the final round robin game to edge Nelson 2-1 and knock the Kootenay/Columbia reps out of the gold medal game and ...
Girls struggle to score, boys play to draws at B.C. Soccer Provincial B Cup tournaments in Kelowna and Aldergrove
It was a tale of two different results for Nelson Youth Soccer teams Thursday at the B.C. Soccer Provincial B Cup Tournaments. In Kelowna, all three girl's teams — U13, U14 and U15 — had difficulty scoring during one-goal losses on Day one of the tournment. Both U13 and U14 squads lost 1-0 during very tightly-played first...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Nelson U15 Selects
There are six Nelson Youth Soccer Rep team competing in the B.C. Soccer Provincial B Cup tournament, but only one can be Team of the Week. Pulling a name out of a hat the staff at Mallard's Source for Sports gave the treat to the U15 girl's squad. Staff and management at Mallard's want to wish all the teams success against ...
Trail's Weir 40th at Women's Amateur; three locals in hunt at Mid Amateur
Trail's Kate Weir, now golfing out of the Swan-e-set Bay Resort in Port Coquitlam, is tied for 40th spot following Wednesday's second round of the B.C. Women's Amateur Championship in Christina Lake. Weir finished the day with an 81, three shots better than Tuesday's opening round to sit at 165. Christine Wong of Richmond...
Weir lone Kootenay players in hunt at Women's Amateur; Baker, Crispin compete at Senior tourney in Victoria
Kate Weir, now golfing out of Swan-e-set Bay Resort but formerly from Trail, currently sits tied for 19th after one round of the B.C. Women’s Amateur Championships Tuesday at the Christina Lake Golf Club. Weir, firing a round of 84, is 17 shots off the torrid pace set by A Ram Choi of Surrey. Choi carded an opening round 67...
Nelson Select teams off to compete in Provincial B Cup
It’s time to get ready for the big stage for a handful of Nelson Youth Soccer Rep teams. The squads begin quest for medals at the B.C. Soccer Provincial B Cups beginning Thursday in Aldergrove and Kelowna. Each team from Nelson — three in the girl’s tourney in Kelowna and three competing in Aldergrove in the boy’s event —...
Sports Council unveils new Sports Museum Friday
The Nelson Sports Council is ready to open its Sports Museum for the summer tourist season Saturday, July 7 in the Civic Centre and Nelson and District Community Complex Arenas. The museum exhibits are full of local hockey players who have made it big in the NHL, including Danny Gare, Greg Adams and Pat Price, along with...
