A42 - North Shore News - Wednesday, July 17, 2013
SPORT field notes
Parry stays hot as PGA event looms
NORTH Vancouver golfer Bryn Parry continued his scorching summer, scoring a playoff win over pro Adam Hadwin in the Chilliwack Open played July 6-7 at Chilliwack Golf Club.
The win came just one week after Parry won the PGA of Canada Championship, a victory that earned him a spot in the 2013 RBC Canadian Open. In Chilliwack Parry threw down the gauntlet in the first round, tying the competitive course record of 63 in a round that included eight birdies over the final 13 holes. Popular pro Hadwin responded in Round 2, notching the low round of the day with a five-under 66 that included a birdie on the final hole to force a playoff.
The pair then went shot-for-shot through three holes before Parry finally won it on the fourth playoff hole — played on No. 18 — where he escaped from trouble off the tee by wrapping his second shot around a tree and onto the fringe and then knocking a chip within two feet of the cup. Hadwin, meanwhile, missed an eightfooter for par, leaving Parry to tap in for the win. The victory, Parry’s fifth Chilliwack Open title, earned the Seymour Creek Golf Centre pro a $2,000 prize as well as valuable points in the Vancouver Golf Tour Order of Merit list. The Order of Merit winner will earn a bonus $2,500 cheque sending them to the PGA QSchool of their choice. Parry will tee it up in the Canadian Open PGA event scheduled for July 25-28 at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont.
••• North Vancouver’s James Elson reached new heights on the global stage recently, setting a personal best in high jump at the IAAF World Youth Championships held in Donetsk, Ukraine. Elson cleared 2.04 metres, topping his old personal best by one centimeter. It wasn’t enough, however, to move him on to the final round of the event. The NorWesters Track and Field Club member is entering his Grade 12 year at Argyle secondary. He won the provincial high school championship in high jump and finished second in triple jump as a Grade 11 student this year. — Compiled by Andy Prest Email information about your upcoming sporting event or results from recent competitions to aprest@nsnews.com.
Depth on the mound and at the plate From page 40
not having Lachlan’s bat in the lineup but we’ve got so much depth in our lineup it just comes down to playing defence.” Smith isn’t a one-man show on the mound either — starters Brandon Chernoff and Clark Grisbrook didn’t put up gaudy win totals like Smith did but both posted excellent stats throughout the season. Grisbrook, a power pitcher, stuck out 72 batters in 73.2 innings while posting an excellent 2.09 ERA. Chernoff, a sinker/slider pitcher, had an ERA of 1.80. “On any given day all three of those guys can beat anybody in the league,” said Bauck. “It’s nice to have that high-end depth. Usually in the premier league you get a couple of guys that are pretty good, but in our situation we have three guys that are really good.”
Those three starting pitchers have Bauck feeling good about the team’s chances in the playoffs. “Any time that you can run out there with top-three arms like we have it’s going to give you a chance to win,” he said. “The first round is always tough to get through because everybody has one or two arms that can beat you. But if you get through the first round and you have some pitching depth, like we do . . . we look really good matching up at the final four.” The Twins will know by today who they’ll be facing in the opening round series. Games this weekend at North Vancouver’s Parkgate Park are tentatively scheduled for noon Saturday with Game 2 to follow as the end of a doubleheader. Game 3, if necessary, will be played Sunday with a tentative start time of noon. Visit northshoretwins.com or bcpbl.com for confirmation of the Twins’ playoff game times and opponent.
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Prep work
EVAN Currie (left) helps Handsworth secondary head football coach Jay Prepchuk get set for the Jay Prepchuk New Directions football camp scheduled for July 22-26 at William Griffin turf field. The new camp is for boys and girls of all skill levels born between 1999 and 2004. For more information email nsfootballacademy@gmail.com or call 604-929-8404.
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