DIVING... Paige Gordon, of
West Vancouver, confirmed
her status as one of the
world’s best divers last
Saturday in Beijing, China as
she claimed fourth spot in the
women’s three-metre event at
the 20-country FINA World
Cup diving competition.
“This was the best perfor-
mance and the most impor-
tant result of my career,”
said Gordon, 20, who has
won five medals at various
international meets so far this
year. ‘‘For the past couple of
years | knew | was capable of
top-six performaices at big
competitions, but I really
needed to learn to focus men-
tally. Now I know that when
1 set a goal 1 can achieve it.”’
Gordon, a four-year national
team veteran, placed fourth
in the preliminary round to
earn a bye to the semi-final.
She was second in her group
of four in the semis to ad-
vance to the final-four
round, Next to the Olympics,
the FINA World Cup is the
biggest event on the diving
calendar. Gordon’s fourth
place automatically earned
her an A card from Sport
Canada.

GYMNASTICS... Local
gymnasts dominated the
North Shore/Vancouver A&B
Gymnastic Championships,
held last Sunday at the Flicka
Gymnastics Club in North
Vancouver. Host club Flicka
gymnasts Breanne King
(midget), Cynthia Tjoei
(Argo) and Lucienne Lebrun
(Tyro) were the top. perfor-
mers in their respective divi-
sional A categories. The
North Shore club West Coast
Dynamos also placed three
gymnasts on the gold medal
podium. The divisonal B
winners from the Dynamos
were Katie Halloran (Argo),
Lisa Dunn (Tyro) and
Stephanie Tassin (Open).

LACROSSE... The North
Shove Indians continued their
unbeaten regular season with
a home-game victory over
third-place Ladner Pioneers,
12-8, in West Coast Senior B
lacrosse action last Friday
night. The Indians are 6-0 on
the year, two points back of
the league-leading (7-0) Bur-
naby Lakers. Indian forward
‘Todd = Katanchik, with the
Vancouver Burrards last
season, leads all North Shore
players in the individual scor-
ing race with 20 points in 6
games, eighth in the league
scoring race. The Indians’
next game is Friday night
(7:30 p.m. start) against ar-
ch-rivals Nanaimo Timber-
men at the Lonsdale recCen-
tre in North Vancouver.

SOCCER... The Caribbean
All-Stars of the North Shore
Coaches League recently
hosted the 16th Caribbean
Soccer Tournament at Boule-
vard Park. in North Van-
couver. Roots defeated the
All-Stars to repeat as tour-
nament champions. Peter
Lawson (Roots) was_ voted
tournament MVP, while Tim
Duru and Brendon Faustin
led all scorers with two goals
apiece, The Randy Samuel
Award, presented to the most
promising player, wnt to
Roots’ player Steve Smith.

N. Shore players to mee

‘Two pee wee

standouts on
Canada West

TWO LOCAL 13-year-old
boys will be representing
Canada this summer at the
Czech World Tournament
in Praha, Czechoslovakia.

By A.P. MicCredie
Sports Reporter

Brent Maurer, a member of the
North Shore Winter Club pee wee
AAA team, and Rigel Shaw, from
the West Vancouver pee wee AAA
team, have both been selected to
the Canada West pee wee AAA
all-star team.

The Canada West all-siars will
travel to Frankfurt, Germany and
travel to Marianski Lazne where
they vill spend five days par-
ticipating in a twice-daily Elite
Development program. The
world-class training program in-
cludes skill testing, ability devel-
opment and team practices.

The team will then travel to
Praha for a seven-day tournament
where they will go up against the
best 13-year-olds from Russia,
Sweden, Eastern Canada,

- Head over heels

GOING HEAD over heels is nothing new for these three North
Shore gymnasts, who recently competed at the National
Trampoline and Power Tumbling Championships in Toronto.
Karen Gill (right), the B.C. Junior champion, led the B.C.
team to a silver medal with her third-place finish. Blythe
Hartley (left) finished in eighth spot in the National Novice
division, while Kathieen Marshall (middle), the B.C. team

alternate, finished 18th.

ws - 13

PETES

Czechoslovakia, and the United
States.

The Canada West team roster
was filled from teams that played
in last year’s Major Atom Van-
couver Super Series tournament.
The squad is coached by veteran
North Shore minor hockey league

1. coach Mike Marshall.

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

North Shore hockey players Brett Maurer (left) and Rigel Shaw
will be travelling to Czechoslovakia this summer with the Canada
West pee wee AAA all-star team. The team is coached by Mike
Marshall, a 15-year minor-league coaching veteran who currently
works out of the North Vancouver recCentre.

Last year Marshall took a ban-
lam minor team to the Czech
World Tournament and came
home with a bronze medal. He
hopes his charges this year equal
er better that impressive ac-
complishment.

In his last Atom Rep year,
Shaw received the Vancouver
Atom Super Series best
defenceman award, a Super Series
game MVP, and was chosen to
the Super Series all-star team.

Maurer’s most recent acknowl-
edgements include the Coquitlam
Pup Most Outstanding
Defenceman, All-Around Tour-
nament Pup MVP plaque and
Atom Super Series game MVP.

Both players have continued to
play well at the pee wee level,
playing equally well at. beth
defence and forward assignments.

When interviewed, Maurer and
Shaw said they were very excited
to be playing hockey in
Czechoslovakia and hope the team
does well for Canada and the
North Shore.

Strong showing in.
year-end meet for
Sentinel girls’ teams —

THE PROVINCIAL high
school track and field
championships take place
this weekend at Swangard
Stadium in Burnaby.

There are three North Shore en-
tries in each event in this always
exciting windup to the schools
sports’ year.

Times are as follows: Friday,
June 4, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. for
heats plus finals in 10 evenis;
Saturday, June 5, 10:30 a.m. to 3
p.m., finals in 26 events.

Following are more results from
the 33rd annual North Shore high
school track and field champion-
ships that took place May 18 at
West Vancouver Secondary.

Senior times ran in last Friday’s
issue and boys’ team totals will be
published later this week.

Overall Team Aggregate: 1,
Collingwood 664.5 paints; 2. Sen-
tinel 656; 3. Handsworth 461.5; 4.
Argyle 404; 5. West Vancouver
345; 6. St. Thomas Aquinas
342.7; 7. Brackendale 321; 8.
Hillside 212; 9. Balmoral 186; 10.
Sutherland 165; 11. Carson
Graham 162; 12. Howe Sound
117; 13. Seyeove 77; 14. Windsor
10.

Sunior Girls

Team Aggregate: 1, WV 120
points; 2. Sent 80; 3.Hand 61. In-
dividual Aggregate: Alexis Walton
(Hand) 30 points. 100m: 1.
Shauna Bunbury (WV) 12.38
(New meet record); 2. Joanne
Armour (Sent) 12.60; 3. Sofia
Oberti (WY) 13.36. 200m: 1.
Shauna Bunbury (WY) 26.89; 2.
Joanne Armour (Sent) 27.42; 3.
Julie Jameson (WV) 28.28. 400m:
1. Stacey Dupuis (STA) 1:02.88:

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

ABBREVIATIONS: Arg = Argyle, Bal
= Balmoral, Brac = Brackendale, CG
= Carson Graham, Coll = Colling-
wood, fund = Handsworth, Hill =
Hillside, HS = Howe Sound, STA =
St. Thomas Aquinas, Sent = Sentinc},
Se. Seycove, Suth = Sutherland,
WY = West Vancouver, Wsr = Wind--
sor.

2. Sofia Oberti (WV): 1:05.20; 3.
Melahnie Moodie (Brac) 1:08.59,
800m: 1. Alexis Walton (Hand)

2:34.50; 2. Erin) Ray (Brac)
2:41.24; 3. Stephanie MacKay
(WV) 2:43.74. 1500m: 1. Kim
Jantunen (Hand) 5:35.50; 2. Sarah
Cullen (Sent) 5:49.48; 3. Lisa
Helmer (WV) 5:52.03. 3000m: 1.
Kim Jantunen (Hand) 12:21.01; 2.
Sarah Cullen (Sent) 12:35.56; 3.
Lisa Helmer (WV) 13:04.46.
4X100m relay: 1. WV 52.65; 2.
Sent 53.38; 3. STA 55.78.
4X400m relay: 1. STA 4:37.07; 2.
Brac 4:38.78; 3. WY 4:41.59, 80m
hurdles: !. Joanne Armour (Sent)
13.19; 2. Julie Jameson (WV)
13.26; 3. Jennifer Cowtan (Sey)
13.31. High jump: 1. Amanda
Johnsen (Sent) 1.49m; 2. (tie)
Kelsey Furk (WV) 1.35m_ and
Sarah Dutchak (Bal) 1.35m. Long
jump: 1. Stacey Dupuis (STA)
5.15m; 2, Amanda Johnsen (Sent)
4.52m; 3. Meredith Powell (Hand)
4.30m. Triple jump: 1. Amanda
Johnsen (Sent) 9.75m; 2. Stacey
Dupuis (STA) 9.65m; 3. Julie
Jameson (WY) 9.30m. Shot put:
1. Alexis Walton (Hand) 8.85m;
2. Rene pathon (CG) 8.36m; 3.
Stephanie Hart (Coll) 7.91m. Jav-
elim: J. Janet McLachlan (Coll)
29.26m; 2. Teresa Campbell
(STA) 27.74m; 3. Liz Pellatt
(Sent) 26.40m. Diseus: 1. Alexis
Walton (Hand) 27.38m; 2. |
See Collingwood page 14°