Canada announces
Davis Cup lineup

TENNIS VETERAN GRANT
Connell cf North Vancouver will
lead the Canadian Davis Cup
team that will represent Canada
against Sweden at the upcoming
Davis Cup tie in the NEC World
Group series, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, at
the Pacific National Exhibition
Agrodome.

The Vancouver roster announc-
ed last week by Pierre Lamarche,
captain of the Canadian Davis
Cup team, includes: Connell, a
25-year old lefthander who is
Canada’s top-ranked player; Mar-
tin Laurendeau, 27 of Mont-
Royal, Que.; Gienn Michibata,
29, of Etobicoke, Ont.; Chris
Pridham, 26, of Oakville, Ont.;
and Daniel Nestor, 19, of Toron-
to. A sixth player may be added
in the new year, possibly 24
year-old Davis Cup veteran An-
drew Sznajder cf Torontc or up-
and-coming Quebec junior 18-
year-old Greg Rusedski of
Pointe-Claire.

Lamarche will serve as captain
for the seventh time with- Louis
Cayer of Verdun, Que. acting as
head coach. With Lamarche at the

_ helm, Canada has won five Davis
Cup series (4-1 versus Uruguay at
Montreal in February of 1989; 4-1
against Brazil in Vancouver in
February of 1990; 5-0 against
Paraguary in Asuncion in April of
1990; 3-2 over the Netherlands in
Toronto in September of 1990;
and 3-2 against Cuba in Havana
in September of 1991); and lost
just two (3-0 against Argentina in
Buenos Aires in Apri! of 1989 and
4-1 versus Spain in Canegena in
February of 1991).

Connell comes in as Canada’s
top-ranked player and reigning
Canadian men’s singles champion

at the SunLife Nations. He has
won five of his six career Davis
Cup singles matches, inluding two
in Havana to help keep Canada in
the World Gioup of the top 16
tennis countries.

He is expected to play singles
and doubles with regular partner
Michibata, who is the dean of the
team. Michibata, whose first
Davis Cup appearance was in
1980, has an overall record of
11-14 (4-8 in singles and 7-8 in
doubles). He is a two-time former
Canadian men’s singles champion.

Pridham starred in Canada’s
4-1 defeat of Uruguay at Mon-
treal in 1989 and this year teamed
with Nestor to win the Canadian
men’s doubles title. Nestor was a
member of the September ’90
team against the Netherlands but
did not play. He is a former Ca-
nadian under-18 champion who
was a member of the Sunshine
Cup squad that won the under-18
world team title in 1989 and
finished second in 1999.

Laurendeau has made two of-
ficial Davis Cup appearances (0-1
in singles and 0-1 in doubles) but
has had among the best results of
any Canadian in major tourna-
ments in the past five years,
reaching the fourth round of the
1989 U.S. Open and the third
-round at Wimbledon earlier this
year.

The Davis Cup squad members
are scheduled to arrive to open
training camp .in Vancouver on
Jan. 24, the official Davis Cup
draw will be held Jan. 30, and the
two opening singles matches will

‘be played Jan. 31. The doubles is

set for Feb. | with the two reverse
singles on tap for Feb, 2.

BC. chess team defeats
American counterparts

RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY
Grade 5 student Shahin Moham-

mad Nabi of West Vancouver |

helped B.C.’s school chess team
post a victory over the
Washington State chess team on
Dec. 7 in White Rock.
After coming second in: the Ca-
nadian Scholastic Championships
_ last spring in Montreal, the B.C.
. schools’ chess team — made up of
20 elementary and secondary B.C.
students —- successfully took on
their American counterparts in
what will become an = annual
match.
The Washington team won the

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first round, 11-9, while B.C. won
the second round 13-7. The final
score of 22-18 in B.C.’s favor
gave B.C. the trophy.

Shahin won both his matches
against Grade 5 Americans.

Each member of the B.C. team,
which included players from
Quadra Island, Nanaime,
Courtenay, Valemount, Victoria
and Vancouver, played two
games.

Shahin’s older brother, Sherwia
Nabi, is B.C.’s current junior
chess champion. He is a first-year
student at University of B.C. .

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