Seven.

the'Canadian “. cham-

North .. Shore - shore: invitational meet this." Both'Louey and Whittred
gymnasts ,competed ‘in’. yéar and continued to im-*” also finished in the top group
e press during the B.C. Elite at: both the B.C. -Elite
Championships and

_plonships.last-weekend Championships.

‘and:.-produced some

“finish” with impressive pi

overall scores.
a

Sandra Botnen finished
second overall in the
women’s novice division,

_ with Flicka club teammate.
Tracy Wilson finishing fifth
and elder sister Anita
-Botnen finishing fifth in the
‘senior division. “ts

a All seven North Shore

girls are from the Flicka gym
club, |

| 'Sahdra Botnen, aged 11,
-and Wilson, aged 12, made
their deput at the North

ie ,

/

.in the floor exercises for het gym club.

Westerns,’ and. along with

onth, they took the top two": seem” destined to ” bri
aces in the Argo group... . future stardom for Flicka.

a aa At the West . Jast’ Botnen- and - :
fine: performances to, . erns | last’ Botnen «and ° Wilson ; they
|

In Saskatoon, at the ‘They. are all coached by
national .event, Sandra Mike Vossen, a © former
Botnen finished third on the - national level gymnast who
bars and the beam, and ninth trained with the | Phoenix

second place overall placing

out of 43 competitors. | In senior level ‘com-

petition at Saskatoon, Anita

Wilson placed second on Botnen, 16, took fifth overall
the beam, fifth in the floor, with a third place :on “the

and sixth-on the bars, for her . -beam, fourth place on the

overall fifth place. _ vault and bars, and sixth on
the floor. ees
The meet was just another
milestone for Botnen; who
travelled to England and
Norway with the ‘national

is ‘ a4 a4

Susan Whittred, aged 10,
finished tenth in the novice
division,.. while | Christina
Loucy, 11, finished fifteenth. .

4

team in February where she

finished fifth and four
respectively.
With the 1981 world

gymnastics championships at
the end of the year in
Moscow, Botnen has to face
trials in June and September
before the final Canadian
teamis picked.

In. junior competition,
Elaine Prescott,’ 14, finished
third on the vault and
seyenteenth overall, and
Barb Branda, 16, finished
third .on the beam and
nineteenth overall, out of 43
compétitors.

Both .of the girls were
hampered by injuries last
year but have competed at
the provincial level for
several years, A couple of
years ago Prescott finished
second. in the novice
division,

a
victory

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