The climax of the
Canadian Ringette scene was
last weekend's 5th Annual
Canadian National
Championships held in
Sherwood Park, Alberta.
The event attracted 500 girls
from nine provinces on 24
teams in three age divisions:
Jr Belles (14 and _ under)
Belles (17 and under) and
Debs (18 and over).

British Columbia sent a
team in each of the three
divisions, with excellent
representation from the
North Shore - Kathleen
McCormick, Yvonne
Hunter, Sharon Ralf,

Michelle Green, Michelle
Lanzo, Terri Scott, Laureen
Lohin, Allison Bennett,
Sarah Butterworth for the Jr.
Belles. The Belle team in-
cluded north shore players
Christine Nordstrom, Kim
DeGeer, Laura Dickinson,
Sharon Griffin, and Loree
Bennett. Representatives for
the Debs were Kathleen and
Sue Griffin and Shannon
Ellison.

Ontario teams have
traditionally been the teams
to beat in national com-
petition, but this year
Manitoba managed to break
that strangichold in two
divisions, coming up with

LACROSSE IN NORTH VAN
Fastest game

on two feet

The Recreation Centre
will feature a_ special
exhibition lacrosse battle
Tuesday, April 19. Local
interest is high because,
when Coquitlam Junior
Adanacs meet the fiercely
competitive Burnaby
Cablevision, North Van-
couver is well represented.
The cores of both of these
pnor championship teams
are made up of local talent.
Eight players taking the floor
will be products of the North
Shore Minor Lacrosse
program.

It will be an opportunity
for the curious to find out
how the “fastest game on

Feeding by

FROM PAGE B8

Step”. World Runners. an
international running club,
raises moncy for
organizations which
educates people about
hunger in the world

he fifty runners plan to
raise via sponsorship
donations of up to $125,000
This year notonty will World
Runners participate in the
marathon. but they will also
be responsible for setting up
all aid stations, staffing the
security team at the finish
line, as well as manning an
aid stahhon in Stanicy Park

The World Runners.
ranging from veteran
competitors to novices. are

mainly from the Vancouver
areca, but will be
representatives from
potnts as Cahfornia
monton Kamloops.
Sunshine Coast and
couver Island

there
such
bed
the
Van
Throughout human

history runners have been

two feet” is played. Off-
season hockey players will
be particularly welcome as
this game is a _ natural
Summer building program
for them. Lacrosse promises
to build quick = reflexes,
stamina and team tactics
which are very similar to
those encountered on the
ice,

Basic strategies of
Lacrosse and hockey have
many similarities. North
Vancouver will have a
registration booth at the Rec
Centre Tuesday.

The game starts at 8:00
p.m. Admission is free,
although donations are
welcome.

the feet

message bearers, and so this

group has taken = as its
purpose to raise — public
consciousness on world

hunger issues If you ask one
of the message bearers, they
will simply cite that 20
milhon people die annually.
that they do not have to (as
we have the resources and
the technology to change the
situation), and that “little
individuals” make the dif
ference in this battle for a
shift tn global consciousness
and pnoritics. They will also
tell you their international
membership hovers around
10,000) ands includes — the
world record holding
marathoner, Alberto
Salazar, and the reowned
Canadian ultra marathoncr
from Viactonea, Al Howie

West Vancouver
Soccer Club
AnnvalGeneral Meeting

Wednesday, Apni 20. 8 pm
West Von High c ofeterio

Al parents of West Van soccer
players are urgod to attend.

the titles in the Belle and
Deb divisions. Ontario
retained the gold medal in
the Jr. Belle division.

Silver medals were won by
Alberta Jr. Belles, Ontario
Belles and Debs, and the
bronze awards were taken by
Manitoba Jrs., Alberta
Belles and Quebec Debs.
CBC will televise the three

final games on Sports
Weekend April 23.
B.C. teams experienced

more than a few problems
after a promising _ start
against Saskatchewan,
coming up with two 6th
places and one 7th. The
teams from Alberta, On-
tario, Nova Scotia, Quebec
and Manitoba have it all

together - passing, shooting,
defending around the net -
and quickly proceeded to
show what 85 games a season
can do for a team, compared
to the 20 or so that the B.C.
girls play. However, for the
third year in a row, the B.C.
Belles won the coveted
Sportsgalship trophy, for
sportsgalship both on and off
the ice, awarded on the basis
of voting by each team.
Quebec Debs won the
Sportsgalship trophy in their
division, and in the Belle

division, the popular
‘‘Newfies’’ were the
unanimous winners. This

team, from Newfoundland,
who travelled for 15 hours to
get to the tournament in

B9 - Sunday, April 17, 1983 - North Shore News

Ringette wraps up with Nationals

Edmonton, quickly became
everyone's favorite in this
their second appearance at
the Nationals. From the
Strains of “Ise the By”
wafting from their dressing
room to their 12 year old
goalie, they had all the fans
cheering them on. Their aim
was to score against Ontario
and they did it (Ontario won
28-1). The Newfoundland
coach was heard to say
“We've had more goals
scored against us than we
have Ringette players
registered in our Province!”

Also held this year were
the Shoppers Drug Mart
Skill Awards, a new program
in which girls from each
province demonstrated their

abilities, compared to other

girls their age, in the
following categories:
Forward and Backward

Speed Skating, Ring Han-
dling and Shooting. B.C.
girls did surprisingly well in
this event, with Yvonne
Hunter from Squamish
coming so close to the gold
medal that she was given a
special award. Some of the
girls won ringette sticks
personally autographed by
Wayne Gretzky.

Next year, the Nationals
will be in Brntish Columbia.
Anyone wanting more in-
formation on Ringette,
please cali Luanne Griffin at
988-0648 or Richard

Oliphant at 987-1230.

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