NEWS phote Neji Lucente GRACE AND strength combine in this move by Flicka’s Alana Webb, performing Saturday on the balance beam. Flicka’s A team placed second in the North Shore Invitational hosted by the locat club last weekend. Aerials bounce Flicka from gymnastics top spot THE NORTHWEST Aerials from Kirkland, Washington bounced North Vancouver's Flicka Gym Ciub from its posi- tion as 1990 team champions at the 1991 North Shore Invita- tional gymnastics meet held last weekend at Handsworth Sec- ondary. Northwest’ Aerials gymnast Kesslie Oaksmith, 12, led her team to the title with a first all- around finish and an individual score of 37.800. Oaksmith was followed in the all-around category by. Jody Jacques, 16, of Flicka and Jamie Kvicala, 14, of the Altadore Club of Calgary, who were tied for second place with a 36.950 total. Flicka A’s Marlies Ernst placed sixth in the all-around category. With 109.20 points, Aerials North Shore Invitational gymnastics meet narrowly edged the Flicka A team which placed second place in team standings with a score of 109.10. and the Alberta A team with 109.00 points. Flicka gymnasts dominated the Noor event, filling two of the top three places, but failed to place in the top three of the beam and bars events. Ernst, of Flicka A, won first place on floor (9.50) followed by Kvicala and Lisa Nakano, of Flicka B, who tied for second place (9.40). On the vault, Angela Orange, of Flicka A, came to a three-way tie for third place with a score of 9.35. Oaksmith also won the Karen Kelsall award for the most pro- mising gymnast. Other honors went to Meghan MeCurdy, of Alberta B, who won the Donna Haughland Award for the most dynamic vault; Jessica Malach, of Flicka B, who won the Anita Botnen Award for floor choreography; and Kvicala and Jacques who shared the Maureen Chow Award for the top Cana- dian gymnast at the competition. Teams from as far away as England, Minnesota, Winnipeg and Alberta competed in the 6-team competition. Shaw Cable will be televising the event finals at a later date to be posted in the TV listings. Connell ousted from Australian Open GRANT CONNELL couldn't duplicate his efforts Down Under this time around. ; The North Vancouver tennis player was eliminated ever to play a grand slam final when they played the Australian Open doubles final. On Sunday, Germans Udo Riglewski and Michael both third-round singles and doubles in Stich eliminated the fifth seeded Canadians 5-7. 6-3. Melbourne, Australia over the weekend. 7-8, n 1990. Connell and doubles Michibata of Ontario became tne first Canadnins partner Glenn Connel! 6-4, 3-6, Earlier, Mark Woodferde of Australia defeated 7-8, 6-3 in singies action. Wednesday, January 23, 19! 74 Hoop Blues Start 91 with a stumble CAPILANO COLLEGE SPORTS AFTER STARTING the season with a victory in December, the Capilano women basketbail Blues turned over a new Jeaf in 1991 — and found it bleak reading. By Guido Marziati Contributing Writer The only thing that the Biues turned over on Saturday was the bali — 19 times — as the women fell 64-62 to Trinity Western Uni- versity Spartans at Delbrook gym. The defeat lowered Capilano’s re- cord to 1-3, a mark shared by the men Blues, who also lost to TWU on the same night, by the score of 110-84. Scott Stewart, the women Spar- tans’ coach, attributed the high number of turnovers by Cap to his special brand of defense, which alternates between zone and man coverage. ‘*They couldn’t figure out what we were doing,” he said. But Biues coach Dawn Schooler saw it differently. ‘] didn’t think that switching the defenses hurt us, really, because our guards picked that up pretty quickly and changed the offense... 1 did think that we threw the ball away too much ... and that two points right there at halftime, that was hard." Schooler was referring to an especially costly blunder, a Capilano turnover in the defensive end which the Spartans converted at the buzzer. Asa result, the Blues headed to the dressing room trailing by eight, 26-34, instead of six. Stewart's defense may or may not have pressured the Blues into mistakes, out Trinity’s offense lost possession with equal ease. In one brief but lively sequence. the Spartans handed the ball co Capilano, who returned it to the Spartans, who gave it back to Capilano. The Blues’ Heidi Maida finally lowered both coaches’ blood pressure by sinking a long iWwo, Nevertheless, at key times it was the Spartans who managed to keep the ball and the Blues who Men’s and women’s teams share 1-3 record managed to lose it. This year’s squad seems uncomfortable with the lead. Against Langara in the season opener, the Blues trailed all game before passing the Falcons in the final minutes, and on Saturday Capilano fell out of a close game and then edged back from a 12-point deficit to lose by a single basket. Even in the final minutes, however, turnovers on critical drives destroyed the Blues” chances. Schooler's appraisal of forward Sandra Madill told the story of the night. “She played really well, she made some great passes, she got seven or eight boards, and yet she couldn’t put the ball in the hoop.’’ In the second half, Jenny Anderson played well inside be- fore fouling out, but with Maida and Allison Snelgrove having off nights, point guard Chery! Kinton carried the team almost by herself. She outscored all players with 23. The women’s team had looked much better in December, before losing Sheana McKinstry and Cathy Chapman for academic reasons. The men Blues have also suf- fered, with Mike Anastasi, Mike Jordan, Massimo Segato and Derek Smith all injured at various times over the past month. In Saturday's game, Smith scored 17 points in the first half but fouled out early in the second. His Joss, after a close first half, ‘*might have been the biggest key,” according to Trinity coach Tim Teer. eee Last week, the men soccer Blues participated in the Rucanor In- door Soccer Classic, held in the zym of Sutherland Secondary. The tournament was the first ac- tion the Blues have seen since November, and they fost all three qualifving games. UBC, which fielded severat Canadian Soccer League pktyers, took first place. Next year Capilano will host the tournament in its Sportsplex venue, which is scheduled to open this spring. Masters curling comes to NV THE NORTH Shore Winter Club will use its new eight-sheet curling rink to host the B.C. Masters Curling Association Champion- ships from March 24 to March 27. Playing in the championships will be the eight top senior men's rinks from B.C.. two trom Van- couver Island, two from the Lower Mainland and four from the Interior, The overall winner of the round robin plasofls earns tie disune- tion et being the BC. Mlasterss Seniers Qharopions and wih recone H the Jack McAllister crophy. Meanwhile, the best of the Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland rinks will win the Guy Philp trophy while the top Interior tink will be awarded the Walter Hobbs trophy. Curlers entered in the masters playoffs must be 60 vears of age or older and must be members of a club associatied with the Pacific Coast Masters Curling Association or the B.C. Interior Seniors Curl- inv Association. Plavotts are free and open to the paublie. 91 - North Shore News - 13