BASKETBALL...
Registration is open
for the North Shore
YMCA Fall basketball
league,

Youth — Basketball
Canada is a fin league
for youth in Grades 2-
5, and entails one
practice a week and a

> Friday night game.

' The league operates
outof both North and
West Vancouver
YMCA branches,

The North Shore
YMCA is also oftering
a Youth Leadership
Development _pro-
gram for youth in
Grades 7-12,

For more informa-
tion about YMCA
programs and to reg-
ister, call 926-5541.

HIGH SCHOOL...
Leslie Beckerman has
been elected president
of the North Shore
i Secondary Schools’
% Athletic Association
(NSSSAA).

The Sentinel
teacher will hold the
position for the 1996-
97 school year.

Beckerman, a for-
mer outstanding ath-
lete at Hillside, has
taught at Sentinel
‘since 1990, coaching
field hockey and track
and field.

The NSSSAA is the
organizing body for

inter-school sports for -

the 15 secondary
schools in North and
West Vancouver, and
~ Squamish.
Rob Ros, of Se.
Thomas Aquinas, is
the past president.

MOUNTAIN. BIK-
ING... Fifth may be
an unfamiliar finish for
two-time world cham-
pion Alison Sydor, but
on Sunday in
Honolulu, it was just
fine for the North
Vancouver rider.

ALISON SYDOR
claims*World Cup
f champienship.

: _ Sydor’s fifth-place
! finish at the 10th and
| final Mountain Bike
World Cup Cross-
Country race gave her
the overall series
; championship.

At. the Summer
Olympies in Adanta,
Sydor won the silver
medal in the first-ever
women’s mountain-
bike race held: at -an
Olympics.

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THIRD IN THE WORLD — Marg Elligott (above) played

12 matches in five days in

stifling New Mexico heat

en route to the bronze medal at the recent World
Seniors’ Racquetball Championships. Elligott placed
third in women's singles (45-50 age group).

Wins bronze in New Mexico

By Andrew McCredie

Sports Editor

MARG Elligott made a
deal with the North
Shore News’ sports
department, and last
week she upheld her
side of the bargain —
we took her picture.

Here’s the story: Marg is
(well, was) known to the
sports department as the
mother of a trio of talented
local soccer players, In fact, it
was Marg who drove son
David, sidelined from the
Vancouver 86ers this season
with a damaged knee, toa
recent interview at the News.

Well, turns out humble
mom isn’t that shabby on the
field of play herself.

Two weeks ago members
of the Elligort clan (make
that male members) began
leaving mysterious messages
on the News’ sportsline,
offering info about Marg’s
upcoming trip to the World
Seniors’ Racquetball
Championships in

Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Also mysteriously, all ended
with the caveat “When you
talk to her, whatever you do,
don’t tell her I called you.”

And sure enough, once
contacted, Marg played
down the fact she was one of
only 12 B.C, players to com-
pete at the 12-country tour-
nament. A story and picture?
It’s no big deal, really, she
said.

“I'll make you a deal,”
she relented a few cays
before leaving for New
Mexico. “If T win a medal I'll
come in and get my picture.”

And a picture we got.

Marg, competing in hot,
hot New Mexico weather
one mile above sea-level,
played 38 games in 12
matches to finish third in
women’s singles (45-50 age
group).

She credits her success to
training at the Brentwood
Raquect Club and support of
her sponsors, including
Ektelon rep Darryl Warren
and the B.C.BA,

And, of course, those
male members of the family.

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