NORTH Vancouver's Bryn Parry finished second at the PGA Assistants' Championship of Canada played Sept. 18-21 at the Cherry Hill Club in Ridgeway, Ont.
Parry, representing North Vancouver's Seymour Creek Golf Centre, shot seven-underpar 209 in three rounds to finish behind Edmonton's Mike Belbin and his winning score of 11-under 205.
Parry shot 68-68 in the opening two rounds to make it into the last group of the final round but could not close the gap on Bilden, shooting one-over 73 to end the tournament.
Parry's stellar first two rounds pushed team British Columbia - made up of Parry, Edd Boudrea, Josh Fleming and Doug Morgan - to victory in the tournament's inter-zone team competition with Alberta finishing in second, nine shots behind.
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North Vancouver's Devin Rajala was recently awarded the first-ever Frank Reynolds Memorial Bursary in conjunction with the Whistler Spirit Run which took place Sept. 24 at Whistler Olympic Park.
The bursary is to be awarded each fall to a graduating high school student athlete who plans to continue on in athletics at a post-secondary institute.
Reynolds was a longtime running coach and mentor on the North Shore, working with middle-and long-distance racers at the NorWesters Track and Field Club for 17 years.
"I am both honoured and thankful for this award," said Rajala, a graduating Argyle student, in a release. "Frank Reynolds was an inspirational coach who was respected by everyone that knew him. One of my favorite quotes from Frank, 'Focus on the process not the outcome,' demonstrated his knowledgeable approach to the sport. He really propelled his athletes to success on and off the track."
The Whistler Spirit Run, a cross-country event, is part of the Vancouver Sun Run Series and the B.C. Athletics Cross Country Series. For more information on the race and the bursary visit www.whistlerspiritrun.com. Submissions for next year's award must be received by Dec. 1, 2011.
