NANAIMO - At the age of just 21-years-old, a local track and field star is realizing her dream.With continued top performances nationally for several years, Nanaimo race walker Olivia Lundman will be a member of Team Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the new sport of mixed marathon race walking.Lundman said it'...

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...

NANAIMO - After losing in last year's provincial final, the senior boys basketball team from Dover Bay Secondary School is heading back to the big dance with some unfinished business.The north Nanaimo based school won the 3A Vancouver Island Championship at Wellington Secondary School on Feb. 24 against Courtenay based...

PARKSVILLE - The Oceanside Generals are set to kick off their VIJHL title defense.The team finished third in the North Division and draws a matchup against the second seeded Comox Valley Glacier Kings for a best-of-seven battle starting Tuesday, Feb. 27 in Courtenay at 7 p.m. Generals head coach Dan Lemmon said he expe...

NEW WESTMINSTER - The VIU Mariners won double gold at the PACWEST volleyball provincials.Both the men's and women's teams started their tournaments with semifinal appearances against Camosun.The men recorded a four set victory over the two time defending national champions to earn their spot in the final while the wome...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners volleyball teams will be going for gold at the PACWEST provincials at Douglas College.The women finished first in league play with a record of 18-2 while the men are the second seed at 14-6. Both teams will jump into semi final matches on Friday, Feb. 23 against their island rivals from Camos...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Special Olympics basketball team upgraded their practice location this week, with some star athletes teaching them some new skills. Vancouver Island University (VIU) opened its gym to the team on Wednesday, Feb. 21, along with several members of the VIU Mariners basketball teams who came out to co...

NANAIMO - Spring soccer programs for kids are in registration mode for Nanaimo United while their top level teams are about to enter playoffs.Club spokesperson Daragh Fitzgerald said interest in the sport has been rising over the last five years."We calculate from April to April and last year we had nearly 5000 re...

NANAIMO - Callum Montgomery is getting set to play in the biggest match of his career. The local-born member of Calgary-based Cavalry FC will play Orlando City SC in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup first round matchup in Victoria Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 26-year-old returns to Starlight Stadium to play in fr...

NANAIMO - Six new players have joined the Senior A Timbermen in the 2024 WLA entry draft. Five of those players are graduates of the Junior A Timbermen program with club president Chris Bowman saying the Tmen are proud to be able to promote from within. "It's great for our players to be able to continue their lacr...

NANAIMO- Local track and field athletes were honoured at a recent ceremony at the Nanaimo Yacht Club.The close to 150 people who attended saw 27 awards given out at the Nanaimo Track and Field Club's annual event.NTFC spokesperson Wanda Urbanowicz said there are impressive results and stories behind every award."O...

NANAIMO - The Vancouver Island Raiders are making changes and additions on and off the field for the upcoming BCFC season.With alumni running back and now retired CFLer Andrew Harris at the helm the team has a new regime in place.Harris is now the club's full time director of football operations and his title has expan...

NANAIMO - The spring season for Football Nanaimo will have nearly 200 kids participating.Registration is open and continues right through most of the season, which ends in June.Football Nanaimo president Wanda Currie said they don't have frozen rosters so the teams can add players throughout most of the season."We...

NANAIMO - The junior box lacrosse season is still more than four months away but the first steps to retooling rosters for the Nanaimo Timbermen are taken at the BCJALL junior draft.The six-round draft goes on Saturday, Jan. 13 in Langley.Timbermen president Chris Bowman said although there may be players talented enoug...

NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners are looking to entertain fans and spread awareness about university-level hockey by hosting the Tom Harris University Showcase.In all it's three days of hockey with three games a day happening from Jan. 5-7 at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.Organizer and VIU Mariners team president Gord Nowicki said ...

NANAIMO - The nomination period for the Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards has been extended. The initial deadline of Dec. 31 has been moved back to Jan. 7.Nominations will be accepted in 17 different categories including individual and team athletes of the year, masters athlete of the year and grassroots and high perfor...

NANAIMO - Success has come early for the Dover Bay senior boys basketball team.The team heads into Christmas 2-0 in league play and coming off a win in their most recent tournament in Salmon Arm.Dover defeated Correlieu out of Quesnel, Bishop O'Byrne from Calgary and then knocked out the host Salmon Arm team 95-69 in t...

NANAIMO - 2023 brought championships, gold medals, awards and historic draft selections for athletes in the central island. Local hockey player Matthew Wood made headlines throughout the year, beginning in January when he was ranked in the top ten among North American skaters for the 2023 NHL Draft. It would lead to Wo...

NANAIMO - The first half of the VIU Mariners 2023-24 sports schedule is over with a lot of success along the way.VIU hosted the PACWEST soccer provincials in late October with the women's team making the semifinals and the men losing out in a tight 2-1 game in penalties to Douglas College in the final. The men also mad...