Sports

Sooke EMCS rugby players Morgan D’Ganigan, left, and Nick Pfeifer, right, stand with coach Darrell Devine after practice at the Shawnigan Lake Rugby Academy. BC Rugby News awarded two spots at the camp last month to EMCS students that featured instruction by Devine, who regularly coaches the University of Guelph Gryphons and will be co-coaching the U18 7’s Canadian rugby team at the Youth Commonwealth Games in September.

Fishing report

Sooke has a long reputation of being a fisher’s paradise. And people like Garry Bettridge, president of the Westcoast Flyfishers Association, try to get them hooked early.

Not only was the 2011 Bite Me Derby a sell out, but it was also extra special.

Malachi Ince may be an EMCS high school student now, but he could be well on his way to one day playing in the NFL.

Temperatures soared above 30 C in the three cities that took part: Castlegar, Trail and Nelson with various games played in each of those locations. There were several events held from Aug. 16 to 20 that included badminton, bowling, curling, ice hockey, slo-pitch, soccer, tennis, track and field, cycling, darts and even horseshoes.

Sooke’s own Loggers men’s fastball team are the Western Canadian Senior Fastpitch champions.

Sunday, Aug. 7 started with the familiar Sooke harbour fog, but soon cleared providing a beautiful backdrop for the 2011 Sooke Subaru International Triathlon. Race day started early with events including Half Ironman, Olympic, and Sprint Distance races, as well as relays in all three events. Sooke Triathletes gave it their all, with excellent results across the field.

Dante Morandin, left, and Norris Wass-Little played for Team B.C. in the Boys U14 National Provincial Festival at UBC this past weekend. The festival featured teams from B.C., Ontario and Alberta, with B.C. defeating Ontario in overtime. Both boys were also selected and played in the Islands first Under-14 Boys Youth Elite Sevens competition held at UVic July 15 to 16.

Summer fishing report