Club rows over Caps Capilano Review is reborn PAGE 41 NEWS photo Neil Lucente DESPiTE GOING down 16-6 to Vancouver Rowing Club, the CapiJanos Ist XV produced the score of the day as Doug Mulligan rounded off a brilliant 70-yard, 17 pass movement to pull back the Rowers early lead. In the oniy Division 1 game played this weekend, the superior size of the Rowers proved too much for the locals whose season record slipped to 7 and 6. Play for the 2nds, 3rds, and 4ths was washed out as the weather forced the closure of Vancouver parks. NV PLAYER HELPS CANADA ADVANCE TO PLAY IN PARAGUAY Connell thrills crowd with tennis wins play in Paraguay, Connell was IT WAS an all-Grant Connell downed 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6, by Davis Cup performance Jast skilfully executed) waves during 4, 7-5, 7-5. breaks in the tennis action. Coming away with a 2-1 record, weekend at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Show. By ELIZABETH COLLI News Reporter North Vancouver’s Connell con- tinued to thrill his home crowd during Davis Cup play, not dropp- ing a set until Sunday where, after Brazil's No. 1 Luiz Mattar. Up until Sunday’s match, the 24-year-old left hander played almost boringly competent tennis, making quick work of Brazilian Danilo Marcelino in a 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 singles match Friday. On Satur- day, Connell and Glenn Michibata dispatched Brazil's doubles team Connell proved he can roll with the punches, failing to get rattled by the occasional double faults and lost break points, once the biggest stumbling block to his game. Connell’s alma mater, the North Shore Winter Club, got in the Davis Cup mood, cheering Connell on and leading the VTCC audience in other matches, Canada’s No. 1 Andrew Sznajder (or Mr. Inten- sity for his vocal, double fist pum- Ping style), edged out Mattar 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, Friday night and embarrassed Marcelino 6-4, 6-2, Sunday in the quickest game of the tie. Despite his winning ways this having helped Canada advance to of Mattar and Fernando Roese 6- in several high-spirited (if not weekend, Connell will not be play- Local athletes bring home Games medals THE ATHLETES from the North Shore came home from the Com- monweaith Games enriched by their experience in Auckland for future international competition, and even capturing a medal. West Vancouver's diving ace Paige Gordon won a surprise bronze medal on tower, an event she had earlier called her weakest. The youngest member on the Canadian women’s diving team, 16- year-old Gordon placed a disappointing sixth and seventh in the one and three metre springboard finals. North Vancouver swimmer Michelle Saliee, 16, qualified for the 800- and 400-metre freestyle finals, placing a respective seventh and eighth. Also from North Vancouver, cyclist Allison Sydor, 23, tried her hand at track for the first time as well as competing in 1,000 metre sprint and the 72-kilometre road race. Meanwhile. North Shore veteran lawn bowlers Dave Brown, 51, and Robert Scullion, 52, won three straight games in fours with team mates Bill Boettgec and Peter Mutter before succumbing to Cook Islands 22-21, eventually falling out of medal contention to a fourth place finish. West Vancouver native Claire Sharpe, 31, managed to squeeze in a silver medal in the team event of badminton, dividing her time between competition and her five-month-old baby. North Vancouver native Caroi Montgomery triathlon, a demonstration sport at the Games. finished second in i hore sp 8-6 VICTOR PeeWees solidify Ist place DESPITE THE absence of coach Ron Chapman, the North Van- couver Taslormotive PecWee A‘s won a hard fought game against second place Burnaby Winter Club 8-6 on Saturday. Team manager Norm Loranger was equal to the call in his coaching debut, having informed the team this was a must-win to consolidate their hold on first place. Jutien Jorgenson led the team in scoring with two goals and three assists. Singles were scored by Craig Metcalf, Strachan Hartley, Garth Prouse, Dan Elliott, and Mike Moricz. With 23 seconds remaining in the game, Moricz scored one of his two goals on an open net while North Vancouver was one man short. On Sunday, North Vancouver failed to execute its game plan, und as a result squandered a 4-2 lead with six minutes remaining, ending in a 4-4 tie with Richmond. Scoring for North Vancouver were Moricz, Ben Williams, Hartley and Prouse. Aaron Mayhew was called upon to make a number of difficult saves in order to preserve the tie and maintain North Vancouver’s league leading record of 14-7-2. ing singles in Paraguay. He will most likely be supplanted by Mar- tin Wostenhoilme who is more adept at the clay court surface South American tennis players grow up with. In the meantime Connell will be heading east to the SkyDome World Tennis Tournament, Feb. 12-18, after being awarded a wild card berth into the $1.2 million tourney. PD. woe \. DIVING ace Paige .. surprise bronze medal. Gordon