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THIATEEN-YEAR-old Michelie Neveklovska poses with some of
the hardware she has collected with her trusty tennis racquet
throughout Canada and the United States.

Teen acing competition

MICHELLE NEVEKLOVSKA may not be eyeing the likes
of ‘“‘veteran” tennis stars Jennifer Capriati and Monica

Seles just yet, but the West Vancouver tennis ace is wel! on #

her way to establishing herself as one of the top young

players in the country.

The 13-year-old Grade 8 stu-
dent will be representing the
Pacific Northwest Tennis Associa-
tion (PNWTA) at the USTA girls’
under-14 national indoor cham-
pionships, beginning on Nov. 25
in St. Louis, Mo.

B.C., Alaska,
Washington make up
PNWTA.

Neveklovska took up tennis just
five years ago. She currently plays
at the Capilano Athletic Club.

Under the watchful eye of fa-
ther/coach Petr, she has steadily
advanced her skills to the point
that she is now ranked in the pro-
vince’s top 10 standings for
worien,

“Her real strengths are her
deadly forehand and the fact that
she is just a tremendous athlete,”’
commented her proud father.

The right-hander is currently
ranked No. ! in the province
under-16 category, playing one
division up in age categories for
better compeiition.

The Sentinel student has played
in nine Canadian national cham-
pionships, but the trip to Missouri

Oregon and
the

By A.P. McCredie
Sports Reporter

will be her first U.S. nationals.
Earlier this year Neveklovska
was chosen for Tennis Canada’s
youth development program, a
countrywide program sponsored

by the national body to advance fe
the skills and development of the

country’s most promising juniors.

Two weeks ago she won an in-
door tournament at her home club
in the under-16 division. She cur-
rently practises 16 hours through
the week and competes every
weekend on the B.C. junior in-
door circuit.

At fast weekend's third series of
the circuit, hosted by The River
Club in Richmond, Neveklovska
swept Vancouver’s Joana Buc-
zkowska 6-2, 6-1 to win the girls’
under-18 singles final,

In the giris’ under-i8 doubles
final, Neveklovska and Buc-
zkowska played on the same side
of the net, but lost 6-3, 7-5 to
West Vancouver’s Zahra Ahamed
and White Rock’s Sasha Mattoo.

Sydor wins ‘President’s Trophy’

NORTH VANCOUVER
cyclist Alison Sydor has
been named one of
Canada’s outstanding
cyclists by the Canadian
Cycling Association (CCA).

Sydor, 26, was awarded the
President's Trophy for special
achievement. Past winners of the
honor include Tour de France star
Steve Bauer of Ontario.

“Alison is one of the most ver-
satile racers in the world,’’ said
Pat Healy, national team coor-
dinator of the CCA.

This past season Sydor won
numerous international road and
mountain-bike races in North
America and Europe, including a
silver medal at the World Moun-
tain Bike Championships in Bro-
mont, Quebec in September.

Annie Gariepy, 17, of Bromont,
Quebec won the Russ Coupland
Trophy as the outstanding junior
cyclist.

ALISON SYDOR

CARSON GRAHAM secondary
school will be the site of the
Master’s Invitation tae kwon do
championship this Saturday.

Form and elimination matches
will begin at 9:30 a.m. in this
World Tac Kwon Do Federation
sanctioned event, featuring some
of the most skilled practitioners
of the discipline in the province.

Tae kwon do, a Korean mar-
tial art with roots more than

2,000 years old, emphasizes
kicks more than blows with the
hand. ‘‘Tae’’ translates as
‘‘jumping and kicking,’’
‘kwon’? means ‘“‘striking and
blocking with the hand,’’ and
**do"’ is “‘the way.”"

Like other martial arts, tae
kwon do emphasizes ethics, phi-
losophy and tradition.

Master Choi's Tae Kwon Do
school, the host of the tourna-
ment, will have a team of stu-

dents give a demonstration of
the techniques of the fighting art
at 130 p.m. The finals will
begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the daylong event
are $10 for adults and $5 for
children and can be obtained by
contacting Master Choi’s TKD
school at 222 Pemberton Ave. in
Norih Vancouver (986-5558).
Three free lessons are offered
with every ticket purchase.

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