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…
No Saanich athlete had a year as big as Gordon Head’s Erin Attwell, who won gold in the 2016 junior Canadian Road Championship and also set three Canadian records at the Junior Canadian Track Championships. The 17-year-old recently signed on to the semi-pro team Trek Red Truck out of Vancouver. Attwell competed at both the…
There’s a saying among cyclists that you never enter a race you don’t plan to win. It’s a mantra 17-year-old Saanich cyclists John Willcox and Erin Attwell swear by, as they’re currently racing weeknights in the Victoria Cycling League and weekends around the West Coast. They’ll continue the heavy race regime throughout the summer, with…
Calm, careful and calculated, Nolan Mitchell searches out his words like he executes his moves on the wrestling mat. The Grade 12 Claremont secondary student quietly won his fourth straight B.C. High School Wrestling Championship gold medal on Saturday, but he’s not bragging. However, he’s no longer the rogue wrestler he was, a shy Grade…
With nearly half of Team B.C.’s squash roster for the Canada Winter Games coming from the Cedar Hill Squash Club, it’s no surprise the club’s coach, Cedar Hill pro Ben Uliana, is going too. The Games start today (Feb. 13) in Prince George, and run until March 1. “It’s been a long four to six…
Lexi De Armond isn’t waiting around for things to happen. The 17-year-old couldn’t help but knock the ball around from a close distance while her Mount Douglas Rams teammates practised on Tuesday, despite suffering from an injury. As soon as she’s cleared to play, she will. De Armond never waited to join the Rams in…
Nolan Mitchell has gold on his mind. Never mind that he captured his third straight B.C. High School Wrestling Championships gold medal recently in Prince George. The gold he’s mining for is the reward for a national champion. Mitchell, a 17-year-old grappler who attends Claremont secondary in Grade 11 but trains in Duncan with the…