Local Sports

Before entering grade eight, Elliott Beamer had never played a team sport, but when he started at West Vancouver Secondary School he decided to take up football.

Pilates is the fountain of youth. No, that’s not a quote by Joseph Pilates, the originator of this popular form of exercise, but rather a comment from a longtime client. That’s the magic of Pilates exercise … it makes you feel young.

Wondering what the buzz is about the rapidly growing sport of pickleball? Here is your chance to find out without having to travel off island.

Four teams weathered the pouring rain on Saturday in order to wrap up the first season of Bowen Island’s co-ed softball league.

Thirty-five years after the first Terry Fox run, Canadians are still going strong to raise funds for cancer research by running, walking, and biking every September.

This Olympics marks the second time that females have been included for boxing. Three weight classes were represented in Rio.

Last year’s logger sport event at Bowfest gave Bowen Islanders a taste of competitive axe throwing, pole climbing and cross-cut sawing.

Seventy-two golfers between the ages of 8 and 14 descended upon Bowen Island Golf Club this week to compete in the BC Bantam and Novice Golf Championships. Eleven of those young players come from the North Shore.

Following the Loggers’ competition on Aug. 20, golfers and non-golfers are encouraged to attend the BC Bantam Provincial Golf Championships.

As far as diamonds go, this one is pretty rough-cut. But it’s still the most beautiful gem I’ve ever seen. If you passed through the Cove this weekend, it would have been hard to miss.