Local Sports

AFTER years of stops, starts, fundraisers and former garbage dumps, field hockey will finally have its own artificial turf field at Ambleside Park this September.

WEST Vancouver's Helen Crofts finished sixth in the 800-m final in track and field at the Summer Universiade, falling shy of the podium at Shenzhen Universiade Center Stadium in Shenzhen, China Aug. 18.

North Van receiver hopes to push Argos past Lions

WEST Vancouver's Griffin Reinhart and Morgan Rielly helped Canada's under-18 men's national hockey team claim gold for the fourth year in a row at the prestigious Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament held Aug. 8-13 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

North Van brothers claim five medals at nationals

WEST Vancouver golfer Alix Kong dominated the field to win the British Columbia Juvenile Girls Championship by 15 strokes at Myrtle Point Golf Club in Powell River Aug. 17-19.

Shaw at home plate for largest ever LLWS crowd

North Shore athletes helped Team British Columbia top the medal count at the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games held Aug. 5-14 in Kamloops. Team B.C.

WEST Vancouver golfer Alix Kong dominated the field to win the British Columbia Juvenile Girls Championship by 15 strokes at Myrtle Point Golf Club in Powell River Aug. 17-19.

North Shore Girls Soccer Club head coach Alistair Browne stays calm in the middle of a soccer swirl at newly christened North Shore Bubble soccer facility.