Sports

Close to 200 participants, including 43 from Summerland, took part in the Test of Humanity mountain bike race in Summerland on Sunday.

On Wednesday, the Steam traveled to Osoyoos to face the Coyotes in a 4-2 loss.

Junior hockey returned to Summerland in a winning way as the expansion Steam won their opening game of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League against their presumptive arch-rivals, the Penticton Lakers, the franchise which once played in Summerland under the nickname of Sting.

The 2011 racing season has been exciting for Sarah Cornett-Ching and her Summerland racing team.

Equestrians gathered for a competition at the Summerland Rodeo Grounds on the weekend.

The men’s amateur golf tournament was held on the weekend at the Summerland Golf and Country Club.

Summerland Sting players provided some assistance at the Summerland Fall Fair.

Mountain bike racers will ride a challenging course overlooking Summerland later this month in an event to raise money for humanitarian aid.

Some of B.C.’s top junior tennis players aged 14 and under competed at the Summerland Junior Challenger tennis tournament held at Lakeshore Racquets Club on Sept. 3 and 4.

Athletes from Summerland and around the province took part in the Sprint Triathlon and Kids of Steel Triathlon at Peach Orchard Beach on Sunday.