finest athletes in
Western Canada and
the Pacific Northwest
will converge on
Kelowna July 9 - 12 for
the B.C. Games for the
Physically Disabled.

Athletes will come from
B.C., Alberta, Saskat-
chewan, Manitoba, Idaho,
California, Oregon, and the
state of Washington for the
three day event.

The games will be of-
ficially opened Thursday,
July 9 by Premier Bill
Bennett. The opéning
ceremonies get under way at
8 p.m. at the Apple Bowl.

These are important
games for all B.C. athletes as
it will be used for the final
selection process in naming
the provincial team to the
National Disabled Games in
Toronto at the end’ of
August.

Among the top athletes
competing in the B.C. games
are Rick Hansen of Van-
couver, considered one of
the finest all around wheel-
chair athletes in the world.

Last weekend in Win-
nipeg, Hansen, who com-
petes in track and field,
basketball, and volleyball,
won-the first national wheel-

Close to 200.of the

chair marathon for ‘the ‘dis-
abled in 2 hours, 4 minutes

and 44 seconds. It is ,the .

second fastest wheelchair
marathons on record.

Also competing is Van-
couver’s
winner of seven gold medals |
at the recent Washington —

State games; Diane Rahiecki’__

of Penticton, who has

broken the world record for

400 metres, along with every
member from B.C. who
competed at the 1980 Dis-
abled Olympics in Holland.

Two outstanding athletes
in the blind category are Pat
York and Yvette Michel,
both of Vancouver. York
holds the world record for
400 metres while Michel
-broke five world records at

last year’s Olympics in
swimming.
All but three events will be

staged at the Apple Bowl
Complex. Those _ three
events are snooker, bowling,
and riflery.

These games mark only
Ahe second time they have
been held outside
Greater Vancouver area.
Last year’s games were
staged at Esquimalt near
Victoria.

Close to 200 volunteers
from the Kelowna area are
also being used in the staging
of the games.

the

Athletes chosen _
for Summer Games

A total of 10 north shore
athletes have been selected
for the B.C. Summer Games
to be held in late August, for
track and field events.

Mike Anderegg will
compete in the Long Jump,
100 and 200 metres while
Graeme Bowbrick and Keith
Flamma will take part in the
1500 and 3000 metre runs.

Brad Fanos will be in the
discus, shot and javelin
events.

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