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NANAIMO - Arenas across the city are switching from ice to the dry floor for box lacrosse. All of the local senior and junior Timbermen teams are underway in their seasons with the highest level team,...
Alex Rawnsley May 23, 2025
NANAIMO - A pair of local power lifters will head to Norway to compete at the World Bench Press Championship.Tyler Ollech will compete as a junior and Margot Croft in masters.Both finished first in th...
May 11, 2025
NANAIMO - Part two of the Vancouver Island Motocross series is the first Nanaimo race in 2025.Nanaimo Motocross Association president Darryl Lenko said the two day event begins with registration and a...
May 10, 2025
NANAIMO - The first tournament of the season at the Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club is a mixed triples event.On May 3-4 there will be 16 teams from the north island on the greens.Nanaimo club president Ian ...
May 03, 2025
NANAIMO - A pair of Nanaimo Gymnastics School students had impressive showings with Team BC at the Western Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championship.Coach Tracy Welbourn said Abi Harris and Blake Fudg...
Apr 30, 2025
NANAIMO - The Hornets rugby program is preparing for a pair of BC semifinals on home field. On Saturday, April 26, the Division 2 women and Division 1 men will play their final matches at Pioneer Park...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 26, 2025
NANAIMO - For the first time in recent memory, a high level table tennis tournament came to the Harbour City.Around 70 players contested three different divisions at Randerson Elementary School on Sat...
Apr 20, 2025
NANAIMO - Despite the Clippers untimely first round exit from the BC Hockey League playoffs, games will continue at Frank Crane Arena. Refrigeration issues impacting the Alberni Valley Multiplex ice s...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 16, 2025
NANAIMO - A total of 14 athletes from VIP Gymsports performed well at the recent Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics B.C. Championships in Surrey. Held April 4-6, the event drew over 800 athletes, coac...
Alex Rawnsley Apr 15, 2025
SNAW-NAW-AS - The U13 and U17 Snaw-naw-as Sawbills basketball teams made their first ever appearance at the Junior All Native basketball tournament in Kelowna.Over 100 teams took part with some larger...
Apr 13, 2025