Skiers Carol Riley and Aimee- Noel Hartley represent Canada’s next generation LOOKING UP. at the in- creasingly barren cut of Grouse Mountain, it is obvious (painfully for Skiers) that another season of skiing is coming to a. close. A.P. MeCredie - Sports Reporter But what: a season it’s been for the little mountain at the top of Nancy Greene Way. The Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski.Club. has produced two of the best skiers in the current junior ranks of Canadian com- petitive skiing: And one of them, Aimee-Noel : Hartley, . is quite possibly the next great skier to represent Canada... on women’s racing circuit.. Carol. Riley, .. 14, racer with: the Tyee club, recent- - + ly won the mogul and aerial Ca- nadian’ championships: for. junior : ‘girls. 2" : iv “Meanwhile, - Hartley, “also. 14, ‘dominated the field at the Clear- ly Canadian 1993 Canadian. Ju- :venile ‘championships | held “recently at Kimberley, winning . the. giant: hree-seconds, the slalom by. two seconds, ‘and, the super.G by one second «over the. field.;. She finished. seventh i in the downhill. No: junior’ women’s: skier has ‘domina’ d ‘the: event like “Last year at. the same competi: tion - “Hartley. ‘finished fifth ed bas) still becoming a better skier. technically, and’! still have Bod: Sorry Saree the a: - former B.C... slalom by. 4a I think the toughest thing for teenage athletes is focusing on their sport on a consistent level. #¥ a lot to learn,’’ said Hartley, who has. skied with the Tyee Club. since she was seven. Asked if she expected to win the. nationals, she said simply, “*it was my goal.’” _ . And. such determined focus is what her coach, Hans Edblad, credits for her, and Riley’s, success. - : “] think the toughest thing for teenage athletes’ is focusing on their sport on. a consistent level,’ said Edblad, adding that the many distractions . pulling teenagers in all directions inhibit great performances. . ‘Aimee really knows what she wants and she does all she can to get it,’” Edblad said. Her goal? To ski on the na- ‘tional team. Riley started racing with the Tyee Club four years ago, but broke ranks from the racers 1%. years ago to hook up with the newly formed freestyle program. “1 just got bored .of. racing, and thought. freestyle’ skiing would be z lot more fun,” said Riley. ‘‘Also, 1 was tired of aii” ‘the black and blue bruises ca my arms from hitting the gates in racing.” =) * Like. Hartley, Riley’ 's goal is to make the national team. Unlike Hartley, though, Riley. did not NEWS photo Mike Wakolield NORTH 1 VANCOUVER resident Fred Page will be inducted inte the ‘NHL’s Hockey Hall of Fame this September along with: West ’ Vancouver's Frank Griffiths Sr. See Greg Douglas on page 15 for more on the Canucks owner. call 980-5575. — Tyee Coach Hans Edblad set a goal of being the Canadian champion entering the nationals. She is coached by Keith Spence. What .makes their perfor- mances even. more satisfying is that they don’t ski for one of the bigger mountains in the country. “I think it’s. great for such talented skiers.to come from a place like Grouse Mountain,” said Edblad. ‘At the — bigger- events during the year, all the big mountains. usually dominate the field, so it really makes peo- ple notice when competitors come from a smaller ski hill.’’ He added. that the unstable and changing weather patterns that visit Grouse during the year make commitment.to skiing a hard thing for many young ‘athletes. . co “I think that having to ski on changing conditions from day to ~ day actually helps skiers learn to cope with situations better, and it gives them a tougher at- titude,’" Edblad added. Both. skiers, Grade 9 students at Handsworth, . will be skiing well into the spring and summer at. skiing camps in Canada and the United States. . To inquire about the racing and - freestyle - programs ‘at the Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club, th : Fame inductions: ‘take place in September, the © North Shore will be well repre- - sented. _ By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer North Vancouver resident Fred Page and West Vancouver’s Frank Griffiths Sr. willbe immortalized with hockey’s elite as builders of the game. Griffiths’ contributions are easi- ly recognized among the profes- sional ranks with the Vancouver Canucks, while Page spent most of his years toiling away from the limelight, solidifying the game's grassroots and the pro league’s— feeder system, and in the process building amateur hockey- i Canada and internationally. Page will celebrate his. 78th birthday this September, the month. he will inducted into the Hall of Fame. His hockey ‘life began in Fort Williams, Ontario where he fondly recalls rinks popping out of the early winter ground as if they were flowers. . Besides’ playing, éoachirig and NEWS photo Cindy Goodman "grouse MOUNTAIN Tyee ski “Club | members’ Carol. Riley " (left) and Aimee-Noel Hartley have reason to smite. Both are’ the best: at their disciptines in the country. L ves refereeing, his resume includes: ® president of the Fort Williams Minor Hockey Association (FWMHA); @ president of the Thunder -Bay -Amateur Hockey Association . (TBAHA); ‘@-board chairman of ‘the B.C. Junior’ A’ Hockey League. (BC- JHL); - @ president of the Canadian Am- ateur Hockey Association (CAHA); © second vice-president of : the International Ice Hockey Congress GIHC); = + @ first president of the Interna- tional Ice Hockey Federation (IEHF); ° ® member of the Hockey Direc- torate for, the 1968 Winter Olym- pic Games in Grenobie, France; @ chairman of the Hockey: Direc- torate for the 1972 winter Olympic .Games.in Sapporo, Japan; @ inductee into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of .Fame’ for “dedicated contribution to the Sport of hockey as a builder.’’ Page is also an Honored Life . Member of three hockey associe- tions (FWMHA, BCJHL, and CAHA). . ““This man has dedicated his life | to the game and I would challenge any resume in the Hall at this time }. onors N V resic ent Fred Page inducted into Hockey Hall of. Fame ‘WHEN - HOCKEY. Hall of * to match the longevity and quality of. this one,’’. BCJHL president Ron Boileau said.” ‘And I realize there are many fine People: in the. Hall.” *: ; Page has scrapbooks chock-full : of hockey history, and his stories: . are too many to recount ’ in: one publication... ~ ; On his ‘den wall is‘a photograph’ of his wife Ethel (herself an avid hockey fan and a former speed skater) taking a young. Stan Smyl - out along the boards., His favorite memories centre around international competition for the most part. . . The’ 1968 Olympics,’’ i hé . thinks aloud. ‘‘We should have ° wont. ” He can recall in vivid detail how. the Soviets scored the: winning, goal late.in the game to take the gold. “There’s things like that. that. you’ll never ever forget.’’ “He also, talks’ often. of the jousting that went on. between himself and the Soviets during the ‘days of the Cold War. ** After dealing’ in these interna- tional meetings, I’ve often said to .. my.. wife: ‘f.can just imagine.: Af this is the way the rest of: interna-".” ‘tional politics dre. -held; God -help - ': See BCJHL page 16.