JANUARY ~ dan. 5: The North Shore Shooting Stars under 14/15 girls’ team defeats the North Shore Amazons 10-9 in a_ thrilling , double-overtime shootout final at the first Annual Far North Indoor women’s soccer tournament. dan. 25: Bonni Walker of North Vancouver ‘is awarded’ the Master Woman Road Runner of the Year ‘at. the B.C. Athletics annual award ceremony. Walker won 15 of 20 races she competed in dur- ing the 1991 racing season. FEBRUARY Feb. 1: Flicka. gymnast Angela Orange :takes ‘first place in the vault, uneven bars, floor exercise and the all-around Junior title at the Calgary: Altadore Invitational. The North Vancouver club. also -wins the team Junior title. . . Feb. 11: North Vancouver’s Deug Ladret and his Ontario partner Christine Hough place ninth in the - winter Olympic . figure skating ‘pairs competition in Albertville. Feb. 13: John Smart, from Lions “Bay, finishes fifth in the first-ever - freestyle skiing. mogul event held” - at an Olympic Games conipeti- “tion. | . ‘MARCH _ . March 5: Lisa’ Malin, a: 14-year- “old: Grade. 9 student at Hands- worth secondary, wins’ 3. gold ‘medal in the. five-kilometre -juve- nile — girls’: cross-country: skiing “technique category at the: B.C. Winter Games in Vernon. . -- March 14: The West Vancouver - Highlanders senior boys’ basket- -~ ball team: finishes: a ‘ respectable third. at ‘the provincial « “AAA”? championships, losing in . the semi-finals. to’ eventual B.C. champs St..Michael’s University ‘from Victoria. LIONS: BAY resident John Smart finished fifth: ta the inaugural soccer’ APRIL April 1: North Vancouver’s Sonya Jeyaseelan defeats Kristine Smiih, 6-2, 6-2 to win the women’s: singles title at. the Canadian. under-18 tennis cham- pionships in Coquitlam. April 5: Gymnast Aparna Ray of North Vancouver retains her ticle . as the B.C. National Open women’s champion at the provin- cial ‘A’ chumpionships held at. Capilano College. ' » MAY _ May‘-21,22: The Sportsplex at Capilano College hosts two nights - of Olympic basketball, featuring the world-class teams of Canada, Mexico, China, and. the Com- monwealth of Independent States (the former USSR) in a_- pre- Summer Games preview. . May 29: Erin Belt — a Grade 12 student at West Vancouver sec- ondary becomes the first athiete since 1977 to set three in- dividual event records in one day at the North Shore high school track and field meet. Bell sets the records in the 100in hurdles, the Jong jump and the triple jump. JUNE vi June 13: North Shore resident aid former National champion Phit': Derbyshire’ captures the men’s _black.- belt, heavyweight sparring . “division ‘title at- the Western Ca- - nadian Chainpionships in Calgary. _ National aiadleweigh champion “Ron Bagley — also from the North Shore — wins the team - sparring division. “June 23: Rogers Royals capture the North Vancouver Central Lit- tle League championships by defeating Eyford Construction 8-5 in the final. The Royals also win the division trophy with a 20-1 NEWS phote Paul McGrath c mogul event at the winter Olympics... Calgary’s’ NORTH SHORE residents Jessica Monroe (left) and Kirsten Barnes each won two gold medals for Canada’ § rowing team at the Barcelona Summer Olympics. ason record. ‘JULY © July “10: ‘The North Vancouver Cavaliers blank their competition 3-0. to win the B.C. : provincial | midget ‘‘B”’ girls’ fastpitch cham- pionships in Esquimalt. July 20: West: Vancouver's ‘Sviayor in Motion’? Mark: Sager and nine fellow crew members aboard Passing .Cloud cross the finish line in Maui-to conclude their .16-day trip in the Victoria- _to-Maui yacht race. ‘AUGUST fu 1,2:- North Shore. rowers Kirsten’ ‘Barnes and Jessica Monroe are part of. ‘two gold medal - winning crews at the Barcelona’ Summer’. Olympics. Both rowers were members: of the women’s coxless four: and. the women’s eight crews. : _ Aug. 8: 73-year-old AIf Brenne: — a North Vancouver resident of . :}2 _ 25 years wins the over-70 - singles tennis ‘title at the Martini Masters Canadian Senior Tennis Championships in Ottawa. . * SEPTEMBER Sepi. 25-27: The Hollyburn Coun- try Club in West Vancouver hosts the Canada vs. Austriz Davis, Cop World Group playoff, on newly constructed grass courts. Team Canada — including the North ° Shore’s Grant Connell — loses to Austria 4-1 in the best-of-five series. a Sept. 27: Sherwin M. Nabi, an 18-year-old West Vancouver uni- versity’. student, wins the B.C. Youth Chess championship at the Park Royal shopping centre. The title qualified Nabi. for.:an_all- expenses-paid week-long trip to the ,Canadian finals in Toronto + over'the Christmas holidays. 2" OCTOBER | Oct: 1-4: Capilano Golf and _- Country: Club plays host to the best amateur’ golfers in the world ° as teams from over 50 countries —:‘a tournament record — take part in the.1992 World Amateur; - Golf Team championships.. - Oct. 8:. men’s soccer team defeats BCIT by a score of 4-! in the third an-. nual President’s Cup soccer match at Swanguard Stadium. team. The Capilano College ~ "HEWS photo Nell Lucente GRANT CONNELL performed before: a ‘home-town crowd at the Hollyburn Country Club as. a member: of Canada’s Davis Cup Oct. 25: with the honors at the 22nd An- nual North Shore swimming championships at recCentre Lons-. dale i in North Vancouver. NOVEMBER | Nov. : Alison Sydor, North, Vaneoeer, is awarded the _President’s Trophy as. the out- standing cyclist of the year. by the Canadian . Cycling.‘ Association.” Sydor won numerous international road and mountain-bike races during the season. . Nov. in provincial ‘A dominant .Sentinel . Spartans swim .iesm ‘swims away - 26, of: | 20: .The Carson: Graham. Eagles football team shuts. out” . Holy Cross 25-0 semi-final action at B.C. Place.: The Eagles lost in the finals :five days later .to. Vancouver’s John Oliver..The game was the last for. Eagles’ head coach Earl Hender-_ son, the’ only football ‘coach: the program . has had in its ‘27-year history. DECEMBER ~~, * North. Vancouver, skaters” Dee. : H ‘dominate the B.C. Sectional: North. Shore’s~ “Mark. Vanderkerkhove,. Lori Tanizawa, Tammy Wagner, ’ » Greenslade, Lisa Daly, Keyla Ohs, ‘Nicole Kaffka, Jordan Millar and ' Caroline Piggot all: medal’ in their: © respective'divisions. ” “Kendra ‘.