20 - Sunday, Jaly 24, 1988 — North Shore News

photo by Garry Cook

NORTH VANCOUVER motorcycle racer Dave Sjoblom passes Doug Kadlec in the hairpin at Westwood.

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NORTH VANCOUVER motorcycle racer Dave Sjoblom
rode to victory at the Westwood track recently, maintaining
winning momentum from earlier.in the season.

“We've got a pretty good year
going,” said Sjoblom, 22, who was
recently the first Yamaha rider to
beat the dominating Hondas in the
450 production class. ‘‘They’re re-
ally fast bikes, and it was good to
beat them.”

In the Yamaha RZ Cup,
Sjoblom roared to a convincing
second place over returning cham-
pion Kevin McDiarmid of Rich-
mond, overall coming to within
two points of second place in the
standings.

Riding in recent Calgary com-
petition, the North Vancouverite

also recorded wins there in RZ
Cup and 400 production class
races, putting him into top RZ
Cup contention.

“We seem to have the competi-
tion psyched out in Calgary,”
Sjoblom said of his winning ways
there, “They just feel they can’t
win.’

With his consistent performance
at the Lower Mainland and
Calgary raceways, Sjoblom is
becoming a high-visibility figure at

YOUTH BASKETBALL

Athietes join

DEREK CHRISTIANSEN of
West Vancouver and Leila
Hopkins of North Vancouver will
be travelling around the United
States this summer as members of
the provincial boys’ and _ girls’
under-17 youth basketball teams.
Carson Graham’s Hopkins
finished competing in the BCI
Girls’ Summer Championships in
Phoenix, Ariz., July 22; Sentinel’s
Christiansen will be competing
there in the boys’ charnpionship

Connell
wins again

NORTH VANCOUVER tennis ace
Grant Connell, 22, slipped by with
a 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 win over Australian
Peter Carter recently in the
$232,050 US DC tennis classic in
Washington.

Opening day sun spelled
withdrawal for the U.S.’s Greg
Holmes when he was felled by heat
exhaustion, but otherwise play saw
sixth-seeded Elliot Teltscher sur-
prized by Danie Visser, who won
4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Fifteenth-seeded Jorge Torenzo
of Mexico fought back from a first
set loss to win in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
match over American Scott Davis.

starting July 25.

Windsor Secondary’s Megan
Magee and Tanya Haladner are a
player and an alternate for the
under-16 prep girls’ team, and will
be competing in the BCI Girls’
Summer Prep Championships in
Seattle Aug. 9 to 13.

For the boys’ championship of
the same tournament, Windsor’s
Todd Langley and West Van-
couver Secondary’s Nigel Parish
are on the under-16 prep boys’

“the organizing body: for ail high ~

school: athletics ‘on ‘the |North
Shore and in Squamish. -

"- Moving up from vice-presi-

dent, he will be in his ninth year

teaching at| Balmoral in
September ~ coaching: rugby,
basketball, golf'and tennis.” “
"He is the first president from
- Balmoral’ since: Wally. Russell
. held the post in 1961-62, 0.0".

: Sraemar,: :
ry Len: Corben: of the: NSSSAA..

Linda: Rossett:

ood track

the finish line; wearing pink
leathers — custom-made in North
Vancouver — he is easy to spot on
the track or in the pits.

Behind this year’s success is a
team of spotisors — including the
North Shore News, G.A. Check-
point, Westlake Construction and
others -—— as well as the top-notch
tuning of Tim Lovell.

“We've learned how to tune the
machine properly, and the bike’s
really fast this year,’ he explained.
“Tim’s doing a great job tuning,
otherwise we couldn’t have beaten
the Hondas.”’

Sjoblom — who expects to race
in the national RZ Cup final in
Shannonville, Ont., this fail —
takes to the Westwood traci: again
July 31.

Cc. team

team, with Windsor’s Brent
Crowther as an alternate.

Helping the boys’ prep team to
victory is head coach Randy
Young of Handsworth Secondary
and assistant coach Tom Rippon
of West Vancouver.

“Over the past few years we’ve
seen a tremendous improvement in
the quality of our B.C. teams,”
said Neil Chester, chairman of
Basketbali B.C.’s elite program.

“Others. “On, ‘the xecutive will
be past president. Jim: “Tarves of.
secretary-treasurer

ce-president.. Olga:
Pimentel :of Argyle, men’s’ rep>
resentative - Peter.’ Therrien: of
Argyle," women’s representative
‘of:. Carson:
Graham, athletic’ directors’ rep-
resentative “Randy . Young. who
moves’ from. Hillside. to. Sen-- .
tinel, and administrative repre-

. sentatives. Len® Slade of

Sutherland, Doug’ ’ Green of

Windsor and Mike Smith of

West V: ‘ancouver.

Competitor addea

ELPHINSTONE SECONDARY
of Gibsons will next year be com-
peting against local high school
teams as a new member of the
North Shore Secondary Schools’
Athletic Association.

Accepted as an associate
member school at the NSSSAA’s
annual general meeting recently,
Elphinstone will travel to the

North Shore to compete. in all
games.

The black and gold colors of the
Cougars are expected tu be seen in
half a dozen sports, mostly at the
senior level, during the 1988-89
school year.

Elphinstone has an‘enrolment of
about 450 in grades eight to 12.

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