Local Sports

Burnaby's Shirley Fu was in tough company at the Canadian junior table tennis open in North Vancouver last week.

Katrina Heinonen swam away a big winner at the B.C. Summer Swimming Association aquatic championships in Richmond this weekend. The New Westminster swimmer garnered four gold medals in Division 6 girls' races, including a B.C.

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.

Alex and Sumie Francois of Burnaby will be two players to watch when the B.C. bantam boys' and girls' gold championships gets underway at the Nico-Wynd Golf Course in Surrey on Thursday.

Lucas Gatto of Burnaby was overtaken in the final round of the B.C. juvenile boys' golf championship last week in Powell River.

Wesburn United FC may have surprised even themselves, winning the recent Seattle Xtreme Cup select soccer tournament in Washington.

Simon Fraser University's Helen Crofts placed sixth in the women's 800 metres at the World Student Games in Shenzhen, China Aug. 18. Crofts finished in a time of 2:04.40, well behind the winning personal-best 1:59.

Man of La Manta: Burnaby Mountain Mantas DJ Tsang, seen here at a club meet in Burnaby, had a best silver medal in butterfly at the B.C. Summer Swimming Championships in Richmond this weekend.

The Burnaby Barracudas showed its dominance in water polo at the B.C. Summer Swimming Association provincial championships in Richmond.

Burnaby 12-year-old is way ahead of the curve