The Victoria and District Cricket Association takes to the pitch at Windsor Park this Sunday, when the Islanders Cricket Club takes on the University team at 12:30 p.m.
While Oak Bay’s senior Mariners baseball squad has the weekend off, the junior premier team will be at home at Henderson Park this Saturday, welcoming the junior Abbotsford Cardinals for a 1 p.m. start to their double-header.
The Victoria Eagles senior squad is out of town all weekend but the junior premier boys have three games coming up in the following week, starting with a doubleheader Sunday, starting at 11 a.m. against Abbotsford. The Eagles take on the Victoria junior Mariners on June 16 at Lambrick Park starting at 6 p.m.
Also at Lambrick, the Midget AAA Eagles host Cloverdale Saturday, June 13, with games starting at noon and 2:30 p.m.
Back at Oak Bay’s Carnarvon Park, the Bantam AAA Red Eagles return from a Saturday roadtrip to Vancouver for two games against the Nanaimo Pirates Sunday. First pitches go at noon and 2:30 p.m.
For Oak Bay’s female baseball players, Baseball BC is coming to town for a Female Provincial Select ID Camp and Girls Grassroots Festival, Saturday at Royal Athletic Park.
The ID camp is designed to identify girls 12 years or older for high-performance provincial select teams. The festival will work on fun and development for younger girls. For more information, see www.baseball.bc.ca.
Pickleball players take note: Pearkes Rec Centre hosts a Pickleball Tournament this weekend (Friday to Sunday) with play in several categories: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and 65+ mixed doubles.
Coming up: The Victoria Horseshoe Club hosts an open house June 26 from 3 to 7 p.m., a chance to learn about the sport and try your hand at horseshoes.
Devon Gall is an avid sports fan and a former Carnarvon baseball player. Send your sports events news to jocktalk@telus.net.
