NANAIMO - The Senior Women Timbermen make their season debut this weekend.Team member Jenna Krajinovic said it's the first time in more than ten years Nanaimo has had a senior women's squad and they've already experienced strong support, ahead of their first game on Saturday, April 20."We need that lacrosse commun...

NANAIMO - The first look at potential players for the Nanaimo Buccaneers next season happens at the team's ID camp this weekend at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. New head coach Bill Bestwick said the upcoming ice sessions from Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14 will lay the foundation for their 2024-25 Vancouver Island...

NANAIMO - The Mid Island Pirates host the Victoria Eagles to start their BCPBL campaign on April 6.The Pirates went 26-22 in their 2023 regular season and coach Pete Entwistle is looking forward to a new year with lots of new faces."We're excited. We just got back from our spring training trip to Las Vegas. We got...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Kettlebell Club is hosting a major lifting event on March 30.Organizer Solmon Macys said nearly 50 athletes will be at the Coast Bastion Hotel for the Western Canadian Championships."We have a number from the United States, largely from Seattle. There's going to be about a dozen virtual lifte...

NANAIMO - The NightOwls will return several key players for their third WCL baseball season.The team has also been hard at work bringing in new talent from across North America and around the world.Michael Easter, Nathan Buchan, Jake Fleury and Wylie Waters are some of the familiar faces back and NightOwls co-owner Jim...

NANAIMO - Pacific FC will bring their brand of Canadian Premier League soccer to the Harbour City.The team will host Vancouver FC in a free exhibition match on Saturday, March 16 at 1:30 p.m. at Q'unq'inuqwstuxw Stadium.Coach James Merriman is looking forward to bringing the team to his hometown of Nanaimo."That w...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners journey towards a CCAA men's basketball championship has already been a long one - literally.The travel logistics alone were more than the team bargained for when heading out for Sackville, New Brunswick.On Sunday, March 10 the Mariners took off from Nanaimo but a flight delay caused them to ...

NANAIMO - It was one of the busiest weekends of the year on the local sports calendar.Between national, provincial and regional tournaments and playoff and regular season action there were some big wins and tough losses along the way.Both VIU Mariners volleyball teams were in national tournaments and brought home medal...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners volleyball teams are going to national tournaments in Red Deer and Victoria.The women's side will get underway first with a match Wednesday, March 6 in Red Deer versus the UKC Blue Devils out of Halifax.Mariners coach Shane Hyde said the team is very prepared even though they don't have any h...

NANAIMO - It was one of the only collegiate trophies to evade a Mariner sports program which continues to boast an impressive number of provincial and national champions.The VIU Mariners Men's hockey team won its first B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League championship on Sunday, March 3, beating the UVic Vikes 6-2 in the...