HEM Be HC St £1 EPG MeLITRO EE TPT SUC RIM E ALS a aries NTE BEE Uceenn: SEAM CCET OES a? Mint eri sora eS nag | begets nN, Gia aero CAPILANO COLLEGE’S Tara Loo has temporarily ex- changed her Blues volleyball jersey for that of B.C.’s pro- vincial team. Loo, an 18-year-old first-year academic student at the college, hopes to lead the provincial team to a gold medal at the Canada Games being played this week in Sydney, Nova Scotia. In an interview before leaving for the games, Loo said she was enthusiastic about the team’s past performances, which include a second-place finish at the National Challenge Cup held in August. It is the second year the Sutherland Secondary School ’ graduate has been selected to play on the provincial team. Though the 14-member volleyball team will be in the toughest pool at the games with such strong teams as Manitoba and -Ontario and Challenge Cup cham- pions Quebec, Loo said the placing ‘will work to the team’s advantage because’ the B.C. team will be FOR THE first time, North Shore - firefighters will be sending a soccer team to San Diego to compete in the .annual World Police and Firefighters’ Olympic Games scheduled to be held Aug. 1 to 9. The competition brings together police and firefighters from all over the ‘world to compete in various sports. Though North Shore firefighters have competed in. the annual gamies before, this will be the first time a soccer team made up of local firefighters has been sent. The team is currently trying to raise the estimated $12,000 in trav- el and accommodation expenses needed to send the 27-man team entourage to San Diego. First of the fund-raising events will be a Feb. 27 ‘dance at North ‘Vancouver's Eagles Hall. For more information call the North Vancouver City Fire Department at 980-5021. In addition, the firefighters are selling firewood by the cord for $90. For information call Jim Bar- bieri at 988-7557. By CHRIS THATCHER Contributing Writer forced to play a harder schedule than the teams they might face in the finals: ‘It will work out better in the long run for us.”’ Thougi Loo is not from a sports-minded family, she played basketball and ran track and field in high school until Grade 11. ‘‘Then I became more orientated towards volleyball,’’ she said. ‘ve been playing seriously for about four years.” Blues assistant volleyball coach Joe lacobellis calls Loo ‘tone of the best volleyball players in B.C. for her age.”” “‘She’s a good blocker and a great hitter,’’ lacobellis said. Because excellent conditioning is the key to. a strong volleyball player, Loo worked out regularly Feet IF WAS A FEET unparallelled recently as synchronized swimmers met at the North Vancouver Recreation Centre for friendly competi- tion. Members from both the North Shore Novas and Team B.C. made a spiash in the swim meet. for the mon ™ prior to the games, putting in two hours a day, four times a week, Loo added that playing for the Cap College Blues volleyball team has also helped her to maintain strong physical endurance. ““We’ve been conditioned to play the last match,” she said, ‘tas hard as we played the first.”’ Loo, who will be playing centre blocker and power-hitter for the provincial team, considers her hit- ting and her defence to be her big- gest assets. The provincial team, which has been playing together for about 18 months, is made up of women from throughout the province. Though most team training has consequently taken place in sporadic week-long sessions, Loo said she was confident the team will do well at the games because ‘*we’ve trained really hard.’’ That training is currently being put to the test in competition against the best teams in the coun- try. NEWS photo Miko Wakeflo!d first NEWS photo Nell Lucente CAPILANO COLLEGE women’s volleyball team niember Tara Loo is currently on the British Columbia team at the Canada Winter Games. ry Vinters takes | Buck classic JOHN VINTERS won $600 for his first-place bowling finish in the first annual Dave Buck Ford Match Play Classic Tournament held at Thunderbird Lanes on Jan. 31. Vinters, of North Vancouver, won seven of his matches and averaged 216 for 12 games to win the tournament. He bowled high games of 289, 269, 258, 257 and 246 and had a total pinfall of 2,809 including bonus points. Randy Spiers of Burnaby placed second with a total pinfall of 2,792 including bonus points which earned him $329. Ian MacPherson of Richmond won third prize of $251 with a .total pinfall of 2,782 including bonus points. . oo Total purse in the 12-game event was $1,800. In the Avalon Hetel B.C. All Star League, Ray Giuliani rolled 10 strikes in a row and left the four-pin and the seven-pin standing on his ilth ball. He made the spare to finish with a tremendous 288 game. Colin Shott, whose father Grahame recently won $1.9 million in the Feb. 4 6/49 draw, bowled a big 938 series with games of 246, 224, 244 and 244. . . Jan Crock bowled games of 216, 233, 202 and 183 for an 834 total to maintain her 191 league average in the Duggan West Insurance Mixed Trio League at Thunderbird Lanes. : - In the Lions Gate Ladies Trio League, Tracy Noble topped the score board with games of 223, 187, 172 and 186 for a nice 768 total. Josie Miachika was one pin behind with a 767 series and games of 144, 224, 195 and 204. . ; Arlene McGuffin has a 125 average in the Delbrook League and bowl- ed her very first 500 series with games of 215, 163 and 125 for a nice 503 total. In the ‘After Niners’ League, Russ Andronek has a 162 league average and bowled a terrific 667 total with games of 240, 193 and 234. The doubles team-of Mike Hubbard and Al Boyd were the high scorers in the Neate’s Coffee Doubles League. Hubbard had games of 212, 166, 202 and 189 for a 769 total, and Boyd bowled 238, 202, 225 and 246 for a 911 series. : Ed Pasternak had a high single game of 235 and a 791 four-game total. ‘In the Youth Bowling Program at Lions Gate Lanes, four-year-old Dennis Konasewich bowled games of 61, 83 and 65 for a 209 total in the bantam division. Rachel Howard was named bowler of the week in the junior division with 51 pins over her single game average. In the senior division Miles Andrews bowled games of 136, 232 and 150 for a 518 series. Joel McLennan and Dale Donaldson both had a high single game of 190. Jennifer Henfrey was bowler of the week with 71 pins over her three- game average.