SPORTS Handsworth gymnastics meet set THE 1989 North Shore Invita- tional Gymnastics Meet is sched- uled for Feb. 4 and 5 at Hand- sworth Secondary School. The 16th annual meet features elite and national level female gymnasts from Canada, the United States and China. To date, eight clubs or teams representing 40 in- dividual competitors from B.C., New ski cup inaugurated LORNE DAVIES, the Director of Athletics and Recreation at Simon Fraser University, and Diachem Industries Ltd. of Rich- mond, B.C. have announced the formation of the Diachem Ski ip. The Diachem Cup is an annual alpine and Nordic ski racing meet between SFU end the University of British Columbia. The Diachem Cup also sttracts ski race teams from universities throaghout the Pacific Northwest. SFU hosts the inaugural event on Jan. 20 and 21 at Grouse Mountain (alpine) and Cypress Bow! (Nordic). The Diachem Cup will then be staged annually by both SFU and UBC. Clan ski conch Stan Hanson is a former Canadian National Ski - Team racer. Re-energize your body THE ENERGETIC Movement program at Ron Andrews Recre- ation Ceutre can kelp you improve your relationship with your body. Leara to transform muscuier tension and physical pain into creative energy and begir to feel alive. Throughout life, we have learned to stem the flow of energy Gircagh ovr bodies by subtly tightening up and holding our breath. However, when we do this we also create physical tension, aches and pains. The core Moveraent classes are designed to help ts to awaken the body's capacity for feelings. For more iaformation pione 929-7314. The program begins Jan. ~ Young soccer players warned YOUNG SOCCER players who see their heroes making spectacular youngeter,’” warns Dr. Chris Martin. bell is travelling at speod and a youngster tried to deficct it by batting it with his head, the force of impact could very bmvazture vertebral stracture of the neck,” he sald. fally fecmed until the age of tweive yenrs. “ woatda’t encourage any child to try and head a soccer ball,’’ he exh. ‘Sees adalts cea get a neck lojary if the ball is travelling fact aad ube angle is wrozg.”’ , Basketball Blues lose to Nanaimo | Timberline Leasing tra. Alberta, Manitoba and China are scheduled to take part in the event. For more information phone 926-3266. 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Mariners’ Dan Faller hit the consecutive three pointers in the last two minutes to negate any chance the North Shore team had of pulling out a win, Saelly Dobbins was the Blues’ top scorer, netting 24 of the team’s 50 points. Blues’ coach Neil Chester admit- ted that his team had been in a slump of late. ‘‘Our performance started to trail off in our last cou- pie of pre-season games and we have not been able to get on track since. We have not been playing very good defence. Tonight we fi- nally play good defence and we can’t put the ball in the hole. “Dobbins carried us offensively. Rick WiGet, who has been averag- On Jan. 14 at Delbrook gym, the Blues returned to form with a convincing 85-65 wir: over Cariboo College from Kamloops. The Blues led by as many as nine points early in the game but sloppy play in the closing two minutes of the first half resulted in the Blues taking a narrow 39-38 lead into the dressing room. In the second half, the Blues opened a 10-point lead only to see Cariboo fight back to within two points at 65-63. The Biues outscored their opponents 20-2 to win going away. Dobbins, the 5°5’’ point guard from Detroit, again led the Blues with a 27-point performance while starters Willei, Richard Otter and Richard Shipicy finally got un- tracked scoring 22, 12, and 12 points respectively. Upcoming games see the Blues playing Douglas College on Jan. 26 and Fraser Valley College on Jan. 21. Both games begin at 8:15 at Delbrook. EVENTS Men’s, ladies’, mixed, senior men and junior events for all skill levels. Featuring some of 8.C.’s top piayers. Cold buffet, Pizza & Beer Night, Banquet & Dance, plus hospitality during the day Saturday and Sunday. with wine and hors d’ceuvres at awards ceremony. (Special Junior Hospitality) - QUALITY AWARBS & TROPHIES Trophies will be awarded to the Ist, 2nd, 3rd & cons. winners in each event. All competitors will receive a tournament souvenir. S4ATCHES HELD Et TWO CONVENENT LOCATIONS In addition to (he North Share Winter Club, matches will be held at Courthouse West, North Vancouver. Entry fees are $35.00 for your first event, $3.00 for a second event in all categories except Junior. Entry fees for juniors are $15.00 ENTRY DEADLINE; Saturday, February 18, 1989. 708 FOSTER FORMATION CONTACT LUMA BORED AT ORTH SHORE WINTER CU, 105-4175 CONVEMEKT SCHEDULING; Games are scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday evening. Saturday and Sunday games will be all day, with finals on Sunday. GUEST PASSES AVAILABLE Guests are welcome to participate in the hospitality for only $15.00 during the entire tournament, Banquet only $8.00 OUT SPORTS PPh PARE Knight ANDRES te