We now know when the 'Owls will be landing. The Nanaimo NightOwls, an expansion entry in the West Coast League for collegiate summer baseball, have their 2022 schedule ready for activity in planning for visiting teams, special promotional events, and welcoming mid-Island fans to historic Serauxmen Stadium. After...
If only things were where we are now six months ago. Even two months ago. The Province today announced that after July 1, outdoor gatherings in British Columbia can have up to 5,000 people in attendance, or up to 50% capacity, whichever is greater. While that is great...
Thursday, the West Coast League announced the addition of the expansion Springfield Drifters as the league’s 16th member team. The Drifters will join the Bend Elks, Corvallis Knights, and Portland Pickles as the league’s fourth Oregon-based team. “When you look at a map,” said WCL Commissioner Rob Neyer, “adding...
The virus continues to win -- in life, and in sports. With great sadness, following extensive evaluations and consultations with Canadian West Coast League (WCL) teams in Kamloops and Edmonton, the ownership group that leads both the Nanaimo NightOwls and the Victoria HarbourCats is announcing the cancellation of...
In baseball, and in business, it's all about teamwork, and lining up key players. Ideally, those players can fill a couple of roles -- such is the case with this newest major partner for Nanaimo's new baseball team. The expansion Nanaimo NightOwls, slated to begin play this summer, have...
SNUNEYMUXW FIRST NATION -- The West Coast League's newest coastal team is not just in Canada, and in British Columbia, and on Vancouver Island. This -- is Snuneymuxw territory. The Nanaimo NightOwls are also the Snuneymuxw NightOwls, and will honour the territory's rich and proud First Nations history with...
From the tumbleweeds of the Canadian prairies, to striking out Cal Ripken Jr. in the first inning of his first start, there isn't much Gorman Heimueller hasn't experienced in the game of baseball. Now, the baseball veteran, including 34 years as pitching coach or pitching coordinator combined with the...
Angela Waldick believed to be the first legally-blind team photographer in sports history. The Nanaimo-based and Island-raised photographer has been named the official photographer of the Nanaimo NightOwls (and Bars!), the West Coast League expansion team is proud to announce today. The mother of two lost sight in her...
To leave this 2020 year behind, we all need to come together — even rivals on the ball diamond. Partnering with Arbutus RV, which has locations in the Victoria and Nanaimo areas, the two WCL teams on Vancouver Island are working together on NEW YEAR’S DAY (Friday, Jan....
Team up with B+C Foods, HUB International Insurance and Arbutus RV to offer delivered food packages to fans “BEFORE AND AFTER CHRISTMAS” Presented by Arbutus RV and HUB International Insurance VICTORIA, BC – Vancouver Island’s two baseball teams will be rivals on the field starting in June 2021 –...
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