Local Sports

When Burnaby Lake Rugby Club's Pat Riordan leads Canada's national team onto the pitch against Tonga in its opening game of the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand next month, there will be much riding on the outcome.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club's Josefa Dolesau scored two tries to lead B.C.'s senior men's team to a 31-29 win over the Prairie Wolf Pack in Kelowna on Saturday. Dolesau's pair of five-pointers both came in the opening half of play as the B.C.

If the regular season is any indication, we're in for a long Western Lacrosse Association playoff final. The matchup between the Langley Thunder and the three-time defending B.C. champions is an intriguing one.

The Burnaby Mountain Mantas swam away with 50 medals at the Simon Fraser Regional summer swim meet at Spani Pool in Coquitlam last Saturday.

Byrne Creek Secondary School senior Victoria Barusic won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Karate Championships in Sydney, Australia July 31. The 16-year-old national kata champion won the women's 16-to-17 under53-kilogram kumite or sparring division.

Burnaby kayaker Rebecca Alley surpassed her individual goals at the Western Canada Summer Games.

Burnaby Lake Rugby Club pulled off a rugby sevens double at the second annual BLRC Lighthouse 7s tournament last Saturday. The elite men's and women's teams both won their respective titles at the fifth stop on the B.C.

Burnaby's Patrick Switzer made International Gravity Sports Association history last week, becoming the first skateboarder to win a third consecutive open downhill World Cup race following his first-place finish at the Padova Grand Prix in Teolo, Ita

Gudmund Lindbjerg stormed from behind to win his fourth consecutive B.C. senior men's golf title Thursday.