The Duchess Park Condors girls soccer team begins play at the double-A provincial championship tournament on Thursday in Campbell River.
The Condors start the 16-team event with an 11 a.m. game against Okanagan Mission of Kelowna. Later in the day, Duchess will take on the host team, Carihi secondary school. On Friday, the Condors will close pool play with a match against West Point Grey of Vancouver.
Playoffs will commence on Friday afternoon and will continue Saturday. The championship game is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the single-A girls championship will be held here in Prince George. Also a 16-team tournament, it will unfold at Rotary Fields and will be hosted by the Fort St. James Falcons, who are the zone champion. At zones, which wrapped up on May 20 at Rotary, the Falcons edged the Lakes District Lakers 1-0 in the final.
Games will get underway Thursday morning. In their opener, at 9 a.m., the Falcons will battle Southridge of Surrey. Later, at 2 p.m., they'll clash with Whistler. Fort St. James will end preliminary play with a Friday noon game against Queen Charlotte.
Playoffs will start at 2 p.m. on Friday and the provincial final will kick off at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Lakes District also qualified for the tournament. The Lakers will play Langley's Credo Christian (10:45 a.m.) and Osoyoos (3:45 p.m.) on Thursday and will take on Nakusp (10 a.m.) on Friday.
Local throwers sharp in Quesnel
Vic Vallee and Ida Boschman kept the misses to a minimum at a horseshoe pitching tournament in Quesnel this past weekend.
Vallee finished first in two classes - senior men's 30-foot and mixed A - and was part of a three-way tie for top spot in mixed senior. Boschman, meanwhile, took the ladies B and senior ladies titles.
P.G. pitchers Mike Cunningham and Herb Boschman also competed. Cunningham tied with Vallee for first in mixed senior, was second in mixed A and third in senior men's 30-foot. Herb Boschman was sixth in senior men's 30-foot.
Abbotsford's Don Fleming was the other player in the deadlock for first in mixed senior. No playoff was held because of rain.
The Prince George Horseshoe Club will host a tournament this weekend. Games will be played at the club's home, located behind the YMCA in Carrie Jane Gray Park.
Road race set for Sunday
The Canadian Tire Family Y Road Race will pound local pavement on Sunday.
The annual event features five-kilometre, 10km and half-marathon distances, with the start/finish line at Masich Place Stadium.
The race is scheduled to go from 7:40 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
In conjunction with the road race, the Family Fun Run - previously known as the Healthy Kids Marathon - will be held.
Participants do not have to be members of the YMCA.
Registration forms for participants and volunteers can be found on the YMCA website: (www.nbcy.org).
