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What a wonderful opportunity to be part of the BC Summer Games with Aidan Ansell. He achieved 4th in both discus and shot put. His shining moment though was in hammer. He threw a personal best of 44.52m, which secured him the silver medal!!
Excellent work, and well done, Aidan! – Coach Sean
Our Valley Royals U16 members of the distance group had the time of their lives this past week at the British Columbia Summer Games, in Prince George. Representing the East Fraser Valley, our crew rose to the occasion yet again and represented themselves and their hometowns with pride. From a fantastic opening ceremony with eight thousand people in the arena, to multiple scheduled events and community activities planned for the approximately 4000 athletes and team staff, the city of Prince George outdid themselves and were wonderful hosts to our young athletes – giving them a time they will never forget. Running against the best competition our province had to offer, our Valley Royals distance group had the best showing of any club in British Columbia.
So very, very, well done to you all and I am so proud of each and every one of you. – Coach Scott
Excellent work by members of the Valley Royals power/speed group on July 21-24 at the BC Summer Games, in Prince George.
Gurpartap Sandhu posted a huge personal best score in the gruelling pentathlon thanks to personal best performances in the 80 meter hurdles, long jump, shot put and 800. Gurpartap also helped her 4 x 100 relay team to a very respectable 5th place finish.
Evan Booth excelled in the jumps posting a season best performance in the high jump to place 16th, a personal best in the triple jump of 10.65 to finish 9th and strong showing in the pole vault to capture the bronze medal. Evan also helped his Zone 3 team to a 5th in the 4 x 100 relay.
Charlie Franson ran a personal best time in the 200 to place 18th. He was stronger in the field placing 12th in the discus and, with a massive throw of 38.96meters, Charlie claimed the silver medal.
Despite a punishing schedule of four races in a few short hours, Luke Wight made the final in both the 300 meter hurdles placing 5th and the flat 300 placing 8th. The next day, on a set of very tired legs, Luke pulled out a personal best in the triple jump of 10.96 to finish 8th.
After this, Luke could barely walk, so a big special thanks to Sam May of the middle distance crew for stepping in to take Luke’s spot on the 4 x 400 relay team which went on to capture the gold for Zone 3.
Special thanks also to Kathy Andrews and Sheri Hall for coaching the Zone 3 team.
A shout out to all of the games organizers, volunteers, officials and to the beautiful city of Prince George for putting on such an amazing summer games. – Coach Trevor
Gurpartap Sandhu
Evan Booth
Charlie Franson
Luke Wight
Congratulations to Sam May for being selected by BC athletics to compete for Team BC at the Canadian U16 and U18 National Championships in Sherbrook, Quebec. On August 5 – 7th, Sam will compete in the 1500m steeplechase event, for which he is currently ranked in the top three in the country, and the 2000m event in the U16 category.
Well done Sam and best of luck in Quebec!! – Coach Scott
Valley Royals athletes had an excellent showing both on the track and on the field this past Saturday at the Langley Pacific Invitational. There were numerous personal bests and gold-medal winning performances. Here are the Royals’ gold-medal winners:
There were many other great performances. Most importantly, Royals athletes came together as team, worked together and had fun in the process. From here, Royals athletes now turn their training towards the final push of the season as they prepare for the provincial championships and/or BC Summer Games in July.
Well done everyone. – Coach Trevor
I truly believe that every one of our athletes who competed this weekend is a champion. -Coach Scott
Valley Royals power/speed athletes brought their A-game to the BC High School Track and Field Championships this past weekend, in Langley. In all, six Royals athletes competed in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and relays. I am very proud of the hard work they’ve put in this past year. Ry Trustham placed 25th in the senior boys 400.
In the grade 8 division, Emily Tinsley place 17th in the long jump and 8th in the high jump. Emily also ran two strong legs in both relays with her 4 x 100 team placing 13th and her 4x 400 team capturing 5th. Also in the grade 8 division, Gurpartap Sandhu placed 16th in the 400 and 7th in the long jump. Gurpartap’s 4 x 400 team captured provincial bronze medal in the girls 4 x 400 relay. Luke Wight had massive personal best of 45.16 in the junior boys 300meter hurdles claiming 9th. Luke and teammate Arie Wassenaar placed 24th in the junior boys 4 x 100 relay. Though both only in grade 9, Luke and Arie moved up to the senior boys division in the 4 x 400 relay and claimed 13th with their team.
Sanaa Musonge was the performer of the meet with two huge personal bests. She joined the 26-point club in the 200 to capture 6th in the junior girls division with a time of 26.97. In the junior girls 100, Sanaa joined the 12 second club running 12.82 in the finals to claim the provincial bronze medal. As far as we know, Sanaa’s bronze is the first medal by a female athlete from her school (Robert Bateman Secondary) in at least 10 years (if not in her school’s history) as well as the first medal by a Royals athlete in the sprints in quite some time.
Well done team. – Coach Trevor