Category Archives: (Portal- NanaimoNewsNow) Local Sports
Junior A Timbermen name coaching staff ahead of season
NANAIMO - The Junior A Timbermen reached all the way to Albany to bolster their coaching staff. Albany FireWolves coach and general manager Glenn Clark will coach the Jr. Tmen in 2022 and the western ...
Sep 30, 2021
Aidan Webber Memorial Race returns after COVID hiatus
NANAIMO - A BMX event to remember a fallen hero and support the local race community is back on track. After a year off because of COVID-19 the Aidan Webber Memorial Race and Pro-Am will return to the...
Sep 23, 2021
Parksville’s Trevor Hirschfield returns home after Toyko Olympics
PARKSVILLE - A fourth visit to the Paralympics was unlike any other for a local Olympian. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics wrapped up on Sept. 5 with Parksville’s Trevor Hirschfield competing for Team...
Sep 19, 2021
VIU soccer returns to the pitch in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Nearly two years after winning silver medals at CCAA nationals the VIU Mariners soccer program is back on the pitch. The men’s and women’s sides return to PACWEST game action Sep...
Sep 17, 2021
Coghlan staying put with NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights
NANAIMO - A former local minor hockey product is staying put for the next two years. Dylan Coghlan has put pen to paper on a two-year extension with the Vegas Golden Knights. The team announced the de...
Sep 16, 2021
Season openers for Raiders and Buccaneers cue Nanaimo’s fall sports calendar
NANAIMO - The return of VI Raiders football and Nanaimo Buccaneers hockey signal the beginning of the local fall sports season. Raiders head coach Curtis Vizza said not having a season in 2020 was a v...
Sep 11, 2021
Coaching clinic key element of fall basketball season for Island Swish
NANAIMO - The Island Swish youth basketball program will focus on improving skills and developing coaches this fall. Boys and girls club teams and a fall rec league will get players into game action w...
Sep 09, 2021
Hornets plan for busy fall at Nanaimo Rugby Club
NANAIMO - Hornets rugby is returning to Nanaimo with fall programs for all ages. Practices for the fall season begin Sept. 7 for the men’s team and Sept. 9 for the women. Hornets rugby president...
Sep 06, 2021
VIU Mariners teams gearing up for post-shutdown sports season
NANAIMO - Plans are in motion for a near-normal return to action Vancouver Island University is planning for a near-normal fall sports season at all levels. The Mariners soccer teams have resumed play...
Sep 01, 2021
Motocross returns to the Wastelands in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Motocross is returning to central Vancouver Island on Labour Day weekend. The 2021 VIMX Fall Championship season will feature five race weekends including Sept. 18-19 and Oct. 30-31 in Nanai...
Aug 26, 2021
