ane (S - Wednesday, Murch 23, 198% Curling ) finals held PAGE 17 Narth Shore News WEST VANCOUVER twins Moira and Elma Ong are pro- ving to be double trouble on the badminton court. The quiet, petite Grade 8 stu- dents from Sentinel continually dazzle their opponents with skill, finesse and exceptional sportsman- ship. But opponents are almost always confused as to which player is hitting the bird, as Moira and Elma are identical twins. The Ongs are the current under-12) and ounder-14 B.C. champions in girls doubles. Last season they reached the quarter finals of the under-16 national championships. For their age, they have the best tournament record in Canada. Tennis and Badminton Club and the Vancouver Racquets Club — are expected to attract 250 athletes from across Canada. Hollyburn club professional Zip Dhanani has been training approx- imately 20 athletes to take part in the championships. In addition to the Ongs, three other B.C. team athletes from West Vancouver are expected to excel in the national champion- ships — Brent Olynyk, National Developmental Team member; Leslie Calder, bronze medalist at the Canada Winter Games; and The twins are currently training up to 16 hours a week in prepara- tion for the Junior National Championships and training is split between the Hollyburn Coun- try Club and the Vancouver Rac- quets Club. Held in Vancouver until March 26, the championships — _ co- hosted by the Vancouver Lawn Wesley Fong, a badminton in- structor at the West Vancouver Community Centre. Admission to the championships is free until the finals, which will be held at the Vancouver Racquets Club at 33rd and Ontario March 26 at 12 noon. Tickets will be available at the door. NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Worth Van kickboxer fakes on Alta. champ NORTH VANCOUVER kickboxer champ Farid Dordar will take on Alberta champion Don Gunderson March 26 at SFU in Burnaby for the North American championship. “I'm going to win, for sure,"’ said a confident Dordar, 24, who recently beat the top-ranked Japanese shootboxer in an unofficial bout in Tokyo recently. The Japanese variation of kickboxing, shootboxing involves ‘throwing each other on the floor, more like wrestling,’’ explained black belt Dor- dar. With the world shootboxing title now open, Dordar expects to compete for that honor May 21 in Japan, but must first have a World Kickboxing Association bout — the North American championships ~ under his belt before that competition. A native of Iran, Dordar holds a third degree belt out of 10 degrees. “But the skill is the same,’? Dordar said of the belts. ‘‘There’s not more to learn, it's experience. I’ve seen brown belts beat top black belts.” Visitors to Ron Andrews Pool in North Vancouver — where Dordar trains and teaches — may have noticed the top local kickboxer working out there. Kickboxer Ingrid Katzberg, who trains alongside Dordar, will take to the rink that same day to battle for the B.C. women’s kickboxing cham- pionship title. For more information on the sport of kickboxing or the March 26 North American competition at Simon Fraser University, call Ron An- drews pool at 929-7314. NEWS photo Mike Wakefioid TWINS MOIRA and Elma Ong give their competitors doubfe trouble on the badminton court. The 13- year-old girls, shown here at the Hollyburn Country Club, are rising up through the ranks at a quick pace. / JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS adminton player seeks gold SEVENTEEN-year-old Leslie Calder of North Van- couver is following a family tradition in her quest for a gold medal at the 1988 Canadian Junior Bad- minton Championships in Vancouver to March 26. Calder’s parents are both former senior Canadian champions, older sister Susan is current National Col- legiate Champion and eldest sister Gillian has won six Canadian junior group titles. A Grade 12 Handsworth student and member of Hollyburn Country Club, Leslie has been B.C. under-12, under-14 and under-16 singles and doubles champion and recently won singles and doubles under-19 in her first year in that age group. An all-around athlete, Calder was selected by the province as a Best Ever Olympic athlete, considered potentially strong enough to represent Canada in the 1992 Olympics in Spain. A veteran in junior national competition, she has been working hard towards a gold medal in the under-19 event this year. (G2 kilos) and (60 kilos). : Warren Cannon’ (84 kilos), Ham: - ed Hamedi®. (74. kilos), Amir” Asgari (74° kitos), Vit: Decotils: