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caption:Kyle Petty of Brampton competes in the shot put event during the 2008 Ontario ParaSport Summer games at Birchmount Stadium July 26.
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caption:Greg Wilson, left, and James MacGowan use a little body language during a shot while team mate Malcolm Whyte looks on at the Agincourt Lawn Bowling Club's District 12 Playdowns in Lawn Bowling Sunday.
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caption:Tecumseh's Kuran Lucas, left, Joseph Howe's Nathaniel Bailey and John McCrae's Khaseen Ambersley high-step to the finish during the Scarborough region elementary school track and field hurdle finals Tuesday at Birchmount Stadium. Kuran won the race.
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caption:Crispin Duenas, left, and Alana MacDougall join the competition during the Ontario Spring Classic archery event in Woodlands Parks Saturday. Duenas was trying to qualify for the Beijing Olympics, while MacDougall was attempting to qualify for the...
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BRIEFS
Scarborough bowler finishes 29th at world event
The Canadian girls' tenpin bowling team finished 9th at the World Youth Championships in Orlando, Florida.Scarborough's Jennifer Besana was one of the four members on the girl's team.
Canada was in first place at the end of day one in the competition, but a slow start in games four and five left them 132 pins behind fourth and the final qualifying position.
Korea won gold and Japan earned silver.
Besana finished as the top Canadian in the Masters event at 3603 in 29th place.
Swimmers head to Mexico for championship
Two Scarborough swimmers will be competing at the 2nd FINA World Junior Championship in Monterrey, Mexico from July 8 to 13.Scott Jessett, 18, and Paige Schultz, 16, are members of Swimming Canada's 24-member junior team.
The competition features the world's best developing swimmers and future Olympians for female athletes aged 14 to 17 and males 15 to 18 years old.
Jessett is a distance freestyle swimmer who swims for the Scarborough Swim Club. He placed 7th at the 2008 Olympic trials in the 1500m freestyle.
Schultz is a individual medley (IM) specialist who swims for the Toronto Swim Club. She placed 6th at the 2008 Olympic trials in the 200m IM.
Four Scarborough squads reach Robbie finals
Four Scarborough teams managed to make it to the final round of the 42nd annual Robbie International Soccer Tournament.However, in all four cases the local squads had to settle for second place honours.
The Robbie tournament, held last weekend, has raised more than $1 million for Cystic Fibrosis research. Teams from across Canada and around the world, including Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago, the Unied States, Alberta and Quebec competed in this year's tournament.
The North Scarborough Bulldogs U11 boys played their championship game against East York United Football Club and lost with a final score of 3-1. Benny Ampofo was the goal scorer for the Bulldogs.
In the U13 girls division, the Scarborough United Fury 1 made it to the finals and lost 4-1 against the Oakville Hurricane '95. Tiffany Smith scored the Fury's only goal.
The Wexford Wolverines U14 girls competed in the championship game against Newmarket United and lost 3-0.
In the U18 boys division, Scarborough Blizzard 1 lost 2-1 against the Brampton East Ruffriders. Ruffin Lumbria scored for the Blizzard.
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