Sports

The Williams Lake Bantam girls hockey team have brought home two gold-place finishes after defeating Kamloops and then Richmond this month.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Warren Brown says his team has something to prove next year after being at the wrong end of an 8-3 drubbing by the Williams Lake Fire department at the fifth annual Battle of the Badges Friday night.

Participants set off for the annual Nutrition Fun Walk and Run Sunday from the Cariboo Memorial Complex.

Grant Johnson scored an overtime marker to lead the Sugar Cane Hurricanes (Williams Lake Indian Band) to the championship March 27 at the 20th Annual Arrows Ice Hockey Tournament in Lac La Hache.

Lac la Hache curler Dave Bedford showed some fine form as he threw skip rocks during the Lac la Hache Curling Club windup funspiel hosted at the 100 Mile House Curling Club on March 26.

The Williams Lake Judo Club was tossing and throwing its weight around this past Monday at the local club on Mackenzie Avenue.

Williams Lake Bowlers were lining up strikes at the 65th Annual Intercity 5-Pin Bowling Championships from March 18-19 at Capri Valley Lanes in Kelowna.

The Williams Lake Rowdies slo-pitch team were part of a 15-team tournament from March 11-13 in Trelawny, Jamaica, bringing a bronze medal back to Canada.

When Noel Thompson arrived at Mt. Timothy Ski Area back in 2001 to take on the general managership, with already 30 years of experience in the ski industry under his belt, he saw a ski hill with loads of untapped potential.