Local Sports

Up close and personal: Nine-year-old Jaden Fodcheck came to the Burnaby Winter Club on Monday to see club alumni Landon Ferarro and the Calder Cup.

The collegiate Burnaby Bulldogs repeated as B.C. junior men's baseball champions following a 5-4 win over the Kelowna Jays junior squad in the championship game in Kelowna last week.

The Douglas College women's soccer program signed seven stellar recruits from this year's highly competitive tryouts.

The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club were denied in both the elite men's and women's finals at the Lighthouse 7s rugby tournament last week.

St. Thomas More Collegiate is offering a summer basketball camp in its brand new gymnasium from Aug. 19 to 23. The camp is open to girls and boys entering grades 5 through 9 this coming fall. For more info, email [email protected]

Tyler McNeely of Burnaby is off to Germany after signing a pro contract with Starbulls Rosenheim - a second-division team in the country's bundesliga (league) last week.

Malaina Sidhu of Burnaby placed seventh in the girls' under-8 division at the Veritas World Junior golf championships in Pasadena, California last month. Older sisters Jhunam and Pavita also took part in their age groups.

Mountain United's Kaela Hansen, Emma Regan and Jessica Ambrosio, all of Burnaby, helped B.C.

Former B.C. senior men's golf Champion John Gallacher of Burnaby had a strong final two rounds at this year's provincials.