Double medals were in the cards for members of the Shasta Trampoline Club.
Kyle Carragher and Tamara O’Brien, representing Canada at the World championships in Denmark two weeks ago, returned home with silver and gold.
O’Brien was part of the women’s gold-winning double-mini trampoline team that took top spot with 103.900 points, edging out Great Britain.
In the individual women’s final she was the highest-ranking Canadian, finishing ninth overall.
Carragher, meanwhile, helped the men’s national double-mini trampoline team place second behind Russia. He finished 18th overall in the individual finals.
Last week at the World Age Group competition, also in Denmark, Burnaby’s Declan McLean placed 31st in the 13-14 individual trampoline division, while Carragher placed 27th in the boys 17-18 trampoline category.
track & field duo net kudos
A pair of Royal City Track and Field Club athletes were honoured at the B.C. Athletics Awards banquet last week.
Jeneviève Patry-Smith won a Midget 14 Track & Field Athlete Award for her outstanding performances of 40.27 metres in javelin, 33.60m in discus, and 11.19m in shot put, the latter two resulting in silver medals at the Athletic Canada Hershey Youth Regionals.
At the Legion national meet last August, Patry-Smith posted four top-10 results, including fourth in under-16 discus.
Brianna Bates picked up the girls’ Midget 15 Track and Field Award for her javelin toss of 38.38 metres, which easily surpassed the standard of 36.10m. Bates would net a bronze in javelin at the Hershey competition last July.
Hyacks take third at tip-off
The New Westminster junior girls Hyacks took the show on the road last week at Victoria Tip-Off tournament.
The Hyacks, who fell 29-21 in their season opener last week to Lord Byng, ran into their Vancouver rival in the tourney semifinal, with the result a 38-25 setback.
New West rebounded nicely from the loss and finished third, trumping Stelly’s 33-16. Devin Strome scored 13 points and hauled down 14 rebounds for the double-double, while Grace Fetherstonaugh counted eight points.
Earlier, they defeated Nanaimo Senior 41-17, with Strome counting 12 points and Tianna Gough eight. They also bested Brentwood College 51-9, getting 12 points from Strome, nine from Natalie Nastase and eight from Khadija Allen.
