hore Selects U-17 team and are

LOCAL LADS Struan. Howes dott and Grog Campa (right) have been salected to the boys’

under-17. Canadian team. Both are players with
Syd Dacres. if Howes and Campbel

coached by

i] make ‘he next two cuts — ons In April and one

in. the’ summer. —~ ~ they will be on the Youth World Cup Canadian team travelling to Costa Rica.

pion, and winner of last year’s B.C.
; Winter Games will compete in the
i. National level: at the North Shore
Invitational:. Flicka’ gymnastics

meet: at the Capilano: College’ .

Sportsplex.
“Her skill levels are going up.” ,

reports Gertner’s coach: Flauvio:.

“We're waiting to see if she.
can move up one level.”

Last “year, Gertner won first

- place i in Zone’5 of the Open cate-
” gory: (14-year-olds). at the. B.C.
Winter Games, scoring first. on
‘beams’.and ‘bars, fourth on” floor
and fifth on vault.’

This week’s meet will get ‘her
back into’ the swing of competi-

tion, in: time to ‘prepare for the .

North |: Vancouver-based .. B.C.
Winter Games (Feb, 22-25).

‘:“She has an opportunity to try

“once ‘and. move up,”. says coach
‘Nancy Bilokryly. ““It’s a. good
experience : meet. We'll see how
' she does and if she’ s doing well

“she’s moving up.”

If the young gymnast does not
‘Move up'to the national stage, she
‘will, take | part: jin the
Games. *

Although cautious of moving
‘her up too quickly, both Toma and
“Bilokryly: are. optimistic about
Gertner’s performance. >

wo “She's’ a: very’ strong. girl, ”
-Bilokryly says.

“She's a.very strong girl, very
powerful and an excellent vaulter
and tumbler.”

How did it all start for this
bright, energetic, spunky teenag-
‘er? - »

I-was. kicked out of ballet
because I was too active,” giggles
‘Gertner. “They told me I should go
‘somewhere’ else because they
couldn’ ‘t stand it anymore.”

Winter :

Sportsplex meet this Saturday

‘She got started at Phoenix
Gymnastics ‘in Vancouver and
transferred to North Vancouver's
- “Flicka two years ago.

She enjoys the floor event the
“most because “it’s easier.”

In addition to training 25 hours,

~ five days a week Geriner also per-

‘forms jazz and hip-hop dancing.
“TY like the .corapeting: and 1
4 compete with my friends because

' it’s fun,” she'says. .

But despite her tight schedule,

_.Gertner still finds tinte just to be a. |

‘ teenager...
Her favorite pastimes include

.., Shopping at Costco and eating the

free food samples.

“She’s a kind of bubbly girl, 2_

real joker,” muses Bilokryly.
Gertner’s mom, Yin, agrees:

“People say your name is a reflec-

tion of your personality, For Tovah

cultures,”

(whose name means ‘God’ in
Hebrew) this is a good start.”

Born of half-Chinese and half-
Hebrew descent, Tovah doesn’t see
herself as just Canadian.

“{ feel like I’m a mixture of two
she says. “I learn both
from both my parents.”

And future plans?

Gertner’s coaches hope. the
Grade 9 student’s good grades will
get her a scholarship in the United
States.

* “In the next two years she'll
have to make those decisions —
whether to go to college or if she
wants to stay in gymnastics for
fun,” Bilokryly adds.

“I'd like to go ‘ational, ” beams
Gertner.

“My mom wants me to go to
Chinese school after gymnastics...
But it’!l be a while.”

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