40 ~ North Shore News — Wednesday, Apri! ‘9, 2000 WEST VAN'S GRIDIAUN CAT Rob Meier has a big decision to make. Does he want to be a Jaguar or a Lion? The Sentinel secondary giad was dratted first overall by the B.C. Lions in the Canadian Football League drait a yeat ago. He was claimed Sunday by the National Footbatl League's Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round. Meier is a defensive lineman for the Washington Status Cougars. Surf gi Bob Mackin Sports Reporter bmackin@nsnews.cont NORTH Shore teams were onc- for-five at the 2000 Nike Coastal Challenge Cup for Girls in Coquitlam last weekend. The Under-14 North Shore Surf, led by most valuable player Sarah Huynh, slipped by the Surrey FC Hotspurs 2-1 in overtime Saturday at Town Centre Stadium. Alyssa Houghton scored the Surf?s only regulation time goal. Jamie Louie had the winner. Lauren Karst netted the only West Vancouver goal in a 2-1 Devils’ loss to the Eagleridge Tigers in-the U-17 final. Kristen “Hodge was the Devils” MVP.Kara-Lee Thomas, the tourna- ment’s most valuable player, scored nvice for the Tigers. ; _ The U-13 Cowichan Chatterchamps blanked the North Shore Hurricanes 3- 0. Ellyette Mitchell was the MVF for the Hurricanes, the tournament's most sportsmanlike team. The U-15 Powell River Flames, judged the tournament’s most outstand- ing team, shut out the North Shore. Vipers 1-0. The game was scoreless until Powell River scored in the 40th minute. _: In Sunday action, the Surrey FC Arsenal blasted the North Shore Phoenix 4-0 in the U-19 final. Lisa Puchmayr was the Phoenix MVP. . The -Surf, North Shore Selects Extreme and North Shore Selects Lightning are, among 12 girls teams competing for the Vancouver regional championship of ‘the Girls Under-14 Nike Premier Cup on Saturday at - Burnaby Lake Sports Complex. The “winners of Canada’s three regional tournaments and the overall second place team meet May 27-28 in Toronto to decide the two teams that will represent Canada at the world finals in Beaverton, Ore. North | Vancouver’s Lynn Valicy Falcons are entered in the boys division. The Canadian boys’ fnalists will com- _pete in the North Americin final in COVERING THE GAMES PEOPLE 3 2 u RS fis) t ’ NEWS photo Paul McGrath CAITLYN Smith (centre) ov the North Shore Hurricanes battles with a Cowichan player while teammate Kristina Moseley looks on during the under-tS Coasta! Chaitenge Cup final. Amsterdam. Round-robin -games will consist of Beaverton for a chance to play against two 20-minute halves. the top club teams in the world in licka gymnasts fare well Bob Mackia Sports Reporter bmackin @nsnews.com. vers in uneven bars, beam and floor routine. She helped her team clinch a second place tie with Saskatchewan B.C.’s team was stocked with 42 athletes from nine clubs, including Flicka. Flicka is based at the Mana, 10. The B.C. team missed the gold medal by 25 one-thou- T-BIRDS PLAY BALL North Vancouver's Andy MacLean pitched eight innings in Sunday's 7-6 University of B.C. Thunderbirds win over St. Martin's College in NAIA baseball at Nat Bailey Stadium. North Van's Shawn Anderson and Spencer Barnard each had a hit and a run. Anderson had a hit and two runs in the T-Birds 19-5 Friday home opener. UBC hosts Central Washington Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at noon. PLAY Working others into their graves Shane oltins SPANISH-U.S. philosopher and peet George Santayana once stated that “There is no cure for birth and death, save to enjoy the interval.” At first glance that com- ment would seem quite obvious as we all wish to be happy during our journey through life. When we look a little deeper, however, it is remarkable how unhappy people can become in an area of existence where we spend so much of our time: the working day. I used an example of how futile and unrewarding working inappropriately really can be in a column a couple of years ago, but I believe it’s worth repeating. T¢ concerns a conversa- tion | overheard in the change room of a local gym where a couple of guys were talking about how their friend “Fred” just suffered a stroke at the age of 50. The last time they visited he wasn’t even _ able to walk or move the left side of his body. Apparently Fred was in a highly competitive indus- try that demanded long hours of work aiong with business lunches and din- ners. Unfortunately, com- panies like Fred's were in the “driver's sear,” due to a flagging economy and rela- tively high unemployment. When it came to job demands, because well-paid . positions were hard to come by, the organization had little trouble getting the desired response when they “cracked the whip” to squeeze extra and unrealis- tic hours out of this poor sod’s waking day. The end result of this unwarranted pressure was, not surpris- ingly, a total physical break- down, which led to his suf- fering this wagic and Life. © altering illness. This sort of mentality is becoming all too common in our culture, as businesses look for bigger and bigger profits. In part this is achieved by using and abusing their clout at the expense of the happiness, health and emotional state of it’s employees — or, ex- employees when it comes down to the ever-popular sport of downsizing. I'm not suggesting that a company doesn’t have a , right to expect a solid and honest effort from all its. staff during the normal.” course of a business day. ~ Indeed, there may be times when an extraordinary commitment is necessary to fulfil the promise of an overdue order, or to cove for an absent work col-~ league. What I’m talking - about here is the individual whe constantly has t over and above the origi- nally expected hours they = - See Employees following page. at Westerns North Vancouver Recreation Centre on Lonsdale. The team will now shift its efforts to training for the provincial championships (May: 5-7, in Delta) and national champi onships (May. 23-27... in’, Montreal). ° wo sandths of 2 point. First division Caps SURREY gymnast Kayla Glover, who trains at North “Vancouver’s Flicka in the team competition. Alberta was first. North Vancouver's Jennifer Clarke, 17, was fifth all-around and qualified for still in medal hunt Gymnastics Club, was second all-around * Friday at the Western Canadian champi- onships in Winnipeg. The 16-year-old was tied for first on balance beam, second on bars and floor and seventh on vault. Manitoba's Ashley Fairbairn won the competition. Glover qualified for all four. individual event finals Sunday in which she won sil- three of the four finals. Clarke’s teammates from North Vancouver inciuded Selo Blythe, 17, and Maria Celkova, 16. . Rikka Tindle, a Whisdler gymnast who trains at Flicka, won the all-around provin- cial novice gald and bronzes for balance’ beam in’ the provincial open and provin- cial novice categories. Tindle, 11, was joined by Flicka teammates Jenny Bulmer, 12, and Melissa CAPILANO Rugby Football Club’s march for the bronze contin- ues Saturday. The Caps beat Surrey 25- 18 in a first division playoff game Saturday at Klahanie Park. The local side advanced to host the first division's bronze semi-final Saturday at Klahanie Park. Kickoff is 1 p.m. against the Brit-Lions, who defeated UBC 22-13 in another Saturday game. The winner will play for third place in the first divi- sion playoff rournament April 29 at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium. Fullback Chris Burk opened scoring for Capilano with a try, but Mel Browning missed the convert. He also missed on a penalry kick but redeemed himself with three points on a penalty kick 20 minutes into the game. Capilano led 211-0 until visitor Rob Brown converted his own to make it 11-7. Steve “Melrose” Eastman gave the home side some breathing room with five minutes left in the half on a try, followed by Browning's convert. Brown added another three points to make it 18-10 at halftime. Brown scored another penalty kick to narrow’ the gap to five points in the sec- ond half. Eastman had his second - converted try of the match. Surrey’s Jason Ursalak closed ._ scoring with a try for Surrey...” The game was officiated”... by visiting French referee Cycit Lafou and observed by a touring side from Sao Paolo, Brazil. The Brazilians are being hosted by. th Surrey team. e ~ Bob Mackin