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Editor: ANDY FRASER

NS skaters domi

December 10, 1980

Winter Club sweep awards

By CAROLE STAFFORD

Jubilant skaters from the North Shore Winter Club won the team trophy and 20 of 50 awards passed out at the BC Section Figure Skating

Championships held

in Richmond over the

weekend. The club claimed seven of 16 titles and will send 27 skaters to the Western Division

Championships month.

Seven more North Shore skaters go on to Divisionals -- three from Hollyburno Country Club and four from the Vancouver Skating Club out of Karen Magnussen Afena Hollyburn’s Neil Paterson took the junior men's title, while Vancouver Club skaters shared both yumor and = semor dance utles

More than 150) skaters from all) over the province competed in pre-novice. povice, junior and senior divisions at che Richmond

in Red Deer,

Alberta, next

arcpa. Each division = in- cludes four cvents (men's and ladies’ singles, dance and pairs) and the top four in cach event in the novice, junior and senior divisions qualify for divisionals.

All told, North Shore skaters will comprise about half the BC contingent in Red Deer. The top four in cach event there go on to the Canadian Championships in Halifax the end of January

Competition at the senior level was somewhat sparse - as was the audicnce,

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owing, no doubt to blustery weather — but the few very

vocal supporters were rewarded with some fine skating.

The Winter Club took

three and a half of the four senior titles, as their Tracy Wilson and partner Mark Stokes of the Vancouver Club won the senior dance

Katherina Matousek and Eric Thomson were un challenged for the semor pairs title. while Heather Anderson = retained the semor ladies title, defeating

the onc other constant Nonite Robertson. of Kernsdale

Denms Cor had further to chmb after figures but his dynami ands artful frec skating in both the short and long programs gave tim a clear win over Neal Giroday also of the Winter Club

JUNIOR CHAMP OVERTAKES

Jumor Men's champion Neil Paterson of Hollyburn also came from behind after figures with a clean, crisp short program to establish his lead over Winter Club's Brad Maclcan Though his long program suffered from a few minor mistakes, it was still good cnough for a clear win He performed a good vanicty of well-executed double and triple jumps, including a triple toe loop at the conclusion of his four minute program

The Vancouver Club's Kerry Spong and Tracy Michael of Coguidam won

the jyumor dance with a sparkling performance punctuated with fancy

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COPING WITH THE pressure at the Mighty Tykes swim meet for 10 and under at the William Griffin pool on the weekend fs nine year old Rajon Rai of the Hyack Club of New West- minster. Close to 300 youngsters took part in the provincial meet hosted by the Chena Swim Club. For more photos and story, see page B4 (Terry Peters photo)

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