On the Home Front / Daniel Falloon
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This article was published 23/06/2009 (5949 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Centre stage
Patrick Goeres of Winnipeg officially Blazed the Bruce as the 24-year-old and his 10-member team successfully completed the 894-kilometre run of the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario. The challenging trail, the Bruce, is Canada’s longest footpath.
The five-day, non-stop race was held June 16-20 between Tobermorry and Niagara. It involved two teams of 10 athletes participating in a study into muscle impairment diseases through McMaster University.
“We officially broke the old record of eight days, coming in an hour shy of four days for the 894km!” said Goeres, who ran six legs of the race for a total of more than 100 kilometres including several night runs wearing a head lamp and dodging nocturnal wildlife. The official time was three days, 23 hours and 25 minutes.
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Elaine Jones, Anne Wright, Betty Grundy and Betty VanWalleghem won the provincial women’s fours title in lawn bowling Sunday at the St. John’s Lawn Bowling Club. John Bjornson, Brant Fenske, Bob VanWalleghem and Glen Monk won the mens’ title. Both teams will now advance to the 2009 national championships in Victoria, B.C. on Aug. 14-23.
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Sasanie Wanigasekara, Courtney Zajac and Kevin Takatch were among eight first-place finishers who won multiple events last Saturday in the 2009 Hershey Provincial Track & Field Championship at Grant Park High School, with 515 athletes competing in over 1245 events. The meet included athletes aged nine-14 from across Manitoba.
All first-place finishers have been submitted for consideration for the Central region team. Athletes with fastest times or best results who are named to the team will compete in the Hershey North American championships July 30-Aug. 2 in Hershey, Penn. Wanigasekara, Zajac and Takatch, all of Winnipeg, have each previously competed twice at the Hershey North American championships.
Wanigasekara, 14, placed first in the 100-metres race, standing long jump and 4x100m relay team. Zajac, 14, placed first in the 200m and 4x100m relay. Takatch, 12, placed first in the 200m and 400m. He was the Hershey North American bronze medallist in the 400m last year.
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Dominique Pereira, a 6-foot-4 setter from Collège Jeanne Sauvé Olympiens, has committed to the University of Winnipeg men’s volleyball program. Pereira, who was the Olympiens’ varsity boys’ team captain and starting setter, was named the 2009 Collège Jeanne Sauvé athlete of the year.
On tap
Manitoba Bowlers will be competing in the 2009 Canadian Masters National Fivepin Bowling Championships in Saskatoon on June 30-July 4. Daily results will be posted on www.saskbowl.com/mastersnationals/html/index.html.