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NORTH Vancouver's Ben Maxwell signed a one-year free agent contract with the Winnipeg Jets last weekend, joining the relocated NHL franchise in moving from Atlanta to the Manitoba city for the 2011-12 season.

WEST Vancouver golfer David Rose shot a final round two-under-par 70 to clinch the 109th British Columbia Amateur Championship played last weekend at The Dunes at Kamloops course.

TWO players and one coach from North Shore schools helped the British Columbia under-18 provincial team win bronze at the 2011 Football Canada Cup tournament held July 9-15 in Lethbridge, Alta.

Wong aims to make cut at PGA's Canadian Open

NORTH Vancouver's Lindsey Butterworth raced to the biggest win of her athletics career earlier this month, claiming gold at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships held in Winnipeg

HANDSWORTH secondary's old killer combination of Diana Lee and Kristjana Young will unite once more to help Team Canada fight for basketball glory at the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championships for Women scheduled for July 21-31 in Puerto Montt, ChileYoung

NORTH Shore teams in a number of sports travelled around B.C. for provincial championship tournament in early July and many came home with hard-earned medals for their efforts

In five previous visits to the B.C. Amateur Championship, West Vancouver's David Rose had made the cut four times but never finished any higher than tied for 22nd.