B.C. Athletes take Top Honours at Alberta Open

Vancouver, B.C. - B.C. athletes took several top awards at the Alberta Open Water Polo Tournament held over the weekend in Calgary.

Victoria Smith of Fraser Valley Water Polo led her team to a Bantam Girl's (U14) gold medal and received MVP honours. Pacific Storm's Kirstn Mase scored a record 9 goals in the Cadet Girls (U16) final, secured gold for her team and nabbed the MVP title for Cadet Girls. Mase said following the win, "I'm glad we won-we played well. The last game was tense, we were down and we came back. It feels good." Saara Majuri also playing for Pacific Storm was named tournament MVP in the Youth Girls (U18) category. Majuri added, "it feels great--we did it as a team".

The Cora Campbell Award for female athletes and the Mikhail Dykman Award for male athletes are awarded to one member of each team who demonstrates excellent work ethic, willingness to fill any role on the team, exemplifying leadership and most importantly sportsmanship.

BC athletes receiving the Cora Campbell and Mikhail Dykman awards:

Giordano Marconato - Fraser Valley - Atoms
Rodrigo Rojas - Pacific Storm - Bantam Boys
Kristof Schagentweit - Fraser Valley - Bantam Boys
Kelly Pye - Pacific Storm - Bantam Girls
Victoria Smith - Fraser Valley - Bantam Girls
Michael Chapman - Pacific Storm - Cadet Boys
Craig Logan - Pacific Storm - Cadet Boys
Igor Silva - Fraser Valley - Cadet Boys
Kirstn Mase- Pacific Storm - Cadet Girls
Melissa Roberts - Fraser Valley - Cadet Girls
Saara Majuri - Pacific Storm- Youth Girls
Julian Kotylak - Pacific Storm - Youth Boys
Chris Vanjoff - Fraser Valley - Youth Boys

Congratulations to our B.C. athletes!

Contact:
Cheryl Wilson-Stewart
BC Water Polo PR
Tel: 604.737.3148
Email: pr@bcwaterpolo.com