Sports

It’s 5 a.m. Tuesday and Williams Lake archer Al Campsall, having just returned the night before from the 3D Archery World Championships in Donnersbach, Austria, crawls out of bed and heads to his shooting range.

This Saturday’s 19th Annual Tour de Cariboo bike ride from Williams Lake to Gavin Lake is shaping up to be an event not worth missing, said lakecity Big Brothers Big Sisters executive director Lorraine Levitt.

Sept. 10 and 11 will see an exciting addition to the Williams Lake Harvest Fair — the 2011 British Columbia Professional Bullriders Association Finals.

In March of this year, Roberto McLellan brought the Canadian Professional Boxing Council’s Light Middleweight Championship home to Williams Lake.

A group of 15 Williams Lake women raised nearly $50,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation through the 60-kilometre Weekend to End Women’s Cancers walk in Vancouver.

Dominic Jack (left) takes part in a breakaway drill and tries to score on goalie Tamara William during the Punky Lake Wilderness Camp hockey camp held recently at the Cariboo Memorial Complex.

The Williams Lake Minor Hockey Association recently introduced its new president, Jonathan Jackson, who will oversee the organization’s operations for the 2011/12 season.

Summer sunshine contributed to two great days of golf for the Williams Lake Golf and Tennis Club Men’s and Ladies’ Club Championship on the weekend.

The Rowdies took home a victory in the final A division match against the Shrewz on the last day of the Williams Lake Slo-Pitch League’s year-end tournament.

The 11th annual Overlander Cross Country races on Sunday featured more than 80 riders compete for a win.