Despite seven aces from Burnaby’s Felicia Voss-Shafiq, the Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team fell to 0-2 after a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands on Sunday at the Rio Paralympics.
Canada took the first set, but couldn’t build on that momentum (22-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-22).
The 36-year-old software support engineer is competing in her first Paralympics, after debuting with the national team last year at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Voss-Shafiq, who is a double-knee amputee, finished second in Toronto in team scoring with 29 points.
Canadians red-hot on rio hardwood
Canada advanced to the quarterfinals in women’s wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
By beating the host Brazilians 82-49 on Monday, the Canadians drew into the final eight, where they were to meet the Netherlands on Tuesday.
Burnaby’s Amanda Yan has played a key role in the club’s march, counting eight points in an earlier victory over Argentina.
BC collects twin lacrosse silver medals
Team B.C. walked away with a pair of silver at last week’s dual field lacrosse championships in Winnipeg.
The B.C. under-15 boys squad was edged 13-9 by Ontario in the Alumni Cup final, with a similar result fated to the B.C. u18 side in an 11-8 defeat, also at the hands of Ontario, in the First Nations Trophy final.
The u15 squad included Burnaby’s Thomas Vela and New Westminster’s Noah Armitage.
The u18 roster featured New West’s Parker Johnson and Liam MacDonald. Both squads were coached by Bryan Poole.
Gallacher steady in super-senior run
Consistency could just be another tool in John Gallacher’s golf bag.
The Burnaby golfer was steady through four rounds of the Canadian men’s senior golf championship in Niagara Falls, Ont., finishing sixth overall with a one-over 289. He trailed Juno Beach’s Michael Mercier by six shots.
His first three rounds were par-72s; only on Day 4 did Gallacher enter the red, with a 1-over 73.
And with the first two rounds counting towards the national super-senior (65-plus) championship, Gallacher didn’t come home empty handed.
His two-round total of 144 was six strokes better than the nearest challenger, earning him the Canadian super-senior title.
