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 Fudge had amazing performances at the Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26 event in Saskatoon."I am so proud o...

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. Club president Brad Marshall said it's an extremely rare feat. "I'm pretty excited. It's the first time I can rem...

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 Saturday, April 19, with players from across Nanaimo, Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland participating.Co-organizer Er...

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 surface is forcing the Alberni Valley Bulldogs to relocate their second round series home games against the Chilliwack Ch...

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, coaches and judges from across the province and the Yukon. VIP Gymsports is in it's fourth year as a club and coach Megan Co...

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 nations having multiple teams.The smaller Snaw-naw-as nation drew some players from nearby communities according to Nat...

NANAIMO - Just over a month after the 20th annual Nanaimo Sport Achievement Award ceremony the awards committee is accepting applications for the athlete assistance program.Recipients will receive funding for their high performance competition.Previous athletes who have benefitted from the program include Olympians Eth...

NANAIMO - The Mid Island Pirates have had a hectic start to their season.A spring training trip to Florida saw the team return to Vancouver Island on Mar. 29, just one day before an opening day double header in Parksville.Coach Pete Entwistle was proud of his team's effort despite a difficult travel schedule."The ...

NANAIMO - Matthew Wood has signed his first NHL contract. The local minor hockey product put pen to paper on a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators on Saturday, March 29. For days when Wood is with the Predators, he'll earn $950,000 per year, however, his salary in the American Hockey League is...

NANAIMO - For the second time in four years the VIU Mariners will host a CCAA basketball national tournament.In 2022 it was the women's nationals that ended with a silver medal finish for the university, now the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association has awarded the Mariners the 2026 men's nationals.The tournament wi...

NANAIMO - The VI Raiders made major strides in 2024 and the expectation is progress even further this upcoming season.After an 0-10 campaign in 2023 the Raiders finished 4-6 last year.Head coach Shawn Arabsky was encourage by the results especially late in the season."Last year was definitely a step forward for th...

NANAIMO - History will be made on Saturday, with the first-ever all-female tackle football game on Vancouver Island. The V.I. Steelers will host the Mainland Wildcats for a game at q'unq'inuqwstuxw Stadium on Third St on Saturday, March 22, a week after the province's first-ever all-female game was played between the t...

NANAIMO - Together since before they can remember and always each other's biggest supporters, two local golfers are going their different ways in pursuit of a university education. Isabel and Maria Schwager celebrated their commitment to university golf on Wednesday, March 13, signing letters of intent to attend UBC-Ok...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners women's basketball team is chasing down a second national gold medal in three years. The team is in New Brunswick preparing for their first game against the Mohawk Mountaineers out of Ontario on Wednesday, Mar. 12 at 9 a.m. Mariners athletic director Danielle Hyde is proud of a group that has...

NANAIMO - Untimely losses for a pair of local high school boys basketball teams proved costly over the weekend.Both Dover Bay and Wellington Secondary schools earned semi-finals appearances in their respective divisions at the B.C. School Sports Basketball Provincial Championships, held in Langley and ending with the g...

NANAIMO - The NightOwls will be a much different team on and off the field as their franchise looks to take a step forward.Player turnover is very common in summer baseball but for the first time Nanaimo has a new head coach with Cody Andreychuk taking over from Greg Frady.Andreychuk knows he has tough shoes to fill.&q...

NANAIMO - They came, they lifted and they conquered.A small group of lifters from the Nanaimo and Oceanside region competed at the Canadian Powerlifting Union National Championships, held in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan between Feb. 23 and Mar. 1.Among the group was Margot Croft, who set a new provincial record for her Fema...

NANAIMO - A trio of local high school basketball teams are Mainland-bound this week, with at least two holding high hopes to win a provincial championship. The Dover Bay Dolphins, Wellington Wildcats and Nanaimo Christian Trail Blazers all open their B.C. High School Provincial Basketball Championships campaigns on Wed...

NANAIMO - The VIU men's Mariners are gunning for their second straight PACWEST provincial basketball championship and their third in four years. Coach Matt Kuzminski said his first place team will have their season defined by their performance at the provincial tournament. "We're excited. It's a long regular seaso...

NANAIMO - It was a milestone year for the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards.The 20th annual event featured strong performances and commitment to Nanaimo area sports in 2024 with 20 awards handed out at the Coast Bastion Hotel on Friday, Feb. 21.Headlining the 2025 award winners was Ethan Katzberg's gold medal at the 202...

NANAIMO - For the 20th time in school history, the VIU Mariners will compete against the country's best volleyball squads for a chance at a National Championship. The women's volleyball team won the PACWEST Provincial Championships, hosted by VIU in Nanaimo, with the team winning the gold medal game on Saturday, Feb. 2...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners won men's and women's provincial gold medals in 2024, and they look to duplicate the same feat on home court in 2025.The VIU women go into the tournament on Feb. 21 as the number one seed while the men are ranked second.Women's coach Shane Hyde has a coaching staff and a roster loaded with ch...

NANAIMO - With seven graduating players, the Dover Secondary senior boys basketball team are hoping to wrap their school careers on a winning note.The team is putting final preparations on their game ahead of hosting the 4A Island Senior Boys Basketball Championship beginning Thursday, Feb. 20. Head coach Darren Seaman...

NANAIMO - After two years playing as Harbourside FC, the central Island's semi-pro soccer team is undergoing a new, albeit very familiar, re-brand.Both the men's and women's squads will play under the Nanaimo United FC umbrella for the 2025 League1 BC season, an on-field reflection of the off-field organization of the ...

NANAIMO - Island Top Team, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy in Nanaimo, recently sent two students to a women's only jiu-jitsu event in Bellingham called Battle Grappling.Laya Walker and Sarah Kolybaba travelled stateside along with coach Rob Biernacki.In the adult intermediate category, Walker returned to competition aft...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Timbermen selected seven players to their roster through the WLA draft, including three excellent transition defenders.With their territorial protection pick Nanaimo secured the rights of Aidan Collery from the Junior A team.Collery's acquisition signalled a trend of the Timbermen adding players w...

NANAIMO - The Harbour City's Jazmine Wilkinson is taking her talents to the nation's capital as part of a new pro league's inaugural season. After wrapping her collegiate career at Texas A&M in the NCAA, Wilkinson will suit up this year for Ottawa Rapids FC, one of the six teams in the new professional women's Nort...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards will celebrate a milestone 20th year.Nominations opened in early December and will wrap up on Jan. 12.The 2025 ceremony itself happens on Feb. 21 at the Coast Bastion Hotel.With memorable performances at the Olympic level as well as national, provincial and island wide suc...