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tournament Capital competition heats up The Tournament Capital is ready to retain its title, as two huge championship events are slated for Kamloops this week. First up is the British Columbia Summer Swim Association’s (BCSSA) Provincial Championships, which began on Aug. 14 and run through Aug. 20 at the Tournament Capital Centre’s Canada Games Aquatic Centre. The BCSSA is an aquatics program that offers competition in speed swimming, water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming. It is composed of some 60 club teams from around the province, including the local Kamloops Tsunami, and is divided into eight regions. At the Okanagan Regional Championships, also held in Kamloops two weeks ago, a total of 25 Tsunami swimmers were able to secure a place at the Provincial Championships. The water polo competition was held from Aug. 14-16, with diving on Aug. 15-17, synchronized swim-
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ming on Aug. 16-17, and swimming on Aug. 18-20. Not to be outdone, the Western Canada Baseball Association (WCBA) also has its championship competition slated for the same weekend, Aug. 17-20, at beautiful McArthur Island Park. The competition is being hosted by the WCBA and Baseball
BC, in conjunction with the Kamloops Minor Baseball Association (KMBA). The KMBA has hosted numerous championships for both Baseball BC and the WCBA in the past. “The KMBA is the single best organization in the province when it comes to hosting championships at any level,” said
Baseball BC Executive Director David Laing, as quoted by the organization’s website. “The legacy created by events like the 2016 Baseball BC Provincials and the 2017 WCBA Championships are important to both the community as well as our sport - continued on page 2
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