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2011: The year in sports — July

A look back at some of the top sports stories in July
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Cathy Sinclair (left to right), George de Jonge and Taylor Sinclair teamed up to win the Calgary Stampede’s team cattle penning competition in July.

• The Langley Olympians Swim Club puts on an impressive display at the AA provincial championships. The club is led by Meredith Clark, who wins five gold medals in the pool.

Joshua Kim wins gold and silver, and Avery Martin wins a gold.

• Ben Walter signs a free agent deal with the Calgary Flames organization.

• Nicole Ratel takes advantage of her father's British heritage to suit up for Great Britain's junior national fastpitch team.

• Tyler Eckford inks a free agent deal with the Phoenix Coyotes organization.

• Langley United's U13 boys' soccer team captures the provincial title after extinguishing the Kamloops Blaze 3-0.

• Kim Roman represents Canada at the U23 world women's rowing championships, helping the team win gold and setting a new world record in the process.

• The family trio of George de Jonge, Cathy Sinclair and Taylor Sinclair combined to win the Calgary Stampede's team cattle penning competition.

• Django Lovett wins silver in the Canadian junior national track and field championships. His jump earns him a spot on Canada's Pan American junior team, but a foot injury forced him to miss that competition.

• Robert Gallaugher wins bronze at the Canadian track and field championships in the long jump.

• The Langley Thunder wins the peewee A2 provincial lacrosse championship, the first time a Langley Minor Lacrosse Association squad has ever won gold at the A level.

• The Langley Chaos reigns at the provincial championships, winning the bantam C fastball provincial title.

• At the B.C. AAA long course provincial swimming championships, Langley Olympians' HIllary Metcalfe leads the way, capturing four gold medals.

As a group, the local swim club wins eight gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals.

Justin Schramm wins two gold and four bronze medals, while Martha Metcalfe wins a gold, silver and two bronze.

Siobahn Board (gold), Chelsea Borrowdale (silver, two bronze), Renae Ledoux (silver and bronze) and Robyn Nakano (bronze) also medal.

Hannah Weinkauf, Ledoux, Borrowdale and Nakano team up and win a pair of silver medals in the relay events.

• The Langley Thunder wins silver at the bantam C provincial lacrosse championships.

• The Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club wins nine gold medals at the B.C. provincial track and field championships.

Fernando Martinez wins a gold and two bronze, while Carolyn Sutherland and Jesse Lynch each win a gold and a silver, Jacob Houlton has a gold and a bronze and Adam Osborne wins a pair of silvers.

Other winners included: Robert Gallaugher, Shelby Smithson, Alvin Los, Jessica Tan and Georgia Ellenwood all winning gold, while Jude Klassen, Eli Kastelein and Timothy Hargreaves win silver, and Emma Smithson and Taylor Neveu win bronze.

• The Fraser Valley Fusion 97 win the rep A peewee fastpitch title.

• The Langley Rams junior football club debuts at McLeod Park. The football team was located in Surrey for the past 60 years. In their first season playing out of McLeod Park, the team advances to the league championship game.

• The Lower Fraser Valley All-Stars win the senior (15/16) provincial Little League championship.

• The Fraser Valley Fusion 99 win bronze at the squirt A provincial fastpitch championships.

• The Fast and Furious, a competitive women's Dragonboat team from the Fort Langley Canoe Club, qualifies for the world championships in Hong Kong in 2012 after placing second at the national championships.

• At the age group national swimming championships, Langley Olympians' Hillary Metcalfe wins two gold, a silver and a bronze at the meet. Teammate Justin Schramm won a bronze.