Local Sports

The Comox Valley Jets AA Mosquito ball team placed second at provincials. The team, coached by Rob McDowell, Matt Baggaley and Blair Grinde, qualified by coming in first with straight wins at the AA Mosquito Zones hosted locally. They did not know what to expect at provincials where there were 10 teams from around B.C.

On Aug. 13, the Comox Valley Pickleball Association celebrated National Pickleball Day with a goal to get 150 people out in celebration of Canada’s birthday and participACTION 150.

Mount Washington hosted the fifth Frontrunners Coastline Endurance Vancouver Island Trail Racing Series race, Aug. 12, with an eight-kilometre short course and a 14km long course. To the delight of runners and race organizers, the smoke from the B.C. Interior fires cleared off the morning of the race to provide fantastic views for the 150 runners who took up the challenge of what is likely the toughest of the race series.

Comox flag-bearer Tracy Howlett-Cooney carried the Invictus Games flag on the first stop of its 37-day journey to Toronto.

The Courtenay CADORA Summer Show, Aug. 13 at the Comox Valley Fairgrounds, was a success for all riders and spectators.

The annual Victor Simonson Dragon Boat Festival welcomed teams from across Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Powell River. With 15 teams comprised of women, men and youth, the event was held in conjunction with Comox Nautical Days at Marina Park Aug. 6.

A quartet of Comox Valley footballers are among the top rookie prospects for the Thompson Rivers University women’s soccer team, which kicked off its exhibition season Wednesday in Kamloops.

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Mike Burrows, a Comox-raised golfer living in Austria, tied for second place at the PGA Seniors’ Championship last week in Burlington, Ont.

Three Comox Valley volleyball players on Team BC won silver medals at the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in Toronto.