ral B4 - Sunday, January 9, 1983 - North Shore News while Doug Lauson, princ THE BIG WINNER of the 1982 B.C. school sports draw was Shemin Nurani, who won a trip for two to Sydney, Australia and $10,000. On the left, Arne Peterson, Passenger Sales Representative for CP Air, presents the tickets ipal of St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, presents the cheque. The money raised is used for sports and other school activities. A learning experience So we lost. Big deal.In the world of sport, losing to a better team is no big thing. It’s what you do after the loss that counts. The NHL were thumped by the Soviets. Edmonton was probably somewhat fortunate to catch the red team on their first day here after their long flight’: while Calpary were in the for tunate position of being underdogs in thei tiny match box arena But for Quebec, Montreal. Minnesota and Philadeiphia the games should be a learning experience IUs somewhat palling to hear some of the officials about Nol ever wanting to play the Soviets ayain bg oth moan a— this attitude as dont Mind you fine uf you want to improve the product TCs also quite acceptable af you want to cheat the fans and give them tess than the best for years, the Sovicts ane other hockey nations in burope were walling to come over here and fearn For years Canada won every competition going Th was never a case of who would win bul by how mach cofr ytoeat est atooetrcotiwer cos synteny CCoetves Perec tte thre: Sy elo Bpecialisto DRIVE IN SERVICE Mon fr 8 OO % $0) Swath Oo NOR EST RADIATORS 1175 West 14th St... NV RADIATOR REPAIRS foe fast Orotessanevedt FE pas or BEeviC & Teen teres 984-0374 Over 30 yoars on the North Shore And no its turned around) = a JDbit Not) un- surmountgble But definitely turned around As a nation proud of our hockey we are now in the posiuon of either wrapping ourselves into a Cocoon and never venturing oul for fear of fanlure. of of being willing to CNCOUra RE More a nd more visits” both ways, and to bencht trom these 9 ex- changes We have learned in the past from these games, and it i something we can. still bene fit trom after Hesrctu..: the tans are, of” pe . shoul, J) thesndsinvere winners he sweep and flow ol infermational hockey where the Soviets are in- volved obmngs oa definite beauly Co the sport And the way the majorly of the NHE teams respond to woth that little tout reminds all of as that thal Kiace calra hockey can be fat more than roller derby onmae To say that we don't need these fournaments ow to speak fake oa bosca whee counbad vi crerbinryy cbr, Just off Pomberton rive: anon ba kh 4050) BCAA Approved care less what thinks. We want more. PLAYING WITH THE BEST - Jim Easton junior, the son of Jim Easton the former Whitecap Coach, has had himself quite a fall scason the pubhe Young Jim. who was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rowdies last year, has been BEAUTIFUL NEWS photo Elisworth Dickson playing in Sao Paulo, Brazil, along with a few other young players. Rowdies have a working tetatronshtp. with ~- the Brazilian team which boasts a number of Brazil's Wortd Cup Stars. In a recent Brazilian soccer magazine, the 17- year-old former Lynn Valley and Sutherland” graduate, along with Perry Van der Beck of the Rowdies, were both singled out as players who could make it with the first team. Incidentally. young Jim was the youngest player ever drafted in the North Amencan Soccer League, not 16-year-old David Houston, who was picked up by the Whitecaps Vancouver Jim owas a few months younger than David was at the time of his draft) last season. Fines FROM PAGE B3 Gomez here fireballer Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians. 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