Editor: ANDY FRASER

January 30, 1980 Tel. 980-0511

N CLUB SWEEPS COMPETITION

SHOWING GOOD FORM and keen concentration this girl was competing at B.C.1.T. on Saturday for the Fox (gym
Club of Farnborough, England at the North Shore Invitational. See B2 for another photo. (Terry Peters photo)

Elaine Prescott, with
an impressive 6th place
all around, led the
North Shore to a 3rd
place victory in the
largest ever North
Shore Invitational Gym
Meet held at B.C.I.T.
on Saturday.

The major competition
came from seven U.S. teams
and from Alberta.
Manitoba, Quebec and
Farnsborough, England.

A total of 77 of the top

gymnasts of the future
competed in the vault,
beam, bars and _ floor

exercises during the 15-hour-
long meet.

The young team from
National Academy of Ar-
tistic gymnastics in Eugene,
Oregon won the overall team
championship, the only club
who have won twice in the

ts place third in meet

seven years of the in-
Vitational. With a total of
177.05, they were followed
by the Mid American
Twisters with 174.00.

The North Shore Region
team were right up there
with the top, as they finished
in third place at 172.45. This
year saw travellers from afar
as the Fox Gym Club from
England competed and
finished 7th as a team with
165.35.

Top performer of the days
competition was 13 year old
Yumi Mordre of National
Acadamy who won the all-
around title with a total of
37.25. She also took three
out of the four individual
events.

Second place all-around
was Sandy Sobotka of Mid
West American Twisters
from [inois, and in 3rd
overall place Tiffany Quincy
from National Academy.