FOUR MEMBERS of the NorWesters track and fieid club display Junior Development Awards they recentiy received from the British Columbia Amateur Athletic Association. (Left to right) Tasmin NEWS photo Mike Wakefield -Anstey, coach Elizabeth Ezer, Laura Turner, Liza Walker and Wyatt Hartiey. NV top athletes honored Norwesters’ members receive awards at banquet a FOUR YOUNG North Vancouver athletes were presented ‘with Junior Development Awards at the B.C. Athletics Annual Award Banquet on Oct. 24 in Abbotsford. Tamsin Anstey (1980 female), Wyatt Hariley (1980 male), Laura Turner (1981 female) and Liza Walker (1979 femaie) are all members of the North Shore’s NorWesters track and field club. To receive a provincial Top Athlete award a competitor must compete in a B.C. championship track and field meet, attend at least five qualifying meets, and place in the all-time top 10 in the province for their age group. . Anstey ranked first in the pro- vincial overall records for the 200m hurdles and ninth in the 80m hurdles, while Walker placed zighth for the 3000m event. A ninth place time in the 1500m qualified Hartley for the provin- By A.P. McCredie Sports Reporter cial award, and top 10 provincial times in the pentathlon and the 20m hurdles by Turner resulted in her induction at the ceremony. “These are truly outstanding athletes who, if they choose, have potential to compete at the na- tional level,’’ said NorWesters’ president Dawn Copping. Copping added that all four athletes consistently place in the medals at meets throughout the province. Junior Development Awards are presented annually by B.C. Athletics to outstanding athletes aged nine to 15. At the NorWesters’ inaugural cross-country race at Rice Lake in the Seymour Demonstration Forest on the Hailowecn weekend, North Shore athletes dominated the competition. Young athletes from Seattle and Lower Mainland clubs, along with North Shore elementary and sec- ondary students,competed. Alex Cargill (1980 boys) and Walker (1979 girls), both members of the NorWesters, won their divisions, as did North Van- couver’s Erik Evans (1983 boys) and Blythe Hartley (1982 girls). Also topping their age groups were Sentinel secondary school students Margaret Butler (1978 girls) and Sarah Cullen (1977 girls). Copping is hoping the Rice Lake event will become an annual race for nine- to 15-year-olds. Canuck Oldtimers bid sad goodbye to No. 5 Hank Cahan IT IS never pleasant to witness grown men cry, but there was no avoiding it last Friday night at Sev Morin’s meeting and eating place on Kingsway in Burnaby. Every year in November the Canucks’ Oldtimers Alumni Association gathers at Sev’s for its annual fundraising stag. For $75, the menu includes 4 steak dinner, open bar and a chance to win $2,000 through a reverse draw. But mostly, it is a menu that provides laughs with the telling of iies from the gregar- icus gang of former Canucks who played the game proudly back in the late 1960s and early ’70s when a five-figure salary might mean $20-$30,000 a year. Today they are insurance salesmen, longshoremen, sporting goods rens and independent businessmen. Past president Mickey McDowell of the B.C. Hockey Benevolent Association puts it best with the words: ‘‘We have a triple winning combination ... do- ing important charity work, main- taining contact with our lifelong friends and playing the game we love.” The Canuck Oldtimers move- ment actually began in a humble sort of way as far back as 1952 with the link between past and present Canucks stengthening every year to the point now where thousands and thousands of dollars are raised annuaily to assist troubled ex-players and their families, as well as providing hockey scholarships for youngsters throughout B.C. Charity hockey games, softball games and golf tournaments keep the Oldtimers active on a year- round basis. So why ihe tears last Friday night? The mocd was set upon enter- ing the room and seeing Oldiimers’ jersey number 5 neatly spread out on a wall that was a tribute to Larry (Hank) Cahan. It was on Friday, June 26, of this past summer when the Canuck Gldtimers learned that big, lovable Hank had died Swim club seeks higher community profile THE WEST Vancouver Otter swim club is entering its 15th season with a freshman coach and a fresh attitude towards de- veloping competitive swimmers. Lorette Leduc takes over the heim of the !16-member club after serving as an assistant coach with the Otters for the past four years. Prior to her association with the West Vancouver club, Leduc attended Simon Fraser Universi- ty, splitting her time between classes and the pool. Along with assistant coaches Sue Bowles, Scott cConnell and Kalli Quinn, Leduc is hop- ing to improve not only the quality of the club’s swimmers, but also the club’s profile in the community. “The community used to be really aware and involved in the Otters, but that active interest seems tc have fallen off in the past few vears,’’ said Leduc. Unlike other youth-oriented sporting clubs, the Otters have no difficulty in attracting par- ticipants, with new members having to spend time on a waiting fist before joining the training regiment at the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The Otters offer competitive coaching for swimmers aged 7- 16. The club is also affiliated with the Vancouver Dolphins, so any swimmers wishing to con- tinue their careers when they reach the age of 16 can do so with the Dolphins. “We offer opportunities for kids who have never swam _ be- fore, to Kids with dreams, and potential, of going te an interna- tional level,’ Leduc said. She added that if you are driv- ing around West Vancouver and see a group of athletes in flourescent orange vests jogging, honk your support for the West Vancouver Otters. NEWS photo dike Wakefield WEST VANCOUVER Otters’ freshman head coach Lorette Leduc offers some instruction to Ry: ‘a Lathem at the swim club’s West Vancouver; Aquatic Centre training facility. Greg ) Douglas through the night at his home in New Westminster. He suffered a massive heart at- tack at the age of 58. Only teammates Bruce Car- mickael and Ernie Dougherty were aware: that Hank wouldn’t be making his tee-off time the morn- ing of the 26th for the annual Oldtimers’ golf tournament at Hazelmere. They decided not to break the news to the rest of the group until after the tournament when the golfers settled in for dinner. It was the association’s current president, Gerry Sillers, who bravely volunteered to make the announcement. The same deafening silence that smothered Hazelmere last June reappeared at Sev’s Friday night when Sillers introduced a seven- minute video honoring Hank Cahan, their fallen hockey com- rade. It was a masterful piece of work orchestrated and voiced by CKNW’s John Ashbridge, the Canucks’ NHL public address an- nouncer at Pacific Coliseum who donates the same services to the Oldtimers when he’s available to make their numerous weekend appearances throughout the pro- vince. Besides former players, the au- dience included the likes of Bud Poile, Jack Gordou, Phil Maloney, Larry Popein and John Whitman, all frem previous management regimes. Current front-office personnel represented Pat Quinn & Co., who were on the road between games in Los Angeles and San Jose. That list included Gler: Ringdal, Norsa Jewison and Dave Nonis. Former assistant Canucks’ trainer Gerry Dean, now with the baseball Canadians, was on hand, as well as Canadians’ executive Dick Phiilips. it seems almost unfair to men- tion the long Hst of Oldtimers in the room, for fear of missing someone. Bui those who irn- mediately come to mind inciuded Bob McCusker, Ron Matthews, the infamous goaltending ¢uo0 of Dunc Wilson and Georg: Gard- ner, Jack Michie, Chris —udieif- son and his dad, Irv, Gary E.upui, Al Mciean, Dave Duke, Jim Brown, Mike Vasey, Alton White, Paul Shmyr, Gord Hamilton and Jack Lamont. Hank Cahan was there, too. eS