final at the Canadian National Championships.

The 27-year-old, who has dual nationality and competes internationally for Canada, clocked one minute, 11.84 seconds, at the event held in Victoria, British Colombia.

She also placed eighth in the 200 metres breaststroke final.

Blackburn, who started her swimming on the Island, also competed in two recent World Cup events for Canada, in Germany and Italy.

In both meets, her best showing came in the 50 metres breaststroke. She bagged seventh place both times, with a best time of 32.84 seconds in Germany.

In Italy, Blackburn also placed eighth in the 200 metres breaststroke and the 100 metres individual medley.

SAIL COURSE A SUCCESS SLG Sail course a success Three instructors worked with nearly 40 youth skippers as Bermuda's junior sailing programme broke new ground recently.

Three different fleets spent most of the Easter week being drilled by their coaches and hammered by winds of 20 knots or more on all but the last day.

Leading the Advanced Optimist fleet of about 20 Bermudian and US sailors was US National Optimist team coach Amy Gross, who was assisted by Bermuda's Carola Cooper.

Jim Koehler, a veteran Sunfish sailor from Long Island, honed the boat handling skills of the Intermediate Optimist fleet, while Brett Davis, champion-class US Laser sailor worked alongside the Island's own Olympic hopeful Christian Luthi refining the abilities of the Laser Radial skippers.

The week ended with a combined regatta in the Great Sound, with Renee Black winning the Intermediate Optimists, Jesse Kirkland triumphing in the Advanced Optimists and Zander Kirkland heading the Laser Radials.

TOUR TEAM UNBEATEN SOC Tour team unbeaten An American soccer team will play their final match of a three-game tour of the Island today.

Irvine Valley College, from California, will play Bermuda College at 4.30 p.m., hoping to preserve their unbeaten record.

The Americans, under head coach Martin McGrogan, whose players are aged between 18 and 21, have already drawn 1-1 with a Dandy Town XI at St. John's Field and have beaten Bermuda College 3-2.

McGrogan is a close friend of Bermuda's national coach Clyde Best.

The team fly back home on Sunday.