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West Van
sailor sets
sail for
Atlanta ‘96

BETH CALKIN’S first expe-
rience in a small boat still
makes her laugh.

By A.P. McCredie

Sports Reporter

“T was cight years old at a
learn-to-saif class at Eagle
Harbour Yacht Club, and the
instructor told me to grab the
sheet.” Calkin says with a giggle.
“Tleoked up at the sail and figured
that must have been what he was
talking about because it looked
just like a bed sheet.”

(For all you landlubbers, a
sheet in sailing is a rope that is
attached to the lower corner of a
sail.)

The 23-year-old West Vancou-
ver sailor has sure come a long
way since that first sailing experi-
ence 15 years ago.

Calkin qualified for one of
three places on the women's
Canadian Europe class sailing
team earlier this year. Tine
Moberg-Parker. of North
Vancouver, is also a member of
the team.

The journey from Eagle
Harbour to the world ranks of sail-
ing has taken Calkin around the
world, but she still found time to
graduate from UBC with a
English/Economics degree.

Early on, however, sailing was
just something to do in the sum-
mer, like it is for so many North
Shore youngsters. Calkin contin-
ued with the summer sailing
lessons from the age of eight on,
but found herself gravitating more
towards volleyball and ringette.

Then at the age of 16, her

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Once Calkin realized sailing —
and especially racing — could be a
year-round thing, not just some-
thing to do on your summer vaca-
tion, “Once 1 started racing I just
wanted to keep on doing it.”

At this point in her youn?
career, Calkin was racing Lasers
and Laser Twos.

The year after she graduated
from Sentinel, Calkin found her-
self back at Eagle Harbour — only
this time she was teaching sailing.

She also joined the Royal
Vancouver Yacht Club so that she
could sail. and race, year-round.
Like most sailing clubs, Eagle
Harbour operates small boat pro-
grams in the summer months,

At Royal Van, Calkin hooked
up with instructor Mike Pearce.
who encouraged her to start com-
peting at regattas in Seattle and
Victoria.

After finding success at the
local level, Calkin started travel-
ling to Eastern Canada and the
Southern United States. She won
the Canadian Women’s Champ-
ionships on her first attempt, but
admits since then “it’s been more
difficult. for sure.”

Since then, she has travelled
from Miami to Germany, including
an impressive 37th place finish at
the world championships in Keel,
Germany, this past summer.

In August of this year in
Kingston, Ontario, Calkin placed
fifth overall in the Europe class.
More importantly, she was the
third top Canadian, qualifying for
the national team.

Since graduating from UBC —
she’s still thinking of Economic
graduate courses — Calkin is
totally focused on sailing, and
swimming.

Her daily workout consists of a
moming swim (“to get my cardio-
vascular vp”’) and three hours of
sailing in the afternoon.

Her next big test comes in
January when she travels to New
Zealand to compete at the World
Championships.

And, of course, there’s always
the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
in two years.

WEST VANCOUVER'S Beth Calkin hopes to represent Canada
at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The 23-year-old sailor
is ranked 37th in the warld in the women’s Europe class.

recalls. “He really inspired me.”

Clarke has a high-level compet-
itive sailing background, and as
Calkin says, “he definitely has rac-
ing in his blood.”

mother signed her up for advanced
sailing lessons at Eagle Harbour.
“IT really wasn’t into doing it,
but once I met the instructor, Al
Clarke. all that changed,” Calkin

North Van broadcaster new
voice of t:ie Kamloops Blazers

WHILE NORTH Vancouver's Jeff Paterson is
not passing on any special hellos to shut-ins,
he’ll no doubt have his own moniker in place
before too long.

By Robert Galster

Contributing Writer

———
Paterson is the new voice of the Kamleops
Blazers Hockey Club, a lofty position for anyone with
National Hockey League play-by-play aspirations let
alone a 24-year-old with limited on-air experience.

“[ really didn’t expect things to come this quickly,
but I don’t want to say this easily.” said Paterson who
has been working at Blazers Radio NL for 13 months.
Paterson replaces the respected Kelly Moore who has
moved on to become the voice of the NHL's
Winnipeg Jets after a 10-year stint covering the
Blazers.

According to NL’s program director Jim
Reynelds, Paterson's strongest asset is his work ethic.

“He has been really doing a lot of work to get used
lu the league and the Blazers. He's a teally driven
guy.” said Reynolds.

Paterson grew up in the Edgemont Village area and
graduated from Handsworth secondary school. He
then attended UBC where he received a degree in
Political Science. During his university years he
became a stalwart at CITR, the campus radio station.

“E went to UBC basically to grow up. 1} mean |
don’t think coming out of high school I was ready to
go to BCIT (to enroll in its broadcast journalism pro-
gram).” said Paterson. “f had my cye on geiting
involved in the campus station there from the day J
stepped on the campus.”

The young broadcasters’ progress at NL will ini-
tially be monitored by Reynolds who has also
arranged for later critiques by some of the profes-
sion’s best. Both Moore and Jim Robson will provide
guidance by offering their advice later in the season.

Paterson's first game in his new position was an
inter-squad match during the Vancouver Canucks*
training camp held in Kamloops.

A dreary. uninspired affair. the game never devel-
oped into a good contest. making a play-by-play
announcer’s job a tough one. But Paterson was most
concerned about his poise.

“LT kept waiting for the nerves to kick in, but it just
didn't happen.

“It really felt comfortable and | felt really at home
there.” said Paterson. “I just strapped on the headset
and away FT went”

As tor developing his own trademark or moniker,
Paterson appears to be in no hurry: “E don't really
have one right now. [ certainly dont want one to
sound staged or forced. I'm finding that theyre quick-
ly being taken. Every time Eihink Ive got a new hook
somebody else has already gobbled it up.”

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