B2 - Wednesday, June 2, 1982 - North Shore News

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by Andy Fraser

Once in a while...

It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a
while there is some action or play, or movement
in sport that puts the game in the same league as
precision ballet containing all the same grace and
style.

It
executed double play in

could be the well baseball, the sweep of a
forward turning the defense

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inside out in hockey, or the
perfectly set up running play
by some swivel hipped back
in football.

But on Saturday night it
was Carl Valentine and Ray
Hankin who combined to
give their sport one of those

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rare moments that stand out
like a jewel among bits of
broken giass, and makes
sport, and those who par-
ticipate rise above the
common tevel of playing
games.

It was really quite a simple
piay, but here too, the secret
of most games, no matter
what level, is the basic
simplicity.

Pierce O'Leary had played
a ball up to big Ray Hankin
who was hovering about just
beyond the centre line.
Hankin turned with the ball
and fed it out, simply, to
Carl Valentine heading
down the right wing.

Valentine carried the ball

“deep, drawing the defender

in to him, then arced a
perfect cross in to Hankin
who had started a full speed
charge down the centre of
the field as soon as he had
played the ball out to

Spuraways capture

THE WEST Vancouver
Spuraways, already North
Shore and Coastal soccer
champions in the Under-12
division, tried out the
competition in an in-
ternational tournament last
weekend and earned a silver
for their efforts.

The Spuraways were one
of three B.C. teams chosen
to compete in the Pacific
Coast Invitation Youth
Soccer Tournament at the
Central Valley Complex in
Burnaby.

In the championship
game, the local boys lost to
Huntington Beach, Calif., 2-
1. Jeff Rynolds and Scott
Volk scored for the winners,
with Scott Manson earning
the West Van goal.

The B.C. Under-18 Selects
earned their championship
with two minutes left in their
game with Washington,
finishing 1-0.

Valentine.

A simple case of perfect
timing with the incoming
cross meeting the full charge
of Ray Hankin’s head with
no breaking of stride needed
to move the ball. Just a
straight cannon-like shot and
the keeper was totally
helpless.

One of those rare and
exciting moments that one
feels privileged to have seen.

It's when you think about
what happened that you
begin to realize the different
plane that a _ professional
athlete works in compared
to the rest of us.

Much of what happened
was instinctive. If it wasn't it
wouldn't have worked. But it
was a form wu: instinct that
works totally in conjunction
with each person involved.

The instinct of knowing
just what the other player
was going to do and putting

In the girls Under-14
championship, the Fleet-
wood Flames of Surrey went
under 10-1 to the
Washington Pepsi Stompers.

yourself in the position to
follow through on what you
knew the other player was
thinking.

Much the same as a chess
game played at full speed
with many players on each
team playing at the same
time, independent of each
other, yet totally dependent
on the other, and constantly
planning far ahead while

carrying out a present
movement.
Convoluted thinking

perhaps, but that’s exactly
what's going on down on the
fields in sport.

Often because the other
team is also doing the same
thing, the perfect execution
rarely comes off. And often
too, because no one has
even been totally able to
judge the bounce of a ball.

But when it comes
together, it's a lovely sight to
see.

silver

Teams from B.C.,
Washington, Oregon and
California competed in the
three-division tournament
Saturday and Sunday.

Leanne Lowen

cycles to two wins

LEANNE LOWEN captured
two firsts in as many weeks
in cycling.

Riding for Brno, Lowen
lead the pack in Delta
Sunday and finished first in
the 30 km race. The North
Shore resident placed sixth
overall out of all the men
and women racers.

There were no. other
North Shore winners in the
top three.

One week earlier, Lowen
travelled with 90 other riders
to Kelowna for another 30
km race, and also earned the
first place ribbon. Once
again she was the only North
Shore finisher in the top
three.

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