Andy Tiedemann of St. Albert was named captain of Team Canada for the Americas Rugby Championship in Langford, B.C.
The 25-year-old prop from the St. Albert Rugby Football Club has 21 caps for Canada since 2009. He represented Canada at the 2008 Junior World Championship and 2011 World Cup of Rugby. The high school rugby product of the Paul Kane Blues is the second player in SARFC history to play for the senior national team and the first to scrum down at the World Cup.
Canada’s first game at the Americas was Friday against Uruguay, but the score was unavailable at press time.
Tiedemann and Duncan Maguire, an outside centre with the 2013 Labatt’s Cup provincial finalists from SARFC, were selected to the starting 15 for the Uruguay match. Both were members of the Calgary-based Prairie Wolfpack in the Canadian Rugby Championship league.
Kyle Baillie, a SARFC forward who saw action for The Rock in the CRC, was a reserve against Uruguay.
Kyle Gilmour, a forward with SARFC’s first 15 and the Wolfpack, is also on Canada’s roster.
The Canadian squad was selected after the completion of the 2013 CRC season.
Canada also plays the USA Eagles on Tuesday and Argentina next Saturday.
Last year Argentina beat Canada in the final at Langford.
Visit www.rugbycanada.ca for results.
Eight cross-country runners from St. Albert and Sturgeon high schools finished top-18 in their respective age divisions at the Edmonton zone championships Wednesday at Goldbar Park.
The following qualifiers advance to provincials Saturday in Drayton Valley.
Junior boys’ 4,000 metres: Evans Fradsen, Ecole Alexandre-TachĂ© – 10th (17.05 minutes); Shae Kelly, Paul Kane Blues – 13th (17.14).
Senior boys’ 6,000m: Zane MacDonald, Sturgeon Spirits – third (22.57); Nick Mentz, Bellerose Bulldogs – 15th (25.38); Samuel Forster, Bellerose – 17th (25.47); Anders Cowper, Paul Kane – 18th (25.54).
Junior girls’ 3,000m: Jade Deputan, Paul Kane – 13th (13.51).
Senior girls’ 4,000m: Monica McDowell, St. Albert Skyhawks – 10th (19.43).
The International Chang-Ho Taekwon-Do Federation of Canada celebrates its 10th World Cup anniversary next weekend in St. Albert.
More than 600 competitors are expected to showcase their talents at Northstar Hyundai Arena.
The event will consist of individual patterns and sparring for all belt levels. Teams of five black belts will also compete in sparring divisions.
Friday night is red and black belt patterns. Saturday the all-colour belt competitions start at 9 a.m., followed by black belt individual and team sparring.
Master Craig Stanley of the Phoenix Taekwon-do Club of St. Albert and eighth-degree black belt is the ICTF of Canada president.
Visit www.ictfcanada.info or www.phoenixtaekwon-do.ca for more information.
