Canadian Amateur Summer Sports News
Caileigh Filmer of Victoria, British Columbia and Hillary Janssens of Cloverdale, British Columbia won a World Cup women’s pairs rowing final in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday. It was the first World Cup medal for Filmer and second for Janssens as Read more
Jacqueline Simoneau of Chambly, Quebec and Claudia Holzner of Calgary, Alberta won the bronze medal in the women’s duet free artistic swimming World Series event in Surrey, British Columbia on Saturday. It was one of two medals for Simoneau and Read more
Team Canada came away with three wins this past weekend at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League in San Juan, Argentina. The Canadian squad beat Italy, Iran and Argentina to improve their record to four wins and two losses. Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medalists Theoren Fleury of Oxbow, Saskatchewan and Cindy Klassen of Winnipeg, Manitoba were inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on Friday in Red Deer, Alberta. Even though Fleury and Klassen were from outside Alberta, they Read more
Team Canada won their first game this past Saturday in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League.The Canadian squad beat South Korea in straight sets 25-20, 25-17, 25-19 in Krakow, Poland. It was a terrific game for Canadian outside Read more
Lindsey Butterworth of Vancouver, British Columbia and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Aaron Brown of Toronto, Ontario won bronze medals on Saturday at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic from Eugene, Oregon. The Prefontaine Classic is a prestigious international track and field competition Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec continued her excellent 2018 season this past weekend in Duisburg, Germany. On Saturday, Vincent-Lapointe teamed with Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario to win gold in the women’s C2 500 metre sprint World Cup and then Read more
With the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo only two years away, there is a new Canadian judo star that Canadian sports fans need to be aware of. Her name is Christa Deguchi, and the reason why she has just recently Read more
Laurence Vincent-Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec won two gold medals this past weekend at a World Cup in canoeing in Szeged, Hungary. Vincent-Lapointe won gold in the women’s C2 500 metre event with Katie Vincent of Mississauga, Ontario on Saturday and Read more
The most successful university hockey coach in Canadian history passed away on Sunday. Clare Drake of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, who won 697 games with the University of Alberta Golden Bears (a Canadian university record), from 1958 to 1989, died at the Read more