Our look back at the year 2011 in sports continues today and wraps up Friday.
AUGUST
• Daryl Bissell almost didn't go to the world senior badminton championships, but he was sure glad he did. The agile Valley athlete won a gold and a silver medal to cap yet another sterling season of competition which saw him collect medals at regional, provincial and national competitions. The championships were held for the first time ever in Canada, at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
SEPTEMBER
• Golfer Riley Wheeldon's drive to obtain his PGA card remained on target as he was packing his golf bag for a trip to qualifying school in North Carolina.
• Special Olympics volunteers Darlene Kramp (25 years) and Randy James (20 year) were honoured for their many years of volunteer work
• There were plenty of adventures for participants in the Cumberland MOMAR race as missed trails led to some serious bushwhacking by some teams.
• Alex Kussuer rewrote the Blue Devils Summer Swim club record book with strong performances in the pool all season.
• The Comox Valley Pool League continued to enjoy steady growth.
• BC Wheelchair Sports and BC Wheelchair Rugby Association hosted a demo day at the Comox Recreation Centre.
• There were plenty of local winners when Coal Hills BMX hosted the Vancouver Island Challenge finals.
• The Cumberland Coal Hills track was a busy place when the first Cross on the Rock event of the series was held there.
• Ås part of Canada's second annual Sports Day, a big tennis rally was held at the Lewis Park courts.
• Ringette was alive in the Valley with both youth and a Masters team on the ice.
• The U.S. won the annual Can-Am Demolitional Derby at Saratoga Speedway.
• Long-time Comox golf pro Grant Goudy was moving to Victoria.
• King of the Ring 2 rocked Campbell River with proceeds from the MMA event going to BC Children's Hospital.
• Geoff Kabush took 10th at the world mountain bike championship in Switzerland.
• Brad Gunter helps Team BC win bronze in volleyball at the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops.
• The Wooden Bat fundraising slopitch tournament went well at Lewis Park.
• It was a super September for infielder Taylor Green. He was named the Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Player of the Year for the second time. Late in August he made his MLB debut and singled in his first big league at bat. He was also named to the All-PCL team.
• Courtenay triathlete Tenille Hoogland was off to the world ironman championships in Las Vegas.
OCTOBER
• Roller derby was gaining popularity, with the Brick House Betties and Rink Minx thundering around local gyms.
• Marnie Evans of the North Island Field Lacrosse Association was named Manager of the Year at the BC Lacrosse Association AGM.
• The Vanier Towhees defeated the Isfeld Ice to win local high school football bragging rights.
• Crown Isle golfer Riley Wheeldon narrowly missed making the cut to the second stage of PGA Qualifying School.
• Emily Glowach earned the Herb Bradley Award for the Comox Valley Blue Devils Summer Swim Club.
• Driver Otto Schulte and wife Leslie of Black Creek won both the Super Pro and Super Combo championships to conclude another successful season of drag racing with their 1964 Ford Falcon.
• Five Lake Trail/Killerwhale weightlifters earned medals at the Junior Doug Hepburn Championships in Surrey.
• Comox was set to host the B.C. Optimist sailing championshi-ps.
• Hard work was credited as the key to success for the Comox Valley Glacier Kings who had their VIJHL season off to a 9-1 start.
• Janet Green completed her 250th marathon.
• The WHL Saskatoon Blades recalled goalie Adam Todd from the BCHL.
• Happy's Source for Sports Indians defended their Komoux Masters Real Baseball League championship.
• The UVic Vikings, with Ryan MacKinnon, paid a return visit to Mark Isfeld Secondary School and put on an entertaining exhibition game.
• Zone 5 captured the Slegg Lumber Ryder Cup golf championship at Glacier Greens.