CSS Victoria Graduates Sophie de Goede and Rori Wood win big at U SPORTS Awards Gala The Canadian Sport School (CSS) and Canadian Sport Institute Pacific are thrilled to see two of their recent graduates bring home a couple of the top rugby honours from the U SPORTS Awards Gala in Hamilton, Ontario this week.…
Any time the last-place team produces the most valuable player, you know that performer has special qualities that stand out. “I think I’m calm and relaxed back there and am a solid defender,” said Alexis De Armond of Victoria, named MVP of the recent Six Nations U-21 women’s field-hockey tournament in Belgium. Canada was beaten…
Riley Pickrell of Victoria stamped his name as a rising national cyclist by winning three of the seven stages to take the Points Jersey in the 2018 Tour de l’Abitibi in Quebec. The event celebrated its 50th anniversary as Canada’s leading junior men’s stage race, out of which several later-notable Canadian pro and Olympic riders…
Zone 6 (Vancouver Island-Central Coast) took gold in women’s beach volleyball today at Transfer Beach in Ladysmith. Savannah Purdy and Erin Mutch, from Victoria, took both sets against Zone 5 (Vancouver Coastal). Erin and Savannah just started playing beach volleyball together this year, but have played indoor volleyball together for four years. They both played…
Three athletes from Canadian Sport School Victoria produced an impressive medal haul at the recently completed Canadian Junior Track Cycling Championship in Ontario. Over three days of competition, Sarah van Dam, Riley Pickrell and Casey Garrison combined for 18 medals, 13 of which gold. Van Dam, a student of Oak Bay High, won seven gold medals…
In his first year as a Bantam AAA Eagle, the hard work and extra practice put in by Kobe Morris was motivated by his dream of one day playing NCAA Division 1 baseball. As he progressed through the Victoria Eagles Baseball program, his coaches, recognizing the potential and dedication of the young player, provided the…
Mel Pemble cried when she first stood on skis as a nine-year old immigrant from the United Kingdom. In a few days, the 17-year-old Saanich resident will be representing Canada as a skier in the 2018 Winter Paralympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, running March 9-18. Pemble, who left for Pyeongchang Tuesday, will be…