June:
The Burnaby Lions under-12 community football team won its first spring flag football title at the provincial championships.
Joey LaLeggia was selected in the fifth round by the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL junior draft.
Five-time B.C. masters athlete of the year, Tom Dickson, won two age group races at the provincial track and field championships.
Ali Currimbhoy and Gabriel Ho-Garcia helped lead Canada's junior national field hockey team to a three-game sweep over Mexico.
Ten Burnaby soccer players were named to Soccer B.C. provincial teams.
Burnaby Lake rowers won 10 medals at the Northwest masters' regional championships.
Eight members of the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club were named to the B.C. senior women's provincial team.
Cricketer Jack Kyle passed away on June 21.
July:
Anthony Dall'Antonia won both the men's 80-kilogram right and left armwrestling titles at the Canadian championships in Richmond.
The Burnaby Bulldogs collegiate team won the junior men's baseball championships.
The under-13 Burnaby Selects soccer team won their first-ever provincial A Cup.
Burnaby won the Tier 1 bronze medal at the Jack Crosby memorial all-star novice lacrosse tournament.
SFU alumnus Jessica Smith earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic team in middle distance running.
Sherry Liu won a gold medal in the women's 800-metre freestyle
at the Canadian summer swim nationals.
Marcus Vela and Sekanwee Baker represented B.C. at the commissioners' national lacrosse championships.
The North American Outgames staged some of its sport venues in Burnaby.
The Burnaby Judo Club brought back four medals from the 2012 nationals.
The under-18 Burnaby Selects and the u-15 South Burnaby Metro Club Vipers both won silver medals in their respective Provincial A and B Cup finals.
American sprinters win both men's and women's titles at the fifth Giro di Burnaby.
The Canadian under19 national field lacrosse handed the United States its first-ever loss, 11-9 in the elite division at the world championships in Finland.
Filip Rakic was selected to represent Canada in the international soccer final of the Danone Nations Cup.
Burnaby's midget lacrosse team won a gold medal at the B.C. minor box championships.
Katerina Boiko won the women's open singles at the Stanley Park open tennis championships.
Three provincial soccer teams medalled at the Canadian All-stars championships.
Stefan Milosevic and Mariya Chekanovych were represented Canada at the Junior Pan Pacific Games in swimming.
Shirley Fu won the women's under-18 singles final at the Canadan junior table tennis champion-ships.
Hastings Litte League baseball team won the provincial banner and cup.
August:
The Hastings All-Stars made it
back to the Little League World Series again after a second straight Canadian baseball championship title.
Sheldon Baerg was named an assistant coach with the Red Deer Vipers junior B hockey team.
Nima Parsakish won the 1,500 metre racewalk at the B.C. junior development track and field championships.
Simon Fraser University was officially admitted as the first Canadian member of the National Collegiate Athletics Association.
More Year End in Jan. 4 Burnaby NOW issue.
