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29 - Sunday, August 13, 1989 - North Shore News

Partners in Your Community

A, North Shore Credit Union, the term “Partners in your
Community” is taken very seriously. And quite often being
partners can make for some serious fun.
The Credit Union helps fund annually a number of sports ieams
and activitics in the various communities we serve.
In Burnaby, the Burnaby Mountain Mantas Summer Swim
Club is one team we support. The non-profit club has been in
operation for three years. Approximately 100 swimmers, agefive
to 15 are based at ihe Simon Fraser University pool and the
Kensington outdoor pou!. The club’s head coach is Rick Gauer,
a nationally certified swimming coach.
Theclubis one of 300 belonging tothe B.C. Summer Swimming
Association. The swim season begins in May, with the kids
practising ir the watertwo or three timesa week in May, six times
4 week in June, and twice a day every day in July and August.
Ciub executive member Heather Smith has three children in
the program, Shannon, 14, and 12-year-old twins Stephanie and
Adrienne. Her children have been active in the club for two years.
The program is set up so that all participants feel they are winners.
; A The swimmers compete against their own own bess times rather
4 - um ween OE than against each other. The provincial swimming association’s
: \ oes : B regional finals are scheduled w be held at Simon Fraser poo!
‘~ : . August 12. The provincial finals are set for August 18 to 20 in
Kamloops.
Meanwhile in North Vancouver, we’ve been sponsoring a

Swi mM mM | n g Twi Nn S litle league baseball team for the past nine years. And the past

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12-year-old twins, Stephanie and Adriene Smith have been swimming with Burnaby —_nincrs division (ages nine to 12) North Shore Credit Union team,

Mountain Mantas for two years now. Their c2ason starts in May and right now they're The team batted to victory for the second year in a row, June 27

busy swimming twice a day as they prepare for the provincial finals August 18 to 20. atthe minors division finals at Delbrook Perk.
The winning team is one of 33 teams active in the local Sittle

league. The teams consist of about 425 boys, girls and teenagers,
age five to 18 from the Capilano-Highlands area.

Highland’s Litde League Baseball Association vice-president
Dan McLaughlin welcomes the corporate community support.
“Corporate sponsorship pays for the equipmentand the uniforms,”
he said.

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Winning Team -_ f ° Contest results

For the last two years North Shore Credit Union Cubs have batted a victory at the :

minors division finals at Delbrook Park. North Shore Credit Union has been sponsoring ¢« New look for Lonsdale
the team for the past nine years.

From left to right, toprow: Shane Wilson (coach), Jonathan Crowther, Jeffrey Iker, Dusty Leonhardt, Adrian
Wilson, Jacob Barker, John Barker (Assistant Coach). Bottom row: Peter Colodey, Michael Comey, Justin

Wyllis, Lee Segstro, Shawn Bissell, Jason Hayter, Danny Hayter. es

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