Hillside rows a new boat

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HILLSIDE Secondary School rowers are rowing with a new
$12,000, 60-foot Coffey-8 rowing shell.

The shell, which was delivered to
them in the late fall and is the first
of its kind on the West Coast, will
be at the disposal of all the
school’s rowing teams with the
senior girls team getting first try.

Members of this vear's senior
girls rowed to a Gold Medal in
June 1985 in the junior women’s
eights at the Canadian Secondary
School Rowing Championship in
St. Catharines, Ontario.

They also came fourth in the
senior eights in what was described
by manager Marilyn Harris as a
dramatic photo-finish.

Members of the gold-winning
crew were Amanda Young (Cox),
Janet Allan, Meagan Andrews,
Kirsten Barnes, Sarah Bunce. San-
dra Harris, Janet Ingo, Carrie
Lehman.

PAST RECORD

The previous vear, Hillside
rowers Won the gold in the junior
en's heavyweight eight, and the
bronze in the junior men’s
lightweight eight.

This past summer three members
of the winning girls’ team --
Meagan Andrews, Kirsten Barnes,
Janet Ingo — were part of the
B.C. Rowing Team at the Canada
Summer Games in St. John's, New
Brunswick.

Former Hillside

student Jill

By OLGA RUSK

Contributing Writer

Saxby, now at The University of
Victoria, is on the National Row-
ing Team.

In order to get the new shell to
the coast, a Hillside parent pre-
funded the boat.

FUNDRAISING BEGINS

But fundraising has begun now
in order for the school to purchase
the shell.

The new boat, made by Coffey
in New York, is sectional
fibreglass, enabling it to be carried
in two pieces on top of a van, thus
cutting down on trailering costs, a
major expense in rowing,

Originally, the junior girls’ row-
ing team had hoped to have an
Ontario-made shell ready for chem
for the St. Catharines’ champion-
ship, but when that fell through,
an order was placed for the Col-
fey.

When ready, the boat wits
trucked fo Toronto, then flown
free of charge to Vancouver by
CP. Air.

The rowing teams row at Caal
Harbour and Burnaby Lake --
weather permitting, and also have
an extensive land training  pro-
gram.

The womens’ new couch is John

Richardson from the

Rowing Club, who takes over from

Rob Sinclair, the coach of the
winning Hillside girls’ team.
Sinclair is currently voaching at
Brentwood.

Teacher sponsor is new Hillside
principal, Dallas Cristofoli, who
recently christened the shell *Mrs.
AJ at the launching held at the
/ancouver Rowing Club.

Rowing, introduced to Hillside
10 years ago, has grown in popu-
larie.

Cver 80 girls turned out at
Hidside to join the rowing teams
this fall,

Interest in rowing has increased
in other North Shore schools with
1 number of high schools re-
questing rowing programs,

TOP SPORT

Aside from ity rating as one of
the top cardiovascular sports, row-
ing differs from other high school
sports such as basketball and
rugby.

According te coach Brian
Eyneh, “Its a donely sport, not
visible to the rest of the school.
The regattas are mostly away. [t's
very demanding physically. But a
crew can develop tremendous loy-
alty to its boat."

Cash donations for the Hillside
bout will be acknowledged by a tas
receipt,

Por further iafornation, phone
Hiliside parent volunteer Barbara
Andrews, 926-8348.

LINDA MOORE'S defense of the
Canadian Women's curling title
zan into the sharp end of Marilyn
Darte Saturday night.

The North Vancouver = rink,
playing as Team Canada at the
Scott Tournament of Hearts, went
into the tournament's final with a
10-1 won-loss record after seven
days of the round-robin curling
competition.

The only smudge on Moore’s

Conflict
in Deep
Cove
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MENIBERS OF West Vancouver's Hillside Secondary School Rowing
Club, the 1985 Junior Canadian Champions, bring their new shell down
the ramp at Stanley Park. Below, the team heads out after christening the

shell Mrs. A.

record in the first rounds of the Saturday night’s final was, ‘‘a

tournament action was a 7-4 loss
to Darte’s Ontario rink, which also
went into the final match with a
10-1 record.

Newfoundland’s rink, skipped
by Sue Anne Bartlet:, inflicted the
only defeat on the Ontario team.
Moore dropped Bartlett's rink 3-2
in the semi-finals.

Speaking from her home on
Monday morning, Moore said

Me
NEWS photos Tom Surley

tough game. Our rocks were just
not working well, just not getting
the right rolls.”’

Moore, who had _ performed
almost flawlessly throughout the
tournament, saved her worst game
for the final. She made only 53 per
cent of her shots Saturday night,

See Moore
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