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Vancouver tider
carved her‘name into
the history books at
the International
Snowboard Federa-
tion Junior World
_ Championship in
Ishikawa, Japan.
Maelle Ricker,
one of 26 Canadian
riders competing at
the five-day event,
wot a bronze medal in
the youth ‘women’s
1 halfpipe event and fin-
ished. a respectable

19th in ‘the youth #
“ women’s open slalom. $3

Bowen Island's
Clare Smith, mean-
while,-was sixth in the
junior women’s half-

Pipe. ;

; SWIMMIN: Gu. ‘West

Vancotiver swimmer |
Brent &’Coaner, 12,

won six; poids, two sil-

vers, ond a’ bronze at

Alison : Atkinson

won Chena’s third.

Left off ‘our list : of:

local medalists: at the

Winter Games: were.
: five, North, Shore’ bad-

"gd
singles action, .w
* the; West Vancouver

duo of Derek Senft.

and. Owen’ Watson
teamed ‘to claiin boys’
doubles gold. North
Van's Sean Clark

won'a silver in boys’ ”
singles and- West Van's

Christina. Simpson
won the’ bronze in
mixed doubles.

West j=:

HANDSWORTH ROYALS turned an home-
field advantage into a gold medal as the North
Vancouver school’s girls’ gymnastic team
captured the B.C. triple-A team title.

The Royals placed first in Levels 2 and 4, second
in Level 3 and fifth in Level 1 to accumulate 407.65
points, the most of the 30 schools competing.

Hillside was sixth, Sutherland seventh and
Windsor eighth in the provincial team competition.

The top North Shore individuals in’ all-around
placings were Sutherland’s Theresa Carroll, third

Girls’ gymnastic tearm beats out 29 schools

in Level 4; Karen Gili and Courtney Howard of
Handsworth tied for fourth in Level 4; Handsworth's
Marcia Denhoed was second in Level 2 competi-
tion; and Kim Wallace, of Handsworth, was sixth in
Level |.

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In other North Shore high school action,
Argyle’s boys’ curling team placed sixth with a 2-5
record at the recent B.C. Curling Championships in

Fort St. John.

Though not in the hunt for 4 medal, the Pipers
result Tepresented the best by a North Shore boys’
rink since 1989.

Howe Sound, the North Shore's other represen-
tative at the provincials, finished 0-7. ;

However the Pipers and the Sounders didn’t leave
the B.C, tournament empty-handed — both were
voted the tournament's most sportsmanlike teams.

— Andrew McCredie —

Some people wait for a rainy day.
Some people know better.

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