Capital News Thursday, June 21, 2012
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SPORTS
Royal Cup playoff results Mini Cup battle The following are the results from the third round of the Royal Cup men’s soccer playoffs: • Euro FC defeated Attitude 7-1. Brandon McLeod scored a hat-trick, Alex MacNaul and TimWalsh scored two each. Dave Trifunov scored the only goal for Attitude FC. • Invisi-Bulls over Baxters 3-2. On a very windy Father’s Day, the much older Baxter’s division 3A team played Invisibulls. Baxter’s opened the scoring mid-way through the first half on a penalty kick from Axel Chinyanta. Late in the
half, Invisibulls Adam Schwarz responded with two. Early in the second, Baxter’s Andrew Wedderburn shot was carried by the wind past a surprised Bulls goaltender. With five minutes left in the third, Invisibulls scored the game winner to advance to the next round. • Yolo FC beat LC Athletic FC 6-4. Spencer Brown scored twice while Yolo MVP Taylor Turik, set up three goals. • Subcity/Executive Flooring shutout Gunners FC 7-0. Damir Vodopic scored three goals, while
Bostijan Brokovic added two in the win. • Iris Optometry Wave FC downed LCSC Old Milwaukees 4-1. Nic Race slipped one in the bottom corner early in the first half for Wave. LCSC scored on a partial breakaway about 15 minutes later before Iris finished it off with another three goals. • FBFC beat the Warthogs 2-0. • Lifeworks Chiropractic vs Internazionale, and Topline Selections against NC Lakers had their games postponed until June 24.
Challenge alumni get together Falcons from A24
CHALLENGE ALUMNI… The Okanagan Challenge will host their annual alumni game, the Tasker Cup, on Sunday at the Apple Bowl. Game time is 2 p.m. The current Challenge team will take on mem-
bers of past Okanagan PCSL teams. A special guest attending the game will be Ian Bridge, a former member of the Challenge, former national team coach and a World Cup competitor. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for students seven to 17, and children
under six are admitted free. Any players of the Central Okanagan Youth Soccer district who come to the game wearing their team jersey get in free. After the Tasker Cup, there is a dinner and silent auction at Dakoda’s Sports Bar and Grill. Tickets are $20.
The spotlight was on the Okanagan’s youngest soccer players on Sunday as the Rutland Youth Soccer Association hosted its annual Mini World Cup tournament. Close to 600 players on 48 teams from Kelowna and area, Vernon and Kamloops competed in the day-long event at Rutland sports fields which featured the U6 to U10 age groups. The teams each chose a country to represent during the tournament, with Canada being the most represented of all nations. Among 21 other countries represented were Italy, Germany, Croatia, Portugal, the Netherlands, USA, Brazil and Argentina. The tournament has been running since the mid-1990s and gives local youngsters their day in the sun. “There’s no other tournvament around here like it,” said Sheri Corrie, the organizer of the Mini World Cup. “It’s the one day a year the younger
kids can play and get out there an enjoy themselves, and have their own event. A lot of people I talked to said what a good time they had and how they wish there were more tournaments like it.” No scores were kept and all players received a miniature World Cup trophy. There was also a parade of all the players at noon, with the various anthems of the countries being played during the procession. Next up on the local soccer scene is the Kelowna Canada Day Youth Soccer Tournament, which will be held over the long weekend at Rutland, the Mission, RSS, Rutland middle and Rutland elementary schools. This year’s tourney— the eighth annual—will be the largest yet with 130 teams from B.C., Alberta and the Yukon competing in the U11 to U18 age groups. Medals will be handed out to the top three teams in each category.
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THE WEST Kelowna Wolves and West Kelowna Tigers battle for possession of the ball during the Central OkanaganYouth Soccer Association’s Mini World Cup Sunday at the Rutland Sports Fields.
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