FORMER FIGURE SKATING CHAMP

Delmaestro named to
italian hall of fame

NORTH VANCOUVER former
figure skater Bruno Delmaestro
will be inducted in to the Italian
Cultural Centre Hall of Fame on
Saturday, Sept. 23.

“He was chosen because he
distinguished himself in sport, be-
ing the champion of Italian figure
skating twice,’’ said centre execu-
tive director Anna Terana.

Terana said that although most
Hall of Famers are much older

when inducted, Delmaestro was
selected because he’d concluded his
competitive skating career and
would be a good example to Italian
Canadian youths.

Delmaestro’s figure skating ca-
reer includes years on competition
both for Canada and for Italy. In
1984 he was named to the Italian
Olympic team but his Olympic
dreams were cut short by a leg in-

WV man wins
tennis tourney

WEST VANCOUVER’S Russell
Stuart won the Pepsi Tennis
Championship after defeating
Jesse Walter at the Four Seasons
Tennis Club in Everett,
Washington.

A big serve and impressive net
game helped third seed Stuart re-
cord a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the
fifth seed from Yakima.

“T just went in there thinking I
could win,’’ Stuart said. He added
that Walters was playing well,
knocking out top seed Chris San-
toso from North Vancouver

earlier. This is the second time in
six matches Stuart has defeated
Walter.

Stuart edged out North Van-
couver’s Matthew Walsh 6-2, 7-5
in the quarter finals and second
seed Greg Wesenberg of Seattle in
the semi final.

Meanwhile Jonathon Miller of
West Vancouver took Walter to a
three set match in the quarter
finals before bowing out 6-4, 4-6,
6-4,

Stuart is ranked third in under-
14 championship singles in B.C.

jury.

Now 26 and recovered from his
injury, Delmaestro is making a ca-
reer out of teaching skating.

He coaches the Coquitlam Fig-
ure Skating Club and the North
Shore Winter Club, as well as be-
ing the head instructor for a power
skating school and a course con-
ductor for the Canadian Figure
Skating Association.

Connell
takes
Bull

NORTH VANCOUVER tennis
player Grant Connell was nam-
ed Bull player for the month of
August.

Connell, 23, won the award
after improving his Canadian
ranking from fifth to second as
a result of his performances at
the Canadian Open and the
Volvo International.

This is Connell’s first time
this year to win the monthly
award selected by a panel of
national tennis writers and
broadcasters.

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T. Fox
run
raises
funds

KIDS FROM the
NorWesters track club
fead the pack as North
Vancouver City Mayor
Jack Loucks fires the
Starting gun for the
Ambleside Terry Fox Run
on Sunday. Race chair-
man and West Vancouver
Ald. Pat Boname said
that although the number
of participants was down
this year with only 280
people, the run still raised
a record amount of
money. Boname estimates
that $5,600 — the most
money raised in four
ycars — will be going to
sponsor cancer resezrch.

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