= SPORTS NOR TH SHORE "s ord Awards The North Shore Sport Awards is a celebration of Sport achievement at all levels; community, high school, provincial, and international and includes categories for coaching and officiating. It is designed to recognize the outstanding achievements of North Shore athletes. GENERAL NOMINATION CRITERIA All nominees should be considered amateur by the definition of the Provincial or national sports organizations © Please fill out a separate form for each nomination. ° A person can be nomineted in one category only. * Nominees must have a strong North Shore connection (born, lived or living} to be considered. » Results will not be the only criieria for selection. « Nominees achievement of year 1999 only will be considered. © Visit our website to get a full list of criteria. NOMINATION CATEGORIES YOUTH FEMALE Femates under 18 years & under (as of December 313. 1999) YOUTH MALE » Males under 18 years & under (as of December ist, 1999} OPEN FEMALE . Females 19-39 years OPEN MALE Males 19-39 years MASTER FEMALE Females 40 years and older ": MASTER MALE - Mates 40 years and alder COACH Only coaches whe are NOCP certified or are pursuing cerdfication will be “ cuusidered for secognition. “OFFICIAL . _ Nominees to be considered will include thase who, in the process of officiating, educate and encourage athletes and coaches to play fair, and spectators to demonstrate responsible behaviour. : COMMUNITY SPORT VOLUNTEER = Say ‘include any volunteer organizer, "Hainer or manager who has made a significant contribution <0 a sport arganization on the North Shore in 1999. COMEBACK AWARD Any female/male who has overcome a significant obstacle to return to a high level of competition, the recognition of which could inspire others who face similar or other obstacles. TEAM Any amatecr team competing in an organized league during 1999. The phrase “tezm” in these selections will not be interpreted as 2 group of individual competitors (such as BC Ski trar,i} but limited w the cxuunonty known team sports such as baskethall, volleyball, soccer etc. . ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY Any fermale/male, physically or mentally challenged, who has made 2 significant - contribution ‘0 sport on the North Shore. FAIR PLAY Any teant or individual that demonstrated _ the values of good sportsmanship and fair play over a “win at all costs” aciude during competiivn. Nominations will be considered that tell a veritiable story that modeled such valucs for others, and that could be used by coaches and parents to teach such values to young athletes. : ‘NORTH SHORE SPORT AWARDS NOMINATION FORM : Nomination Deadline: Thurseay Aprit é, 2000 Telephone “This form must be compieted in full and must bava a brief ypperuritien summary * of the nonzinee’s accomplishenents, Nominations can be dropped eff at any North or West Vancouver recCentre, West Vancouver Memorial Library or at the Norts ‘Shore News. Nominations wilt not be accepted verbally or by telephone. oO mA we RTH O06 Sore Awards The North Shore Sport Awards ceremony will take place - April 29th, 2006, 7:30pm at ice Sports North Shore, » 24 Mt: Seymour Parkway. For more information please calj :, Beraie Duffy at the Grant Connell Tennis Centre, 983-6480; "or eanail to duffyb@norlbvanrec.com : To register your attendance at the ceremeny, Please catt Ht 987-play (7529). “Websit www.nssportawards.com JAMILA Haider of the Coquitlam Figure Skating. Club ‘competes. in the ‘juvenile ladies’ free skating portion of the 2060 North Shore Invitational figure skating com petition. The 21st annual event happened last weekend at North Shore Winter Club Traffic is Oly From page 36 Olympics. Tennis is obviously a sport taken seriously as can be attested by its new complex, recently completed at a cost of $40 million Australian. As well as two show courts, seven match and - seven practice courts there is the showpiece centre court. It’s a playing area modelled after the new No. 1 centrepiece at London’s: Wimbieden and designed with the help of Australian tennis legend John Newcombe. The building that impressed us the most, however, was completed six years ago ‘and has already seen its share of new world records, - with many more to undoubtedly come in September. If hockey is the cult sport of Canada then swimming is Australia’s athletic passion. The Sydney International Aquatic Centre is confir- mation of that fact. {t has a 10-lane, 50 by 25- -metre competi-_ tion pool, a 33 by 25-metre utility pool as well as a 50 by 20-metre training or warm-up tank! Add to this picture several leisure pools,-a gar-_ den, spas, steam rooms and a fully equipped gymnasium and you srart to get some idea of the planning that went in.o the overall design. Tn fact the head honcho of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, described the knockout facility as “the best swimming facility I have ever seen in- ty life” — and this guy has been around for a while! : I could go on and on about this remark- able venue but in order to filly appreciate it you have to set it in the flesh, so get down to your local travel agent and book a couple of return tickets during September and be part of The Games. For anyone going to Sydney during the Olympics there are a couple of things to be: While we may be viewing the Games as ai athletic spectacle, the same cannot be said fo many of the people who actually live in the city. During our stay, there seemed to be poli ical scandals‘on an almost daily basis conce ing deception and fraud by various depart ments and personnel within the’ Olympic Co ordination Authority. One individual sugges ed that if the Organizers’. brains were made of. elastic, there wouldn’t be nough material to eee a set of 5 penders for a one-legged : Trafficking millions of people aroun looks like bee a nightmare ‘and the: 16-km journey from lowntewn to the m: Olympi site at Homebush Buy by taxi took'us an ‘hour. and a half outside rush hour. Sydney reseinbles Vancouver because it has outgrown its roa systems. hile the organizers of the Olympi are going to rely largely on public. transpor' tion as a means of getung around, I just do! see how they are going to avoid some; Sezious logistical problems. 2 o.-: There are also concerns about jacking¢ip “(and I mican jacking up) rates for hove! restaurants, taxis and just about anything else'a visitor may use or need: But this reality reall shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone living - _in a society like the one we have created for ourselves, where the almighty dollar. rules T have no doubt that once the competitions begin and the city becomes’ as busy as : armed cab driver with crabs, the vast’ majority. of people who travel to or Jive in Sydney will - experience an event they caa remember. fer the _ rest of their lives and thar, Th Games will. indeed live on; we : Bloody right, mate!: rs Shane Collins is a plysical trainer, athletic coach and siarathon swimmer. He is also a pro-. . fessional speaker on the subject af fsport and aealth. :