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WHAT makes tennis
great Grant Connell
tick?

I recently had a chance to
talk with North Shore men’s
tennis hero Grant Connell. As
the current Davis Cup
Canadian team captain and a
director with Junior Tennis
B.C., Grant is helping to ele-
vate the level of game play for
our local aspiring tennis cham-
pions.

Q) As the new Davis Cup
Captain, compare the level of
professional plavers on the ten-
nis circuit to the level of play
ten vears age. Are there any
differences?

A) Today's players are
incredibly fit and strong. On
the men’s side, look at how
Andre Agassi kickstarted his
career by getting into the best

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shape of his lite and winning
the French Open a couple
years ago. Obviously Venus
and Serena Williams are doing
so well because they are big-
ger and stronger than the
other women. The talent level
is the same as 10 years ago —
it’s just that everyone is get-
tiag bigger and stronger.

Q) With the use of perfar-
mance-eahancing drugs tn the
media spotlight at the last Pan-
Am Games and now at the

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sends a message to young ath
fetes that they caunat reach the
upper echelon of competition
without the aid of drugs?

Aj The drug use among
athletes is becuminy a tired
story. The constant, thagrant
abuse of the rules has perma-
nently tarnished a lot of peo-
ple’s views on the Olympic
Games. It’s hard not to get
eynical towards some of the
events. don’t pretend to
know the answer but [do
know that something has to
change.

Q) What was it like to rep-
resent Canada at the Olvmpic
Gants?

A) It was 2 great honour
to participate in the Olympics.
Seoul was a great experience
and the chance to witness first
hand the intensity of the

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games was incredible. Tennis
is beginning to be more
accepted as an Olympic sport
and T know that some of the
top plavers make it one of
their goals to win a medal.
Personally, Pll never forget the
amazing rush everyone got
watching Ben Johnson and
Cart Lewis race and then how
low everyone was the follow:
ing day after the whole steroid
controversy erupted.

Q) Can yon sell the readers
a little bit about the tennis pro-
avaus you ave running at the
North Shore Winter Club?

A) George Lea and I are
starting a small tennis acade-
my for some younger players.
I believe that most junior ten-
nis players don’t utilize their
court time as well as they
could and don’t have the dis-
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hare other plavers in different
countries are working. So
hopefully with this academy
We can stress some technique
while spending alot of ime
sure the kids maxi-
mize their court time and hit
as many balls as possible.
Helen, 1 know you are stare-
ing a high performance pro-
gram for juniors under 1-4 and
under-16 kids, as well as adult
programs, and “Future
Champs” for tiny tots tennis,
which has always been very
well received. Together we
will be producing fun times at
the North Shore Winter Club.

Q) Eknow von ave an avid
snowboarder — what ather
activities do you like to pursue
herve on the North Shore when
you're not on the courts?

A) I really like snowboard-
ing but Pm an old man kind
of snowboarder. No trees and
no jumps. I’m attempting this
golf thing but Pve yet to have
a great day on the course. My

wite and [also run a fair bit,
usually the canyon or the
Grind.

Q) How do vou stay in
shape? Are you still a strict vea-
erariau?

A) It took a while for me
to get in to some sort of rou-
ting after I retired. 1 really
wasn't that motivated to hit
tennis balls and my amount of
exercise per week definitely
declined. My idea of exercise
was reading the newspaper
while sitting on a stationary
bike at level nwo, so about six
months ago I started training
again and I love it.

My diet has pretty much
stayed the same as when I
played. I’m no longer a strie!
vegetarian as I cat some
seafood now. [ didn’t run into
many vegetarian tennis players
but I had no problem getting
the necessary protein and
nutrients through a proper
diet. ; ;

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in seaZsummit race’

WITH 500 racers in
one race, it would be
impossible to list ail
the standings — or
even the times of all
the North Shore par-
ticipants.

But we've received ¢- mails
and phone calls trom several
people who would like to
know how North Shore racers
did in the team categories. So,
here are the times and stand-
ings for North Shore teams
who made it into the top ten
in their categories:

Team of two - Women :

Tst place: Roach Girls, 15:22:05
(Babe Carel, N. Van; Julie Tennock,
Squamish)

Team oftwo-Men
7th place: Noronaphobia, 14:39:57
(James Romanik, ff. Van; Duncan

Coo, N. Van) ..

10th piace: Wetcoasters, 15:32:32
(Bruce Rennie, N.Van; Mike
Ackerfeldt, N.Van)

Team of two-Co-eg 9
10th place: Deuce, 19:42:53 (Denise
Ouchene, N. Van; Stephen Zsargo,
N. Van)

Team of four- Men.

Tst place: Team turtle, 14:09:37
(Kevin Gould, W.Van; Tracie
McTavish, W. Van; Bill Geddes, W.
Van; Thomas Relling, Vancouver)

Team of four - Co-ed

3rd place: Team NSA North Shore
Athletics, 17:16:50 (Jili Lawson,.N.
Van; Bitl Harbord, .N. Van; Keith
Nicoli, N. Van; Mike Metand, N. Van}

6th place: Survivors, 18:50:38 (Jay
Bouches, W. Van; Glenn Kerylik,
Whistler; Kathy Horwood,
Coquitlam: Bruce Morley,
Vancouver) +

— Deana Lancaster.

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