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BASKETBALL... Final
applications are still being
accepted for the inaugural
ADIDAS Best in the West
Basketball Supercamp.

The tournament features
72 of the top men and 50 of
the top women prospects in
Western Canada.

The women’s: camp (July
21-23) and the men’s camp
(July 24-26) will take place
from 9 a.m. through 9 p.m. at
the Pinetree Community
Center in Coquitlam, B.C.

The camps have attracted
top players from British
Columbia, other Western
provinces and even a few

from Melbourne,
ia.

* According to tournament
organizers, over 100 college

wenand university coaches from

B.C. and south of the border
have inquired about attend-
ing and evaluating B.C.’s top

- basketball talent.

_“It looks to be an

Sony for any inconvenience
. this may have caused.

extremely intense three-day
camp featuring top clinicians
from British Columbia as wel!
as respected guest speakers on
goal setting, weight training
and time management,” said
camp director David Munro.
“Not to be forgotten is the
opportunity to improve skills
against top players on the
West Coast and to receive fur-
ther recognition and expo-
sure from college and univer-
sity basketball coaches.”

Limited space _ still
remains. For more informa-
tion call 873-4020.

Alison Sydor

CYCLING... Three-time
world champions are hard to
fluster and Alison Sydor
proved that point at a World
Cup race in Conyers, Georgia
last weekend.

The North Vancouver
mountain-bike racer returned
to the scene of her Olympic
silver-medal ride leading the
women’s World Cup points

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championship, and despite
two flat tires, a crash and a
jammed chain, managed to
retain that lead following the
38.6 kilometre race.

The 31-year-old Sydor fin-
ished second, just nwo min-
utes and 16 seconds behind
winner Laurence Leboucher,
of France. Leboucher is sec-
ond in World Cup standings.

The final race of the World
Cup season takes place in
cary September in Bromont,
Quebec and it just happens to
be Sydor’s favorite course.

The talented Sydor is in
Abbotsford today competing
in the national road racing
championships.

HOCKEY... A select tyke
team of North Shore Winter
Club and North Shore Minor
Hockey Association players
went undefeated en route to
winning the Pacific Viper
Hockey Tournament at the
Grand Pacific Forum.

The North Shore squad
downed the Fraser Valley
Super Series team 7-4 in the
tournament final.

Team members include:
Derck Lee, Sean Lee, Clark
MacDonald, Trevor Milner,
Jamie Nordio, Kevin Parkyn,
Brad Reid, Patrick Rogan,
Tayior Stefishen, Colton
Teubert, and Brandon
Thompson.

The North Shore team
was coached by Ted Nordio,
Greg Milner and Tony
Thompson.

— Andrew McCrestie

183 Pombertoa a, TALKING

985-71 95 Vaz Naser

for a special day of

“SAFE &

SECURE”

99 *AUTOTHEFT PREVENTION INFORMATION
* INFANT CAR SEAT INSPECTION

“Members & non-members welcome
Park Royal South

"(in front of Cypress Mountain Sports)

“Saturday July 18th, 1998 — 10am -
Lots of prizes, giveaways & fun

SPORTS

Thorp in Rogers’ side

HOME-COURSE
advantage almost
proved the charm for
North Van’s Jack
Rogers. Almost.

The Capilano Golf &
Country Club member was
by Minncsota’s
Gary Thorp in the Canadian
Senior Match Play
Championship final at the
West Vancouver course on
Sunday.

“I had my chances early,
but E couldn’t put him away,”
said Rogers of the top-seeded
American playet.

The North Vancouver
golfer earned the berth in
Sunday’s final with a 2&1
win over U.S. player Richard
Blooston on Saturday.

“I went further along than
I ever expected, so Pm still
satisfied with what I accom-
plished this weck,” Rogers
said of the tournament,
which saw finalists-play three
rounds of stroke play and five
rounds of match play over six
days on the 6,404 yard Par-
70 Capilano layuut.

The McKenzie Financiai
Corporation-sponsored event
was open to male amateur
golfers who reached the age
of 55 by July 7, 1998 with a
handicap index of 6.0 or fess.

— Andrew McCredie

CAPILANQ Country Club -member: ‘Pai
drains a putt during Canadian: Senior:
Championship iast Friday in in West Vancou

Competition categories are Business, Professional and Open:
Prizes awarded in each category, People’s Choice and Most Outstanding
Chowder. There will also be prizes for best Team Costumes: .

Yes, it’s back again...
for a third year. Teams have
from 12:3@ until 2:30 pm to build @ boat ;
from recycled materials then at 3:15 pm launch their vessels
and with two tea mexbers abeard attempt to paddle, sail or

_ Submerge their way out to sea and back again. Prizes will be
awarded so be there or be a bivalve! Per info call 990-3841.

North Vancouver
Clam Chowder Committee