B4 - Sunday, June 10, 1984 - North Shore News NEWS photo Terry Peters SHOWING graceful form, these skaters are taking part in a figure skating training project, the first held in B.C. Top calibre skaters are attending the program held at the North Shore Winter Club until June 17. Athletes need support From page B1 spur athletes to the peak of their abilities. A positive mental attitude is important, but building today’s superior athlete 18 a pragmatic and quantifiable task which has nothing to do with political ideologies."’ According to Dickinson, an expert in the area of socialism of sport, tt 1s well documented that’ Eastern bloc competitors are discovered young and then live, study and train in sports centres where screntists, coaches and athletes work together toward a common goal — winning “Some people continue to belheve that the Fastern buro peans use drugs and coercion to get the most out of ther athletes but the fact is that seience and carefully organi cd sports systems greatly out distance whal can be achiev ed by sheer sweat "’ Wilkinson says the science of athletics as yust as advange ed ino the West The dif ference 1s attitude ANNOUNCEMENT PREPARED TO LISTEN ‘*The Europeans are more prepared to apply what scien- usts tell them. In the West we tend to be squeamish about circumscribing the lives of young athletes by placing them in controlled = en- vironments and = subjecting them to years of rigorous training and scientific scrutiny 7" Banister says organizations such as the Institute for Human Performance, started at SFU in 1979, are begining to alter attitudes but he adds that unless change lakes place on a much wider scale, it will be a case of too little foo late “The effects of taken now to ACTOS improve the performance of out ry 6 flute athletes Olympiads wouldn't be realized tor some 1O VS years Hie cites Bast Gseriaty oa nation with @ population compatable to Canada’s as ab crample of what can be achieved “The bast Germans tealiz cediin the carly P96Os that mia por initiatives: would tave bo ATTENTION STEVE | SKINNEK British Continental Motors ts pleased to announce the appotntinernt of Mr formerly of MC. t Skinner Syteeve: Miaostor 4 re en Steve would like to rovite: tas trrenet:. and cleats ta drop by for a Consultation of pust to wit British & Continental TAS, § Peetribeeerton: Ave Noy 985 1833 Service WM as tare be taken to assure them a top Spot in international competi- tion. Huge investments were poured into sports programs and facilities and from being basically a no-medal winner in 1956, East Germany now ranks number 2 or 3 in the world, a remarkable achieve- ment given a population less than one-tenth that of the United States or the Soviet {Imon.”’ Studies of the international | BRITISH Is your licence plate telling faa ’ en) peo Wak toy ths Phe ase ft is extremely (ecg treat pete Cee Cte paved scene also reveal that Great Britain is likely to become more of an_ international athleucc force in the coming years. Banister makes this prediciton because Britain's financial investment has risen more than nine fold in the past decade. Provisions for elite athletes are another crucial piece of any plan leading to excellence says Dickinson Babe Ruth results North Vancouver Babe Ruth Baseball Results: IN THE Junior Babe Ruth Division an exciting race 1s developing for the league championship. Dillingham leads the division by half a game with 16 points from 1} Starts, followed by Firemen with 15 points from 11 games and Loomis Couriers 14 points in 10 games. Results of games for the week ending June 6 Firemen 15 - MG Builders 0 John Trieu was the winn- ing pitcher with a no-hit game, and Bruce Mckenzie hit two doubles for Firemen. Firemen 13 - Dillingham 10 Mike Haskins, a sub from the prep division, hit a triple for Dillingham. Geoff D’Auria had a triple for Firemen. N.S. Credit Union 7 - MG Builders 7 Leading hitters in the game were Pat Dodds with a triple for N.S. Credit Union and Mike Statham with a double for MG Buiiders. Dillingham 11 - Loomis Couriers 7 Firemen 5 - Loomis Couriers 1 John Trieu excelled again as pitcher for the firemen allowing only four hits in the game. Dillingham 10 - MG Builders 8 Dillingham 7 - N.S. Credit Union 6 Standings at June 6 Wir: Pt Oillingham 7 2 2 16 Firemen 7“ 3 | 18 Loomis € ouriers "4 Q 14 M ( Builders Rk 4 ‘ NS Credit l non an 4 PREP DIVISION In the Prep Division the Eagles are in first place leading Legion 118 by 1% games. Results of games for the week ending June 6 Moodyville Lions 12 - B.A. Blacktop 10 Clark Lee had a 3 base hit for Moodyville and Chris Snelgrove hit 3 runs for B.A. Blacktop. 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