Tennis duo go

TWO NORTH Shore teams will be
going to the nationals after guali-
fying at the Remington Family
Tennis provincial final lasi
weekend.

By ELIZABETH COLLINGS |
News Reporter

First seeds Pam Hunter and her
daughter, Sue Fought, won the
mother/daughter title for their se-
cond year. In a repeat of last
year’s final, Hunter and Fought of
Hollyburn Country Club, defeated
the No. 2 seeds Leona Sporer and
daughter Caroline Sporer of Bur-

_ naby, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Also repeating their provincial
championship performance in play
Sunday at the North Shore Winter
Club were Tom Jackson and his
son, David, from Vancouver. The
No. 1 seeded Jacksons defeated
North Vancouver's Jim Walker
and his son, Stefano, 7-6, 6-1.

“We ran out of gas,’’ Jim
Walker said, explaining a weak se-
cond set.

Although this is the Walkers’
first Remington Family Tourna-
ment, the Walkers are no strangers

NEWS photo Tom Burley

to competitive tennis.

Febio Walker has just returned
from playing the professional ten-
nis circuit back east and will be
representing B.C. at, the Canada
Games in Saskatoon this August.
Fabio will be leaving in September
for his second year on a full schol-
arship at Texas Tech.

“‘He’s played some of the top
players in the world,’’ Jim Walker
said.

Sixteén-year-old Stefano is also
a top contender. He will be playing
a double header this summer in
two age categories of the junior
nationals.

Jim Walker, 44, is the cnly
novice of the family. ‘‘1 didn’t
take up tennis until after my boys
were born."’

He said hie is excited to qualify
for a national tournament.

TENNIS TALENT runs in the family as Pam Hunter serves past her
daughter Sue Fought in the Remington Family Championship at the

® North Shore Winter Club.. Fought and Hunter took the mother/daughter

P title for the second year.

13 - Wednesday, July 19, 1989 — North Shore News

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THE EXPRESSION on Dave Mason's face shows the concentration required in the game
Mason won the seniors’ category of the Eighth Annual Ambleside Pitch and Putt Tournzy last Saturday. Pitch

NEWS photo Noe!
of golf (photo left).

and Putt winners are (photo above, pictured left to right) Mathew Baker (Mens’ Open and Grand Champion),
David Mason (Seniors), Fran Chandler (Ladies), Paul Hippel (Junior).

AMBLESIDE PITCH AND PUTT TOURNAMENT

Baker putts to success

THE EIGHTH Annual Ambleside
Pitch and Putt Tournament took
place Saturday.

Of the 250 entrants, 80 finalists
played in the tourney in four
categories. .

The grand champion was
Mathew Baker with the lowest
gross score of $1. Baker also won
the men’s open category with a net
score of 48%. Runners up were
John Spaham with 50 and Richard
Baker Junior with 52.

Dave Mason won the seniors’

to Canada finals

With their winning and runner-
up performances, the two North
Shore teams will be heading for the
National Final of the Remington
Family Tennis Championships,
September 1-4 at the National
Tennis Centre in Toronto.

At last year’s national final,
Hunter and Fought finished se-
cond, coming within two games of
taking the uational championship
and qualifying for the interna-
tional final in Switzerland.

This year’s international final
will be played next spring in Port
St. Lucie, Florida.

This is the second year of the
family tennis program in B.C. and
the second time the provincials
have been hosted by the North
Shore Winter Ctub.

division with a net score of S!,
followed closely by Robert Shan-
non with 52 and Harold
Stackhouse with 52%.

Fran Chandler scored 54% to
come out on top in the ladies’ cat-
egory. Kathy Power with a score
of 55 and Joyce Colonval with
55% were second and third.

In the junior division Paul! Hip-
pel won with a net score of 52,
followed by Brendon Armstrong

‘ with 54, who narrowly beat An-

drew Berry with 54%,

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Co-sponsors of the tournament,
Park Royal Shopping Centre and
the North Shore News, were pres-
ent at the awards ceremony.

Per Danielsen of Park Royal
and Noel Wright of the News
presented the trophies in the com-
pany of Ald. Pat Boname and
tournament president Gordon
Rowntree.

The winner in each of the four
categories received a trophy and a
gift certificate from Park Royal.

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman