34 — Wednesday, June 16, 1999 — North Shore News Ski Safe north shore news at first, again | NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge LEGION'S Riley Pilkington (right) safely returns to first base after trying to steai second during Monday's North Vancouver Central Little League baseball final at Chris Zuehike Park. First baseman Stuart Mittlestead (left) and the rest of his Spartens’ tearamates were 6-1 winners in the season finale. Local junior A hockey bi _Bob Mackin News Reporter IT’S game over for - Tracy Godoy’s bid to ‘bring a junior A hockey _ franchise to the North ‘Shore in 1999. . The West Vancouver ex- stockbroker tried twice to buy a franchise in May. Last Thursday she took another shot at win-. fing a B.C. Hockey League team, but failed co score. Godoy’s partner in a bid fez an expansion franchise was Vancouver Canucks’ rookie-of- _the year Bill Muckalt. Muckalr accompanied Godoy to the BCHL convention at Sun Peaks Resort and spoke to the league’s governors in support of the application. © Town, Centre Stadium gar. Coquitlam “30 am to 7:38 pm if: 263-9911 | Godoy also introduced a coach and assistant coach for . the prospective frarichise. Dave Sales, who turned the expan- sion junior B Campbell River teani into B.C. champions, was to helm the North Vancouver squad. His assistant was going to be Ron Johnson, coach of the western Canadian bantam AAA champion from) North Dela. Sales was later hired at the meetings to be the new general manager ‘of the Powell River Kings. The Kings were the first team Godoy tied to buy. A fast- minute season-ticket drive sold more than 500 memberships in the community-owned fran- chise and kept the Kings on the Sunshine Coast. Gedoy then tabled an offer sidelines ANOTHER day, another triathion. A month after the Victoria Day triathlon at Ron Andrews Ree Centre, there will be nvo triathlons Saturday in North Vancouver. North Vancouver's Brendan Brazier will put his title on the dine when the Extreme Afternoon Triathlon makes its second run beginning for the Cowichan Valley Capitals. The Duncan-based team is staying put. Godoy’s offer was declined by share- holders nwo weeks ago. She hoped to get the nod for an expansion tranchise last week, but needed 75% approval trom league governors to over- ride a bylaw preventing expan- sion or relocation ofa franchise after April 1. A Salmo: Arm group also unsuccessfully applied. Both were told to reap- ply in December. “Ie was a lot of work putting it together. I was hoping if it wasn't awarded this year, then maybe they'd have a vote based on our recommendation for ext year, so we didn’t have to go through the process again.” Will she go through the Process again? Godoy, who was at Panorama Beach next to the Deep Cove Yacht Club ar 10 a.m. The first leg is a 1.5-kilome- tre swim around the five-knor channel marker and back. Athletes will run 13.5 km up Gallant: Street’ and) Riverside Drive to the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (the for- mer Sevmour Demonstration Come See B.C's Top Amateur Boxers Saturday, June 19/99 at the Armouries sm ¢ Foes) Tickets only $10 at the door Fights begin @ 7:30 p.m. general manager last season for the — expansion = Burnaby Bulldogs, isn’t so sure. “TL just want to digest this for now and see what happens over the next month or so,” she said. “I know IT will be in hockey, though. I definitely know that's where my career’s going to be taking me. After being with the Bulldogs for the last vear-and-a- half, T enjoyed it thoroughly. } enjoy the management part of it, Tenjoy watching the bovs develop and go on to -bigger and better things.” BCHL president Ron Boileau said if Godoy reapplies later this year, she may have competition trom an Abbotstord group. He said it's unlikely ovo new franchises would be granted simultane- ously. Forest). The last leg is a 40-km_ evele, beginning near the Rice Jake Guard House. The day's second triathlon kicks off at 6 p.m. in the Lower Sevmour Conservation Reserve. It tea tures a 5-km run, 30-km bike race and another 3-km run. 243 Racquetballer Kelly Kerr of North Vancouver is going to the MIE Pan Am Games in Winnipeg. Kerr and doubles’ partner Roger Harnpersad of Calgary, telgning national champs, will compete in the men’s event at the July 23-Aug. 8 games. North Vancouver diver Bhythe Hardev will compete with the Americas, too. She wen the women’s national LO-metre tower ute for the first time at the 1999 Summer Nationals Sunday in Edmonton. RUGBY SUPER LEAGUE STANDINGS - WEEK 4 THROUGH JUNE 12 Western Division Valley Venom Crimson Tide Calgary Mavericks Edmonton Gold Manitoba Buffalo Vancouver Prairie Fire Eastern Division Nova Scotia Keiths 1 Montreal Menace 1 Black Spruce Rugby 1 The Rock 1 Toronto Renegades 0 E.Ontario Harlequins = 0 Game summary, June 10 at Klahanie Park, West Vancouver Vancouver Nort! Stars 34 Prairie Fire 14 North Stars: Barry Eb) (2 tries); Jesse Rasaiussen (1 try); Stewart Wright (3 conversions, 1 penalty goal); Leif Carlson (1 try). Fire: Marcus Biumensaat (2 penalty goals): John Cannon, (1 try); Ed Fairhurst (1 penalty goal). : Results June 10, Vancouver 34 - Fire 14 June 12, Keiths 27 - The Rock 5 June 12, Tide 63 - Buffalo 10 dune 12, Venom 42 - Fire 8 dune 12, Mavs 39 - Gold 27 Upcoming — dune 19 Vancouver @ Calgary June 20 Vancouver @ Manitoba WESTERN LACROSSE ASSOCIATION : | standings through June 13 GP w L Coquitlam Victoria Maple Ridge Burnaby North Shore New Westminster Scores dune 4: North Shore 13 Gurnaby 8 Juns 5: North Shore 11 Victoria 9 (at Varacn) June 9: Coquitlam 7 North Shore 6 (OT) Tuesday: North Shore @ Map!s Ridge Tonight: Burnaby @ North Snore (at Lonsdale Arena) North Shore indians top scorers Sh Jim Nishiyama 54 Todd Katanchik 52 Paul Jones Kevin Biggs _ 49 Curt Malawsky oo 25 Brad McArthur 13 Rob Buchan 27 Doug Hil 19 Todd Richards ” 19 Sean Howe 14 AMBLESIDE MASTERS (40+) MILE, WEST VANCOUVER COMMUNITY DAY dune 5 Female 1 Bebbie Eerkes, Burnaby 5:19 (42 years old} 2 Bernadette Dutty. Vancouver 5:12 (40) 3 Adele Wilson, Vancouver 5:15 (42) Male 1 David Reed. Coquitiam 4:26 (44) 2 David Wilburn, West Vancouver 4:29 (40) 3 Arhur Boileau, Vancouver 4:32 (41} Total registered: 115 male: 27 female The News welcomes scores, standings and schedules from your team or league. Send detailed information to Bob Mackin. sports reporter, via fax (985-2104) or e-mail