Shamrocks ousted
It’s wait until next year for the West Island Shamrocks. The Longueuil Patriotes swept the Dorval-based Quebec Junior Lacrosse League team in three straight games in a best-of-five semifinal series.
Head coach George Martin’s boys dropped last Wednesday night’s opener 9-4 in Longueuil, before coming out on the short end of a 5-2 decision last Friday night at the Dorval Arena. Jason Martin and Thomas Morse lit the lamp for the Shamrocks, who went on to lose 9-4 on Sunday night in game three.The Shamrocks earned the right to play in the semifinal after sweeping their best-of-three quarter-final series against the Valleyfield Astérix in two straight games. They defeated the Astérix 8-2 on July 19 at the Dorval Arena before registering a 4-3 victory the next night in Valleyfield.
Local paddlers off
to world championships
The Pointe Claire Canoe Club held a send-off party recently for two of its elite competitors who are off to Europe to compete in the upcoming Senior World Sprint Canoe Championships in Duisburg, Germany, Aug. 8-12. Pointe Claire resident Thomas Hall will compete in canoeing while Andrew Willows will paddle a kayak, with births on the Canadian canoeing and kayaking team that will compete in next summer’s Olympics in Beijing on the line.
Weather: Montreal, July 19th 2008 / 20°C
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