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bronze wrap-up for B.C.'s Pacific Storm in CNWPL action
Canadian National Water Polo
League (CNWPL) 2005 play wrapped up in Montreal over the
weekend with B.C.'s Pacific Storm Senior Men's team nabbing
bronze and the Senior Women securing a 4th place finish in the
final round TIER 1 Championship.
Pacific Storm's Senior
Women's goalie Rachell Riddell, fended off an aggressive
attack throughout and was given the game star vote 3 three
times, Angela Johnston and Sue Gardiner once each.
The Senior Men's team took
the bronze medal in an overtime 12-11 win over Regina. Pacific
Storm's Kevin Mitchell took game star honors in the
championship tournament with 3 to team mate Brandon Jung's
one.
CNWPL play resumes in
January.
Next up:
The Youth Cup-- July 22-27-- Montreal, Quebec.
Provincial Youth teams compete in first ever Youth Cup.
XI FINA World Championships-- July 17-31-- Montreal, Quebec.
This international water polo event is the most important
sporting event to be held in Canada this summer. It will bring
together 2,000 athletes from 160 countries in water polo,
swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and open water
swimming. Sports fans will see the best aquatic athletes in
the world. This event is the first time the FINA World
Championship have been held in North America.
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