Local Sports

Eleven ladies from the Crown Isle Ladies Golf Club played in the Ladies North Island Golf Tournament on Mother鈥檚 Day, May 12, at the Comox Golf Club.

Recently, the Comox Valley Minor Lacrosse Association hosted the Coquitlam Adanacs, the Port Alberni Tyees and the Cowichan Valley Thunder in the first ever Gone Wild Bantam Lacrosse Tournament.

The Comox Ladies North Island Tournament on Mother鈥檚 Day, May 12 was the 60th anniversary of the event 鈥� considered a milestone for golf in the Comox Valley and the Comox Golf Course.

A powerhouse team of local runners participated in the Eugene Marathon last month and in the Vancouver Marathon May 5.

Riding the wave of her parents鈥� exploits at previous events, Joan Lightfoot is accumulating a serious medal collection from the 55+ B.C. Games.

On May 11, 36 teams participated in the third and final day of the Saturday Men鈥檚 24th annual Shoot-Out at Glacier Greens Golf Course in Comox. The tournament is a two-man team event played over three consecutive Saturdays. First week is best ball, then scramble and finally the 鈥渄readed鈥� alternate shot.

Comox Valley Pickleball Association hosted its fourth annual indoor pickleball tournament, earlier this month at the 19 Wing Comox gymnasium. The tournament was well attended with 79 teams, 109 participants, 37 from the Comox Valley and 72 from outside the Valley, a total of 26 different communities. The food and the tournament organization was fantastic with some out-of-town players remarking that this was the best tournament they had attended.

Between the two of them, Dakota and Makayla Sanzana won three divisions at a judo tournament last weekend in Seattle, Wash.

Sixteen students from four different Comox Valley elementary schools came to Ecole Puntledge Park to find out who the best elementary school table tennis player is.

Roslyn Smith was the fastest runner among women in the 70-74 age bracket at her third Boston Marathon on Patriots鈥� Day, April 15. She completed the challenging course in 3:53.