Local Sports

As per our tag line for this year’s Bowen Island Golf Club Annual Fundraiser, we invite members of the community to “Get Back To Your Scottish Gailf (Golf) Roots”.

Bowfest day dawned bright and sunny, and there was a robust turn-out for this year’s Run for Rwanda. A record number of kids (fifty) signed up for the 1.5 km run that started at 8:30 a.m.

As the school bell is (hopefully) about to ring, I am pleased to provide this update on the Bowen Island Golf Club Junior Scholarship Program (JSP) which continues to achieve first class marks.

When they put their boats in the water Andy Hoppenrath, Bruce McTaggart, and James Krohn do so hoping for a wind warning.

The dust is still settling over the Alex Ross Memorial Field in Snug Cove after last weekend’s annual three-day pennant race.

Students in Billi Behm’s swim classes for Red Cross levels 6 – 9 proved they could swim 350 metres by swimming from Tunstall Bay to Onion Island.

When Goran Milosevic rallied with this year’s Wimbledon runner-up, Eugenie Bouchard, she was 19 years old and ranked 170th on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. “She had potential, you could definitely see that,” says Milosevic.

Whether your kid is a veteran on the field or a newcomer to the sport, this co-ed specialty camp is a great way to stay active while fine-tuning your football skills in a friendly team environment.

More qualified coaches mean more possibilities for learning to sail.

Bowen Island Horse Owner and Riders Association celebrated the opening of a new multi purpose trail beside Bowen Bay road, “the Westside connector trail” on Sunday June 22 at 1:30p.m. at the trail.