Sports & Recreation

Nairn Howe tourney at GISS this week

One of Salt Spring’s major sporting events runs this week at Gulf Islands Secondary School gymnasium. The 13th-annual Nairn Howe Memorial Basketball Tournament begins...

Young island wrestlers nab medals

The Gulf Islands Secondary and Salt Spring Island Middle School wrestling teams brought home eight medals at the annual Cougars Invitational wrestling tournament in...

Darby McIntyre retires from competitive gymnastics

By MARCIA JANSEN DRIFTWOOD CONTRIBUTOR Darby McIntyre had to make one of the hardest decisions in her life so far. The 17-year-old Salt Spring girl retired from...

Predictions prove tricky for Sneakers troupe

SUBMITTED BY SS SNEAKERS On Saturday, Dec. 9, the Salt Spring Sneakers running group held its Ninth Annual Prediction Run. Unlike most competitions, the...

Scorpions earn 11th place at provincials

An 11th-place finish at the provincial championships capped off a successful season for the GISS senior boys volleyball team. The Scorpions started the tournament...

Old Boys Tame the Beastly Centaurs

BY FRASER HOPE DRIFTWOOD CONTRIBUTOR The Old Boys turned up to play Centaurs from Victoria on a damp, blustery Sunday morning, surprised that the game...

Scorpions off to volleyball provincials

Gulf Islands Secondary School’s senior boys volleyball team is headed to provincial championships in Langley. The Scorpions will make the trip as the top...

Scorpions take fourth at island finals

Gulf Islands Secondary School’s senior boys soccer team finished fourth at island championships last week, narrowly missing out on making provincial finals. “The boys...

Fibonacci Numbers in Alignment for Old Boys Win

By FRASER HOPE Driftwood Contributor The “mystery illness” that caused the cancellation of the Old Boys game last week seems to have been contagious.  Various conspiracies...

Tony Head Memorial Slo-pitch Tourney comes to Fulford

Labour Day Weekend will be spent on the Fulford ball fields for many islanders and visitors again this year, as players and fans come...

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