B2 - Wednesday, January 4, 1984 - North Shore News

HOCKEY ON A PLATTER

U.S. not so

HERE IN Canada, where an appreciation of ice
hockey*is more akin to civic duty than a leisure ac-
tivity, we sometimes take our minor hockey pro-

grams for granted.

By JIM JAMIESON

Ed Kura has no
illusions.

such

‘*People here don’t know
what a good thing they
have,’’ says Kura, an assis-
tant coach with the Califor-
nia entry at the recent North
Shore Winter Club midget A
hockey tournament.

Kura is in an idea! position
to comment. He was a North
Shore resident — with sons
Steven and Brian learning
their hockey in the NSWC
organization — for 18 years
before moving to Moraga,
California (about 30 miles
from San Francisco) a year

and a half ago.
‘*There are great dif-
ferences,’’ Kura continues.

‘*‘We have long distances to
travel and poor facilities.
Some rinks are in shopping
centres and don’t have dress-
ing rooms. Four or five hour
car trips are not uncommon
for kids to get to games and
practices.”’

You mean four or five
hours both ways, right?
Wrong.

‘We have two boys who

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come from Fresno, which is a

four and a half hour drive,
one way,’’ says Kura. “We

Murphy, second time all-star

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tourney all-star centre for the
second straight year, was a
standout for his team. The
16-year-old,
the training camp of the ma-
jor junior New Westminister
Bruins, also added two assists
which tied him with
Grandview’s Harry Basi at 13
points for tournament high
scorer.

Gary Knight made 28 saves .

for NSWC, while Dave Char-

ron and Paul Dillon combin- |

ed to stop 37
Richmond.

Meanwhile, in the B final,
Lee Dial’s two goal and one
assist led Nanaimo to an 8-1
victory over Seattle. In the C
final, Dave Weightman and
Lance Momotani netted two
goals apiece to pace Grand-
view to a 10-4 decision over
North Delta.

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try to have a practice on Fri-
day night and a game the
same weekend. We billet the
kids who travel a long way. lt
takes a lot of effort to puta
team together.”’

The reason for hockey’s
moribund state in Northern
California is manifold, says
Kura. Competition with
more traditional American
sports like football, baseball
and basketball is one factor,
but the lack of a professional
hockey team in the bay area
is another. ‘‘There was an
upsurge in the game’s

lucky

popularity when the U.S.
won the Olympics, but that
has since died out,’’ he says.

Even though the American
youngsters lost all three of
their tournament games, they
acquitted themselves respec-
tably in holding eventual
champion NSWC to an 8-1
score and battling B final
winner Nanaimo 6-3.

Aid kit for all sports

THERE IS a growing trend
towards physical recreational
activities: jogging, fitness
classes, racquet sports, team
sports. You name it.

Along with this trend has
developed an _ increasing
number of sports related in-
juries, requiring specialized
first aid and sports medicine
treatment. ~

North Vancouver based
Radiant Industries Inc., is a
new company which has
emerged to service the needs
of the growipg sports
medicine industry and has
been assembling a diversified
and comprehensive line of
sports medicine products.
President David Smith has
been working closely with the
experts in the field to develop
new products to meet the
market demands.

One of Radiant’s first pro-
ducts related to sports
medicine was Kwik Kold, an

instant ice pack which im-
mediately self-cools to one
degree centigrade. Kwik Kold
has proven invaluable for on-
the-spot treatment of sports
injuries requiring cold
treatment.

In his conversations with
users of his sport medicine
products, Smith realized
there was a dire need for a
complete first aid kit
specifically designed for
sports and athletics.

After working with some
of the experts in the field of
sports medicine, Smith was
able to identify components
of a first aid kit which would
best suit sports oriented
situations. The result is Spor-
tkit, equipped with all the
first aid necessities for
anyone in a responsible posi-
tion with amateur sports
groups of just about any
kind. Most importantly,
Sportkit is offered at a price
low enough to encourage

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even volunteer one-evening-
a-week coaches to carry one.

Smith has worked closely
with the Sports Medicine
Council of B.C. in develop-
ing Sportkit, and has now
received from the council its
official approval of Sportkit.
In the council’s B.C.Sports
Aid Program, Sportkit is be-
ing recommended for use by
coaches, fitness instructors,
teachers, and other sports,
recreation, and fitness
leaders.

Radiant Industries is pro-
bably the only company in
Canada now specializing in
the distribution of sports
medicine products. ‘‘We
would like to offer one-stop
shopping ‘for all sports
medicine suppli¢s,’’ says
Smith. And towards that end
he _is continually. in touch
with the experts in the sports
medicine field and the pro-
duct manufacturers.

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CAPILANO COLLEGE
Blues Invitational basketball
tournament, the largest col-
lege tournament in Canada,
will be held on Thursday
through Saturday, January 5,
6 and 7, at B.C.LT.,
Burnaby.

Opening ceremonies will be
9:15 pm Thursday, followed
immediately by the. feature
game between the Blues
men’s team and Medicine
Hat College, Alberta.

Line up of opening day
games: 9:30am UBC
junior women yersus U. of
Victoria; 11:15 — UBC men
against U. of Victoria men;

ipm — Clackamas College
women (Portland) face

Mount Royal, Calgary;
2:45pm — the men’s teams
oppose one another; 4pm —
Vancouver Community Col-
lege women meet North
Alberta Institute of
Technology, Edmonton;
5:45pm Blues women take on
Medicine Hat College;
7:30pm — Vancouver C.C.
men versus N.A.1.T., and
9:15pm — feature game.

Finals will be on Saturday,
with the women facing off at
7:30pm and the men at
9:15pm.

Bantam A's lose
heartbreaker

NORTH VAN ‘‘A’’ team were one goal away from
becoming the first host team to win the North Van-
couver minor hockey association annual interna-
tional bantam tournament, in its 10 year history.
They were defeated by South Delta 8-7 on a goal by
Scott MacLeod at 2:23 in sudden death overtime.

In ‘‘B’’ division, Burnaby
Minor defeated Richmond

.6-1. Burnaby was led. by the

two goal performance of Bob
Lamoureux, the game’s first
star, and singles ,bY John
Keating, Jeff Berlen, Jason
Fediuk and Alvin Hathaway.

North Shore Winter Club

Sat. Jan. 7. 14, 21, 28
Sun., Jan. 8. 15. 22, 29
Sat., Feb. 4. 11, 18, 25

8 to 12 years of age

Leseon Duration: All day
Price:

Lesson Times:

tion cach day.
Price:

Call now to
register for
either program

Mt. Seymour Junior Programs
January thu March— 84

BLUEJAYS

supervised all-day program (bring packed lunch)
for beginners and experts alike

Lesson Times: 11:00 am to 3:50 pm with rest and
tunch break

$98 includes lessons, lift tickets
and rental of skis, boots and poles
$85 includes tessons and lft tickets

FALCONS

@ 12 years of age and over
@ classes from beginner to expert

All participants are requested to attend at
10:50 am on the firet day of the program. In-
struction will be given at either 11:00 am or
1:30 pm each week depending on the ability
of the pupil and at the discretion of the Ski
School. Please note that there le no choice
of lesson time. Lessons will be 2 hours dura-

970 inctudes lcasons. lift tickets and rental
of shia, boots and polcs

064 includes tessonea and UM tichcts

Bus transportation
for either program

defeated Richmond 6-5 in
another overtime game to
win their division ‘*C*’.

A total of thirty-three
teams, including two from
Portland, Oregon, competed
in the five day, seventy-two
game tournament.

Sun. Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26
Sun., Mar. 3, 10. 17. 24
Sun. Mar. 4, 11. 18, 25

$20

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