Cleve Dheensaw

Victoria

Sports Writer at Times Colonist

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De Goede's return highlights list of Island players invited to Canada rugby camp

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

With the announcement this week of the schedule and first six players on each of the national hockey sides for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, and the one-year-out anniversary of the Canada co-hosted 2026 men’s soccer World Cup, it is abundantly clear that next year’s top sports stories will be international in scope. But rugby will get a one-year head start with the 2025 women’s World Cup this summer in England with several Island players expected on the Canadian team.
Organizers report record numbers for Royal Victoria Marathon

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

It was first known as “jogging” and popularized by Jim Fixx’s 1977 landmark bestseller The Complete Book of Running. Running for recreation and sport has since waxed and waned. But every city it seems has annual road events, many several, and road racing is now again in vogue and on the ascent. That is evidenced in the burgeoning numbers announced Tuesday for the 45th Royal Victoria Marathon scheduled for Oct. 11-12.
HarbourCats, NightOwls continue Island rivalry

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

This is a rivalry series of mixed emotions for the group that owns both the Victoria HarbourCats and Nanaimo NightOwls, who meet over the next three days, beginning Tuesday night at Wilson’s Group Stadium at Royal Athletic Park. “This is an Island rivalry that is awesome for everybody except me,” quipped Jim Swanson, managing partner of the group that owns both West Coast League baseball clubs.
Sizzling Summer: McIntosh sets third world record in Victoria

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

When the sporting history of a city or region is considered, what is taken into account is not only what local athletes and teams won, but also what was accomplished there through facilities that made sport possible to happen.
McIntosh, Bennett set more records at Saanich Commonwealth Place

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Nicholas Bennett of Parksville is making the most out of his home-Island advantage by winning his third gold medal Tuesday night at the Canadian swimming championships at Saanich Commonwealth Place by taking the men’s Para S14 swimmer with a 57.50 clocking to lower his own Canadian record in the 100-m butterfly.
Summer McIntosh sets second world record in three days at Saanich Commonwealth Place

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Summer McIntosh set her second world record in three days at the Canadian swim trials by breaking one of swimming’s longest-standing marks before another jammed and noisy crowd at Saanich Commonwealth Place on Monday night. McIntosh was across in 2:05.70 in the women’s 200-metre individual medley to break the decade-old record of 2:06:12 set by Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu in 2015.
McIntosh, Bennett light up Saanich Commonwealth Place

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Summer McIntosh and Nicholas Bennett brought Saanich Commonwealth Place to its knees over the weekend. McIntosh continued her onslaught to set her second record in as many days at the Canadian swim trials by following her women’s 400-metre freestyle world record Saturday with the Canadian record in the 800-metre freestyle Sunday. “I’m always hoping to break records and push the boundaries of sport. I’m always trying to be faster and faster. That gives me more fuel for the fire,” said McIntosh.
'Not expecting that time': Summer McIntosh sets world record in Saanich

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

Summer McIntosh said she wasn’t expecting to set a world record on the first day of the Canadian swim trials Saturday night at Saanich Commonwealth Place. But she did it anyway in the women’s 400-metre freestyle because that’s what all-time greats do in the regular course of business. The 18-year-old sensation touched the wall in three minutes, 54:18 seconds, beating the other swimmers by more than 13 seconds.
Canadian swimming stars make a splash at Saanich Commonwealth Place starting Saturday

2 weeks ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

The last time the Canadian swimming trials were held at Saanich Commonwealth Place, in 2022 to select the team for that year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the biggest questions were whether the ascendancy of Summer McIntosh would hold and was there any male Canadian swimmer to take the torch from the then long-retired Ryan Cochrane of Victoria?
The dream starts here: WCL season begins Friday for HarbourCats, NightOwls

1 month ago | timescolonist.com | Cleve Dheensaw

It is said minor league and collegiate development baseball are all about the ambiance. Fans leave the park remembering more the smell of hot-dogs and the cold crispness of the beer than they do the final score. Fan exit surveys have borne that out. But the results and player progression mean something to somebody.