Team Wilderness Traverse.com tops 2011 Raid the North Extreme
Team Wilderness Traverse.com was clearly the cream of the crop at the 2011 Raid the North Extreme.The Canadian/New Zealand squad (team captain Bob Miller and Jakob Van Dorp of Ontario and Sarah Fairmaid and Gordon Blythen of New Zealand) dominated the field to capture bragging rights when the race finished Sunday in Trail.Team...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Jackson's Hole Mixed Slopitch Champs
All season Jackson’s Hole remained quietly close to the top of the Nelson Mixed Slopitch League. However, when playoff time came around the eventual champs put the gear in overdrive to capture its 15th Nelson Mixed Slopitch League title in the past 19 years Sunday at the Lakeside Ball Diamonds.Jackson’s built up a 13-0 lead...
Leafs skills camp a success
Before taking a job with Vernon Vipers of the BCHL, former Leaf coach Chris Shaw said he would run a hockey school for the Nelson Leafs.The former Leafs skipper delivered with the first ever Nelson Leafs Skills Development Hockey School."We have about 40 kids," Shaw said Thursday from the NDCC Arena during a break at the...
Neptune's Matthew golden streak ends in Kimberley
The gold-medal streak of Nelson Neptune swimmer Samuel Matthew was halted after the division three competitor scored a silver medal at the Kimberley stop on the Kootenay Summer Swim Assocaition Sunday in the Bavarian City.Matthew had won gold in the previous four meets before finishing second in Kimberley.Joining Matthew on...
Nelson City Soccer prepares for summer hiatus
The Innkeepers and Dirty Dozen were declared first half regular season winners as Nelson City Soccer begins its month-long summer hiatus. Innkeepers, defending league champion, hold a commanding 10-point advantage over West Kootenay United in the Leo’s Men’s Open League as teams head into its final games prior to the break.The...
Jackson's Hole dumps Louie's en route to another stop in Nelson Mixed Slopitch winner's circle — claim 15th title in 19 seasons
Jackson’s Hole scored five times in the first inning and never looked back en route to a convincing 13-3 victory over Louie’s in the final of the 2011 Nelson Mixed Slopitch League Sunday afternoon at the Lakeside Diamonds.This is the 15th time in the past 19 years Jackson’s Hole, formerly Heritage Inn, has won the Nelson Mixed...
Let the playoff begin as Nelson Mixed Slopitch kicks off post season play
The Nelson Mixed Slopitch League hit a line drive into the post season as the 2011 post season kicked off with a quartet of games Thursday at the Lakeside Diamonds.First round action in the A event commenced with the losing teams dropping down into the B event side of the 20-team draw.Action continues Friday night and all day...
DiBella one of 13 players back with Team B.C.
As a rookie Aimee DiBella made the most an opportunity to play for Team B.C. at the Canada Winter Games in February 2011.Now as a seasoned veteran blueliner, the 5'7", 140-pound Nelson Minor Hockey product has once again earned the praise of her coaches as a member of the B.C. Hockey Provincial U18 Girl’s squad.DeBella, 17,...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Tournament of Roses winners
The tournament may have happened on May, but it’s never too late to recognize the winners of the Tournament of Roses women’s golf event held at Granite Pointe. Which is why the staff and management at Mallard’s Source for Sports would like to honour the group as Team of the Week. The winner's picture includes, L-R, Cherie...
Nelson Leafs get their man as former assistant Frank Maida steps behind the bench as skipper
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsIt didn’t take long, or a search that required scouring the benches of hockey arenas across Canada, for the Nelson Leafs to find a skipper to replace former coach Chris Shaw.Leaf president Russell Stocks decided instead to rustle some familiar bushes. And what did he find?“The Nelson Leafs...
