44 — Wednesday, August 12, 1992 - North Shore News

NV centre Kariya tries out for nat’

junior team

A NORTH Vancouver junior hockey player recent- ly participated in an evalua- tion camp for Canada’s Na- tional Junior Hockey Team in preparation for the 1993 World Junior Hockey Championships.

Paul Kariya, 18, who plays cen- tre for the Penticton Panthers, was among 38 players par- ticipating in the seven-day camp in Kitchener, Ont.

‘*} would like to thank my fam- ily and friends who have sup- ported me and encouraged me to reach this level,”” Kariya remarked before the camp opened.

Last year Kariya won a silver medal in Japan as part of the Na- tional Under-18 Team.

The 1993 World Junior Hockey Championships will be held in Sweden from Dec. 26, 1992 to January 4, 1993.

Canada will compete with the seven other Pool ‘‘A’’ countries, including the U.S., Finland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Japan, Germany, . 41 the host country, Sweden.

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WEST VANCOUVER Mayor Mark Sager takes aim under the watchful eye of Gleneagles Golf Course pro Tryg Wenn. Gleneagles has a new practice driving range. ;

Biackcomb starting work on high-speed chairlift

CONSTRUCTION HAS begun on the Glacier Express, a high-speed detachable quad chairlift, designed to give skiers greater access to the high alpine terrain on Blackcomb Mountain, including Blackcomb aad Horstman Glaciers.

Blackcomb currently offers the Jongest lift-serviced vertical drop in North -America of 1,609 metres. The new Glacier Express will carry 2,500 skiers per hour from the bettom of Jersey Cream Bow! to Horstman Glacier.

it will allow Blackcomb to transport 7,760 skiers per hour above the tree-line terrain and bring the mountain’s total daily lift capacity to 26,400 skiers per hour.

“This will be the most ex- citing lift we have ever constructed, competitive with the best Europe has to offer,’’ said Blackcomb president Hugh Smythe.

“We expect the chair will eliminate lift lines on the Sev- enth Heaven Express and will reduce turnaround times to Blackcomb Glacier, Spanky’s

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Bowl and the rest of the high alpine by more that 50%’’.

Dennis Hansen, Blackcomb executive director of market- ing, said the new lift will carry skiers 595 vertical metres in just 6.5 minutes.

“The Glacier Express will be the most challenging lift ever built in North America. The lift alignment climbs over shear rock cliffs, spans the Horstman Glacier twice and crosses over top of the Horstman T-bar,”’ said John Birrell, Blackcomb vice-president of operations.

The lift will be the fifth high-speed chair at Blackcomb and will be fully operational by November.

The new Glacier Express is part of another major expan- sion at Blackcomb to accom- modate the continuing growth of the resort.

To fund the expansion, Nip- pon Cable Co. Ltd. is investing $25 million in limited partner- ship units of Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises Ltd. Partnership to fund the development of new terrain, lifts, snowmaking and restaurant facilities over the next five years.

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Cyclists raise funds for BC. Lung Association}

ELEVEN NORTH Shore residents will be breathing deeply for those who can’t by riding the eighth annua! Bicycle Trek for Life and Breath, a late summer fundraiser for the B.C. Lung Association (BCLA).

North Shore cyclists who have ridden in previous years’ BCLA treks are David Anderson, Denise

Howard, Terry Moore, Walt Polzen, Tim Woodland and Lynn Earle. First-time trekkers are

Monica Horvath, Kevin Karlsson,

Chris Relke, Julie Wilkinson and Su-Bin Kuah.

While the Trek 92 isn’t until Sept. 12 and 13, each of the 11 North Shore cyclists is collecting donations now, as participants must raise at least $350 in ad- vance. The overall goal is to bring in $160,000 for medical research,

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