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ahood drives
to 5th place

A NEW engine paid off for North Vancouver native Andy
Mahood, who drove to a fifth-place finish in the latest race of the
Players/GM Motorsport Series in Calgary Sunday.

Faltering performance in the previous race spelled a lacking
finish, but a nev engine for the Race City Speedway race helped
boost Mahood, 32, into fifth place in the overall standings, up
from an earlier placing of seventh.

Aprairie thunderstorm saw drivers— among them Mahood, who
managed to rejoin the race quickly — spinning off the track, and
getting stuck in nearby mud.

With the new engine broken in only on the drive from Vancouver
to Calgary, Mahood and crew expect better results next time when
the motor hits its stride.

Eventual winner Frank Allers of Coquitlam led the pack for the
entire race, and at the finish line Port Moody’s Tony Morris was
second, with Calgary’s Allen Berg in third.

A series top spot is still possible for the local driver, who takes to
the track again Sept. 10 and tt at Westwood Motorsport Park in
Coquitlam.

Goalie records
three shutouts

NORTH VANCOUVER poalie Brad Baker recorded (hree shutouts
in the Haarlam Cup in Holland last week, but the B.C. senior
men’s provincial soccer team was halted in the semi-finals.

Baker and the B.C. squad beat Volewijckers of Holland, Hana
of Norway and Odin of Sweden in 3-0 games before qualifying for
the semi-finals by topping Hanna of Sweden in an easy 7-0 match.

in goal against Haarlam in the semi-finals, Baker’s efforts were
not enough to stop the Dutch team from a 3-1 victory and a chance
at the cup.

Queens Park Rangers Youth Team was the eventual tournament
winner, beating Haarlam 4-2.

“IT was pleased with how we did,’’ said assistant coach Joe
lacobeilis, who during the school year is the coach of the Capilano
College Blues men’s soccer team. ‘I was surprised that the com-
petition wasn’t tougher.

“Our players are as good as their players. 1 think we have to
start thinking a little higher of ourselves."

In earlier play, Baker was out of action with an injured hand
when the B.C. squad fell 1-0 to the Tottenham Hotspur Youth
Team on an 86th-minute goal.

Joining Baker on the provincial team are fellow North Van-
couver players Geoff D'Auria and Eamonn Ward and head coach
Vince Alvano.

B.C.’s team is now training for the 1989 Canada Games next
summer in Saskatoon,

NV woman takes
kickboxing title

KICKBOXER INGRID Katzberg of North Vancouver is the new
Canadian women’s lightweight kickboxing champion  2fter
defeating Germana Robennelli of Richmond.

in a non-stop bout in Abbotsford, Katzherg, 21, punched and
kicked her way to take the Karate International Council of
Kickboxing title in four rounds.

Already the World Kiekboxing Association B.C. women's
champion, she is set to take on Canadian women’s champion Lora
Daigle of Edmonton in a scheduled North Vancouver tournament
this fall.

Katzberg, who works out at Ron Andrews Pool, is now training
two hours a day in preparation for the upcoming championship
match.

Also fighting in Abbotsfs:d was bout-winning Shahram Nassir-
baki, also of North Vancouver.

Exchange
opens

Tidal wave

warning

DEFENDING BELLYFLOP champion 710-Ib. Dale ‘‘The Incredible
Bulk’’ Henderson of Cloverdale (above) lost his title to 285-ib. Brian
‘Slim’? McLachlan of Coquitlam in the super heavyweight division of
the North American Belly Flop Championships at North Vancouver's
Coach House Inn Sunday. At 300 Jbs., Walt ‘Rainmaker’ Halibura
(below) was third ir the super heavyweight. Paul ‘‘Mad Dog’’ Girody of
North Vancouver was first in the heavyweight division at 250 pounds. A
230-Ib. Ron Todter was second, while 240-Ib. Joe Czinger Jr. was third.

NEWS photos Cindy Gallamy