~ Findlay wins Canada’s gnarlhest ultra

PETER FINDEAY aff but owns couver, and never fooked back. — crossed the fine. Marcia Winger was first in the B.C. GAMES FOR) THE the aptly named Kace-Kouckering Steven) Royer was third with a “Deborah just demolished the women's 40-plus section with a PHYSICALLY BIS- North Shore frail Run, time of $:30.06@, and top men's — previous best female time by an Ume of 6:26.22, and Mae Pat ABLED.... North Vancouver For the fourth consecutive year 40-plus henors went to Neil incredible 32 minutes!" Federico won the 50-plus category. One in athlete Chris Thulin took the Kamloops native won the Wakelin (5:40.43), announced ta the crowd. four race participants was a home the gold medal in evel- 30-mile (48.6 kin) race, billed as In the aen’s 50-plus culegory, Kelowna’s Lorraine Lees. woman, dod eight couples com- ing on the final day of com- “anada's CGinurliest Uttra.”” Peter O'Brien was first to break — MeGeough, who used the Kiee- peted. One hundred and fourteen petition in the B.C. Games Findlay crossed the finish line at the tape, with it uae of 6730,32. Knackering race as a training: ex- of the {25 athletes participating for the Physically Disabled in Panorama Park in Deep Cove ina Race director Enzo Federico ercise for the World (00-kilomtre finished ihe race, ; Burnaby fast Sunday, July 11. time of 4:59.14. At the halfway could) hardly contral his excite. run championships in Belgium this The Knee-Knackering toute Thulin, who won a_ bronze point, Findlay overtook eventual ment when Deborul Askew of August, was second with atime of along the Baden-Powell trail has medal in the slalom event at second-place finisher Wayne Coquitltm — the first wotnan and 6:24.28, Third place went) fo been ranked the seventh most dif- the National Disabled Skiing Richardson = (5:17.33), of Vane 12th overall finisher (6:00.36) -—— — Felicity Wells. ficult trail run in North America.

Championships in’ March, won the amputee division of the 40-kilometre cycling event. Meanwhile, Alison Canning, also from North Vancouver, won two. silver medals in the Cerebral Palsy 2 category with a wheelchair shot-put toss of 1.10 metres, and a club throw of 3.78 metres. Over 270 participants from B.C., other western provinces, the U.S., and Japan competed in Il dif- ferent. sports during the five-day competition. The Games are presented by the B.C. Sport and = Fitness Council for the Disabled, Canada Safeway Ltd., and three provincial sport organizations.

FREE THROW COMPETI. TION... On Friday, July 2, children and adults converged on Queen Mary community school for the school’s Sirst- ever Free Throw competition. The object of this unique fundraising event was to shoot five free throws, with the most accurate players winning one of a number of prizes: The money raised from the event will be used throughout the summer to fund trips for the school’s START program. START coordinator Carol Blake said of the day: ‘lt was great to see the community come together to support the youth in the area.’’ She also thank- ed the sponsors and businesses that donated prizes. They include: West Beach, North Shore Ski & Sailboard, Bella Pizza, The Goal Net,- Larry’s Sport Shop, North Shore Lacrosse, Crazy Mike's Video, Hogarth’s Sport & Ski, LG- 73, Superstar, Blue-Line Sports and the North Van- couver Recreation Commis- sion.

Lawn Bowling... Cathy SJeanes, president of the North Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club, won the Lower Mainland Ladies’ Singles competition, held Sunday, June 27 at the New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club. Jeanes faced stiff com- petition in the 27-woman field, facing last year’s winner and a member of the Na- tional team on her way to her second Lower Mainland title. She wan the event in 1991.

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