3@ — Wednesday, April 23, 1997 — North Shore News . SOCCER... The shootout at the OK The have been involved in five shootouts already this season, including the final of two major invitational tourna- ments that w decided ith shootouts after score- less tes in regulation time. At the Burnaby North Invitational last week, after opening — the eight-team tourney with another shootout victory against Centennial following a 1+) tie and then defeating Kamloops 1- 0 in regulation time, the Pipers fell to the hosts in the shootout that took place after the teams went score- less throughout the ~ championship game. BADMINTON... Hollyburn Country Club member Julia Chen defeated = Jennifer Wong of the ~ Vancouver Racquets Club to take the Women’s singles title in the B.C. Closed tournament. With $3,000 in prize moncy - on the line, Chen accomplished the feat with relative case, win- ning her matchup 11- 4 and 11-0. Next up for Chen is the senior national tournament to be held April 28-May 3 in Edmonton. SOCCER... Vancouver Metro Senior Soccer League action saw the 1997 Under-21 Cup get under way. In quarter final action, Norvan Skyline defeated ICSF Azzurri 2-1 while the West Van Trollers rolled over n United 3- Semi-final action included the two North Shore entries matched up agains¢ each other with West Van winning 2-0. The final game had West Van matched up against Westside Rino with the Troflers pot- ting four goals to the Rino’s two during a nooner at Queen’s Park. — Robert Galster robert@nsnews.com PAST LIVES DREAMS north shore news (*) SPORTS NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge ROCKRIDGE Grade 9 student Charlie Liu takes a flying leap of 4.28 metres in the long jump during a Wesi Vancouver Secondary meet last Thursday. He fin- ished seventh behind the meet's eventual winner Scott McDonald of Seycove. tor Monday through Wednesday until 7pm mix and match your favourite pastas and sauces for just $5.99 IF you’ve ever won- dered about the impor- tance of getting to soc- cer’s World Cup cham- pionship tournament in France next year, con- sider the following numbers, supplied by Canada’s national coach, Bob Lenarduzzi. Earning one of three berths accorded to North and Central America and the Caribbean means a guarantee of at least three games in France at $1.5 million per game. For the nearly broke Canadian Soccer Association, the opportunity to pick up a cool $4.5 million rates right up there in impor- tance with your agent’s plan to win the 649 this evening. That sort of money will keep the CSA and its national programs in business for the four years until the following World Cup. So quite a bit hangs on Canada getting there for the first time since 1986. Including, probably, Lenarduzzi’s job. After seven years and a lot of heartbreak, the current qualifying round is the affable North Vancouver resident’s second crack at taking his team to the final. He missed in 1994 as did his predecessor, Tony Taylor, in 1990. Another Tony ~~ Waiters — led Canada to its t [and so far only) appear- “of ; rn Cr Our sto Lous oe custom ance 11 years ago. One of the best defend on that group was Lenarduz#aa now rising 42 and pointi out, as he sipped his coffell that the ‘86 Canadian side wal the beneficiary of the chai vo recently folded Nora American Soccer League. “Call it a lingering effeqim All the players on that side hz the benefit of playing in a fu time professional leagul Ve There’s no substitute for pay P! experience.” There’s no fulltime pia league in Canada, large because the game has lity drawing power, except omg here on the wet coast. Al there is no natural-turf stad um of sufficient size betwed here and St.John's except fae Edmonton’s Commonweal Stadium. Given this double whan my, Lenarduzzi must do td best he can with a mix of se: pro Canadian talent and handful of Canadian profe See Pro Soccer page 3} selac lion ard ? 4 7 SOUL TRAVEL How Spiritual Experiences Help You fe or double-broas wools. nlicrolibre tela “2°