16 — Wednesday, July 8, 1992 - North Shore News

SPORTS

Coach credited for turnaround

From page 14

pic team rowers is 26. Most
members have been on the team
for 10 years.

_ “There is a good advantage (to
being the youngest) in that there is
nothing expected of you and any-
thing I do is to my own benefit.
There is not much pressure, but if
I don’t do well, people just
assume it’s inexperience,’’ said
Burgers.

A relaxed Burgers spoke to the
News a few hours before he
caught a plane to Amsterdam at
the end of June for competition in
his third major regatta. After that
the team was going to France and
then Barcelona for the ‘‘fourth
major regatta’ this year.

Before his pit stop at home,
Burgers competed in Essen, Ger-
many and San Diego in a singies
scuiling event (he was chosen to
go because he was the fastest
singles on the team at the time
and he placed ninth out of 40
boats).

Recent men’s rowing team prac-
tices have. taken piace in various
locales, including Whistler and
Victoria. .

Burgers is one of three North
Shore residents who will compete
in Olympic rowing starting on Ju-
ly 31.

Kirsten Barnes and Jessic
Monroe are part of the Canadian
women’s powerhouse rowing
team. The Canadian women are
defending world champions and
have been undefeated in every
regatta they competed in this year.

The Canadian women’s Olym-
pic team is favored to win the
gold and it is the first time ever
that a non-Eastern European
country has held this top ranking.

“We (Canadian men) have a
good chance of medaling too,”
said Burgers, adding that Ger-
many was the team to beat.

He will be sweeping (one oar
each person) on a four-man boat
without coxswain at Barcelona.
The Olympic team will also com-
pete in an eight-man boat with
coxswain and doubles skulling
(two oars each person).

The women’s team will compete
in singles skulls as well with On-
tario’s Silken Laumann (back
from a recent freak injury), who

is a medal favorite.

Burgers, who is going into
fourth year at UBC with plans -to
become an architect, says his
parents have been supportive of
his athletic career, but they do
want him to get on with school.

“This year has been sanctioned
(by my parents),’’ said Burgers,
referring to the time he has had to
take off school.

He credits the national team
coach, Mike Spracklea from Great
Britain, for making the men’s
team a good team in three years.

N. Shore community scoreboard

North Vancouver Men's Slopitch
League Standings
Stats to Sunday, July 5:

AMERICAN DIVISION
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L.A, Tavera Dawgers
North Shore Heaters
Budget Warriors
Fivers

Lynnwood

Blue t[guanas

Coors Silver Bullets
Capilano Athletics
Kokance Brewers
Outlaws

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NATIONAL DIVISION |

Jack Lonsdale’s
Kokanee Klassics
Lions Gate squids
Dogs

Pegasus

Flickers/Fire Fighters
Maiones Sports Grilt
Gas Alley Mohawks
Seaspan

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North Shore
Men's Baseball Association
Standings to July 4:
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BND net!

Pirates 9
Jack Lonsdale's 10
Black Sox 7
Yorkton 7
‘The Key 3
Skylights Only 2

HIGHLIGHTS :

July 4: Black Sox 3, Jack Lonsdale’s I
John Tricu threw a complete game for the
Black Sux as they handext Jack Lonsdale’s their

- second straight loss. Kimio Roddick led the a1-

tack with 2 single and a triple, and Cory Manns
made two fine defensive plays to preserve the
win,
July 4: Queens Cross 9, Skylights Only 0
Mike Scallion pitched a pertect game for
Queens Cross, the firs: in league history.
Scallion did not allow a bail to.be hit out of
the infield the entire game, and he struck out
seven Skylights batters.
Fernando Ragucro provided all the offence
Scallion neeeded with two hits and three RBis,
and Mark Bodwell scored three runs for the
Cross.

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