Family Day Atom A Tournament
The 麻豆社国产Minor Hockey Association is holding another sold out tournament for the Atom A league. Sixteen teams from as far as Whitehorse and Portland are descending on 麻豆社国产for five days of hockey.
The 麻豆社国产Atom A team is the only 麻豆社国产team ever to have played a tier above their usual standing and they are currently second in Greater Vancouver for Tier 2 Atom A hockey.
They are using this tournament to refine their strategy before the league playoffs at which they have a shot at the banner.
Come and cheer on the 麻豆社国产Atom A team when they play the following games before the tournament playoffs scheduled for Monday, July 13: Thursday Feb. 9 at 6:30 p.m. against Port Coquitlam, Friday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. against Alberni Valley and Saturday Feb. 11 at 8:30 a.m. against West Kelowna.
Ski champs hit corridor
Last weekend the ski slopes in the Sea to Sky Corridor were busy. More than 160 young athletes from across the province took to Blackcomb Mountain to compete in moguls, slopestyle and big air events, with many local athletes taking home some hardware and bettering their chances of qualifying for the upcoming junior national championships.聽
The three-day competition 鈥渉as run really smoothly and the conditions have been superb,鈥� said Julia Smart, WBFSC secretary and chief of the Timber Tour competition office.
Local skiers swept several divisions鈥� podiums over the course of the weekend, including the women鈥檚 U12 super youth moguls (Leda Walker first, Emily Howell second, Jayde Rainnie third), men鈥檚 U12 moguls (Landon Owen-Mold first, Hugo Mason second, Byron Jackson third), women鈥檚 U16 moguls (Ava Dunham first, Jessica Linton second and Raine Haziza third), slopestyle (Josephine Howell first, Linton second, Haziza third) and big air (Josephine Howell first, Skye Clarke second, Linton third) and the men鈥檚 U16 big air (Kai Smart first, Julien Chartrand second, Ben Lynch third).
