By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily SportsThe top two teams will duke it out in the championship game of the West Kootenay Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby League.Salmo’s Babes of Brutality booked its ticket to the September 11th title game by stopping the Dam City Rollers of Castlegar 180-106 in semi final action Friday at the...

At Millennium Park in Castlegar, shootout was the name of the game as the tie-breaker was needed to decide most of the medals during the sport of soccer at the 2011 West Kootenay B.C. Senior Games.
Unfortunately, for the host Zone 6 West Kootenay/Boundary medals were not in the cards as Vancouver Island South edged the hosts...

It’s nice to have home court advantage for once. And Zone 6 West Kootenay/Boundary took full advantage of the home cooking to score its best result ever, finishing second overall at the 2011 West Kootenay B.C. Senior Games Saturday. The provincial event was hosted jointly Castlegar, Trail and Nelson.  Zone 6 West Kootenay/Boundary won whopping […]

The venues have been chosen, the athletes have checked in and now the 2011 version of the B.C. Seniors Games is well underway with more than 3000 competitors kicking, throwing, hitting, discarding and acting their way to what is hoped to be a successful competition.However, before the torch is extinguished in Castlegar Saturday...

Day One of the 2011 West Kootenay B.C.  Senior Games and, by all accounts, the provincial event couldn’t be better. Weather, how could that better? The games, with organizing like this, well, once again, how could that be better? And the competition, well in the thick of battle everyone wants to come out on top. […]

A sweet, flaxy, crunchy cracker. Finally, right? You’re probably thinking it sounds pretty weird – and truthfully, when I first found the recipe I did too. But it seemed simple enough to try, so I did. They are AMAZING. These crackers satisfy both my sweet tooth and my crunchy cravings! They’re packed full of energy, […]

By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports It’s T-minus . . . well, its getting real close. After months of planning the B.C. Seniors Games West Kootenay 2011 is ready for lift off. “It’s all progressing very well,” B.C. Seniors Games West Kootenay 2011 president Pat Metge told The Nelson Daily Thursday from “One Stop Shopping” […]

Cole Arcuri of Nelson and Scott Davidson and Jake Lucchini of Trail head the list of players following training camp for the Kootenay Ice Major Midget squad this past weekend at the NDCC Arena in Nelson.Arcuri, a defenceman, is a rookie on the Major Midget squad.He’s joined by Davidson and Lucchini, both returning for their...

Midget-aged hockey players from throughout the Kootenays will be in Nelson this weekend to attend the evaluation camp of the Kootenay Ice Midget AAA Hockey Team. The Ice is part of the 11-team B.C. Major Midget Hockey League for players 15, 16 and 17 year old. Camps are held every year to evaluate players and […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, releasing its schedule Thursday, opens the 2011-12 regular season schedule on September 16th with a 10-game slate. Opening night includes all four West Kootenay/Boundary teams as Murdock Division Nelson Leafs visit KIJHL finalist Castlegar Rebels while Beaver Valley Nitehawks travel to Grand Forks to meet the Bruins. The teams […]