Deanery ht SiD BRITISH COLUMBIA will take on Canada in rugby this Wednesday, May 18 with kickoff taking place at @:15 p-m. at Brockton Oval, Stanley) Park. On the Canadian squad, 18 out of 21 players are from B.C., and almost all of the BC side have represented Canada at uny level. This will be a game of the highest calibre. The Canadian squad is using the game as preparation for their meeting with the U.S. nation- al team on May 21 in Long Beach, California. The Chena Swim Club hosted the linul Lower Maintand Regional Swim meet for the 1993-94 season this past weekend at the Percy Norman Pool in Vancouver. Chena, as a team, placed third out of 13 larger and more experienced teams on the strength of outstanding individual performances and Strong relay teams. With the senior elite swimmers resting for the upcoming Hyuack Inter- national in New Westminster next weekend, the junior clite (Lonsdale Pool) and the development swimmers (from Ron Andrews and William Griffin pools) tok charge and stepped up to take the challenge. ; Top placers from Chena included: Christina Hewlett, 12; Lisa McQuitty, 13; Min Suk Kim, 14; Kristine Lowrie, 12; John Platson, 11; David Plecko, 15: Sandra Plecko, 14; Kathleen Stoody, 11; and Kevin Lau, 12. Adam Fallis, 19, in his first meet in more than a year, swam very close to his per- sonal best in all his events in preparation for Hyack and for the B.C. Senior Champion- ships in July at the Common- wealth Pool in Victoria. Fallis hopes to place in the top eight in the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle and 50- metre and 100-metre back- stroke, which will prove ta be a challenge as most of the national team will be attend- ing as a tune-up for the Commonwealth Games in August. . The Canadian National Lacrosse Team will go head- to-head with the U.S.A. num- ber-two ranked Brine Lacrosse Club of Boston on Sunday, May 15, in Coquitlam’s Town Centre Stadium, The action starts at 2 p.m. The game is a warm-up for “the Commonwealth Games Demonstration Event and is part of the national squad's ’ preparation for the World Lacrosse Championships this July in Manchester. England. Brine has been U.S. National runner-up for the last two years and has com- piled a 5-1 record in 1994, Tickets are available through the B.C. Lacrasse Association or at the gate, For further information, call the B.C. Lacrosse Association at 421-9755. 16 - Wednesday: May: 18,:1994 » North Shore News: 2, a) ‘ Re ane eA te yy ate pteny aes Photo subnilited FURRY CREEK Golf and Country Club mixes mountains and ocean with greens, rivers and fairways. Club professional Bob Halverson contemplates the wind factor on his approach to the 14th green. The course is approximately a 20-minute drive north of Horseshoe Bay toward Whistler. The course offers a challenge for seasoned duffers and drivers alike. Furry Creek not for the faint of heart Golf course is a mix of mountains, ocean, greens and tees - WITH APRIL showers over and done with, the golfing sea- son opened with a new dogleg or two this year. By Kevin Gillies Sports Reporter Furry Creek Golf and Country Clab, originally slated to be a private course, opened its doors to the pub- lic in the hopes of enticing more golfers away trom the city’s courses. Located north of Lion's Bay, the course is set on the Howe Sound coast amongst the coastal mountains. It is 6,358 yards in total length and rises to 400 fect above sea level. The 18-hole course could not he navigated on foot within a reason- Leafs and Canucks ee #s oe re I VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEA IT’S ABOUT time the able amount of time. That is why green fees include the use of a golf cart. The course was designed by Robert Muir Graves, who has designed more than 500 domestic and international golf courses. The course is full of rolling greens, jagged outcrops of rock, sivep cliffs and a seemingly limitless amount of water. General manager John Kearns seid, “Course improvements mide over the winter have dramatically improved playability without com- promising Furry Creek’s natural beauty.” to fact. seven of the first nine holes involve some type of water hazard. The course's signature hole, the Canucks and the Toronto Mapie Leafs squared off ina significant playolT series. Most Vancouverites, one generation back or so, are originally from “central” Canada and that is partlly, if not mostly, why every time Montreal or Toronto's heckey team comes to town, the seats are full of people afraid to let go of their past. The Canucks’ series apstinst the Maple Leafs is one I've wanted to sve fora long time. Being the first generation of my family to live on the West Coast, this series pits my team against my exte- rior family’s team. Me against them, 4th. is a 134- te 204-vard, par-3 with its fairway laid out alongside the ocean. A dogleg to the left bring you to the green which is surraunded by waler, if the wind is blowing up the sound, it is virally impossible for a recreational golfer (like myself) to land his bal] on the green off the drive aad he is advised to stick to land and chip onto the green. The eighth hole sees golfers dri- ving across a guich with the green on the other side. It’s.a good idea to bring extra balls to the eight and the tenth tees. .The tenth hole has golfers driving from a tee-that is 400 feet above seu level to a fairway that is at sea level. It produces excellent hang time for driving a hall as far as you possi-- bly can but accuracy is of the essence because of a long lake along the feft side of the fairway and a Jat- eral forést and ravine.on the right. This tee would be the perfect place to hang around with a couple of buckets of balls and a driver on a sunny day. Overall the par-72 course will challenge every level of golfer who lakes it on. There are few better ways to spend a sunny afternoon than chip- ping, putting and driving (or, as in my case, searching, snorkeling and cursing) in the middle. of scenery that Ontarians only see on postcards. Tee times can be booked 10 days in advance by calting 922-9461, a rivalry made at home Prior to Monday night's game, | had left {at Jast count) approximately 10 messages on answering machines, with either a 416 or 905 area code, declaring the best the Leal’s would be able to do was Jose in seven games. A little friendly goading will always get Toronto sports fans into their “We are the best” spicl; espe- cially since the Blue Jays have made them overconfident, No one talks more about ‘Foronte’s (general) greatness than those who five (here. ven the Maple Leaf fans who crowd into the Pacific Coliseum with their team jerseys so clean and uppropriately pressed admit that they'd only go back if they had to. But yoading these people is part of setting them up for the big fall. Needless to say. it will take noth- ing Jess than a Canuck victory to complete the set-up. Opportunities like this come around so rarely because there are few professional sports leagues (at least, ones that matter) that field teams in both Toronto and Vancouver. : So, with a litle faith. I'm going for the gold. There's a lot on the line because | will be back there in August surrounded by those people. Only former Ontarians can pic- ture the hell t will endure if, by some fluke of nature, the Leafs should advance to the Cup final. i would never be allowed to for- get my obvious inferiority, but because these opportunites are so rare, itis fully worth the risk. It's one of those things where Fl walk away a fool or a king. But then. I don't have to live there.