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Young and Lee help Canada to fifth at U19 worlds

On the evening of Monday July 18th, North Vancouvers Chris Zuehlke Field was the setting for the 2011 North Shore Little League Majors finals as Lynn Valley hosted Forest Hills.

WITH provincial championships all wrapped up the field is now set for the 2011 Canadian Little League Championships running Aug. 6-13 at North Vancouver's Chris Zuehlke Park.

NORTH Vancouver's Seymour Golf and Country Club hosted its 2011 Charity Invitational tournament on July 7.

NORTH Vancouver's Philip Bester withdrew from the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open on the eve of the tournament, citing a wrist injury. Bester pulled out on Friday, one day before the qualifying rounds began at West Vancouver's Hollyburn Country Club.

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Little League nationals start on Saturday

North Vancouvers Emily Oxland and Katie Wuttunee both played key starting roles for Team British Columbia as they rolled to gold at the National Team Challenge Cup played July 19-24 in Winnipeg. B.C.

North Vancouver's Lindsey Butterworth claimed a silver medal in the 1,500-metre race at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships last weekend in Miramar, Fla., ending her junior career with her second major podium placing in one month.