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C.J. Thomas
Contributing Writer
TALK about a lost
opportunity,

Norvan F.C) blew a two-goal dead
Sunday to draw with Vancouver side
Inter and stay in che cellar of the
Vancous Metro) League’s Premier
| er.

Phe voung North Van club was in
great position to rise up the Premier
table and our of the relegation zone play:
ing their first yame since the winter
Dreak

Norvan raced our to an early dead
when captain Sivon Tate converted a
penaliy atabout the 20 minute mark
and then Sean Fetterly tipped the bali
past the Inter keeper te give Norvan a
wai go lead oat) Vancouver's
Beaconsficld Park. But Norvan could not
hold the lead and Inter converted a
penalty of their own at about 90 minutes
to level the match at two 3 apiece,

“We ea young side and it showed
today,” Norvan coach Gunther Frey said
following the game. “Inter are a good
team and they showed us why... they
never gave up.”

On the positive side, the second vear
coach said the addition of former
Vancouver S86er and Canadian Olympic
team mentber Scott Macey has helped
settle his young club: “You can his
xperience, it certainly helps ... he plaved
very well.”

Norvan are unbeaten in four matches
(a win and three ties) but are struggling
to rise in the standings thanks to a brural
start that saw them go winless in their
first nine gam

Meanwhile, the West Van Trollers are
having troubles of their own as they also

sit precarious! the bottom of

Premier standings. West Van drew 2-2
with fellow struggle:
of Vancouver last weekend.

Pegasus F.C. continued to cruise in
its side of Premier, dumping Surrey F.C.
5-2 in Surrey.

The win solidifies Peg’s position at
the top of the Premier standin
Pegasus goal scorers were Iain
Shephard, Rob Reed, Frank Lore and
Robin Regnier with a couple penalty
kicks.

The facr it was a Pegasus home game
and it was played in Surrey has raised a
few eyebrows, Pegasus has a deal where
it is effectively owned by the Surrey
Youth Soccer Assuciation and is

th shoig

SPORTS _
ws two goal lea

rumoured to be leaving the North Share look ta be yoming the Premuer 1.

inthe toresceable tuture. Peg's home rest season as they increased their points

park, Kinsmen, was cased Sunday to) leadin Division One witha s-2 win over

a waterlogged pitch. Nerburn on Saturday at North Van's
Meanwhile the sp Cave Royals Mahon Park.

NEWS photo Brad Ledwidge

Soggy ball

TWO North Shore under-13 squads went at it under cloudy skies iast
weekend in exhibition action. With North and West Van grass pitches
closed due to inclement weather, teams played on hard gravel fields.

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