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were 142 girls taking part in gymnastics, but by 1979-80 that number had dropped to almost half. Boys table tennis involvement decreased from 136 to 62, perhaps” reflecting the waning of the 1970s table tennis craze.

Other sports that have seen a decline. are bad- minton (both boys and girls), boys wrestling, boys swimming, boys track and field (but only from 492 to 490) and tennis (both boys and girls).

But these were more than balanced out by the sports in’ which interest increased, such as girls softball. Partic- ipation in this sport more than doubled in the five

Girls sports popular

years, from 8 teams and 109 players in 1975 to 13 teams and 276 players in 1980.

Boys soccer also showed a substantial rise in the number of players, reflecting the growing popularity of the sport in North America. The number of North Shore high school players rose 67 per cent in the five year period.

Girls sports that increased in popularity are field hockey, curling (from 0 to 8

curlers), swimming, basketball, skiing, table tennis, cross country run-

ning (almost doubling in numbers from 76 to 137), and track and field.

Boys sports that saw in- creases in participants were rugby, football, basketball, curling (from 23 to 25 curlers), skiing, volleyball,

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