AFTER ONLY ONE YEAR OF SHOWING Equestrian qualifies for games IN ONLY her first year of show- ing, fifteen-year-old Nina Sheldon is on her way to the B.C. Summer Gannes. By EVELYN JACOB News Reporter The Seycove student, who trains at the North Shore Equestrian Centre, qualified for the July 19 Summer Games in Cloverdale after @ strong performance at the Southlands Downs in May. According to mother Ann Sheldon, Nina ‘‘was just thrilled’’ about the win. “She had been doing local shows but this year she decided to set her goals a little higher and try out for the B.C. Sumner Games.’” Sheldon’s main goal, she, said, is to compete in the nationa! championships in Calgary this Semamber. “‘If Nina can get good seorcs then she can get there.”’ Sheldon and her 16-year-old half Arabian, baif thoroughbred mare Annie have done their best to show that they can get there. The duc recently won the junior basic dressage event at the Silberspom Dressage Show at the Milner Downs m Langley. Sheldon eamed top marks in walking, trot- ting and canter in two basic dressage categories to capture first Sze abo came second in her division of the kur event — 2 freestyle ride to music (The Sting). “lt was a very complex competi- tion. Nina really did well for her age,’’ said Sheldon. In order to be eligible to win the B.c. Summer Ge2mes event, Sheldon must first complete the kur. Ann Sheldon said her daughter FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Nina Sheldon and her horse Naseem’s Anitra will NEWS photo Nel! Lucente be competing in the B.C. Summer Games July 13. has a good chance of winning the Summer Games event, adding, however, that because there will be no official junior division in dressage at the Games, competi- tion could be cough. Local sports booster dies at age 82 FEN BURDETT’S influence on handreds of North Vancouver boys has been extensive. When the Jong-time soccer and baseball administrator, coach and team sponsor died at age 82 on June 10, an overfitow crowd of 150 paid last respects at Boal Chapel June 19. Burdett leaves wife Audrey, son Micharcl, sister Judy and brothers Win and Frank. Son Brian died in a 1973 plane crash. Burdett, along with Harold For- resi, started Babe Ruth baseball here in 1954. He formed his first soccer side with Jim Wardlaw, Ted Maynard and Trev Harvey in 1956 and it grew into the Burdett Beavers Soccer Club, which merg- ed with other cluds in 1982 to become North Van United and later Lions Gate. The original soccer team’s 30th anniversary reunion was full of reminiscences. Burdett’s death brought more memories to countless Burdett boys. Rev. Matthew Smith culogized Burdett, quoting a 1966 newspaper story by Len Corben, now Co- ordinator of Athletics for North Shore high schools, when Fen was selected North Van Citizen of the Year: “Burdett loves boys and they love him... Chances are you remember him best in his Indian sweater and a faded green baseball! cap, hitting infield grounders from the left side of the plate. Or walk- ing slowly out to the mound to put his hand on the shoulder of a Fen Burdett. distressed [4-year-oid pitcher.”’ His teams won six B.C. Babe Ruth championships including the 1965 team of 15-ycar-olds that also captured the Pacific Northwest ti- tle and won a game at the World Series in Indiana. Some familiar names played for Burdett: Harry Jerome, world re- cord holder in the sprints; Barry Sullivan, architect of the Royal Commission on Education; Rob Boyd, owner of Time Out Sports; the Zeuhlkes — Buzz and Chris, the latter for whom Zeuhlke Me- morial Little League Park is nam- ed; Dave Pearce and Dick Burns, both on that 1965 team and still teammates as vice-principal and head of counselling respectively at Balmoral Secondary. The list seems endiess. Burdett’s influence is well into the next generation. Scott and Casey, the sons of Corben and Brian Lemanski who were team- Mates 36 years ago, are now teammates. Daughter Christine Corben is keeper for the North Shore Metros, current Canadian Under-16 soccer champions. Ray Wickland’s nephew, Luke Meyer, is B.C.’s best high school decathlon competitor. Gerry Macey'’s son Scott played for Canada in the recent World Cup Under-16 soccer tourney in Scotland. And lan Dixon, who played four years in the New York Yankees’ farm system, was in Florida the day of the Burdett funeral where son Colin was playing his first pro game in the Baston Red Sox organization. Fen Burdett’s influ- ence goes on. Ambulance team the best in B.C. PAGE 25 Mixed fastpitch wraps up THE NORTH Shore mixed fastpitch league wrapped up regular season play this past week, with the Midas A‘s and the Avalon Rats cmerging victorious in their respective divisions. As division winners, both teams earned a bye in to the semi-finals of the league playoffs, which begin with the quarterfinals July 9 at Mahon Park. First round playoff action will see Jack Lonsdale’s Blacksox entertain the Philadelphia Pizza Hitmen, while the Lynnwood Inn Giants will host the Horseshoe Bay Merchants. This is a best-of-three series, with winners advancing to the best-of-five semi-finals. The NSMFL also sponsors a Consolation Cup tournament for teams not in the playoffs. Activity at Brooksbank Park, the site of the round-robin games, starts July 9 and continues the following Sunday. From July 28-30, the provincial playoffs are scheduled to be played in Victoria, B.C. Both the Avalon Rats and the Midas A’s will represent the North Shore in the premier mixed orthodox fastpitch tournament, North Shore mixed fastpitch league - final standiags “Carisburg” Division Avalon Rats Horseshoe Bay Merchants Philadelphia Pizza Hitmen L.A. 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