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Summary of the March Madness Invitational Basketball Tournament

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Vancouver was one of four locals that participated in the first annual invitational tournament held by our neighbouring North Shore local. Teams were placed into 3 divisions to compete in exciting divisional tournaments. The level of play demonstrated by the athletes was surely worthy of praise. Congratulations to the Vancouver athletes for an amazing effort. A detailed summary and photo gallery has been posted on the North Shore website here: http://www.sobcnorthshore.ca/page48/page48.html

Vancouver coach Spencer Holowachuk also took some great photos which you can view here (coming soon).

2011 Floor Hockey Provincial Championship Summary

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

by Darren Inouye

The Vancouver C Division floor hockey team took to the courts at UBC on Feb 18th & 19th for the provincial championships. After a smooth seeding round Vancouver’s first challenge was a very tough Mission team. A back and forth battle the two teams swapped goals until the third when Vancouver with a late goal tied the game 7 -7. The game would finish in a draw. Next up was a team Vancouver had not faced before, Campbell River. A good game with the difference being Campbell River’s ability to capitalize on numerous power plays, the score ended up 5 – 1 Campbell River. Going into day two Vancouver had an early morning game vs Coquitlam. Quick out of the blocks Vancouver opens the scoring to go up by a few goals, Coquitlam comes back to draw close but Vancouver keeps the pressure on and eventually wins the game. With one win, a loss and a tie Vancouver needs Campbell River to tie or beat Mission in the final game of the round robin in order to advance to the gold medal game. On the edge of our seats the team watches an extremely close game between Campbell River and Mission. Campbell River scores a few late goals and cements the final, Vancouver vs Campbell River. An intense game Vancouver and Campbell River meet in the final and through the first period and half the game is as close as it could be with Campbell River holding a very slight 1 – 0 advantage. Vancouver could never break through though offensively eventually surrendering a number of goals in the final half of the game. A brave attempt and excellent tournament Vancouver finishes proudly with silver.

Jon Baillie Floor Hockey Tournament 2010

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

216 competed or volunteered in this year’s Jon Baillie Tournament on December 5th. There were 8 C teams divided into two pools playing at Notre Dame Secondary School and another group competing in the Individual Skills Competition at near-by Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary school. Special Olympics Vancouver is very grateful to Notre Dame for their donation of this space over the past 10 years and to Our Lady of Sorrows this year. As always, Melanie and Michelle, who are daughters of the late Jon Baillie, refereed with other dedicated volunteers including Mike Sywulych, Patty Wheeldon, Pat Wiseman and Tony Loynton. Linda Baillie, Joan Thompson and Eunice Chan made all the lunches with the help of some Notre Dame student volunteers. Other students volunteered as scorekeepers, timekeepers and helped run skills events. We are very thankful for the participation of all these wonderful people who made the event work.

A big “Thank You” on behalf of Special Olympics Vancouver.
Pam Sywulych ( tournament organizer)

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10th Annual Soccer Tournament Scheduled for May 8th

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

SOBC Vancouver is proud to hold their 10th annual soccer tournament which will take place on Saturday, May 8th. It will be held at Prince Edward Park from 10:00am to 6:00pm. More info to come.