Category Archives: Local Sports
Nanaimo lands West Coast League baseball team for 2021 season
NANAIMO - Some of baseball's top prospects will hone their skills at Serauxmen Stadium in Nanaimo.A West Coast League franchise to begin play in late June, 2021 was made official during a news confere...
Mar 05, 2020 Serauxmen stadium is set to host a Nanaimo-based West Coast League team beginning in 2021, partnering with the Victoria HarbourCats. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo Special Olympians return from Nationals with medals and personal bests
NANAIMO - Two Nanaimo athletes made a major splash at the biggest Special Olympics Canada event of the year. Both Jason Mills and Arianna Phillips were in Thunder Bay for the Special Olympics Canada W...
Mar 04, 2020 Jason Mills (left) took the Team BC Vipers to a silver medal at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games and Arianna Phillips (right) placed a personal best. (submitted/Heather Massick)
Women's VIU volleyball program earns true dynasty status
NANAIMO - In team sports, dynasties are extremely rare.The Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers, Tom Brady's New England Patriots and Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls are examples of teams that have earned...
Feb 27, 2020 Shane Hyde and the Mariners women's volleyball team have three of the last four PACWEST gold medals and two consecutive CCAA gold medals. (PACWEST)
NDSS hosts senior boys island basketball championship
NANAIMO - The mid island is a senior boys high school basketball hot bed with three regional tournaments underway.The top teams will advance to the provincial championship at the Langley Events Centre...
Feb 21, 2020 Dover Bay Secondary's Brad Lansdell during BC Senior Boys AAAA island championship action at NDSS versus Oak Bay on Thursday, Feb 20. Oak Bay went on to win the game 86-61. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo's best honoured at 15th Sport Achievement Awards
NANAIMO - The city's best in sport and competition was recognized at the 15th annual Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards at the Coast Bastion Inn on Thursday, Feb. 20.A total of 20 different awards were ...
Feb 21, 2020 The top local contributions in sport were recognized at the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards. The ceremony was held on Feb. 20 at the Coast Bastion Inn. (Dan Marshall/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Nanaimo Timbermen chase elusive championship, add nine players at WLA Draft
NANAIMO - The last two lacrosse seasons have been a renaissance for the WLA Timbermen.After only one playoff appearance between 2005 and 2017, the team has made the last two league semifinals.To take ...
Feb 13, 2020 Zach Manns and Ethan Ticehurst headline a list of nine players who joined the Nanaimo Timbermen at the 2020 WLA Draft. Most of the newcomers came through the Junior A Timbermen program. (Gary Johansen)
Athletes from Nanaimo Gymnastics School to compete at BC Winter Games
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Gymnastics School will send five local athletes to compete at the BC Winter Games later this month in Fort St. John.Tatum DeShutter, Hazel Quarress, Mikayla White, Ryann Sandland...
Feb 06, 2020 A group of five 10 to 14 year old girls along with their coach from Nanaimo have qualified for the BC Winter Games in Fort St. John Feb. 21-23. (Dan Marshall/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Two local winners at Nanaimo's largest squash tournament
NANAIMO - The biggest annual squash tournament in the city has wrapped up for another year.The 2020 Trend Diesel Open featured 97 competitors in eight different divisions at the Nanaimo Squash Club fr...
Jan 30, 2020 Nanaimo area squash players Owen Stacey and Melinda Morben won their categories at the 2020 Trend Diesel Open. A total of 97 players took part in the three day event Jan. 24-26. (Dan Marshall/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Three Nanaimo Judo Club athletes capture national medals in Montreal
NANAIMO - Three local athletes brought home medals from the Elite 8 Judo National Championships in Montreal.Alicia Fiandor took gold in the Senior 63kg division, Cheyenne Fiandor captured silver in th...
Jan 23, 2020 Alicia Fiandor (L), Dakota Sanzana (C) and Cheyenne Fiandor (R) captured medals at the Elite 8 Judo National Championships in Montreal. All three have trained with coach Eloy Fiandor at the Nanaimo Judo Club. (Judo Canada)
Mid Island Pirates finish tryouts, prep for 2020 baseball season
NANAIMO - Winter weather doesn't conjure up visions of baseball, but by mid January the Mid Island Pirates had already finished their tryouts for the 2020 season.Co owner/GM Brandon Dornan said they s...
Jan 16, 2020 The Mid Island Pirates tryouts for seniors, juniors, and bantams are complete. Expectations are for all three teams to contend for a championship this upcoming season. (Mid Island Pirates Facebook)