20 - Wednesday, March 4), 1988 - North Shore News Books restored... with love PAGE 45 SASKATCHEWAN TOPPED the Lower Mainland team 4-3 in over- time to win the RCMP Western Canada Hockey Championships in North Vancouver over the weekend. Winning 4-3, the Saskat- chewan RCMP team put in a goal in overtime to take the championship in the contact divi- sion among teams from all over Western Canada. In the non-contact division, the team from the force’s Regina, Sask., depot skated to a 5-3 win over the Manitoba Oldtimers to scoop that title. In the feature game of the four-day North Vancouver tour- nament,. the Vancouver City Police team The Heat was burned 7-6 by BCTV's The Tubes squad. The Tubes’ win now ties the two teams at one game each in charity play... “They brought in ringers and increased their talent . level significantly,‘ North Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Terry Grimm said of NHL players Darcy Rota, Tiger Williams and Chris Oddiiesson, NEWS photo Neil Lucente A SASKATCHEWAN player (left) collides with a Lower Mainland player in the contact final of the RCMP Western Canada Hockey Cham- pionships played in North Vancouver March 24 to 27, Saskatchewan won 4-3 in overtime to take fop spot. Heat for future considerations,"’ to help RCMP officer said Grimm. ; Proceeds from the tournament Approximately 1,200 people attended throughout the tourna- Bruce A 15Y%-year RCMP Denniston and another officer and father of three veteran young who joined up to help The Tubes take The Heat. “But they traded Rota to The will- go to the Worth Vancouver Minor Hockey Association and get the necessary bone marrow transplants they need to combat leukemia. , children, Denniston, 36, has been given four years to live if he does not receive a _ transplant. ment's four days of play, and the donations received totalled ap- proximately $1,000, said Grimm. ho Vlartino waiting for Lions training camp WEST VANCOUVER football player Tony Martino, 21, is busy round selection recently. “ve been training really hard — working out, lifting weights and running,’’ said the local kicker, who played college ball at Kent State in Ohio. ‘‘My number-one goal now is to get into training camp (June 15) and have a great camp — [I just want to go out and do my best. That’s all I can ask.” With a kicking record of 64 yards and a field goal record of 46 yards, the young kicker impressed Lions officials and scouts in earlier evaluations, With the B.C. Lions having the seventh draft pick, a anxious Mar- tino ‘‘had my fingers crossed’’ to get past Saskatchewan with the number six pick. Said Martino, who played high school bali at West Vancouver Secondary: ‘‘To go anywhere in the first round is the kind of rec- ognition an athlete wants.”’ Expected to fully take the place of kicker Lui Passaglia — a sort of cult hero among fans — Martino admits that ‘‘those are awfully big shoes to fill.’’ And the prospect of playing in front of a packed B.C. Place crowd of 60,000+ doesn’t throw him, ‘It doesn’t bother me one bit — [like the pressure.”’ Simon Fraser running back Or- ville Lee was the first draft pick overall and delighted at being the first chosen, even if it was by the Ottawa Rough Riders. continuing training after being drafted by the B.C. Lions in first- NEWS photo Neil Lucente THEY'RE ON a roll. North Shore bowlers (front row, left to right) Rick Brenner, coach Richard Grubb, Lynn Robson with (back row left to right) Al Wallace, Bob Lambert and John Overes won gold medals at the B.C. Winter Games in Dawson Creek recently. Scoring @ record 1,455 points, the local team — which bowls at North Shore Sports Bowl — easily topped the previous record of 1,224 points. ’ NEWS photo Neit Lucente DRAFTED BY the B.C. Lions and on his way to the CFL, West Van- couver kicker Tony Martine has not forgotten his roots. From playing football on the field siear his home (where he as youngster practised his kicking through the uprights seen here), Martino played college football at Kent State in Ohio before his drafi.