Original sentence: Kitchener defeated competing bids from Oshawa, Saginaw, London, Sarnia and Kingston to host the Memorial Cup, with the official announcement being made on May 10, 2007
Edited sentence: A month before the final selection, Kitchener officials made an outstanding presentation, which won over the selection committee.At the same time their was a press confrence in front of Kitchener City Hall declaring the same thing.Kitchener beat out favourites Oshawa, Saginaw and Sarnia to get to host the Memorial Cup.On May 10, 2007 OHL Commissioner David Branch issued a statement which declared Kitchener to be the host city of the 2008 Memorial Cup