March 1-22: Registration opens for teams with players 18 years and older to take part in a 14- week round robin ball hockey league schedule for spring at the Lonsdale RecCentre. Single elimi- nation playoffs for 13 teams and referees are supplied. The ball hockey league begins Aprii 12. And the league will be joining the B.C, Ball Hockey Association for the "92 season. For more informa- tion, call 983-6417. eee March 1 - April 3: Spring softball registration for Lonsdale RecCen- tre’s. co-ed slopitch leagues. All recreational, intermediate and competitive players are invited to join league play starting April 13 and ending with playoffs and tournament July 25. Spaces avail- able on a first-come basis with limited registration. For more in- formation call, 983-6417. . eee March 2: Softball’s pre-season “Drop-in slopitch’ begins and contiaues on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at Ridgeview Elementary School, 1250 Mathers Ave. in West Vancouver. Fee is $2 per person or $15 per team (GST in- cluded). Register at the field of play. For more information, call West .Vancouver RecCentre at 926-3266. oo , eee March 5-8: North Shore Winter North Shore International Figure Skating competition with 900 skaters participating from Eastern Canada, the U.S. and Australia. The public is welcome to attend the free event held at the North Shore Winter Club, 1325 East Keith Road. For more informa- tion call, 985-4135. eee April 6: Eighteen members of NorthWest Vancouver Ringeite team were named to the all-star Lower Mainland teams,and they will take part in the Canadian Ringette Championships to be held at Port Coquitlam Recreation Centre ice rink and Coquitlam centre ice rink. For more informa- tion, call 222-5265. eee April 17 - 19: West Vancouver’s Yacht Club’s Southern Straits Classic '92 entries must be mailed by April 11 or faxed by April 15. Entry fee is $70 for long and short courses and $27 for inshore course. Race will take place on Easter weekend starting at 10:30 a.m. at Dundarave Pier. For more information: 921-7575, SPORTSLINE RUNS every Wed- nesday as space permits. If you are planning an event, submit details by preceding Friday to the North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave., N. Van., W7M 2H4. Priori- ty given to North Shore and fund- NEWS photo Neil Lucente WINDSOR High Schoo!l’s Amanda Bartley shows graceful moves on the ‘balance beam during a high school gymnastics mee? held at Windsor last Saturday. Bartley finished sixth in level one Club will host its 13th Anuual raising events. —_ balance beam with a score of 8.20. Curlers still playing for love of the game From page 13 ships (1966, 1968 and 1969). Sparkes has played a variety of positions in the Brier inciuding _skip. His last Brier appearance was in 1987 when he lost the final to Russ Howard. Sparkes is now retired from competitive curling. The most wins by a skip is four, by Ernie. Richardson of Saskat- chewan (1959, 1960, 1962 and 1963). The. province with the most wins is Menitobe with 22. The Most recent win was in 1984 by skip Mike Riley. The last team to win in con- ‘ secutive years was skipped by Pat Ryan of Alberta in 1988 and 1989. Ryan now lives in Kelowna. The player with the most ap- pearances in the Canadian women’s championship is Sue _ Anne Bartlett of Newfoundland ‘who will compete this year for a record 12th time. She reached the national finals in 198! and 1985. Two famous Saskatchewan curlers, Vera Pezer and Joyce McKee, have won the title many times. Twice (in 1961 and 1969) McKee skipped a rink to victory, with Pezer playing third on the second occasion. Pezer skipped the team three times (1971, 1972 and 1973) while McKee played second. The last team to win back-to- back was Ontario’s Heather Houston rink in 1988 and 1989. Curling has changed a great deal since the 1920s. There are now about 750,000 participants in Canada and a growing number in countries around the world. Bonspiels have huge prizes. For example, first place winners in Kelowna in the men’s and women’s spiels earned a combined total of $30,000. ‘ Majer curling championships also draw a large audience. In Saskatoon the ‘week-long 1989 Brier drew over 150,000 people. Curling events sports channel attracts a strong TV audience with a reach of about three million o< - TSN, CBC and CTV. But one thing hasn't changed: participants still play for the love of the game. . Unlike players in most sports, the majority of curlers have fuli- time jobs and must train after work or on weekends. These competitors strive to earn one thing: the heart-shaped crest. Over the next month curling en- thusiasts should watch for events in B.C., including the national Pepsi Juniors from Vernon, and stay tuned to TSN (and yours tru- ly) for weekly coverage of the Canadian and world events for men and women. You'll see some great sports history in the making. Over 100 athletes expected at Hollyburn badminton meet From page 13 pete in the 65-plus men’s singles. Leading the local contingent will be club director Rolf Pater- son, the former Canadian Open champion. He will partner Abdul Shaikh, the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club pro- fessional in 5C-plus men’s dou- bles. Women’s play will feature the Calgary duo of June Toft and Margaret Pascal. They will face current Canadian 40-plus cham-~- pions Barb Cullen and Ann Dunsterville of Vancouver. More than 100 athletes ranging in age from 35 to 85 years old wili compete in five events in six dif- ferent age groups. Play com- mences Friday night and continues at both the Hollyburn Country Club and the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club on Saturday and concludes at Hollyburn on Sunday afternoon. ,organizatio iking, to environn slean-up, to hospital visi littie time makes a big d ence. And you'll feel grea . 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