Sports

When Sid Compston, sport chair of soccer for the upcoming BC Seniors Games, heard the games were coming to the West Kootenay, he knew he wanted to get involved.

The Dam City Rollers are citing penalty calls as the nails in their own coffin during the team's Friday night game against Rossland’s Gnarlies Angels.

The Castlegar Aquanauts had a season high of 56 athletes competing this weekend in Trail, some of whom were out for their first swim meet ever.

This Friday, the West Kootenay Women’s Roller Derby League is urging everyone to Shut Up and Skate!

Seventy athletes are expected to take part in carpet bowling as a part of the B.C. Seniors Games in August.

Grand Forks was a one-day B swimmer meet on Saturday. Thirty Aquanauts attended and swam very well, everyone either cashing in at least 1 best time or racing for their first time ever in four events (50 free, 50 fly, backstroke and breaststroke).

The West Kootenay Junior Golf Circuit is now finished and players are awaiting the top 20 invitational, to take place next weekend.

The Two-Lady Best Ball Tournament was played on June 11 at the Castlegar Golf Club.

With the success of the past year’s 2010/11 Girls Regional Soccer Program — and several girls being approached by various colleges from Canada and the U.S. — our tryout dates for the upcoming year have been selected for July 20 and 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Lakeside fields in Nelson.

The Castlegar Aquanauts swam to a third place finish in the opening meet of the summer season last weekend in Nelson.