Local Sports

THE team of Ray Lachance and Rod Dagneau claimed top spot in the inaugural running of the innovative North Shore Overlord GPS Mountain Bike Race held on Mount Fromme Aug. 27.

TWO North Vancouver field hockey players were recently named to the NCAA Colonial Athletic Association's All-CAA preseason team in a vote by the league's head coaches.

West Van lawn bowler a national champion

The RBC GranFondo Whistler is set to blast off for its second running with more than 7,000 cyclists signed up to race from Vancouver to Whistler on Saturday, Sept. 10.

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.