Sports WV bobbles Brockton BROCKTON POINT bounced West Vancouver Cricket Club (WVCC) in cricket action July 21 at Hugo Ray Park in West Vancouver. West Vancouver was reminded of the old adage: “Take your catches and win your matches’’. Brockton Point won the toss and asked West Van to bat first. Runs came slowly but steadily as Paul Levy (22) and Rod Wise (12) gave West Van a solid start. After the openers were dismissed the game developed into a tense strug- gle. Basil Statia (12), Doug Pearson (10), Tom Haldane (10) and Dave Turner (10) all reached double figures but keen fielding aud the accu- rate bowling of L. Dickinson (3 wickets for 27 runs) and S. Chatralia (2 for 26) put Brockton Point on top. Only a few overs remained in West Van’s innings when Bob Butler joined the fray. Strong team to WHEN THE 56 Athletes and coaches who make up the TEAM B.C. Track and Field entry march into the Canada Games’ stadium at the University of New Brunswick in August, they will be the largest team entry from this province. The 27 men, 22 women, 5 coaches and two managers are once again expected to ‘be right up there with On- tario as the two powerhouses of the sport. Primarily selected from open trials in July at Swangard Stadium in Bur- naby, this year’s team is ex- pected to show strong im- provement in middle distance events. As Brian McCalder of the B.C. Track and Field Association says: ‘The im- provement is due to excellent role models, excellent coaches, . excellent athletes and excellent competitions.” -McCalder also credits the _ climate as a major benefit to ~ the runners. for - year-round training, a benefit the other provinces don’t have.. With role models fike the late Harry Jerome, the ongoing Debbie Brill, and Dave Steen, the 5,000 regis- B & F Glass shatter Aldersons SEASPAN INTERNA- TIONAL and Genstar Ship- yards hosted a_ successful! softball tournament July 20 and 21 at Myrtle Park. Mixed teams of five women and five men from all over the North Shore competed for a title that Alderson’s Fine Arts has- held for the past two years. Each team played a mini- mum of five games over the two days. B&F Glass played Picasso's ‘in the quarter finals, squeezing out a one run victory. B&F opened semi-finals actions against the St. Alice Hotel, and, down by seven, came back in the last two innings to defeat the strong - | offensive team from the St.Alice Hotel. In the finals, defending champions Alderson’s faced B&F B&F jumped on. Alder- son’s early to take a 4-0 lead. In the third inning, however, Alderson’s re- bounded and took the lead 5-4, In overtime, B&F came up with four runs, but Alder- son’s had last bats. With two out they drew to within three, 9-6. At 10:30 p.m. B&F got their third out to win the Genstar Shipyard/Seaspan 1985 tourney. tered Track and Field athletes in B.C. have tremendous encouragemcnt He immediately hit Brockton bowling around the field in- cluding a magnificent six which landed on the pavilion roof. West Van's innings closed at 110 runs with Butler 24 not out. West Van took to the field in a very confident frame of mind. Rod Wise shattered Brockton Point's early bat- ting resistance dismissing the first three batsmen with 17 runs. K. Gopalsingh was then joined by S. Chatralia. Dur- Canada and inspiration. A total of 326 athletes and coaches make up TEAM ing the next hour of play Gopalsingh and Chatralia took the Brockton Point score to 60 runs before Chatralia was out for 28 runs. West Van managed to drop eight catches from the two players. Gopalsingh was undefeated for 45 runs. Dropped catches, left West Van’s players shaking their heads in disbelief at the loss which denied the team a share of top spot in the league. games B.C. at the Canada Games 3In August along with a mis- sion and support staff. NORTH SHORE SELECTS TRYOUTS FOR INTERDISTRICT SOCCER LEAGUE U-18 Boys born 1968-1969 Place — Norseman Park — 23rd & Lonsdale Date — July 29th & 30th 1985 Time — 5.00 pm. to 630 p.m. CONTACT ROB LEACHMORE 929-2255 INFLATABLE BOATS Ve price from 7499 NYLON— ANORACK 12°° Ye price 14° TRAVEL PACKS (not shown) from 49° _TARPS Great AIR MATTRESS, (not shown) all sizes GREAT OUTDOORS 599 & up SHORTS Ye price from SH oom a IR haar ; Graeme ¢ Wightman This week we had the pleasure of meeting another of our fine young carriers. Graeme Wightman delivers our Sunday News to our readers, in our Capilano Zone and does an excellent job for us. Graeme Is fourteen years old and will be attending Van- couver College in the fall. Presently he is taking a course at S.F.U. The course includes studying, kinesiology, English, computers, fine arts and two hours a day of a variety of sports. Sounds like a great program. Tennis is his favourite sport and included in his busy summer schedule, will be tennis lessons. Graeme's musical talents include, playing the piano and the violin. Planning to be an architect in the future, Graeme'’s hobby is working on model buildings. Eamings from the News are used for spending money and he is saving to buy a stereo for his room.. For being our star this week Graeme received, com- plimentary movie passes, a North Shore News baseball cap and a special thanks for a job well done. Enjoy the - movies and your summer and keep up the good | work. Joan Cripps Circulation Dept. . 1139 Lonsdale Ave., N. V., 986-1337 ‘ north shore. SUNGLASSES ton 20° TENTS up. to % price en 59 CORDURA DAY PACKS DUFFLE BAGS $25 201 Lonsdale ‘Ave. North Vancouver 980-3313 27 - Sunday, July 28, 1985 - North Shore News wpeeenes - x peacd