DEVENS SIDELINES CHARITY HOCKEY GAME... The West Vancouver Police squad faces-off against the Canuck Oldtimers on Sunday, Feb. 20 for an afternoon of family fun for a good cause. Net procceds from the. game, and post-game pasta dinner and auction. will help the Canuck Foundation help Canuck Place and minor hockey. An added bonus will be the appearance of some current Canucks, The game begins at 3 p.m. at the West Vancouver Arena, with the dinner and auction kicking-off ‘aty 5:30 p.m. at the West Vancouver recreation centre. Tickets, available through Ticketmaster, are $30 for the game and dinner. GYMNASTICS... Flicka Gymnastics Club gymnast ’ Angela Orange was the all- “around winner in the national level competition at the Surrey . Classic. Flicka gymnasts dom- inated the ficld, securing six spots in the top ten: Lise Leveille (2nd); Chantelle Poon (3rd); Alana Webb (4th); Jennifer Clarke (9th); and Daphne O’ Young (10th). The. Nerth Vancouver club’ also’ showed’ well in the provincial single-A !1-and- under division, with Breanne King claiming top spot in the overall competition, followed ‘ by teammates Celine Lebrun .(2nd),/Leah Vanderhorst (4th) and Nathalie Balfour (9th). In. provincial single-A — midget action, Flicka’s Rachel Blaney was the overall win- ner; Michelle Cehak was sec- ond; and Clarisa’ Woodley -was fifth. Nicole Wong: was . the bronze medal winner in the ’ provincial single-A 12-and- -over.overall competition. HARLEM GLOBETROT- .. TERS.... World-class basket- ball:teams up with great fun “on the évening of Monday, ’ Feb.. 21. /at--the’ Pacific ‘Coliseum “as. the Harlem... Globetrotters’. stop © in ‘Vancouver-on their 1994 — world tour. Reserved,seats for the entertaining night are, “priced, at $12.50, $16.50, and ~$22.50 and are available at all : Ticketmaster outlets. A $4 dis- count is available for children and seniors for most seats. Discounts are also available to groups of 25 or more. : RINGETTE... The ‘North Shore Winter Club (NSWC) hosted their ninth annual * Invitational tournament for girls from Feb, 3 to 6. Over 350 athletes, comprising ‘23 - teams. from. across the province, took part in the pop- ular event. Division finals fea- turing North Shore teams included: NSWC over Surrey, 10-6, in novice; NSWC over Vernon, 8-4, in petite division; NSWC over North-West Vancouver, 8-4. “in. junior; North-West Vancouver over Delta, 5-3, in “the belle category; and NSWC over Poco P&W in the debs" final, 3-2. WHEN THE 1996 Olympic Summer Games roll into Atlanta, local sailor Tine (pro- nounced “Tina”) Moberg- Parker will be going for the gold, By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer “[ don’t believe in going for second best,” she said in a recent interview. “I’ve won cnough and | know it can be done. i'm confi- dent.” She has every right to be. The North Vancouver resident has beaten the defending Olympic champion Linda Andersen several times. Both were members of the Norwegian national sailing cam. Moberg-Parker is originally from Osio, Norway, but now that she competes for Canada, there is room for both of them to compete, at the Olympic level. Because eich competing coun- try sends only one sailor in the European dinghy class to the Olympics, Moberg-Parker sat on shore while Andersen won gold in Barcelona. Should the two meetin Adanta, it will be an opportunity for Moberg-Parker to renew the old rivalry. "It will also be her first opportu- nity to win at the Olympic Games. -As a matter of fact, Olympic gold is about all the 24-year-old Lynn Valley resident hasn‘t won. Last month, Moberg-Parker won the first of six annual World Cup events in Florida, . While it was her 20th Worl! “Cup victory, this one was her first for Canada. The previous 19 were - for her native Norway. McCredie vs rs acces VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS WEST VANCOUVER’S Arthur Griffiths has found another tenant for his new ‘downtown Vancouver arena. The aiinouncement last weekend from the National Basketball Association that Griffiths er al bad indeed sold the idea of major feague round ball in the Lower Mainland is great news for sport fans, Since crawling out of its cocaine-tainted image of the early “80s, Ihe NBA has become one of the most popular and successful Canada has traditionally been weak in the European dinghy class, she added. ° Moberg-Parker has sailed in the class since she was 15 years old. She started sailing an optimist pram when she was six at her par- ents” summer cabin, where sailing is the only means of transportation. Now, a part-lime student at Simon Fraser University, Moberg- Parker coaches 55 jimior sailors at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. She is pursuing a double-major degrec in political science and cco- nomics, Another goal for the hard-work- ing sailor is to get involved in coaching at the national level. Last August she couched B.C.'s sailing team at the Canada Summer Games in Kamloops. . When the snow flies. she trades in her life vest for a pair of cross- country skis, to enjoy a Norwegian sporting tradition. Moberg-Parker hasn’t reached the Olympics on skis (yet), howev- er she will be in Lillehammer, Norway. next week to watch the 50-km race. She also plans to visit her old home and sce her parents and relatives. But Moberg-Parker maintains that her new home in Lynn Valley is the perfect place to live. It’s one of the only phices where she can ski and sail on the same day. Moberg-Parker came to the North Shore to stay with her aunt and uncle in West Vancouver while she finished her secondary educa- _ tion at Sentinel. “LE had a long fight.” she said of her fight to gain immigrant status. “It was super-frustrating. I will never do that again in my life.” it will be a good deal for all Canadians now that Canada has a ‘shot at sailing’s gold — for now and for the Future. professional sport feagues in the world. Traditionalists scoff at the high- powered marketing campaign used by the NBA to attract young fans, but the bottom-line (more important in big-league sports than the final score) is that the game on the hard- wood is as entertaining, exciting and competitive as professional hockey. : Teaming up with some high- powered money men —- the deep- pocketed McCaw brothers of Scattle and the Skidmore brothers of Vancouver -— demonstrated Griffiths’ financial sense. More importantly, however, it proved the future NBA governor has the sense to share the wealth — and the risk. ‘ The diminutive Griffiths’ accomplishment in the land of giants, however. still needs the sup- port of the team’s most important bicker, the fans. White basketball is a hugely popular sport in the provincial school system. the combined cager knowledge af the Lower Mainland falls well behind the traditionally strong sport of hockey. [t will be a challenge for the marketing wizards of the NBA to sell the gare in B.C. . The only complaint this fan has is the name of the team: the Wednesday, February 16, 1994 - Nort wie: LTR NEWS photo Terry Peters « Lynn Valley resident Tine Moberg-Parker has set her sights on winning a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Her January victory at the World Cup sailing race in Florida puts her in prime position for the Olympic team. It was her first victory since joining the Canadian sailing team. -Hardcourt dreams & lacrosse teams 66. One shudders to think to what lengths headline writers will go with the beaten: — phrase, ‘We always get our man. 99 Mounties. One shudders to think of what tengaths headline writers will go with the beaten phrase, “We always get our min,” . The North Shore Indians moved a step closer to competing in their first season of Senior Western Lacrosse Association action as the league's 1994 junior draft was held last week in Burnaby. The Indians’ first draft was in the third round, where they selected Burnaby’s Josh Kempf (16th over- all). The Indians begin the official training camp in May. but don’t think for a minute that teant presi- dent Frank Baker isn’t expecting every player to be in shape for camp. The veteran lacrosse man has every intention of making his team competitive in their first season in the big league. . - The North Vancouver Minor Lacrosse Association is holding a registration day at the Lonsdale recreation centre this Saturday, Feb. 20, from | to 3 p.m. for the upcom- ing 1994 season (May-July). Registration fees range frem $50 (mini-tyke, 4 to 6-year-olds), 10 $85 (midget, 15 and [6-year-olds). Sticks are provided for mini-tykes. When registering the following are required: copy of birth certifi- cate, MSP card number and an emergency contact number. For more information about ree- istering or the league, call Murray Williams at 984-9008.