B2 -Sunday News, September 7, 1980

ONE OF THE MANY excellent young gymnasts of the YMCA Sparca gym club

works out complete with taped ankle. The club is offering improved and expanded
courses for the coming season.

YMCA Sparca gym club

expanding program

Former West German gymnast heads staff

Gymnastics has always
been an important part of
the North Shore Family
YMCA. This fall the ‘Y" is
offering recreational and
competitive classes for every
age.

Annette Denk. former
gyMnasuics competitor and
coach in West-Germany 1s
directing all gymnastics
programs with headcoaches
Nicky and George Carroll
and a total coaching staff of
twenty.

All coaches are highly
qualified instructors and our

goals are to develop physical
fitness and to promote the
enjoyment of the sport to
Tecreational and compettive
gymnasts.

In the past years the
YMCA-Sparca compeutive
team has been

very suc-
cessful competing at
regional and = provincial
championships and = are

looking forward to another
busy and rewarding year.
This year the club ts also
offenng a special “display
group” for gymnastics which
can be descnbed as a skill
learning program winch

emphasizes
exhibitions
displays rather

gymnastic
and team
than com-

petinons.

The tryout date for all
competitive and display
group gymnastics will be

Friday, September 12 4:30
6:30 atthe 'Y’.

All persons trytng out for
these teams should have
some expenence.

The club 1s also offermng
special boys’ classes. special
dance classes for gymnasts
and adult gymnastics.

For more
call 926-5541

information.

Nats-Royals battle

for soccer honours

The North Shore
Nationals and West Van
Royals go up against each
other this afternoon, Sun

day. ain the final of the Tim
Drake Memorial soccer
tournament at Ambleside in
West Vancouver

Csame time is 3 WO

The

Caps rugby ready to go

The Capilane Rugby Club

mall ready for the 1980 A]
scason oof the Vancouver
Ruptry | caguc

They stall hase cone Kate
left im ther pre season
warm ups aparnst Cootk

C ostituthon a team frees

game was onginally to have
been played on the hohday
Monday. but the ruins put an
end to the plans forcing the
postponme nt

North Shore Nattonals
found thea way to the final
of the weekend tournament

Ircland that

meton thear

the Caps frest
LO 73 Trasth teva
The pame will be played on
Saturday Kin

with a 2 WO

Sept obd at
smc OF

hach

Stadsum
olf

Any players interested an

Plaving for the local sade are

West
penalty

by

Rovers

downing Van
hicks

following a 3 3} tie in regular

on

tame and overtime in thei

first smular

game and a
penalty back win over Wes
Van

draw following overtime

Trollers tolkowing a |!

invited oul to the

practice sessions, which wall

yom in

be held on Tucsday oghits at

6 3}O at Klahaore Park and
Thursdays at 6 WH at Kin
amen North Park bcos

furthe: information contact
Denny Maynard at OM) 152)
or lain Scllars at GMO (ON |

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Skateboarders grab titles

N. Shore coming on strong

Skateboard sales may be
dropping off and = Roller
Skates are no doubt causing

more problems on the
sidewalks and streets these
days than the hte four
wheeled surfboards, but

skateboarding ws definitely
not dying in Canada.

Vic Hg of Winnipey
Manitoba sect a Weis
Record by spinor ag 83
consecutive os oon hp
skateboard at this years
Canadian Amateur
Skateboard Championships
Joming Vic were over 4
other top skaters from B.C.
to Quebec. Together they
reaffirmed that
skateboarding 1s very strong
in Canada and a big threat to
the rest of the skateboarding
world.

Taking home Natonal
Honors for the North Shore
were: Paul Hilderbrand - 2nd
Boy’s Bank Riding. Dave
Opko - Ist Jr. Men's Slalom.
Ist Jr. Men's Downhill, 2nd

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Doubles. 2nd Jr. Men's
Freestyle. 3rd Jr. Men's
3600's; Don Nimi - 2nd Jr.
Men's Downhill, 3rd Jr.
Men's Slalom, 3rd Jr. Men's
Hali-Pipe. 3rd Jr. Men's

Bank Riding; Mark Gilmore
- Ist Sr. Men's Doubles, 4th
Sr Men’s High Jump. Ted
Hartley Ist Sr. Men’s
Slalom Rick Tetz Ist

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Is Skateboarding dying in
Canada”? Definitely not on
the North Shore!

BRAS