Weston-Barlow Scores and Standings: July 25

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A great opportunity to keep your Little Leaguers on the field and learn the finer points of baseball during the summer is the Fundamental Boys Baseball Camp conducted by Fairfield University assistant coach Dennis Whalen.

The camp takes place on fields in Weston and will have half-day sessions the first week of August.  For addition information, click on the following link:

http://www.westonct.gov/media/file/whalenbaseballcamp2011.pdf

Also, fall registration for the fall Weston Little League is coming shortly.

Weston's Graham Anderson (men's sculls) has been named to the U.S. Junior National Team that will compete in the 2011 World Rowing Junior Championships in Eton Dorney, Great Britain from Aug. 3-7. Anderson will compete with New Canaan's Charlie Campbell.

World champions will be crowned in 13 events including the men’s single sculls, women’s single sculls, men’s double sculls, women’s double sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, women’s quadruple sculls, men’s pair, women’s pair, men’s four, women’s four, men’s four with coxswain, men’s eight and women’s eight.

At the 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships, the U.S. brought home a record four medals including gold in the men’s eight, silver in the women’s eight and women’s four, and bronze in the men’s single sculls.

Sisters Rosie Grinalds (women's pair) and Lucy Grinalds (women's four) of Southport also earned spots on the team.

The squad also includes three rowers from Westport: Max Meyer-Bosse and Alex Perkins in the men's eight) and Elizabeth Youngling in women's quadruple sculls.

Anderson, who competes for the Maritime Rowing Club in Norwalk, participated in the junior world championships last year.

Other local athletes named to the team include New Canaan's Jonathon Rosow (men's 4x) and Diedre Fitzpactrick (women's 8x) and Ridgefield's Maria Maydan (women's double sculls).

The 77th Connecticut Open got under way Monday morning at the Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield. The club is hosting the tournament for the sixth time, having previously been the site of the event in 1935, 1938, 1958, 1973 and 1991.

Defending champion Kyle Gallo of Kensington is looking to become the first five-time winner of the tournament.  He is coming off an impressive victory at the Massachusetts Open Championship.

The 130-player field includes a number of local players, including Stamford's  Mike Ballo Jr., who was the runner-up in the Massachusetts Open Club.

Also entered is recent New England Amateur champion Jeff Hedden of the Black Hall Club.

Other area players include Greenwich's Daniel Balin and David Pastore, Darien's Mike Ballo Jr. and Greg Reilly, Norwalk's Jerry Courville, Weston's Bernie D'Amato, Westport's John Gentile, Wilton's Brian and John Murphy and Fairfield's Brad Worthington.

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