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In July of 2008, the Brampton Acro Ropers (BAR) sent 10 athletes to Cape Town, South Africa to represent Brampton and Canada in the World Rope Skipping Championships. In a preliminary tournament, the South African International (SAI), Erika Wolter won gold for our country in Power with 134 triple unders and finished 8th overall. Other athletes competing in the SAI included Kathleen O'Callaghan (16th overall), Brittany Yard (13th overall) and Amy Chiappetta (7th overall).

The World Championships had 2 BAR groups competing in team events and 5 BAR athletes competing in the individual (master) events. The three top teams and the five top individual athletes from 19 different countries competed for the title of "World Champion".

In team events, the team of Matt Delorey, Amy Chiappetta, Brittany Yard and Kathleen O'Callaghan had 9th place finishes in Single Rope Pairs Freestyle and Double Dutch Speed and placed 13th overall in the Senior Mixed Team events. The team of Jaclyn Santamaria, Erika Wolter, Samantha Santamaria, Brittany Gillies and Shelby Toews had a 4th place finish in Single Rope Speed and placed 12th overall in the Junior Female Team Events.

Three Brampton Acro Ropers who qualified for the AAU Junior Olympic Games brought home 7 medals and 4 ribbons. More important, the athletes and family members who made the trip were able to exchange lots of tips, tricks, stories, high fives, team pins and hugs.

The AAU Junior Olympic Games competition is the largest youth multi-sport event in the world with 16,000 athletes competing in 21 sports from nearly all 50 US states and many countries from across the world.  The BAR skippers fit in well among the 575 jump rope athletes from 39 teams, coming from as far away as Singapore and Australia to jump rope.