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North
Shore's
first
biathlon
proves
a hit

SWIMMERS RACE during the
first heat of the first North
Shore Biathlon (right). The
biathlon, organized by the
North Shore YMCA and the
North Shore Winter Club —
and co-sponsored by the North
Shore News — drew 83 partici-
pants to the Sunday event.
Below, Jacqui Robinson hugs
biathlon overall winner Tan
Hylands as he crosses the finish
line.

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SHORE BIATHLON.

NEWS photos Tom Surley

SHAWNIGAN LAKE SOCCER ACADEMY

Coach, referee camps to k:

THE BRITISH Columbia Soccer
Association will conduct (wo ma-
jor development projects in con-
junction with their annual Summer
Soccer Academy at Shawnigan
Lake School on Vancouver Ssland.

The academy, which runs from
June 21 to July 10, is divided into
three, week-long residential
courses designed to upgrade the
knowledge of senior and youth
evaches and referees with minimal
qualifications, and the playing
abilities of boys and girls between

the ages of 11 and 16.

In addition to the basic courses
offered this year, the BCSA has
been chosen to host a high per-
formance symposium for B.C.'s
elite coaches and a FIFA referees’
course for the province's tap game
officials and some out-of-province
referees.

The high performance program,
being run under the auspices of the
National Coaching Institute, and
partially funded by that body, is a
unique skill-enhancing educational

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opportunity for the holders of
“AT “BU and ''C" coaching cer-
uficates.

Twenty-six coaches have regis-
tered for the course, which will
emphasize theoretical and practical
coaching techniques at an advane-
ed level through instructors such as
Alan Wade, director of coaching
for the Irish Football Association,
former England national team
goalkeeper Gordon Banks, and
West Vancouver resident and
former Canadian World Cup team

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ORGANIZERS ARE heralding
the first North Shore Biathlon as
a success and are hoping to hold
the popular event again next
year, drawing even more partici-
pants.

Sponsored by the North Shore
News, the first event of its kind
on the North Shore saw fan
Hylands come in first place
overall with a top time of 50:57.

Second place in the men’s cat-
egory went to Dave Harris, who
crossed the finish line after 54:53.
Third place went to Mark Shorter
with his time of 56:25.

Fourth place overall and the
first place in the woman's cate-

coach Tony Waiters.

The July 1 to S FIFA referees’
course was last held in Canada in
1978 in Victoria.

Open to invited participants on-
ly, the course is designed to raise
soccer referee standards for those
aspiring to become international
match officials.

Under the guidance of chief in-
strucior Tommy Wharton, a
former FIFA referee from
Scodand and current member of
the FIFA referees’ panel. the

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gory went to Carol Montgomery,
who posted a time of 56:29,
Diane Andrichuk and Mary
Hunter came in second and third
in the woman's category with
times of 1:00:15 and 1:03:30.

Organizers Donna Mackenzie
at the North Shore Family YM-
CA and Sally Willis at the North
Shore Winter Club attracted 83
participants to the two-part
biathlon,

“Tt went really well,’’ explain-
ed YMCA program director
David Brown. ‘‘We were running
it as a bit of an experiment. We
were quite pleased with the
number of participants.’

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course will stress the importance of
fitness, field positioning, technical
interpretations, man-management,
and the role of the referee at the
highest level.

While the high performance and
FIFA referees’ courses are for
BCSA-invitees only, less-
er-qualified coaches and referees
can still register for the academy
prograrn.

For program information call
the BCSA offices at 430-6401.

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