(Second of two parts)’

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surfaces are needed to save

North: Vancouver soccer
fields, says the North Shore
Youth Soccer Association's
Report on Playing Fields.

‘The association prepared

the report recently because
of increasing problems with
the fields. — including lack
of proper .drainage and
dangerously eroded playing
surfaces. Things were so bad

by 1981 that only. 20) out of SE

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As noted-in last Sunday’s
News, the fields deteriorate
because of the North Shore's
heavy*~:rainfall, and the
constant: ‘pounding they take
every week from 8000 sports
enthusiasts. Municipal
maintenance budg _and
natural ‘healing -just “can’t
cope .\ with the'situation.

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THERE WERE ‘NO PRISONERS’ taken by eithr side Wednesday at Hugo I] Ray Park when Hillside downed Hand-
sworth to take the Senior Giris high school Field Hockey Cro n

middle of December to ‘the

end of January, a usually.
wet,. cold period when the
grass doesn’t: grow and is

consequently. most
vulnerable .to soccer shoes
and football cleats.

Says the association’s
Dave Bolt, “We've just got to
get off and leave them (the

fields) alone.”

More permanent solutions
suggested ‘in’ the NSYSA
report range from relocating
goal posts at Lynn Valley
Park to building a multi-use
sports:complex in Seymour.

There are short term

‘When winter storms strike,

‘recommendations | such as

lacing gravel with sand at
epee & _ Myrtle, and
Kinsmen Stadium, im-
porving field lighting, and
reparing uneven surfaces at
Seylynn, Brooksbank
Norgate and Kinsmen. these
actions, some of which are
underway, would free more
fields for games and “prac-
tices, casing the burden on
the fields now in good
condition.

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recommendation, but one
not too popular with the

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A REAL §aail biter
Wednesday
Hillside and Hand-
sworth battle it out for
the North Shore senior
girls field hockey
crown.

A single goal in the
opening minutes of the game

who finished the game — and
their sixth North Shore
championship in the last 14
years -- with a 1-0 tally.

_ (Sports fans can catch the
game on TV at’6 p.m.

- Sunday courtesy of Channel

10.)

Hillside goes on to play
Burnaby North Monday for
the Vancouver and District
title, with time and location
dependent upon. the
weather. Both schools have
already qualified: for the
B.C. “AA” ‘championships
slated for Nov. tl to 13 in
Victoria.

Regular league-action last
week saw the following
results: |§ Handsworth-4,
Burnaby Central-0 “T by
Paisley Howard, 2 by
Heather Pickering); Hillside-
0, ‘Burnaby Central-0;
Handsworth-1, Burnaby

SouthO “Paisley Howard):

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to be the winner for Hillside, **@5€°

Burnaby South-1, Hillside-0.

And in other senior news,
the Howe Sound in-
termediate team will
represent the North Shore at
the provincial “A” cham-
pionships as the zone’s best
“A” team. Howe Sound
defeated Crofton House 2-0
in the qualifying round last
week and will journey to the
alley the
championship set for this
weekend.

The Howe Sound squad
also captured the in-
termediate championship,
edging Sentinel 2-1 Tuesday
in an overtime game. Janis
Rayfield opened. the. scoring
for Howe Sound, -with
Leonie Plunkett popping in

‘the winner in OT. Carolyn

Copithorne was lone scorer
for Sentinel.

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS
Howe Sound-1, Hand. Jr.-1; Howe
Sound-2, Hillside-O0: Sentinel-9,
Handsworth-0; - Howe Sound-4.
Handsworth-0; Sentinel-!, Hillside-
0.

JUNIOR RESULTS
Hillside-1!, Handsworth-0.

JUVENILE RESULTS
Hillside-8,  Sutherland-1; “Hill.
Juv.-8, Hill..Blue Bant.-0: Suth. Juv.-
1, Hill. Red Bant.-1.

_ BANTAM RESULTS
Seé interlocking games.
slated for Monday. :

Final