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_ August 25, 1985 News 985-2131

A- CANOE trip turned to tragedy Thursday
afternoon for an English field hockey team.

‘A canoe capsized off Jug
Island in Indian Arm killing
the English field hockey
association ‘president Ronald
Groves.

The ‘70 year-old: man, ‘in

ancouver . for, the . junior

.world field hockey champi-
onship, was canoeing in In-
‘Arm: with the :junior
field: hockey team

ve: when: ‘the. ace,

nd’. Dickie

h English hockey
vice-president,

‘By ROSS MEEK

had fallen behind the
younger members of the
group and- were: returning
from: Raccoon Island to
Cove Canoe and Kayak
Rentals in Deep Cove when
Groves suffered a heart at-
tack.

HEART ATTACK

It was first thought the
canoe was capsized by boat

front of

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waves but the coroner's
report subsequently showed
Groves suffered a heart at-
tack before entering the
water...

It is surmised by the
English manager Ivan Clark
that, suffering the heart at-
tack, Groves slumped to one
side upsetting the canoe.

Dicksen was
confirm this being in the
the canoe at the
time.

A_ Sail-boat- . responded
within. minutes dragging the

.two elderly men from the

water. The sailors performed

unable to.

‘Figueiredo,

CPR on Groves and
transferred him to a power
launch which
soon. after.

ATTEMPTS FAIL

Groves and Dicksen were
whisked to the Deep Cove

government wharf where an

ambulance was waiting.
All attempts to revive
Groves at. ‘Lions Gate

* Hospital failed.

“The players were very
upset to start,’? said English
coach Richard De
but ‘‘they’re
taking it in good English

responded |

fashion.”

“The team first consid-
ered pulling out of the tour-
nament but Groves’ wife
Pam encouraged the team to
play on,” said Clark.

ARM BANDS
The English team planned

to wear black arm bands in
their game against Argentina

Saturday morning and one :
minute of silence was plann- .

ed before all games on Fri-
day and Saturday.

Groves rented the 16 foot:

fiberglass canoe from Ingrid

Baxter operator of Cove.

Canoe and Kayak Rentals an
hour and a half before the
tragedy. .

“We feel horrible,’’ said
Baxter, but she. is ‘sure
Groves had_-his life jacket on
when he left the dock. The
team rented 10 canoes in all.

The rental agency has had:
other canoes tip but this is
the first serious accident.

“The more you know the
safer you are,”’ said Baxter.
who sponsors numerous safe
‘boating courses.

“We had a ‘Red * Cross.
water safety course an hour

: after.”

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