News from British Columbia
By Donna Choo, British Columbia Provincial Co-ordinatorBritish Columbia had an exciting start to 2010 with Vancouver-Whistler hosting the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. High emotions and fun were experienced by all. This exuberance was carried over to our provincial Reach for the Top competitions.
This season, over 30 schools participated at the Senior and/or Junior/Intermediate levels of Reach for the Top. The highlight of each year are the annual provincial tournaments.
On March 26th, the Junior/Intermediate Provincial Tournament was held at Sutherland Secondary (North Vancouver), where seventeen schools competed for the championship. Thank you to Ray Boucher, Jennifer Bermudez, and their student volunteers for hosting and organizing the event. After a series of seeding games, the 16 highest scoring schools proceeded to the championship rounds.
The B.C. Intermediate Reach for the Top champion is St. George’s School (Vancouver), who were awarded the school trophy and gold medal. Second place went to Kitsilano Secondary (Vancouver) and third place to Burnaby North Secondary (Burnaby). Congratulations to all the teams!
The 2010 B.C. Reach for the Top Provincial Championship (Senior level) was held on April 16th at Windermere Secondary School (Vancouver). Many thanks to Maggie Przyborowska and her crew of students and parents, for running the competition and for organizing the thirty-two schools that attended the tournament. An initial round of 5 games are played for ranking the schools, with the 16 highest scoring teams continuing to the championship rounds. The excitement and enthusiasm of the students were felt throughout the quarter-final and semi-final games. It was a pleasure to watch them play.
The tournament ended on a real “nail-biter”. The scores were very close between the two competing schools throughout the final game. By a margin of 10 points, the 2010 B.C. Reach for the Top Provincial Champion is Sir Winston Churchill Secondary (Vancouver), who received the school trophy and gold medal for a “threepeat” win. Silver went to St. George's School (Vancouver) and bronze to Burnaby North Secondary (Burnaby). Congratulations to all of the players of the winning teams!
It has been a very exciting and enjoyable year of pursuing knowledge. Thank you to all the students, their parents, and the team coaches for making this a most successful year for Reach for the Top in B.C.
Congratulations to Champion, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School team members Marc Hewitt, Richard Wang, Justin Choi, Andrew Wang, Jason Lin, Iris Luo, Iugene Ma, and Coach Donna Choo.
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