Five Royal City Track and Field Club athletes won awards at the B.C. Athletics banquet on Oct. 26.
Jenvieve Patry-Smith was recognized for reaching award standards in the 13-year-old girls’ discus, javelin and shot put.
Michelle Dadson, 12, earned an award in discus, while 11-year-old Milena Kalisch and Kate Stewart-Barnett also won awards in 1,000 metres.
Angus Steele, nine, achieved standard in the 600 and 1,000m.
At the B.C. provincial cross-country championships at Clearbrook Park in Abbotsford, Grace Fetherstonhaugh won a bronze medal in the 14-year-old girls’ race to place first overall in the Lower Mainland series. Emily Chilton placed seventh in the 15-year-old divsion and fourth overall in the series.
Ashlynne Stairs, 14, was fifth in the race and second in the series.
Steele took first place in both the race and match series.
Shea Janke, 13, placed fifth in the boys’ race and second in the series.
Stewart-Barnett placed second in both the race and series, while Kalisch was third and Maria Kim sixth in the race.
Sabine Girt and Ella Fetherstonhaugh finished sixth and ninth, respectively, in the 12-year-old girls’ race.
Kate Bowles and Monika Arcadi were fifth and 10th, respectively, in their age group.
’Bellie awards
Jordan McBride and Jeff Cornwall were big winners at this year’s New Westminster Salmonbellies award night.
Cornwall, who was earlier named defender of the year and a first team all-star by the Western Lacrosse Association, was a slam dunk for the Doug McRory award for the team’s top D-man.
McBride, who was New West’s top scorer for a second straight season, took home the Wayne Goss award, while also earning the Ab Brown trophy as the Salmonbellies’ player of the year.
Newcomer Alexis Buque was named winner of the Ed Downey award as the team’s MVP.
Captain Curtis Hodgson was awarded the Cliff Sepka most inspirational award and Brendan Ranford was the recipient of the Paul Parnell award as this season’s rookie of the year.
Sean Robinson was named the Salmonbellies seventh man.
Pat Downey and Norm Sturgess were recipients of volunteer awards by the club.
2nd for 2nd star
Marco Ballarin was named a second star in the Prince George Spruce Kings’ 4-1 win over Trail in BCHL play last Saturday.
Ballarin’s goal, his second of the year, came in a three-goal Spruce Kings’ third period.
Playoff matchup
New Westminster Secondary will take on No. 1 Burnaby North in district senior boys’ volleyball playoffs on Monday, Nov. 3. Game time is 5:30 p.m.
