Sports

The Nelson Neptunes dove into their summer season achieving many best times and a lot of improvement in all the swimmers.

The Nelson Leafs are looking for a new head coach and general manager after Chris Shaw quit to take a position with the B.C. Hockey League’s Vernon Vipers.

The 2011 Nelson Sailing Regatta was held July 9 and 10 under beautiful sunny skies with ideal 10 to 20 knot southerly winds on Saturday and sunny skies and moderate northerlies on Sunday.

Have you ever wanted to really test your mettle? The Nelson Athletic Association Race Committee invites you to do just that at the 29th annual Cyswog’n’fun triathlon to be held this year on July 31.

A pair of local all-star baseball teams headed south at the start of July to take part in the Firecracker Tournament in Kalispell, Montana.

The West Kootenay has caught roller derby fever.

Facing stiff competiton from much larger associations, a pair of Nelson Youth Soccer Soccer Selects squads came away with silver medals over the weekend.

Granite Pointe’s Lauren Taylor struggled in her opening and closing rounds of the BC Amateur Women’s Championship last week, finishing the four-round tournament tied for 13th.

After an impressive start to the Kootenay golf season, Granite Pointe’s Jordan Melanson will tee it up against the province’s best next week.

Marion Hunter thought she was signing up to rally together a few volunteers, but soon found out she was going to be playing a bigger role in the BC Seniors Games.