Kimberly Newell of Burnaby was the lone player from B.C. named to Hockey Canada’s national women’s development team selection camp.
The 18-year-old Princeton University junior is the youngest of six goalies invited to the under-22 camp scheduled to take place from Aug. 8 to 17 at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.
Newell is also one of 10 invited players who helped Canada’s u-18 women’s team win gold at the world championships in Finland in 2013.
Final too far
Burnaby’s junior girls’ lacrosse team lost 6-3 to New Westminster in the bronze medal final at the B.C. Lacrosse minor provincials in Pitt Meadows on Sunday. The junior girls finished with a 3-2 record in the round robin.
Burnaby’s peewee girls failed to make it to the medal round. The team’s lone win was a 4-3 victory over Nanaimo.
Summer Games
The B.C. Summer Games kick off this week in Nanaimo with more than 3,000 emerging athletes expected to turn out.
Athletes ranging in age from 11 to 18 in able-bodied sports will compete in 19 different athletic disciplines. Athletes with a disability will also take part in athletics, equestrian and swimming events.
Golfer fourth
Burnaby teen Alex Francois finished fourth with an even-par 288 at the B.C. Junior Boys’ Golf Championship at Meadow Gardens Golf Club in Pitt Meadows on July 11.
Francois finished five shots back of junior champion Keaton Gudz, matching the Victoria native with a final round two-under-par 70.
Curtis Chan of Richmond made a last-round charge, firing a tournament-best seven-under 65 to finish in a tie with Trevor Yu of Vancouver, who led the field for the first three rounds, one shot back at 284.
Francois shot rounds of 71, 73, 74, 70 in the 72-hole competition. St. Thomas More grad Kevin Vigna placed seventh with a 290. Alan Tolusso shot 305.
