NEWS photo Stuart Davis LOCAL RALLY racing car driver Ricardo Porta shows off his winning car. Ricardo placed fourth in the recent-Canimex rally. North Shore girls swing into field hockey tourney THREE NORTH Shore high school senior girls’ field hockey teams, all ranked in the top 10 provincially, will test the best from the other zones in the upcoming B.C. “A”? and ‘AA’? champion- ships. Howe Sound, undefeated in six league games and ranked fifth in B.C. among ‘‘A’”’ schools (those with 200 or fewer girls in grades 11-12), will play as the host schoo! in the 10-team B.C. ‘A’? tourna- ment in Squamish Oct. 30 to Nov. i West Vancouver, picked 10th in the most recent rankings, will also represent the North Shore after defeatirg Hillside 2-0 in a special play uff last Wednesday at Hugo Ray Park. The Highlanders, coached by long-time field hockey promoter Dr. Boots Boothroyd, were third in North Shore league play and had a 2-1-1 win-loss-tie record in the recent eight-team Vancouver and District invitational tourney in Burnaby. Coach Shirley DeCook’s Howe Sound team had an outstanding showing in the season-opening UBC invitational tournament and racked up a 3-1-0 record in another of the eight-team Vancouver and District invitationals held at Hugo Ray Oct. 15-16. Handsworth Royais, coached by John Geeling, is currently ranked 10th among ‘‘AA”’ schools (200 or more girls in grades 11-12) in the province after losing only once in league play this season (3-1 to Howe Sound) and will play in the B.C. “AA” finals at UBC Nov. 6 to 8. . The Royals had a 3-1-u record in the Vancouver and District invita- tional. PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC 151 East 15th Street North Vancouver, B.C. V71 2P7 Eleanor Vuorinen and Sue Hills are pleased to introduce their BACK CARE PROGRAWI a four session course combining Modified Fitness Exercises with Professional Instruction in the Care of Your Back COMMENCING Thursday, November 6th, 1986 700 pm to 9:30 pm through to Thursday, November 27th 1986. e Suel dlls fF. Fitness 2002 Park Royal South West Vancouver, BC V7T 2W4 Registration fee of $60.00 includes membership privileges at Sue Hills Fitness for the month of the registration. TO REGISTER ELEANOR VUORINEN 987-7644 or PHONE SUE HILLS 926-7706 | 23 - Wednesday, October 29, 1986 - North Shore News INTERNATIONAL ROAD RALLY NV driver finishes fourth MORTH VANCOUVER'’S Ricardo Porta led Team Mazda to a fourth place finish in the gruelling 1986 CanaMex Rally recently. By TIMOTHY RENSHAW News Reporter Competing in the 2600 CC class, Porta and co- driver Dennis Marmaras, also of North Vancouver, finished second in their class in the three-week, 23,000-kilometre rally. “It was a tough competition but a hell of a good experience,’ Porta said Wednesday. A 40-year-old mechanic at North Vancouver's Jubilee Plymouth Chrysler, Porta has been rally driv- ing since 1967 and has been driving on the West Coast since 1980. The CanaMex rally is run according to Federation International d‘Automobiles (FIA) codes and vs originally designed to test vehicle reliability, driver stamina and a variety of challenges ranging from dif- ficult road surfaces, high altitude, wild and remote terrain and adverse weather conditions. This year’s rally began Sept. 20 in Vancouver and finished Oct. 11 at the Expo 86 site. During the three-week event, drivers covered 23,000 xilometres and passed through Albuquerque, Mew Mexico; El Paso, Texas; Acapulco, Mexico; the Baja Peninsula; Anaheim, California; Denver, Colorado; SCHREECHEROOS 3 BALL ROMAN CANDLE list price “ 99¢ ea. WEST V&NCOUVER NORTH VANCOUVER Edmonton, Alberta; and Haines, Alaska. Most of the rally took place on public roads. Speeds were preset at 10 per cent less than posted speed limits. In all, 16 teams competed. Porta said his 1980 Mazda RX-7 was the only vehi- cle that did not break down during the rally, The toughest sections of the rally, according to Porta, were in the Baja and in Alaska. “There were ne roads at all in the Baja. We had to drive afong river beds. In Alaska, the gravel roads were extremely gruelling and it was very cold.” Porta, who took a month off work to run the rally, said his team drove an average of 16 hours per day and on one 2,800-kilometre stretch from Albuquerque to Acapulco drove 50 hours straight. Expenses, which included a $1,000 entry fee, $1,100 for tires, $4,000 for vehicle preparation and $3,800 for travelling expenses, ran to over $8,000 for Porta’s team, 65 per cent of which was paid for by Porta, The balance came from various race sponsors. Fourth place finish, Porta said, was worth $400 and three trophies. ‘But realiy it was great to compete against some of the best and some of the most experienced drivers. It’s a real personal achievement — like a mountain, it is there and it has to be climbed.”” Richmond’s Bob Trinder led the Toyota Team to first place overall in the rally. e + i psy with = &§ purchase § y6tp and Gutbar) } AW iM: tock tof