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SATURDAY’S second an-
nual North Vancouver Clam
Chowder Championship left
a good taste in the mouths
of its organizers and par-
ticipants.

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

News Reporter

A panel or nine judges selected a
world-class broth put together by a
team of chowderheads from West
Vancouver’s Troller Pub as the
best chowder in the commercial
category and the best chowder
overall in the championship.

In its rookie year, the North
Shore News Clam Basters team
placed second in the non-commer-
cial division and third in the highly
contested theme and decor catego-
ry.
In the glamorous celebrity divi-
sion the Mad Mollusks from
Squamish waltzed away with best
chowder honors followed closely
by the North Van City Supers.

The Mollusks’, with a victory in
a similar competition in Squamish
in 1985, have vowed to put
together a chowder-simmering
dynasty.

Eventual winner of best theme
and decor was Clambo. The five-
person team came outfitted in full
military regalia, complete with
pine forest camouflage, to suc-
.esstully mix seafood with Rambo
assault tactics.

Runner-up in the commercial
chowder category was a team from
Snappers restaurant.

Barely nudging out the News
Clam Basters for non-commercial
honors was the North Van Com-
munity Players chowder team.

Event organizer John Gordon
said the championship was great.
‘‘We had some concerns about the
weather, but the whole thing went
really well. It looks like the cham-
pionship will beceme en annual in-
ternational event.’*

The chowder championship,
Gordon stressed, was launched as
a total North Shore celebration
and would continue to be a cele-
bration for the entire North Shore.

In addition to the rigors of
chowder competition, Saturday’s
seafood showdown, which was
held at North Vancouver’s Water-
front Park, featured an arts and
crafts fair and musical entertain-
ment.

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NEWS photos Tom Burley
GETTING into the Clam Chowder Contest spirit are members of the
North Shore News team (top phote) Joan Cripps, Mark Warner, Linda
Dixon and News head chowder chef Judy Coffey. The contest was held at
the Lonsdale waterfront Saturday. Judges fur the contest included Jeff
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