34 — Wednesday, May 14, 1997 — North Shore News

FOOTBALL...
Neither youth nor
experience proved the
charm during the first
annual Handsworth
Royals Alumni
Football Game.

The young guns,
of the “90s tied the
veterans, from the
80s, 22-22 Saturday.

Jay Prepchuk, the

~ Royals current coach,
. felived his glory days
'and threw for three
* touchdown passes, nvo
* of which were hauled
+ in by Ian Cook.
Prepchuk _ received
excellent protection
. from his aged line, in
' particular the work of
Moohan Azizi.

In the waning
minutes it looked like
the veterans would
beat out their younger
counterparts but Dan

Elliot hooked up with :
pivot Bryce Tang for $

a game-tying 32-yard

wuchdown pass and

run.
The game’s lead-
ing rusher was 1990’s

tailback Todd *
Chapman, while line- 2

backer Stuart Doyle

recorded the most :

tackles.

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On track for the

Senior Olympics fF

Athiete’s family her

biggest supporters
By Robert Gaister

News Reporter
robert@nsnews.com

NOTHING motivates like
success.

West Vancouver’s Olga
Kotelko, 78, tasted the elixir last
year ac the B.C. Senior Games held
in Kamloops. She competed in six
events and came home with six
medals — four golds and two
bronze.

“I was ecstatic,” said Korelko
without a hint of overstatement in
her tone.

Particularly rewarding were her
gold medals in the throwing
events — javelin, shotput and dis-
cus,

“I participated in the throwing
events for the first time and I got
gold in cach one,” said Kotelko.

She also competed in the ]00-
and 200-metre dashes and the 400

WEST Vancouver's Olga
Kotelko is busy training for the
Senior Ofympics May 21-28.

metre.

However, it is now time to-put
pasr glories out of her mind and
train hard for the 1997 U.S.
National Seniors Sports Classic in
Tueson, Arizona, Mav 21-28. The
lengthy name shouldn’t under-
score the event’s importance as it
is, after all, dubbed the “Seniors
Olympics.”

The training regimen she fol-
lows would put many people half
her age to shame. It includes
practising her events, but “it
doesn’t stop there. She also par-

ticipates in aqua-fit classes and §

lifts weights regularly,
As one of 11 children reared

-in Saskatchewan, her upbringing

probably had a lot to do with the
work ethic. She didn’t stay there

however: Kotelko eventually.” &
ended up in New Westminster. .
Eight years ago she moved -to.
West Vancouver to be with her :

daughter and her family which
includes two grandchildren. Her
participation in sports have
given her a focus and a series of
goals.

Bur Kotelko’s exploits in ath- ~
letics have done more than just ©

whet her appetite for success.
They've also served to pull

her family together in. cheering . E

See Kotelke page 35

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