The Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame is growing by four members this weekend.
The Class of 2013 includes Victoria鈥檚 John Biggs and Bobby Collins, and Ladysmith鈥檚 Bill Drummond and Harold Sjostrom. They will be inducted at the annual banquet on Saturday at Eagle Ridge Community Centre in Langford.
Also being honoured at the banquet will be pioneers Wayne Townsend, Jimmie Isacson, Ken Keating and the Hitchcox family.
The event begins at 1 p.m. and tickets are $20 at the door.
Another medal for Victoria judoka
Victoria Judo Club member Tristan Alexander warmed up for the upcoming national championships by winning a medal at last weekend鈥檚 Edmonton International Judo Tournament at West Edmonton Mall.
But due to a controversial ruling, Alexander鈥檚 medal wasn鈥檛 the colour he had hoped it would be.
Alexander earned a bronze medal in the Under-18, 100-kilogram division, but he was prevented from fighting in the gold-medal match due to a rule only used in Alberta. Alexander won his semifinal bout by way of an arm bar submission, but his victory was reversed when he was told arm bars and choke holds are forbidden in Alberta when fighting at the orange belt level. Despite not being informed of this prior to the bout or during, and following a protest filed by Judo sa国际传媒, Alexander had to forfeit the match and was relegated to the bronze-medal match.
Despite the ruling, that鈥檚 now three medals (two golds and a bronze) in three consecutive tournaments for Alexander, a Grade 9 student at Oak Bay High. And next up are the Canadian championships July 4-7 in Richmond.
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Mt. Washington hosts zone finals
More than 100 skiers are set to invade Mount Washington this weekend as the Mount Washington Ski Club hosts the TECK Coast Zone Finals.
Competition will be held in four divisions 鈥� Under-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18 鈥� and will involve dual panel slalom on Saturday and slalom on Sunday.
For more information, go to mtwashingtonskiclub.com.
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Scrum Fest time at Claremont
It鈥檒l be one scrum after the other on the Claremont secondary fields this weekend as the school hosts the annual Spartan Scrum Fest.
Three teams from Alberta 鈥� West Island, Bishop Carroll and Grande Prairie Composite 鈥� will be joined by more than 20 teams from around the Island and sa国际传媒
Action begins today and continues through Saturday afternoon.
As well as the game action, there will also be a middle/elementary school clinic/jamboree today and Rugby sa国际传媒 will host player clinics for the high school athletes on Friday.
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Island Cup title for JDF U-14 boys
The Juan de Fuca U-14 boys gold soccer team continued its red-hot run last weekend, and punched their ticket to the provincial A championship tournament this summer.
The JDF team, coached by Ross Myles, beat Upper Island champs Nanaimo 4-3 in penalty kicks last Sunday in the Island A Cup final in Nanaimo. After finishing third in the regular season, JDF has rolled off three straight Island Cup wins and now advances to the Coastal Cup competition, which begins this weekend. The Island Cup champs also earned a berth in the provincial championship tournament July 4-7 in Langley.
Sunday in Nanaimo, Juan de Fuca came back from a 2-1 deficit to tie it and force overtime, thanks to Nathan Zaragoza鈥檚 second goal of the game with 20 seconds remaining in regulation. After each team scored in the extra session, it was off to penalty kicks where Zaragoza and goalkeeper Mitchell Whittla scored for the visitors.
Juan de Fuca now hosts Coquitlam on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Coastal A Cup quarter-finals.
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Oldtimers ready to have a ball
What started out as a little tournament to honour a friend has grown into one of the largest oldtimers soccer tournaments in Western sa国际传媒.
The 27th annual Bill Drew Memorial Soccerfest goes this weekend, and while it used to just be held at Sydney鈥檚 Blue Heron Park, it has expanded to Topaz Park and Lansdowne Middle School.
Teams from Oregon, Washington, Alberta and across sa国际传媒 will be joined by 25 Island teams with action in four different divisions 鈥� Over-40, O-48, O-55 and O-60.
鈥淥ur aim is to provide an opportunity for older soccer players to participate in friendly games against players of a similar age,鈥� South Vancouver Island Classic Soccer Association president Rick Hoogendoorn said in a statement. 鈥淎nd equal importance is given to both the soccer and social aspects of the event.鈥�
Action begins Friday night and continues through Sunday afternoon.
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Walker fastest in Merville
Nick Walker is finishing the 2013 Frontrunners Island Race Series in style.
Walker won the Merville 15K last Sunday, thanks to a time of 50 minutes 12 seconds. He finished seven seconds in front of Derek Vinge, while Mark Cryderman was third with a time of 51:29.
The top woman in the race was Cheryl Davies, who crossed the finish line in 1:02:43.
The eighth-and-final race of the series 鈥� the Sooke River 10K 鈥� goes April 21.
