_ prophet ~ might -still- against the Pharoahs, BALLET AT KINSMEN STADIUM? This “pas de deux” was caught by the lens of News photographer J ohn Kendrick - during Sunday’ s well-fought game between the North Shore Avalons and the Occasionals. The Avalons won 2-1. say Haw wo Suawive0s Hee Pound Babin oleae Pere WE Be some bold ventured — the thought that the Merchants prove to be the spoilers in the North Shore A month ago Intermediate Hockey playoff series. Just how bold he was can be measured by the. fact that the Merchants finished ‘regular season play at the bottom: of the five- team loop. _ Last week, in the. closing games of the Double Round Robin, it all came true. The _ once lowly Merchants wound up in second place and clinched ‘their playoff berth in the finals against the undefeated Senators. After blocking the desper- ate attempt of the Pharoahs to climb out of the Round Robin cellar with a 4-4 tie, the Merchants went on to dump the fourth-place Tro- jans 5-3, playing a brand of hockey that seemed to elude them during most of the regular season. Three of their nine goals in the two deciding games came fromi Deane Parkes, includ- ing a double against the Trojans. Doug Arthur added his own double in the same encounter. The singles came from Brad Gunderson, Bill Barrett and Kevin Noel and from Lawrie Metcalfe in the victory over the Trojans. Cats to finals Mount Seymour Mountain. Cats, the 12 years and under division .of the B.C. Girls Juvenile Soccer Association, have advanced to the finals after defeating North Burn- aby's Norburn Pines 1-0. Senators triumph in first final In the first game of the North Shore Hockey finals Monday night at North Van Rec Centre the league-leading Senators del- ivered a 10-1 trouncing to the Merchants, who had moved up from bottom of the league to second place in the recent Round Robin series. ‘ 4 Intermediate’ Meanwhile, the only word for-the Senators was *‘inde- structible’’. They romped through their eight Round Robin games with an almost perfect record of seven wins, no losses and one tie for a . total of 1S points. Other. final Round Robin | standings, with eight games played by each team, were (won-lost-tied-points): Merchants: In Minor Hockey Bantam ‘B’ playoffs last week North Vancouver's **Charley’s Angels’* defeated Hastings by as core of 5-3 to win the best of three Zone One finals in two straight games. The previous game saw the ‘‘Angets’’ winning by a score of 3-2. In the final meeting of the two teams, North Van goalie Mike Binns made 17 saves, the same. number of saves that Mike Kling made the night before. North Van's goals came off the sticks of Paul Estlin, Phil Mills, and Kelly Begg. A shot from the point by defenseman Dave. Klassen proved to be the winner, with We have tour ring bikes! Made in Canada . routiedge cycle 1340 marine dr. west van. 922-8939 times: 3-5-0-6. Tra +3:3-2-8.. Pas- 0-6. Pharoahs: 1. -4- 3. -S. The first game of the finals was scheduled for r Monday at . North. Van Rec Centre. See results on 1 this page. The second game of .the finals. is set for next Tuesday,’ March 22, and the third for- Thursday, March 24 -- both at 8 p.m. at North Van Rec : Centre. ° from Jim assists coming Charley and Jamie Johnson. Estlin put the game away by scoring unassisted near the end of the second period. The Cup, presented to Steve Okrainetz and. Jamie Johnson, was won through the strong efforts of all the players involved. ‘Arrangements are being | finalized for the selection: of the under-16. and under-18 B.C. soccer: teams for 1977. District play-offs leading eventual selections will take place at Empire Stadium on April 16. for the under-18_ ‘team and on June 18 for under-16. The North Shore Juvenile Soccer Association has dec- ided to make the Select Team concept a bigger factor in its concern for the promotion of the highest possible level of : soccer playing ability, and is hopeful that ‘increased inter- est and support of the Select Teams will give added incentive to its top ranking players to achieve the goal of selection for the North Shore and possibly also provincial representation, which rates among the highest honors in. NORTH SHORE SAILING SCHOOL LID. 203-1139 Lonsdale 980-0912 A perfect score of 400 made North Vancouver’s Lancelot Rudelsheim, of the Capilano Rod and Gun Ciub, the -match-winner in the Prone Competition at the B.C. Rifle Association Indoor Sporting Rifle Champion- ships, held in Burnaby on March S and 6. | Out of 73 shooters, 34 were juniors hoping to win places on the British Columbia team A North Shore man of ‘international tennis renown, Fred Bolton, died last week . at the age of 64. For nearly four decades he was active in local tennis, having been one time presi- dent of the Vancouver Lawn Tennis club and captain of Canada’s Davis cup team for three years. In 1972 Mr. Bolton. was honored with the title of Mr. . Tennis in B.C. - 7 A native of Minnedosa, the sport “available to a juvenile player i in ‘Canada. ~The N.S.J.S.A. has also announced the appointment of Jim Easton as coach of the 1977 under-18 team. Easton, the first White- caps coach, is held in high esteem by soccer. enthus- iasts. He now resides in Lynn Valley with his wife, Rae, and their three sons who are active players in that area. Manager of. the team will be Gary Brooker, who has his Spring Courses Starting Weekly Beginners Singles $109 2 for $178 We give you 5 three hour lessons on the water and 3 classroom sessions Coastal or Celestial Navigation 8 weeks of Instruction $50 Rentals and Charters BRIAN MORSE 980-9116 - James | Michael, all of Vancouver. competing in the Canada Summer Games at St. John’s Newfoundland. With a score of 1153 out of a possible 1200, Lancelot also won the sharpshooter class and the Junior Champion- ship. Third in the junior class was Diane Thompson, of Capilano, with a score of 1127. Manitoba, he was also a respected referee at many international competitions. Mr. Bolton graduated from UBC in electrical engineer- ing in 1932, andin his senior year he was quarterback of the UBC varsity football team. ‘He is survived by his wife, Ruth, a sister, Mrs. George McKay, a daughter, Mrs. Ol ynvk, and enn eeanue wwraa already spent .many years involved with the L.V.S.A. | -and_ also as.a Director. of. the North Shore J.S.A. auxiliary outboard MOiTors Shown above Is the new 1976 Mercury outboard, 9.8 h.p., long shaft. We have a complete line of Mercury outboards from 4.5 to 160 horsepower, as woll as parts and service. RIVERSIDE MARINE OUR NEW LOCATION 1341 Main S8&t., North Vancouver across from Venice Bakery 986-2822