|
 |
Welcome to Sportswave! Sportswave is owned and operated independently by Steve Erickson of Delta, British Columbia. Sportswave is dedicated on the promotion of Amateur sports within British Columbia. Regardless of where you travel, play or live, send a story and/or photo on your Team/Organization/Association or Individual(s) who help make sports in your area - the best it can be! If you would like to have your business or sports event broadcast live on the Internet 2 the "WORLD" - let Sportswave help show you how. Remember to visit the Gallery for a look at great photo taken by Laird or Justin. "If You Don't Play Sport - At Least Be ONE! E-mail: sportswave@dccnet.com Sportswave - the True "Friend" of Amateur Sports! Sunday 05 February 2012 Mr. Hockey - Gordie Howe Visit's The Giants Home by Nolte/Erickson  Jordan Martinook completed a Gordie Howe “hat trick” on the night that "Mr. Hockey" himself was honoured by the Giants. All 8,115 fans welcomed Gordie Howe in which the game featured the BC Division leading Blazers go down to defeat. The Giants hammered seven goals on the night which saw Martinook manage a three point night with a pair of goals and an assist. He completed the “hat trick” with a fight taking on Brady Gaudet which saw the club ran it's winning streak to two games against the top two teams in the Western Conference. This only helps build confidence as they head into a stretch of 7 games in 13 days, which include five on the road and two on home ice.Vancouver lead 3-1 after the opening period scoring 56 seconds in which saw Vetterl beat Cheveldave with assists going to Franson and Kulak. They popped in another while on the PP at 3:53 as Kulak beat Cheveldave with a mere 2 seconds left the Kamloops Minor. Burns added to the lead at 7:17 converting a wrap around again beating Cheveldave giving assists to Martinook and Vannieuwenhuizen. The Blazers had several great close-in chances only to be stopped by Adam Morrison who managed huge saves to preserve the lead.Kamloops showed why they are #1 as they peppered shots at Morrison which eventually paid dividens seeing them score shorthanded as Willick finally beat Morrison with 6:51 left in the 1st. Mashmeyer and Blazer’s “tender” Cheveldave drew assists cutting lead to 3-1. At intermission shots were 12 - 12. The second saw Colin Smith cut the lead to 3-2 a short 1:32 in with assists going to Mashmeyer (second of the night) and Bozon. They tied the game at three (3) scoring four minutes and 39 seconds later as Balson beat Morrison and Mashmeyer managed to record his third helper on the night. Vancouver’s Gallagher added to his total as he put the Giants up 4-3 scoring at 8:30 taking a pass from Franson and Manning, again taking the lead in the contest. Martinook followed that with a goal three minutes and 11 seconds later with his first of two goals on the night extending the lead to 5-3 on an solo effort beating Cheveldave on the glove side.Kamloops got one back before the end of the period as Ully scored with 1:38 remaining in the period to make it 5-4. With both clubs heading to the third; shots in the middle frame were 12-7 for the Blazers, who held a 24-19 edge after two.Vancouver restored the two goal lead as Burns got his second at 4:42 taking a pass from Vetterl and Makin to go up 6-4. Cheveldave was solid despite giving up a half dozen goals at the stage of the game coming up huge with key stops to keep his team in the game. Ranford cut the Giants lead to a one goal as he put one past Morrison at 9:08 cutting the lead to a 6-5 margin.The Blazers ran into some late penalty concerns which included a Martinook scrap with Gaudet which completed his official “Gordie Howe hat trick”. Vancouver got the insurance goal as Martinook scored his second of the night cutting the Giants lead to 7-5 which did prove to be the winner.Shots in the third had both teams tied at 12. Overall shots in the game were 36-31 which saw Morrison recorded his 26th of the season. In the Blazers end Cole Cheveldave lost just his 8th of the year and played spectacular.With the victory the Giants improve to 30-19-1-1 second in the BC Division with 62 points, while the Blazers who sit at the top of the division post a record of 36-12-1-3 with 75 points. Vancouver rides the bus for a pair of games against the Winterhawks on Saturday and Monday before returning home. This game see’s Everett Silver Tips visit the PNE where the game time 7:30pm.
CDI Premier League Round 4 by A. Smith  Burnaby Lake Rugby Club (4-0) downed the UVic Vikes (1-3) by a convincing 41-12 score line on Saturday afternoon and continued their perfect record in Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League play. Canadian Direct Insurance Premier League - Sat. February 4th: Meraloma Rugby Club 56(+1) - 0 Abbotsford RFC UBCOB Ravens 19 - 37(+1) Castaway Wanderers RFC James Bay AA 6 - 23 Capilano RFC UVic Vikes 12 - 41(+1) Burnaby Lake Rugby Club Burnaby 41, UVic 12 Burnaby came out firing and capitalized on a number of UVic penalties in the opening minutes. Results: Ceili's Cup League (Tier 1 First Division) - Sat. February 4thBurnaby's scrum half Geoff Ryan converted two quick penalties and with the 6-0 lead, had the Vikes on the back foot early. Burnaby were relentless in the opening half punishing the Vikes for several scrum and breakdown infractions. The league's top try-scorer Jeke Gotegote crossed over twice. Gough dotted down and combined with three straight conversions by Ryan, Burnaby were up 27-0 at the half. After the break, the Vikes found their footing and second row Brett Beukeboom punched in a try to make it 27-5. Burnaby responded with some impressive rolling maul work to eventually see Nathan Mantle barrel through for the score. Fighting for the bonus point in the second half, the Vikes saw Chase Kelliher finish off a series of fluid back plays to cross over. Freshman Pat Kay kicked the conversion to make it 34-12. Burnaby produced their fifth and final try, grinding down the UVic defence before spinning it wide to Giuseppe Laudisio, who crossed over to make it 39-12. Ryan tacked on his fifth conversion to round out the scoring at 41-12. The victory marked the first time Burnaby had defeated UVic in Premier League play since April 4th, 2008 when they downed the students 25-22 at Wallace Field. Around the league Across town on the North Shore, reigning Lower Mainland champions Capilano RFC (3-1) were at home to Vancouver Island champs James Bay AA (3-1). Fresh off a 25-0 drubbing at the hands of Burnaby last weekend, Capilano were in top form on Saturday, defeating the Bays 23-6. The loss was James Bay's first of 2012 and marks the first time the Island champs were held without a try this season. Capilano's tries were recorded by Nate Rees and Glen McKinnon. Caps scrum half Matt Yanagiya led all scorers with 13 points, slotting three penalties and two conversions. James Bay's two penalties were both converted by Dan Kilpatrick. Next Saturday, James Bay will look to rebound against the UVic Vikes at MacDonald Park, while Capilano are at home to the UBCOB Ravens. Over on Vancouver Island, reigning provincial champions Castaway Wanderers (3-1) ran in seven tries to down the UBCOB Ravens (1-3) 37-19 at Windsor Park. Brian Mackenzie recorded two tries for CW, with tallies also scored by Mack Poole, Jason Burt, Kenny Goodland, Johnny Morris and Matt Buckley. Pita Savea kicked the conversion to round out the scoring. The Ravens offence was led by kicker Dan Wainright who recorded four penalties and a conversion for 14 points. Ian Manly recorded the Raven's only try. Next up, the Castaway Wanderers head to the Lower Mainland on February 11th for a rematch of the 2011 Rounsefell Cup final against Meraloma Rugby Club. The Meralomas (1-3) will be riding high off their 56-0 bonus point victory Abbotsford RFC (0-4) today. Abby, meanwhile, are at home to Burnaby at CFV Exhibition Park. Meraloma Rugby Club 52(+1) - 13 Abbotsford RFC UBCOB Ravens 0 - 55(+1) Castaway Wanderers RFC James Bay AA 12 - 60(+1) Capilano UVic Norsemen 13 - 25 Burnaby Lake Rugby Club
Friday 03 February 2012 2012 Basketball BC Hall of Fame Inductees  Congratulations to the following individuals for the dedication they have given to Basketball BC for the past years and all the success in the future.Tracie McAra (Sibbald) ATHLETE
Thursday 02 February 2012 Brain Injury Prevention In Team Sports In Canada - A GREAT READ!!!! ThinkFirst Canada is pleased to announce their collaboration with The Canadian Centre for Ethics and Sport, Coaching Association of Canada, Hockey Canada on a national project aimed at reducing brain injuries in team sports in Canada as part of the federal government’s Active and Safe Initiative. Despite their ability to positively influence the health and well-being of Canadians, sports activities contribute to a significant number of injuries among children and youth, yet many of those injuries are predictable and preventable. With the support of the Public Health Agency of Canada, the project partners will work together to reduce injuries, particularly as it relates to brain injuries and concussions, while creating the conditions for active and safer play throughout the Canadian sport system. The project will produce an increased national awareness of head injury and concussion know-how, targeting coaches, trainers, educators, health professionals, community leaders, parents and athletes. Each project partner brings a unique network, reach, expertise, and set experiences to the initiative that will combine to effectively reach Canadians across a broad geographic scope and will provide opportunities to engage a host of individuals through active engagement opportunities and to train those who directly administer the sport experience to millions of children and youth across Canada. Overall, the project partners’ combined efforts will contribute to creating awareness, building capacity, engaging communities and their citizens as well as educating and training those who deliver sports through activities that focus on brain injury and concussion prevention and treatment using a common, united, consistent and reliable message. To view the news release issued on January 2012 :http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/media/nr-rp/2012/2012_0119-eng.php http://thinkfirst.ca/aboutus/documents/IPAnnoucement-TFCreleaseJanuary19thFINAL.pdf Example of coverage: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/19/pol-concussion-funding. htmlhttp://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/concussion-prevention-programs-get-dollar15m-from-feds-3 http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/2012/01/27/helmet-concussions.html
Kingsbury Nails World Record - 6 Wins Mikael Kingsbury matched the FIS Freestyle record here on the 2002 Olympic course tonight with his sixth-straight mogul win and a score of 25.90. “I think that was my most satisfying win of my career,” said the 19-year-old, explaining, “In Deer Valley it’s like the Super Bowl of skiing. It’s a hard course, it’s a night event and there’s a huge crowd. I’m so stoked to win here.” Kingsbury, who qualified second to his teammate Alex Bilodeau, also skied second in the Super Final, behind Bilodeau. “It was good for me to have this order, I could see Alex ski and he was going so fast he was like a runaway train and it just motivated me to ski hard,” said the Deux-Montagnes native. With the win, Kingsbury matched the American Jeremy Bloom’s 2005 record of most men’s mogul World Cup wins in a row, at six. Olympic Champion Bilodeau, who has been on partial hiatus this year, competing only in select events, took the silver medal tonight with a score of 25.60. “With all the new things I’ve been working on in my training; trying to improve my turns and go even faster, I am not feeling 110 percent comfortable yet,” said Bilodeau. “So I was happy with my finals run where I nailed my turns and both my jumps. But, in the super final I made a couple of mistakes in the middle section and I had too much speed and was a bit out of control, but even with that I came second, so I’m happy with where I’m going,” said Bilodeau, who hails from Rosemere, Que. and is currently focusing on his business school studies as much as his mogul skiing. Vinjar Slatten of Norway was third at 25.05 and American Patrick Deneen was fourth at 23.82. Marc-Antoine Gagnon of Terrebonne, Que. finished the night in 5th spot; Cedric Rochon of St. Sauveur was 9th and Philippe Marquis of Quebec City was 11th. Canadian men who did not make finals included Langley, B.C.’s Eddie Hicks who was 18th and Pierre-AlexandreRousseau of Drummondville, Que. who was 41st. On the women’s side, the Canadians were shut out of the super final and the night belonged to American Hannah Kearney who won her 13th-straight World Cup with a score of 25.21. Heather McPhie, also of the US, was second at 24.77 and Australia’s Britney Cox won her first FIS Freestyle medal in third place at 22.84 – it was Australia’s first women’s moguls medal in World Cup history. Heidi Kloser of the US rounded out the super final with a score of 14.94 after a fall. Montreal’s Chloe Dufour-Lapointe was the top Canadian in fifth spot. She said she was very happy with her finish here because she has been working with new coaches and working on revamping many details in her skiing, particularly her turn technique. Other Canadian women in the final included Quebec City’s Audrey Robichaud who was 7th; Spruce Grove, Alta’s Chelsea Henitiuk who was 8th; and, Montreal’s Maxime Dufour-Lapointe in 14th. Montreal’s Justine Dufour-Lapointe did not make finals, she was 23rd. World Cup action continues here with an aerials event on Friday and dual moguls on Sunday, where Kingsbury will have a chance to create a record of most FIS Mogul World Cup wins in a row for a man.
Tuesday 31 January 2012 LIAM FIRUS, CAELEN DALMER, SHANE FIRUS SHINE AT THE CANADIAN FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS  North Vancouver brothers Liam and Shane Firus excelled at this past weekend’s Canadian Figure Skating Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick with Liam placing 6th in Senior Men’s singles and Shane and his partner Burnaby’s Caelen Dalmer placing 7th in Junior Dance. Liam, who skated in the final flight with 5 time Canadian and World Champion Patrick Chan, put on an impressive show qualifying him for the Junior World Championships in Minsk, Belarus February 28 to March 4, 2012.Liam Firus (19) is the 2010 Junior Men’s Canadian Champion, placed 3rd in the Junior Men’s Grand Prix International in Sheffield, and recently captured the Silver Medal at the Skate Canada Western Challenge. This will be his second trip to Junior Worlds. He will then continue domestically as a Senior Man working towards a berth on the 2014 Canadian Olympic team. He is attending Capilano University, and training as a full time athlete.Caelen Dalmer, 14, and Shane Firus, 17, were accomplished singles skaters before teaming up in 2008. Over the past two years they have made remarkable progress as a dance team and have attended 2 national championships placing 5th in Pre-Novice and 4th in Novice. In October 2011, as first year Juniors, they were selected to be part of Team Canada and competed on the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Italy. They placed 9th in a strong field of international competitors. This competition continues the strong showing from Vancouver Skating Club members with Port Coquitlam’s 14 year old Alexander Lawrence 7th place finish in the Pre-Novice National final in Regina. The Vancouver Skating Club was founded in 1934 is a non-profit organization with over 400 members from across the North Shore and Greater Vancouver. Figure Skaters from 3 to 18 years old train regularly at Karen Magnusson Arena, Canlan Ice Sport North Vancouver, the Vancouver Agrodome and Harry Jerome Recreation Centre. Congratulations on all the success!!
Monday 30 January 2012 Surrey’s Brooke Halvorsen Excelling In Vollyball East of the Rockies by T. James "Oh my gosh, Calgary is so cold!" Great to see local athletes making the next step to success!!That was Brooke Halvorsen's first thought when asked about the move from Metro Vancouver to Calgary, Alberta. The 4th year libero is in her second year with the University of Calgary Dinos, following two seasons atop Burnaby Mountain with the Simon Fraser University Clan." It seems more like a college," Brooke said when comparing SFU to her current campus of over 28,000 students."[The University of Calgary is] a huge university and I feel like I'm really getting the 'grade A' athletic experience," she added. "We have so many fans coming out to all our games and there's so much support from the community!" Brooke is earning herself plenty of court time this year, having started the last 22 sets for the Dinos, who compete against 10 other teams in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association. Her defensive skills have also placed her within the Canada West’s top 25 players in digs per game (2.37). Aside from the frigid winter temperatures in Calgary, Brooke admits she's enjoying her time in Alberta's largest city. However, it's still not quite home."I really miss the water in Surrey," said Brooke, who graduated from Semiahmoo Secondary School. "I love living by the beach," she added. "That's what I miss the most." The Calgary Dinos made just one weekend trip to BC's lower mainland this season which date back to November/11 to play the UBC “Birds”. The Thunderbirds won both matches (3-0, 3-1), so it’s time for payback.This weekend, the U of C Dinos (8-8) will be hosting Langley's Trinity Western University Spartans (12-4). While it's not a trip to the coast, there will at least be a few familiar faces in Calgary. "I have a lot of friends on the [Spartans]," Brooke said of her opposition. With the Dinos sitting in a tie for the 7th and final playoff spot, and just two weeks remaining in the season, they have become important games to win." Our goal is to win nationals, so we have a long way to go before then,” Brooke said. Have a listen to the interview Tim did with her at (http://soundcloud.com/tim-james-audio/interview-with-brooke). Special "thanks" to Tim James who now visits Delta, but works as a new anchor/reporter for SUNNY 94 & KRAZE 101.3 for the LA Radio Group in Lacombe Alberta.
Sunday 29 January 2012 Canada Comes Up Short - US Win's Gold  Canada enters the game and some would say they are the underdog going up against a power-house US squad, but 12 person goes to the crowd. Today’s match is a sell-out, which is second to the one at Commonwealth Stadium in 2003 with a record crowd of 29,953 also listed as a friendly. That was a tune-up match before the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003.Tonight’s attendance set’s a record for CONCACAF Women’s qualifying game with an impressive crowd of 25,427. Soccer Canada is thrilled and General Secretary of the Canadian Soccer Association Peter Montopli stated “this can only help the National program grow in all areas of the game”. Canada advanced to the final with a 3-1 win over Mexico placing 1st in Group A, while the USA defeated Costa Rica 3 nil for a 1st place finish in Group B.The US have an all-time WCQ record of 12 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses (71 GF, 4 GA) with Shutouts in 10 of those games.Entering the game Sinclair is the tournament’s leading scorer with 9 goals, while her and Tancredi each have 3 assists. Canada also managed to qualify for the Olympics in 2008 and now 2012.The match started with Canada on the attack and US keeper Hope Solo playing a dominate role in keeping the US in the game at the start.The last time Canada beat the US was in 2001, so changes were needed to the program. Not that the previous individuals did a bad job, it is simply an understanding for getting better in all areas of the game.Head Coach John Herdman does not necessarily want perfection, but rather a mind-set for improving the calibre they have played with in the past. The US scored the first goal at the four minute mark on a simple cross pass to Morgan who tapped it home.Julian had a great chance only to be stopped by Solo who came well out of the net to challenge the shooter, straight on. Wambach got the second goal by the US as she put a header past a falling McLeod seeing the US take charge. This goal see’s Wambach move to second in the all-time scoring record for US Women’s soccer.Canada had chances, but despite the pressure they never quit, they played hard, had chances, but were just outworked by a strong US team. The consensus in the press box is “at least they qualified, now the works start”. Following the game it was time for the presentations with several young soccer players (all girls) taking to the pitch to help in the closing ceremonies.This tournament only helps the Female program grow for today’s young players for the betterment of the game, thereby helping put Canada on the map. The US outscored all other opponents by a huge margin of 38-0 in all matches.Following the match both Coaches spoke on the game in general. The Head Coach for the US stated "We have so many options. If I look at the bench at the 20 players, there are good players and especially when we play a tournament, our job, is to find the best starting line-up. Today we decided to go not with one of the best players, Lauren Cheney. She hasn't been in the starting line-up. But the combination with Abby and Alex Morgan turned out to be pretty good."Her findings on Alex Morgan being a starter she stated "If we play tomorrow, I would say yes. When we go to the Algarve Cup, I don't know. That's the beauty of the team we have right now. We will change the starting line-up quite a bit. Regardless of who we're picking, it will be a good team. She brought something special today with Abby. Our air presence and speed up top made us look really good today." Head Coach of Canada stated "As the game ran away from us, it was one of those games where we started chasing shadows for a bit. There were some challenges there. We've got to look at ourselves first; the management team and see what we could have done better, whether it was the selections, the order of substitutions, some of the tactics." He continued about playing the US "The first half, everything they hit, hit the back of the net. That's the difference with the U.S. When they're hot, they're hot and we've seen them destroy teams over the last few years. Pia made some great decisions tonight. She put technicians in the fullback positions and all credit to the coach tonight. She picked the right team”.Regardless of the outcome Canada qualified and this alone made the event exceptional to cover.Special thanks to CONCACAF for being so open toward our requests throughout the week. All the best to the National squad in achieving the goals set prior to the outset and we’ll be following from now to the final whistle!!
Canada Qualifies 4 Olympic's by Nolte/Erickson  Canada and the United States reserved their tickets to the 2012 Olympics as both recorded victories Friday Night at BC Place A crowd of 22,954 set a record for Olympic qualifying in Canadian Women's soccer. In the opening game the US defeated Costa Rica 3-0 but score did not indicate how tough it was for the USA. Costa Rica gave them all they could handle forcing the Americans to lose possession in the midfield and half of the pitch. Rodriguez caught them napping but “tender” Hope Solo came to the rescue. The US opened the scoring in the 17th minute on a goal by Tobin Heath who converted a corner kick giving the Americans a 1-0 lead It wasn’t until the 28th minute when Cruz from 28 yards out hit the crossbar but to the delight American “keeper” Solo. In the second half the American coach Pia Sundhage subbed in Alex Morgan for Tobi Heath as the Costa Rica team continued to play some great football. In the 72nd minute Carli Lloyd slotted home a goal after the initial shot bounced off a wall of defenders for Costa Rica beating goalkeeper Julieth Arias giving the American’s a 2-0 lead. Alex Morgan put the finishing touches to the victory in the 89th minute bouncing a ball off a Costa Rica defender finding the back of the net making it at final 3-0 plus giving the US its 5 straight appearances. Canada or Mexico would now have to decide their own fate in the second match of the Semi’s to see who play’s in London. Canada defeated the Mexico in Semi’s in 08 with a 1 nil score to advancing them to the finals, also against the US. In CONCACAF Olympic Tournament with only one spot on the line the US squad beat Canada 2-1 denying Canada any opportunity to play in Beijing China. The second game had just over 23,000 fans on hand to cheer Canada on for the win. Mexico and Canada both had chances in the early going creating some of the best soccer of the tournament to date seeing Melisa Trancedi and Christine Sinclair have chances but the shots were off the target and if it were not for goalkeeper Cecilla Santiago; Canada could have taken an early lead. In the 19th minute Canada's Christine Sinclair opened the scoring on a brilliant set-up from Trancredi and Parker giving her a career high 128th goal. In the 25th minute Sinclair set up Trancedi on a cross pass giving Canada a 2-0 lead. Mexico made adjustments in the second half changing their attack forcing Canada wide and creating spaces in the areas that were not there in the opening half. The Mexican coach Leonardo Cuellar made some key moves in the half substituting at the half Anisa Guajardo for Teresa Noyola and Monica Alvarado for Marylin Diaz adding to the attack John Herman (Canadian Coach) made some subs sending in Kaylyn Kyle and Melanie Booth for Julien Christina and Lauren Sesslemann in the 57th minute which helped Canada move the ball.Mexico did get on the scoreboard in the 67th minute on a great goal from Veronica Perez who fired a shot 25 yards out to the top corner cutting Canada's lead to 2-1.Mexico almost got the equalizer three minutes later on a free kick outside the penalty area and LeBlanc made a stellar save to keep it a 2-1 game.in the 76th minute Melisa Trancedi found Sinclair behind the Mexico defenders to which she chipped the ball into the vacated net for her second of the night and 129th of her career. This tied Abby Wamback of the US giving Canada the clinching goal putting them up 3-1. Candice Chapman played her 100th game for Canada and is just the 9th player to do so. Canada is also on a 10 game undefeated streak in Olympic Qualifying heading into the game against the States at BC Place Stadium. Congratulations to the National team!!
Thursday 26 January 2012 Delta's Kallie O'Hearn Attends NHL All-Star Classic  Delta’s Kallie O'Hearn has perfected her skills and will put them to use at the NHL classic All-Star game in Ottawa.Kallie is only 9 and plays with the atom A2 Sundemons for the North Delta MHA. She has earned a trip to Ottawa to display her skills as she placed 2nd in Canada among girls of her age group. This all taken in a test which included the youth to showcase their skills which included shooting accuracy, passing accuracy, fastest skater as well as the art of stick handling. She posted the highest score in Canada the passing category. Kallie will showcase her skills against four (4) other girls in the finals of the junior skills competition of her age class. Kallie is giving her Dad, (Dan) an early Fathers Day present with a trip to the game. Hope he get’s her classic sweater for her collection.Congratulations to Kallie on her success. I am looking at arranging an interview with her when she returns and gets off cloud 9. What a great experience for any youngster, let alone a 9 year-old. Great Job Kallie!!
Go to page >> |
|
