Sports

Eleven of Nanaimo's fittest athletes completed one of sport's toughest tests on the weekend, the Subaru Ironman Canada triathlon.

On Saturday at Caledonia Park, the V.I. Raiders made the plays they needed to make in a 33-20 win over the Okanagan Sun. Maybe the biggest play of all came with just seconds left on the clock.

The Nanaimo Clippers are nearly ready to skate onto the ice for training camp, but there are still a few off-ice matters to attend to. The team is looking to fill its last few volunteer positions and seeks game-night help.

The Nanaimo Clippers needed to make some decisions surrounding their goaltending picture, and they made one last week. The team traded Charles-Alexy Premont to the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for future considerations.

The Vancouver Island University Mariners women’s soccer team was slowed down by stiff competition on the weekend. The University of Victoria defeated VIU 4-0 in a friendly down the Malahat on Sunday.

The peewee Pirates won the championship. They won it convincingly. And they created one of the most wonderful where-are-they-now moments a sports fan could hope to see.

Nanaimo’s Shirin Anjarwalla is one of the best golfers in the province for her age. Anjarwalla came third at B.C. Golf’s bantam girls’ championship last week in Surrey.

The Okanagan Sun couldn’t beat the V.I. Raiders at Caledonia Park. No visiting teams ever can.

By the end of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC’s two-day soccer camp in Nanaimo next month, the players will be pretty tired. But they’ll find a second wind, and they’ll be all the more prepared for the coming season.

Hockey’s long off-season is nearly over. The B.C. Hockey League released its pre-season schedule this week, and Nanaimo Clippers fans have five games to look forward to including three at home.