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by The Nelson Daily Sports on Tuesday Oct 05 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Bombers Andrea Stinson and Shawn DeGroot look to be the early favourites to win it all on the West Kootenay High School Cross Country tour after the pair captured the opening two races of the season.
The two L.V. Rogers racers topped Kaslo’s J. V. Humphries event to open the season before making it two-for-two at the second stop on the...
Local eye surgeon goes on medal run during the summer at Canadian Masters Kayaking Regatta in Regina
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Oct 04 2010
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily Sports
Local eye surgeon, Dr. Neville Maytom has never attended the Canadian Masters Kayaking Regatta.
After filling his vehicle with medals for the long ride home from Regina, Saskatchewan, the rest of the field may not want the Nelson paddler to return.
The good doctor by day and kayak enthusiast by, well almost most of...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Oct 04 2010
By Bruce Fuhr,
The Nelson Daily
The weekend saw the Mount Sentinel Wildcats move up the competitive ladder, just not enough to capture the overall title at the Kootenay Volleyball Classic Saturday in South Slocan.
Immaculata defeated the host Cats 2-1 (25-16, 23-25, 15-8) to claim the overall High School Girl’s Volleyball tournament at the Mount Sentinel...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Monday Oct 04 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
There will be no four-peat in the Nelson City Soccer Open Men’s Division.
Iain Harvey’s first half tally sparked the Nelson Innkeepers to a 1-0 victory over three-time defending champion Kootenay Co-op in the Men’s Open Final Sunday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch.
Despite struggling for most of season Co-op staged a late season...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Sunday Oct 03 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Caleb Morton was to quick, and to young for Ted Allen's as the Bia Boro striker scored three times to lead the second-half surprise of the Men’s Over-35 League to a 4-1 victory in the Nelson City Soccer Final Sunday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch.
The victory completed the rags to riches story for Bia Boro, which finished the...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Sunday Oct 03 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Leila Precious-Arcuri scored twice to spark Finley’s Jiggers to a 4-1 upset victory over regular-season champion Dirty Dozen in the final of the Nelson City Soccer Women’s Over-30 League Sunday afternoon at the Lakeside Pitch.
The win allowed third-place Finley’s to complete the run to the title. Dara Davidson and Tanya Finley added...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday Sep 30 2010
The Nelson Daily didn’t need to search far for this latest Team of the Week.
This group of local athletes represented the Heritage City at the annual B.C. Senior Games held earlier this month in Campbell River.
The team happy-go-lucky-team includes, back row, L-R, Clint Saunders (track and field), Bruce Lockhart (slopitch), Don Currie, Roger Kerby (badminton), Mike Adams (...
by The Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday Sep 30 2010
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Kootenay Ice will be looking for win number one of the season when the club plays host to the high-flying Okanagan Rockets Saturday and Sunday in B.C. Hockey Major Midget League action at the NDCC Arena.
The Ice enters the contest without a win after opening the season on the road with a pair of losses last weekend in Nanaimo.
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