By ANDY FRASER~ =

Botnen takes overall title

Gymnasts from Australia, Holland, the United
States and Canada all watched as the North Shore
failed to. live up to the perfect host concept by
capturing the North Shore Invitational gym meet

B.C.LT. on Saturday.

Not only did the North
Shore capture the team
trophy for the first time ever,
but Anita Botnen a Flicka
gymnast took the . over-all
title.

The 15-year-old finished
with a score of 34.55, just
ahead of Crissy Sutter of the
Pacific Northwest Twisters
with 34.30 and Ingrid Bolle-
boom of Holland with 34.15.

Botnen captured top spot
in the uneven bars and
balance beam and had a
third in floor exercises.

Bolleboom, the classy 16-
year-old Dutch star, took the
vault and the floor exercise

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program.
The win for the North

-Shore number one team

marks the first time that a
Canadian team has taken top
honours in the North. Shore
Invitational:

North Shore . finished
ahead of the Puget Sound
Rainbows from Tacoma in a
squécker. The home towners
scored a total, of 98.2 while
the Rainbows camo in with a

98.15 mark.

‘In third place was last
years. champs, the Mid-

‘American Twisters, with a

score of 97.40.
A total of 64 gymnasts

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from 16 teams took part in
the day long affair at the
BCIT gymnasium on
Saturday.

The winning North Shore
entry will be travelling to the
Northwest Invitational meet
in Portland on the weekend.

In other major gymnastics
news, the North Vancouver
Recreation Commission will
be giving lover their
Memorial gymnasium to
Flicka gym club as a full time
facility in the near future.

Flicka, one of the. better

gym clubs in the country,
has been searching for larger
quarters than SeyLyn Hall,
where they are presently
located.

According to officials, the
gym club will soon be
moving thousands of dollars
of equipment into the rec
centre, including the first
full-size sprung floor in B.C.
that is approved by the Inter-
national Federation of Gym-
nastics. ay

‘There will also be foam
pits. for ‘practicing new
moves which eliminates the
danger of injury.

Flicka is holding a
registration for their second
semester on Saturday from 9
a,m, to noon at ScyLyn Hall,
625. Mountain Highway.
Further information on the
semester can be obtained by
calling the registrar at 922-
1493, or the Flicka Gym
Club at 985-7918.

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