Local Sports

Rugby players now on the national program fast track

After a two-year layoff due to the pandemic, the Royal LePage Snow to Surf returns on May 1, and organizers are seeking volunteers.

The Comox Valley batting cage had some much needed upgrades recently.

Comox-raised Tom Graham, a graduate of Vanier Secondary who competed at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, has been named to the 2022 Volleyball BC Hall of Fame class as a player.

Comox Valley biathlete Daniel Gilfillan says competing at the youth/junior world championships has been an incredible experience.

The Mark Isfeld Ice Grade 9 boys basketball team has stamped their ticket to the provincial championships.

鈥淭he davits were the last we saw of the Essence.鈥� In one terse sentence, sailor Bruce Goodwin describes the 2019 sinking tragedy that put four souls into the cold water and cost the life of his friend, Stuart Pedersen. In a personal account published in Yachting Monthly, September 2021 , Goodwin writes, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want this to be a scare story鈥� I only want to make it safer for us all in the future.鈥� This is a lean story, the language tight and unadorned.

The Comox Valley Pickleball club is proud to acknowledge gold and silver medal winners in the 60+ age group at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Open, held in Phoenix, Ariz. Jan 27-30.

The Comox Valley Road Runners are excited to welcome racers back to live racing on March 13.

Saturday鈥檚 a rugby day 鈥� even when it snows. The Comox Valley Kickers men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams played on a cold yet picturesque day at Cumberland Village Park.