THE NORTH Shore Indians Ban-
tam ‘'B”’ lacrosse team added to
its B.C. Summer Game silver medal
recently with victory in the provin-
cial championships.

Playing in Killarney July 25 to
27, the team edged Mission 11-9 in
the finat game of the five-team
championships.

In the the B.C. Summer Games,
the team, made up of 13 and 14-
year-old boys, recovered from
its opening round loss to Abbotsford
to win three straight games — two
over Kitimat and a rematch victory
over Abbotsford — to advance to
the gold medal mutch against
Saanich.

The powerful Vancouve- Island

team dropped the North Shore
squad 18-4 in the final game to win
the event's gold medal.

The North Shore Indians went
through their regular season play
undefeated, posting 21 wins and
one tie.

The games were held in Cran-
brook, B.C. July 10 to 13.

Special Olympians
return triumphant

FOUR ELATED North Shore athletes have returned from
the Canadian National Summer Special Clympics sporting
10-gallon hats and million-dollar smiles.

throughout the country  par-
ticipated in swimming, bowling
(five and 10-pin), floor hockey and
track and field events.

Athletes from the North Shore
were Cal Brandolini, Lorraine
McLatchie and William Skuse,
who belong to the North Shore
Special Olympics, and Warren
Callin, who plays for the Burnaby
Special Olympics.

Contribu

Titled The Rocky Mountain
Challenge, the five-day shindig,
held in Calgary from July 15 to #9,
was opened by honorary chairman
of Canadian Special Olympics,
Mila Mulroney.

Nearly 800 athletes from

ix

: NEWS photo Tom Burloy
FOUR members of the North Shore's Special Olympics team share winn-
ing smiles after returning home from the Canadian National Summer
Special Olympics. The games were held in Calgary in July. Wearing
smiles in the front row are Cal Brandolini (left), Lorraine MeLatchie
(right). Behind them is William Skuse (left) and Warren Callin.

Callin and Skuse were members
of the B.C. soccer team that miss-
ed a bronze by one point in the
final medal round.

Brandolini, competing in track
and field, brought home a silver in
the 200-metre and a bronze in the
400, while McLatchie sported three
bronzes from the 100 and 200
metre races and the long jump.

All four athletes are active in
Special Olympics programs.

PROGRAMS OFFERED

North Shore Special Olympics
offers (in season) on-going pro-
grams in track and field, swimm-
ing, softball, soccer, floor hockey
(A and B levels) and bowling.

Callin, McLatchie and Skuse are
students at Windsor Secondary
School where Brandolini graduated
a year ago.

The five-day schedule was top-
ped off with a rousing chuck
wagon barbecue in the corral of
the Calgary Stampede.

The four North Shore sports en-
thusiasts agreed the barbecue was
the highlight of the event.

*“*Now all we need is cowboy
boots,”’ cracked Brandolini.

There were 53 participants from
B.C. Expenses were fully sub-
sidized by fund-raising efforts of
the Motor Dealers Association of
B.C., B.C. Spectal Olympics
(BCSO) and the Special Olympic
executive Board, explained Dan
Howe, executive director of
BCSO.

SERIOUS TRAINING -

Howe, who attended the games
with program coordinator Wayne
Hadley, said that athletes are
carefully selected by consulting
coaches and clubs.

Criteria include evidence of
hard, serious training, dedication,
sportsmanship and appropriate
social skills.

A soccer program is now begin-
ning in North Vancouver. It meets
on Tuesday evenings at Norseman
Field (23rd and St. Andrews) at 7
p.m.

For information on the North
Shore Special Olympics, phone
Steve Lesiuk, 984-4021.

Dependable volunteers are need-
ed in all sports. Phone volunteer
chairman Tere Pallant, 986-8969

17 - Wednesday, August 6, 1986 - North Shore News

Marathon
man gets
surprise

NEWS photo Tom Burley
THREE NORTH Vancouver divers show the style that won them
medals at the B.C. Summer Games. Darrin Jones (lef) won a gold in
the boys’ 13 and 14-year-old division. Janice Kusnir (upper board)
won a bronze in girls’ 15 to 17, while Lorne Salt (lower right) took a
bronze in the boys’ 15 to 16 division.

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