B2 - Sumday, May 9, 1982 - North Shore News

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Now is not the time to panic

After the last two games
or so, this would have been a
good week to have had Terry
Yorath’s column instead of
mine.

It’s difficult to say
anything except it has been
totally embarrassing for
everybody connected with
the club from the top nght
down to all of us on the field.

While it’s obvious that
we've run into a bad spell,
although this is being written
before Saturday night's game
against Dnillers, I don’t think
it’s fair of anyone to start
screaming for major
changes. A team doesn't go
from being strong to being
the exact opposite in a
couple of games.

Against Portland Timbers
nothing worked, and the
same has to be said for the
way we played against San
Jose on Wednesday. And, of
course, when you run into
injunes and have to start
inserting new players, it
takes time for them to ad-
just. Then there's always a
danger of trying too hard; of
trying to make the big play
by yourself rather than
depending on each other.

Mahood back in racing

DOWN BUT not out is the
way a North Shore Formula
Atlantic driver would sum
up his position this weekend.

Andy Mahood, 26, is back
with the pack when the
International Conference of
Sports Car Clubs cham-
pionship racing series
returns to Westwood race
track im Coquitlam this
weekend.

Being assistant coach, I'm
in the position of having to
make things work, and
beheve me, John Giles and |

by
Peter Lorimer
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are trying to tum things
around. We have no _ in-
tention of having this kind of
week carry on any longer.
Usually, a bad game can
be put down to one or two

The championship driver
was slowed down this season
when his Ralt RT-1 Formula
Atlantic machine had a
dropped valve in the Seattle
opener three weeks ago,
causing over $4,000 in
damage and necessitating a
major engine rebuild.

The damage prevented
him from racing im _ the
Portland round as well as

Orcas drown Hawks

THE WEST Van Orcas

breakdowns: however, for
some as yet strange reasons,
we had 10 or 11 breakdowns
— all at once.

Try to keep in mind that
the lads feel worse than
anyone about what's hap-
pened. We all have pride in
our abilities, and believe me,
after a week like we've had,
the feelings are not com-
placent.

It seems that there's a bit
of complaining going on
about David Harvey over his
goalkeeping. That’s unfair.
David kept us from an even
worse rout in Portland while

we were doing nothing to

give him any help. The big
fellow is a top class keeper

and those who think
otherwise are not seeing
what’s happening on the
field.

The other week I received
a lengthy letter from a 17-
year-old fan in North
Vancouver written some
time ago in which he ex-
pressed concern about our
forwards, our lack of speed
in midfield, our goalkeeper

and Bob Lenarduzzi and
Paul Nelson.
It's a difficult letter to

finishing the Seattle race. As
a result, Mahood now sits
well behind in the points
standings but has “every
intention of changing that
state of affairs.”

Mahood hopes to establish
a championship in the
Formula Atlantic category
of the ICSCC series this year.
If successful, it would mark
the third successsive
championship for the racer,
who was ICSCC Formula
Ford champion in 1980 and
CASC B.C. Region Formula
Ford co-champion in 1981.

As in 1981, Mahood will
be competing in selected

comment about except to
say that based on last week,
none of us can accept any

laurel wreaths for our
performances.
However, let's try and

keep in mind that Johnny
Giles has one of the best
soccer brains anywhere, and
is highly acknowledged
around the world. He does
not make selections based
on anything but his desire to
see the team win.

Now I must make some
comment on the knock on
Bobby Lenarduzzi and Paul
Nelson. There almost seems
to be a tradition that these
two take a lot of abuse from
some elements of the crowd.

Paul has been around
enough years to have proven
himself to coaches and so
has Bob Lenarduzzi.

In fact, Bobby seems to
have been good enough for
Jim Easton, the first coach of
the Whitecaps, back in 1974,
Eckhardt Krautzun, the next
coach, then Tony Waiters,
Bob McNabb and now
Johhny Giles. Then too. he
has been good enough for his
coaches and managers for a

action

with the ICSCC races in this
area.
Mahood

has sup-
plemented the Pentax
Cameras/CKVU _ spon-

sorship of his machine with
backing from Lens & Shutter
Camera Stores and CAM 2
Motor Oil. His car is capable
of going faster than 160 mph
and can accelerate from zero
to 100 in under six seconds.

number of years when he
played in Reading, and for
the coaches and managers of
the Canadian national team
for a long time.

It mightn’t hurt if some of
the complaining fans tried to
see the good that the players

do. They'd find it far out-
weighs the bad.

Now that’s out of the way I
am pleased to receive mail,
even if it is critical. It’s a
personal touch I enjoy.

Keep the faith, fans, we'll
be back.

Pomeroy praised
by North Van City

NORTH VANCOUVER City
council added its praise to
that of thousands for
Vancouver marathon winner
Stephen Pomeroy at _ its
meeting Monday night.

Pomeroy, 24, won the 26-
mile race in 2:16.56, beating
out an impressive field of
2,400 runners.

The surprise winner is
better known to the council
as the City’s planning
technician. Much to
everyone's surprise,
Pomeroy tumed up at work
the day following the race - a
little stiff. but very happy.

“Stephen Pomeroy has

honoured both the City and
himself with an outstanding

victory in the Vancouver
Marathon,” said alderman
Gary Paine.

“His time of 2:16.56 is
world class, and he is a world
class athlete without doubt.”

Said alderman Ralph Hall:
“Any young man with that
kind of stamina should
consider entering politics!”

Council unanimously
passed a motion praising

Pomeroy for his ac-
complishment.

“It was quite a_ feat,”
commented Mayor Jack

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