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s Norvan F.C. squeak into Premier nase

C.J. Thomas
Contributing Writer

AMID a growing cloud
of controversy, Norvan
F.C, have clinched pro-
motion back into focal
soccer’s top Icague.

kK in via the

ng first ina

bizarre four team playoff to
determine two spots in the
expanding Premier division of
the Metro League.

Norvan clinched this past
Sunday after a 2-2 draw with
Vancouver-based Portuguese
Club. The game, played at
Vancouver's Hillcrest park,
had a strange twist

A 2-2 te would sce both
teams promoted based on the
standings and tie breaking for-
mulas used by the league. The
third club in the hunt,
Coquitlam’s Metro Ford
Tayside, could only wateh in
horror as their worst case sce-
nario unfolded before them.

The controversy — stems
from the fact the league

announced a backdoor playolT

only a month ago. In addition,
bottom Premier club F.C.
* ‘Tempo were given a chance to
avoid relegation after a disas-

trous season where they man
aged nwo points in TS matches.

Tempo were subsequently
hammered 4-4 by Norvan and
then dumped 1-0 by

Portuguese Club in the playott

before announcing tf
pulling our.

The league was lett with no
choice but to expunge those
two results, essentially making,
it a three team playolf for the
two coveted Premi ots.

Norvan tied Tayside 1-1}
and Tayside ticd Portuguese
Clab 0-0.

As a result, Norvan and
P.C.O.Y. advance because they
scored more goals than
Tayside after Sunday's 2-2
draw playing against’ cach
other.

The bottom line is Norvan
will be back in Premier next
season after a two-year
absence. The local side
ished
ivision one this year which
them a berth in the play-

ny were

Coach Gunther Frey has
assembled a talented young
squad which is _ steadily
improving and should be com-
petitive when the season kicks
off next fall,

The Metro league has invit-

NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

A Norvan Player (left) tackles a Pegasus opponent
during a regular season game. Both teams will be in
the Premier division of the Metro league next year.

Siqeines

ROWING ... Three North
Shore rowing teams placed in
the medals at the Brentwood
International Rowing Regatta
held at Mill Bay, Vancouver

Junior
C four with coxswain raced last
on Sunday but managed to fin-
ish first. The 14-vear-olds
grabbed the carly lead in the
race and nev up dur-
ing the 1,500 netre course,
Earlier in che competition
the North hore: based
women’s novice 8S and
women’s junior A JV pair
teams both made the final race
and finished with bronze

medals.

The Noh Shore Rowing
Club is made up of high school
students from both North and

t Vancouver and rows out
of the Deep Cove Rowing
Centre.

HOCKEY ¥wo North
Shore Winter Club

hackey players ha

the B Best: Ever Under-17
Cup. Brandon Parminter and
Adam Stretishen will both com:
pete for the cup at UBC Apri
30 to May 3, 1998.

— Robert Galster

ccond in their half of

divisions with Premier at the
top of the pyramid.
Three North Shore teams

cuo Leavue is com:
s divid-

cr Valley teams to Th
hvwill now be prised of over 100 team
one of fourteen clubs.

Pegasus, We est

Van Trollers and Norvan.

ed and subdivided into four

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