32 - Wednesday, May 15, 1991 — North Snore News

UPON MEETING Allison Rice it quickly becomes obvious that she
is a person of unusual talents and tastes.especially for a !5-year-old.

A lew years ago she chose to compete
in badminton rather than the far more
glamorous game of tennis.

And while she was excelling in bad-
minton, she continued to pursue her in-
terest in classical music as a violinist.

Her perseverance has paid off: Rice has
managed to succeed with both badmin-
ton racket and violin.

This year she became the Canadian
under-16 singles badminton champion,
winning the gold medal in her first trip
to the junior nationals: she was also ac-
cepted by the Vancouver Academy of
Strings to play for its orchestra.

Unfortunately, when her tournament
and concert schedules collided, she was
forced to assign priorities: she chose the

tournament and missed the concert.
thereby making herself ineligible to play
at any more concerts this year.

This pust season, Rice has sapidiy
made a name for herself and is part of
the Hollyburn Country Club badminton
squad that, under the coaching of Zip
Dhanani, is bringing a somewhat obscure
sport into the spotlight.

Hoilyburn players dominated the pro-
vincia! badminton scene this past season
and Rice has been no exception.

At the B.C. junior championships in
early March, Rice won the under-l6
singles title and the under-16 doubles
title with Nancy Reid. also from
Hollyeurn.

Rice’s mental attitude in competition

Hobbies: Violin, viola.

Age: (5
School: Handsworth, Grade i0
Sport: Badminton.

Club: Hollyburn Country Club.

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ALLISON RICE: She started
badminton when she was
eight as a way to improve her
eye-hand coordination for
tennis; she is now the
national under-16 badminton
champion

seems to take her a long way. Going in-
to the national final, she faced number-
one seed Anthea Poon who had defeated
Rice last December.

Rice says she turned this to her ad-
vantage and came from behind to win
the match 8-11, t1-5, 14-4,

“I'd trained a lot harder and just went
out and did my best. It was kind of good
because | had no pressure on me.’

In the 1992 junior nationals, Rice wilt
play in the under-19 division where she
expects even tougher competition.

“I don't expect to do reaily well. Vil
try my best, but because everyone else
will have so much more experience .. .””
she says.

But. as the record shows. Rice's
“best” has often been good enough to
beat everyone else.

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