Local Sports

On November 9, twenty-two girls aged 7 - 10 from the Bowen Island Football Club (BIFC) had the honour and privilege to escort members of the US and Canadian Women’s soccer team onto the pitch for the singing of both anthems before their game.

The Bowen Island Football Club would like acknowledge our gratitude toward two community organizations for their recent donations to the Club.

Many Bowen Island athletes have ventured far afield to play their sport. Baseball pitchers Robbie Watson and Matt Walker played in the U.S.

Saturday’s rain was no-match for the enthusiastic players with the Bowen Island Co-Ed Slopitch Baseball League. They brought out their batting helmets (mandatory for the day) and gave it their all for the league’s final tournament.

Five years ago, when Phil Osborne moved to Bowen and ran around Mount Gardner for the first time, he thought the loop around was too good to be true for a trail running race.

The Bowen Island Golf Club is not just a place to play golf. For members and non-members alike, our public golf course is a social centre.

The Twins and the Diggers had something of a rivalry throughout this fast pitch season. The two teams met one last time on Sunday evening to determine the league championship and in a dramatic seventh inning, the Twin’s scored three runs for the win.

Phil Carlington says that when his family was living in the UK, “football” was not an option for his young daughter, Emily.

Twelve-year old Lola Quicili wrapped up her seven years as a ringette player by winning a silver medal at the Western Canadian Ringette Championships in Winnipeg last month. Ringette, by the way, isn’t just hockey for girls.

U-10 Bowen FC team ties for first in Surrey The Bowen Island Football Club’s Under 10 team played in their first soccer tournament this weekend: the Surrey Mayor Cup. The team won three of our four matches and tied one.