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Turning pro is the biggest step any athlete can take. Naomi Ko probably has only has one summer remaining as an amateur golfer.

If it worked once, why not try it again? That is what Canadian head coach John Tait did in naming the same lineup, for the women’s sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Sevens May 11-12 at Westhills Stadium, as the one that won the Japan Sevens last month.

It must be the home cooking or all that flower counting. Or maybe it’s the winds off the strait. The Victoria Royals made a hometown defenceman their first-round selection in the Western Hockey League bantam draft for the second consecutive year.

Damian McGrath has been let go as head coach of the troubled Langford-based men’s Canadian rugby sevens national side just two months ahead of the Americas’ regional Olympic qualifier.

Everything is a first in the early days of the inaugural Canadian Premier League soccer season. No team wants some of them — the first loss in particular — but it is inevitable to arrive for every team.

Cole Pickup is set to play his rookie season in the Western Lacrosse Association this season with the Victoria Shamrocks. The former Victoria Grizzlies star in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

There are five Victoria Royals’ bantam draft picks playing in the 2019 Western Hockey League final. But the final is between the Vancouver Giants and Prince Albert Raiders.

This is where golf dreams are made. Or where they come to die.

Everybody knew the seven opening home games in the inaugural Canadian Premier League season would be splashy affairs in each market.

Their stadium might not have been completely ready. But Pacific FC certainly was, and that’s what mattered most.