B2 -Sunday News, September 14, 1980 Over 700 runners have now entered the first Royal Victoria Marathon scheduled for Saturday, September 20, sponsors Molson Breweries and Osaga Canada announced iast week. The marathon co-sponsers said Thursday that at- least 100-200 ‘mere entries are expected before the end of the week. “We've had to extend the deadline because of the mail slowdown,” said race chairman Peter Wheaton. “But im the last two days, we've received about 100 entries per day.” Provincial Secretary Evan Wolfe recently announced a total of $37,250 in athletic awards and scholarships to 41 young British Columbians including three from the North Shore. This year, 15 British * Columbia athletic awards of $750 and 26 Nancy Greene Scholarships of $1,000 have been awarded. All awards and scholarships are funded from the Lottery supported Physical Fitness and That means that come race morning, close to 1,000 runners will toe to the mark for the 26-mile 385 yard run over one of the most scenic marathon courses in the ’ world. The race will be run over an undulating double loop course along Victoria's beautiful Marine Drive, which will afford the runners dramatic views of the Olympic Mountains and Pacific Ocean. _ Start and finish line is Mile “O” in Beacon Hill Park, and start time is 7:30 a.m. A host of outstanding runners have entered this Amateur Sports Fund. The athletic awards go to university and college students on the basis of athletic ability and scholastic achievement. . Community Participation as well as scholastic and athletic achievements are considered in awarding the Nancy Greene Scholarships. which are given to senior secon- dary graduates entering university or college in the province. maugural race. Premier entrant is Tom Howard of Surrey, . who finished fourth in the 1975 Boston Marathon and was the bronze medalist in the Pan American Games at Mexico City the same year. Howard's fastest marathon is two hours 13 minutes 24 seconds. One of the other top entries is Bill McIntosh of Vancouver, 20th im this year’s Vancouver In- ternational Marathon and who has a best time of 2:22:17. Mcintosh has just recently returned from New Zealand where he was a Alternate winners have also heen selected and have received Honorable Mention. “I was very im- pressed with the calibre of this year’s applicants. Truly outstanding post-secondary athletes and high school graduates will receive these awards. These young people will continue to excell and contribute to sport in british Columbia”, said Wolfe. Following are the N. Shore winners: Pair of wins for NS cricketers _by MARTIN ECCLES North Shore Cricket club had a successful recent tour to Kelowna. They won the first match by three wickets, and the second by five wickets. Amba Sharma's 41 not Out was outstanding and his bowling of three wickets for nine runs and five for 18 was only surpassed by Ted Harris's three for two. On their retum North Shore were equally triumpHant in league matches last Saturday. Once again Sharma's bowling was good. In the first XP's game against West Vancouver II he took six wickets for 24 runs. Ken Bradshaw cleaned up the tai enders with two wickets for zero runs. Bob Butler, with 18 runs, was the top scorer for West Van couver and they were all out for 55 Apart from Bradshaw (11 not out) and Doug Ede (10 not out), North Shore's batting was not spectacular. but with only 56) runs necded, they passed the West Vancouver total im lcss than an hour and a half. to tan pee ay win by three wickets. Meanwhile the Second XI had a remarkable and ex- citing win over Wanderers H. North Shore batted first and scored 86 all out. Harold Cox had a valuable innings of 21. Joe Pescott, Wan- derers’ captain, took five wickets for 17 runs, and ended North Shore's innings with a hat trick; the first seen at Norgate Park for many years. Wanderers lost their first wicket with the second ball of the innings. However, they went on to reach 80 for six wickets. Then Kris Hira, bowling at one end and Mick Verjyee, (on loan from Vancouver Juniors), at the other proceeded to tie up the The bowlers took batsmcn 90 easy 3 hour classes naw ANY Ree FAA me Ren AN ATA CAM 1 WHER LEARN I> SAB VAL LATION orem an Clusters 21 46 An (ountui an) (pte Mu uuinun ( anereon ~ . _ - oy .§ “we So Le ect: OmTHSHOET SANING SCHOOL 1mD three more wickets for just three more runs, followed by eight consecutive maiden overs. One bye took the score to 84. Then Verjee bowled the last batsman and North Shore had won by two mins, having recovered from an almost certain defeat. Verjee took four wickets for four runs: Hira took two for 24. and as captain, his strategy had a great bearing on the outcome of the match. member of the _B.C. cross country team that finished ‘second in the Round the Ranges Relay. Leading the women's entries so far is Wendy Robertson of Vancouver, the Canadian Women's Master Champion. Robertson competed in, and finished, this year’s Boston Marathon. The first male and female finisher have an added in- centive going for them in the Royal Victoria Marathon. Through CP Au and Budget Travel, they'll receive an all- expense tip to Hawai to compete m the Honolulu Marathon. NS athletes receive awards John Geoffrey Howard of Queens Avenue in West Van received $1,000 while Robert MacDonald and Michael Watson of North Van each received $750. WATCH T.V. Special ‘“’Shogun’’ Monday N.B.C. Sp.im. See Sec. 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