SoTL SES LE SI oe a ELE Ft ed AE LE DR oe cL BATS SWING JULY 26 orth Vancouver hosts .C. little league finals NORTH VANCOUVER will resound with the crack of little league bats starting For the first time in eight years, teams from all over B.C. will con- verge on the North Shore to com- pete in the B.C. Provincial Little League Championships. Teams from the Fraser Valley, BASEBALL Big Bird beats Yics BIG BIRD AUTO got a one-hit pitching performance from Tom Rodrigues recently in North Shore Men's Fastbail League (NSMFL) action as the Bird's shut out Lyn- wood Yics 8-0. In other NSMFL games, Dave Deeming went three for four and Barry Calquhon four tor five at the plate in leading L.A. Tavern to a 10-7 victory over the hapless Yics. Larry Robinson and Terry Con- nelly hit home runs for Yics in a losing cause. Elsewhere, Queens Cross Pub beat Big Bird Audio 3-2. Pete Therrien provided the offensive fire power for the Cross as he went two for three at the plate and blasted a home run. Therrien hit another home run the same day when the Cross dropped Yics 4-1. Duggan West scored two unearned runs in the first inning as the team rolled to a 3-0 victory over Big Bird. Nick Sita was two for three at the plate for the Birds. Trail, Prince George, Victoria, Vancouver and the North Shore will all be playing in a double knock-out tournament, which runs to Aug. 5, that will decide the B.C. tt and 12-year-old boys’ and girls’ championship team. The winner of the tournament will go on to the national little league championships, scheduled for Noranda, Quebec starting Aug. 9. Tournament director Cliff Ray said eight teams will compete in 15 games over the 10 days of com- petition. IMRT SCALg IB Yad EES Sohn Sy All games will be played at North Vancouver's Chris Zuehlke Park, 19th Street and Jones Avenue. “Tt really is quite a big thing,”’ Ray said. ‘‘Last year, the tourna- ment was hosted by District Six in East Vancouver. We had crowds of 1,500.” The North Shore plays in District Five, which is made up of nine leagues and comprises teams from Squamish to Deep Cove. Thus far the team that will rep- resent the North Siore in the tournament has not been decided. More sports action inside Trail won the 1985 B.C. cham- pionship. The North Shore repre- sentative finished fifth. The winner of the national championship will advaace to the world little league championship held annually in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. A $100,000 overhaul of the Zuehlke Park, with donations from North Vancouver City, the District of North Vancouver, and the North Vancouver Legion, made it possible for the North Vancouver park to host the event this year. Skateboard seminar rolls to NV THE NORTH Vancouver Recre- ation Centre will host an all-day skateboard seminar on July 27. The seminar, which is scheduled to be held in the recreation centre’s ice arena from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., will be conducted by world-ranked skateboardist Kevin Harris. Safety, tricks and skateboarding techniques wil. Sc covered in the seminar. Harris, who lives in Richmond, is a five-time Canadian champion and currently ranked second overall in the world. He also holds the world record for consecutive two-board 360s. For more information call the recreation centre at 988-6166. mrs @ NEWS photo Tum Burley CELEBRATING after their 5-1 victory over Forest Hills, members of the Jaycee Rotary baseball team enjoy a cold drink and snacks. Pictured from left to right are Mike Earland, Adon Andrews, David Eartand and Jeff Pepner. The boys were piaying at Zuehtke Pack in North Vancouver. MOTORCYCLISTS SLIP UP THREE NORTH Shore men will lead the intrepid Team Denmark July 25 in a motorcycling Speed- way on Ice event to be staged at the Cloverdale arena. The race will feature heats of four motorcyclists battling it out around the ice-covered arena in a winterized variation of a tradi- tional dirt track event. North Vancouver's Tom Jorgensen will be leading Team Denmark against all comers. Motorcycles in the race have no gears and no brakes and run on alcohol. They are designed to steer in one direction. For Friday’s race, tires on the competing bikes will be outfitted with “%-inch screws for traction on ice. “It’s a really popular sport in Europe,’’ Jorgensen says, ‘‘but most people around here don't know much about it. There is great action and a lot of wipe-outs.”" Jorgensen says speedway racing requires a rider have great coor- dination and reflexes. For more information call the Cloverdale Arena at 1-574-4104. Hang gliding finals land on Grouse Witn. HANG GLIDERS from around the world will meet on Grouse Mountain Wednesday to Sunday to compete in the ninth annual World Invitational Hang Gliding Championship. Men and women will vie for top honors in the combined mountain peak slalom and duration flying events. Also being featured is the aerobatics competition, hosted by Grouse for the second year. Almost $7,000 in prize money will be captured by the most skilled pilots. This year’s event will highlight several champions including Randy Haney, who set a new official world record for distance flying in May, 202 miles in nine hours, fly- ing from Golden, B.C. to: Mon- tana. From Australia, Steve Moyes will return to Grouse to defend his 1985 title. The {985 acrobatics winner, California’s Mitch McAleer, will be back again to dazzle the au- dience with his spins, loops, roil- overs and cross-overs. Rick Rawhings, the 1985 U.S. Nationals champion, will also be at Grouse. For information call 984-0661.