B.C. won a fifth consecutive Canadian netball national championship title at the Fortius centre in Burnaby in May.
B.C. defeated Ontario 48-34 following a pivotal 15-4 third quarter.
“The difference was we stuck to our B.C. game,” said 10-year goal defense veteran Shawnette Cockburn.
The long run
St. Thomas More sprinter Zion Corrales-Nelson won two bronze medals running for the Philippines at the Youth Olympic Games in Bangkok, Thailand in May.
With her results, Corrales-Nelson became the second Filipino woman to qualify for the world junior championships.
“I tried to treat it like a meet back home,” she said.
Williamsport
Burnaby twins Emma and Evan March helped the South Vancouver baseball team win the Canadian Little League championships and earn a berth at the 75th Little League World Series.
Bowls pair
Burnaby lawn bowler James MacGowan shared in a national pairs bowls title at the Canadian championships in Winnipeg in August.
“It was one of those last bowl, nerve-wracking pressure shots,” said MacGowan
Kind of a drag
A local paddler shared a pair of gold medals at the ninth international Dragon Boat Federation club crew world championships in Italy in September.
Paige Misfeldt helped the crew win the women’s and mixed 200 metres races.
Mountain medal
Mountain United FC won its first medal at the Canadian Soccer Association club championships in October.
The under-17 boys won a bronze medal in a penalty shootout over Alberta.
Two out of three
The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club sent three teams to the provincial championships in May, coming home with a seventh premier women’s title and a second banner in Division 1.
The Burnaby Velodrome played host to Cycling Canada’s junior and under-17 cadet national track championships in November.
Up-and-comer Maggie Coles-Lyster was a standout for the B.C. team, winning the u-17 women’s overall omnium.
Podium debut
Race car driver Remo Ruscitti won three International Motorsports Association races in July, including his first two rides in Prototypes Lights.
“It was awesome and I can’t thank everybody enough,” said Ruscitti.
Giro di Burnaby
Luke Keough led an all-United Healthcare podium sweep at the Giro di Burnaby in July.
Erica Allar made her Giro debut, outracing B.C. Superweek leader and four-time Canadian criterium champion Leah Kirchmann in a sprint down Hastings Street.
Boxing belts
The North Burnaby Boxing Club won four WBC title belts at the Canadian amateur national championships in October. Leo Sammarelli, Robert Couzens, Adam Querido and Rosalia Calla won titles.
