By David Wiwchar
PORT ALBERNI — The Alberni Valley Bulldogs have traded the playing rights of Mark MacMillan to the Penticton Vees for the playing rights of Jordan Grant, Byron Sorensen and future considerations.
By David Wiwchar
PORT ALBERNI — Local soccer prodigy Sebastian Yan is off to the provincial soccer championships at the BC Summer Games....
By Westcoaster.ca Staff
LONG BEACH — Sixty-four golfers raised about $1,000 for pediatric cancer research at the Long Beach Golf Course Saturday....
By Westcoaster.ca Staff
UCLUELET — A Courtenay man and a Port Alberni woman took first place in the men’s and women’s divisions of the 2010 Edge to Edge Marathon Sunday. But Tofino’s own Jim Gardiner wasn’t too far behind, sneaking in a fourth-place finish overall....
Peter Devries took first place in the men’s pro division of the 2010 Rip Curl Stew surfing competition at Cox Bay Sunday. He walked away with $5,000 and a guaranteed spot into this year’s O’Neill Cold Water Classic in Tofino. Devries has won the Stew three years in a row now. Placing second in the men’s division was Sepp Bruhwiler. Raph Bruhwiler placed third and Ben Murphy placed fourth....
By Keven Drews
British Columbia’s top junior surfers need to raise $12,000 before they leave for the Quicksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships in Brazil this May...
By Keven Drews
He has surfed the Banzai Pipeline and appeared in the world’s top surfing magazines.
Still, Peter Devries has bigger dreams.
The 22-year-old Tofino man hopes that by the end of the year fewer than 125 men will stand between him and the world’s top surfing contest: the Association of Surfing Professional’s World Championship Tour....
By Keven Drews
There’s no shortage of female role models when it comes to local competitive surfing, but there is a shortage of young female competitors, say two local instructors.
Krissy Montgomery and Steph Wightman, instructors at Surf Sister Surf School, say they are disappointed no girls tried out last weekend for the Canadian junior team headed for 2006 Quicksilver World Junior Surfing Games in Maresias, Brazil....
By Donna Fraser
There are only four more Sundays until the Beach Boogie Fun Walk/Run.
This week should bring some good weather if not longer days to help you fit your workout into your schedule....
By Sandy McRuer
With the best season they’ve ever had behind them, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs have a long break before they lace up the skates again.
Westcoaster.ca sports reporter Sandy McRuer thought it was a great time to sit down with coach Jim Hillier, talk about the season that was and look towards the next season....