B2 - Wednesday, April 13, 1983 - North Shore News

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

IT WAS A win for the Canucks Saturday, but Sunday marked the end of a frustrating season with Calgary Flames taking the initial playoff series three games to one. In the above photo from Saturday night, the Canuck defensive corps jam things up in front of John Garrett in the Vancouver goal.

Seniors start Spring scrum

NORTH SHORE Senior high school boys started a new spring sport this year: rugby. Formerly held in the fall, the seasonal switch is being tried in the coaches’ belief that spring will attract better playing conditions and more players.

In addition to the tradi- tional rugby schools of Sutherland, Hillside and Carson Graham, Argyle is fielding a brand new senior squad which will start off with exhibition games only this year in the North Shore- Burnaby-New Westminster

Elites play at Port

John Boschert, 13, of Port Alberni Gymnastics Academy will be the home favourite to defend his Tyro title as the club is host to the

B.C. Elite Championships April 16 and 17. Of the two Semor B.C. women Val

Hansen, 15 of Port Alberni will be in Cottbus, at the weekend competing with the national team in the East Germany Invitational. This ts the first tume she has competed with the national team

Anita Botnen, 16 of West Vancouver is out of com peution with a sprained ankle Mark Byrne, 21.) of University of British Columbia is the province's

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top Senior competitor. Andrew Lowe, 17, of Richmond Gymnastics Club will defend his Novice title. The competiton§ which runs Saturday and Sunday (Apnl 16-17) will feature optional routines on Saturday the women starting

Reds win

On Apnl 5 the North Shore Winter Club Bantam ‘B’ Reds won the ‘°C’ final with a thnilling 7-6 victory over Calgary Thornchiffe, at the Terry Fox Memonal Bantam ‘B’) Hockey Tour nament, hosted by the North

league.

Games are now resuming after the two week Easter break. Results from the first four games follow:

March 24: Burnaby South 37, Sutherland 3; Cariboo Hill 13, Carson Graham 7; New Westminster 14, Bur-

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at 10:30 a.m. and the men at 3:30 p.m. All gymnast will compete in their compulsory routines on Sunday at 12:00.

This is a major qualifying meet for Western Canadian Championships and National Championships both held in May.

a Cc’ Shore Winter Club Mike Statham had a hat inck for the “Reds” Fourteen teams from BC. Alberta, and Seatle participated in the four day

event, which wound up the season for the “Reds”

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March 17: New West 44, Burn C 0; Hill 17, Suth 12: CG 10, Argyle 3; Burn S 51, Burn NO.

March 15: Suth 32, Burn C 0, New West 28, CG 0; Cariboo 19, Hill 10; Burn S 24, Arg O.

March 10: CG 50, Burn C 4; Cariboo 29, Suth 0; Burn S 16, New West 0; Hill 7, Burn N4

Soccer finals at Ambleside

They're down to the wire in the Vancouver Metro senior soccer league cup with the final four teams in playoff action this weekend at Ambleside park in West Van.

The first game of the semis will go at 12 noon Saturday with Firemen A taking on Coquitlam Greyfriars while the second matchup has Norvan ANAF 45, the only

North Shore entry remain- ing, taking on Richmond Canadians at 2 p.m.

The finals go on Sunday, again at Ambleside with the losers taking the field at noon to determine third and fourth place with the win- ners matching up at 2 p.m.

All four teams qualify from this area for the provin- cial cup playdowns to be played May 14 and 15 at Kinsmen Stadium.

Caps kick off agaist Cosmos

Vancouver Whitecaps arch rivals are in town Sunday to enter into their 10th year of battle with the home team.

New York Cosmos, the team everyone loves to hate will take the field at Empire Stadium at 2 p.m. complete with their regular list of characters including Georgio Chinaglia, Hubert Birkenmeir, Steve Moyers and the rest of the Warner Bros. cast.

While only an exhibition game, the teams will be competing for the Spring Cup, a trophy put up for grabs by the Whitecaps last season. And when these two old rivals get together, there is mever any ‘only an exhibition’ mentality shown.

A few of the new Whitecaps will be making their debut for the home crowds. Frans Thijssen, the brilliant Dutch midfielder, recently with Ispswich, arrived in town on Monday and will be in the lineup Sunday along with Fran O’Brien, the _ Irish inter- national midfielder who was a first team all-star with Montreal! Manic last season.

Dave Watson, the 65 time Engiand international centre back won't be in town until May Ist, however, newcomer Canadian Mike Sweeney will be playing.

Sweeney, with the Ed- monton Drillers for the past three seasons, is expected to hold down a regular place on the ‘83 version of the Caps.

Flames control game two

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Shier scored the winner at 1 54 of the overtime

Also scoring for the Flames was Jim Wilson with two and Steve Corcoran

Sconng for Cranbrook was Brent Shiypitka, Peter Thrasher and Ty Akaci

Both) goalkeepers were outstanding Cranbrook’s Don Clorec was called on to make ‘2 Flames’

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The Sunday night game was the Jim Wilson show He showed why he was rookie of the year in the West Coast Jr League as well as being selected to the BC Games team Jim scored three times and assisted on another, the rest of the scorng = was handled by Blair Wilson and Peter Gustafson

Replying for Cranbrook was Mike Halland Ty Akaci

The Flames were in complete control oof this game right from the opening

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Although not all that busy he came through when called upon. This Flames team had no superstars as such but all year, game in and game out, as a team, they played = disciplioed, consistent hockey, a credit to the coaching staff, head coach Bill Pope and his assistant Russ Wheatlcy

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