12 - Friday, January 8, 1999 - North Shore News north shore news 9990 BRIGHT [IGHTSo 6 6 winter fun at the North Shore Winter | Club THE Ssorth Shore Wunter € i tor 40 vears now. Bree Pfui, Moore and Karen Mi sinded Canadians Burt the bia with fanuky pinand: none under 3.000 members enjon th : door tennis courts, (ve skadng rinks, ¢ 4 Wes, ID Ut door pool, squash and racquerball courts and awhole lor more Bast weekend the dub heid an open house with tee use ofits facil ites. Bright Lights was impressed. Call 985 4135 tor more details. There was a lot of good figure skating going on with the likes of this happy crowd on the ice: (back row, from left) Jessica Torvick, Whitney Shrieves, Kristen Lyons, Eric Lyons (who will compete at the Canadians) Sam The youngest club mem- Steele, Karen Magnussen, Lorna Bauer, (front row, ber we met was nine- from left) Katherine Barnett, Brianne Harris and week-old Amy Shandro Karen's little niece, Adele Metcalf. with her mom Susan. Friendly winter club staffers Carolyn Diedrick (left) and Cait Neilson had door prizes stashed in these balloons. Mia Lumitao’s hot soup is a great way to warm up after prolonged ice time. North Shore Winter Club's director of recreation Michael! Fox (left) and gener- al manager Bruce Marks were on hand There were three generations of the Leask family watching the skating Sunday — Grandma Morley, son Gord and grandsons Russell and Ben. to greet the guests. ~ SOMEONE IN Ngo "WILE WIN* a AT LEAST | NEWS photos Marti:. Millerchip Only too happy to take a break from power skating were these young club hockey play- ers: (from left) Kevin Gurniak, Aaron Hufsmith, Taylor Stefishen, Curtis Tonello and Patrick Rogan. There’s more to the North Shore Winter Cl than ice sports. Over in the tennis facility Canadian professional Grant Connell was putting Rishan Kuruppu through his paces. Club member Kuruppu is ranked as Canada’s number three junior. Six-year-oid Kathieen Regan impressed the heck out of Bright Lights with her slap shot. Look up as you walk irito the lobby and you'll see a brand new sculpture on foan to the club. Look closer and you'll see it contains Karen Magnussen's skate blades. Having fun with the Foosball table were young Connor Nelson and Breaunna Hokanson. Who better to give (left to right) Chris Winter, Andrew Winter and Bobby Sherlock their first curling iesson than world champion and Olympic gold medalist Linda Moore.