22 - Wednesday, November 13, 1985 - North Shore News

Sports

Athlete won’t bow to handicap

From Page 21
physical person, Chew soon
found that most sports he
had once enjoyed required
two legs and were suddenly
no longer possible.

Then he tried downhill
skiing and sparks ignited his
dream.

“I suppose I liked it so
much because it made me
feel equal. | was no !onger
demoted from active to inac-
tive. First I was equal to
- other skiers, then I was bet-

ter than some, now I’m bet-
ter than 90 per cent of the
skiers at Whistler.”’
Relentless training under
such coaching luminaries as

former Crazy Canuck Dave ©

Murray coupled with an
almost demented determina-
tion pushed Chew into in-
ternational competition. In
1984 he was named Cana-
dian Alpine Competitor of
the Year, and was one of
two Canadians invited, that
same year, to demonstrate
single ski techniques at the

Poco downs Petites

BRAD Gamble’s Petite A
team lost an exciting 5-3 bat-
tle to Poco in Ringette Sun-
day. :

Goal scorers for the North
Shore Winter Club team in-
cluded Rebyn Spinkon,
Jenny MceLean and Sarah
Goodman. |

Danielle Emmrich played
well in. goal supported, by
Kristi Gamble on defense. ©
' The - Petite A’s later

defeated: North West Van

11-5 with five goals apiece
going to MacLean and
Goodman and a single to
Kerri Gamble.

The Junior Belle B team,
coached by Trevor Buddo,
edged Poco 5-4 in a close
game with the winning goal
scored in the last second of
play.

Goal scorers for the
NSWC team were Tara
Gray, with two, and singles
by Karen Buddo, Yvette Lew

‘and Erin McConnell.

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1984 Winter Olympic Games
in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

In addition to a first place
finish in the 1985 U.S. Na-
tional championships in
Colorado, Chew set a new
North American speed skiing
record of 140.8 km per hour
at Whistler.

He is currently ranked
first in the world in

downhill, fourth overall in
giant slalom, and sixth in
slalom.

In an attempt to help fi-
nance his quest for world ski
supremacy, Chew, along
with the the Hang Five Am-
putee Ski Club, is organizing
the club’s fourth annual Ski
Hop. The dance, featuring
the white-collar sounds of

Wall Street, will kick off
Saturday, November 16 at 7
p.m. in the North Vancouver
Recreation Centre's
Capilano Room.

As have the three previous
Hang Five productions, the

Saturday night hop will
combine, in all the best
definitions, business and

pleasure, tapping the vitality

of community spirit to help
fulfill international ambi-
tions.

“The people of North
Vancouver and all my
friends have always been ex-
tremely supportive,’’ Chew
smiles, ‘‘they know what I’m
doing is important. They
know I'm after their money,
not their sympathy.”

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