THE HERALD, Tuesday, March 21, 1978, PAGE 9 Terrace chess club host tourney —tmeee- | LAR Ga Steg cry Th cope co aa ltteer meer eS z ‘Diver Shari Hall works outon the tpotting rig with the helpof coach Don McGaverz. Searching for . ‘The deep end of the pool at Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa resembles a three ring dreus — only busier. It's five o'clock cn'a miserable Friday afternoon, the winter weather so unbearable that it should be investigated by Amnesty International, In a corner by the pool, a group of very young boys and girls sit attentively in a circle, absorbing a ‘brief lecture on how to dive, Bodies plummet endlessly from the various diving boards, At a trampoline, a ata aot a spott She lands awkwardly but is quickly rehoisted with words - . of encouragement. The man operating the spotting ia Don McGavern, an American whirlwind recruited in 1973 by the Canadian Ameatur - Diving Association (CADA) to. replace Don, Webb, Canada's veteran Olympic. diving coach, as a full time technical director in Ottawa. (Webb had been hired by the -O'Keefe Sports Foundation ag a full time diving coach.) ee a attte 8 Inclined the - responsibilities included the organization and —develop- ment” of A. coaching cer: an educational training syst- - for diving coaches was nonexistent. ‘Until the ‘Canada Games structure began in 1968 there. were few. major facilities, limiting the need for many. diving _ coaches, although we always had good competitive. divers at all levels of competition. When we finally started getting the facilities, a system for developing coaches was created, ae” we have a national ‘ and IZ training program in English and French for * coaches: and a level III will be ready seon.’* With all this accomplished by the end of the Montreal “ - Olympics, McGavernn was hired by CADA to channel . ‘his’. bottomless energy: towards two goals; establish a sports school for diving, in _ the style of a resident club; and establish a coaches “school, affillated with a university, with the ‘intent that ‘the two" schools would “interact To date he's half way ; ‘there. Negotiations to set up the coaches school have ‘bogged down because of red. tape. But he says it’s onfy a matter of time before that’s overcome and students fram’ across Canada will be able to’ gain credits at the Univer- iy to learn to coach diving as part of aphysical educatio or iness degree program. “With grants from Sport . Canada, ais first objective, the sports school, opened in “June 1977, and was In full operation by the fall. days a week, MeGavern and a couple of ‘assistants work with about 50 ~ students, ranging in age . fram seven to teens. "We have five levels of recreational diving,” he explains, 'The firet two are for beginners and last slx ‘weeks. From those students we select the promising ‘divers and they advance to the higher. levels, so that: we're establishing a feeder ©} the eiudents in the first. ” two levels attend three hours “a week, and if not chosen to - advance, can re-register for “another six, weeks and ‘simply enjoy recreational di ; ae are also three ° ‘competitive levels above the Thiose ¢ ~ Peereatlonal pro reas, ite _ Steve Stutt, recelve’ 16 hours : in: the : » the” schoo ol éach week. ; program for. recreational divers; alevd I. ‘ divers Although still 17,, Stutt dives in the senior level, and last ‘year finished eighth in the country on platform at tha Canadian Senior Nationals. His admiration for McGavern is unabashed. eis an exceptional coach who always per- fection, but he does it in a way that makes you want to achieve it. “It's not an unhealthy pressure,’’ says Stult, “because he always lets you imow if you can win. He'll never say you can if knows you don’t have it, so you _ know where you stand with him, you trust him.” The program McGaven has developed at Nepean is unique. The students do dry. ‘and water drills: work out in an exercise room: use . the trampoline and spotting rig to practise techniques, for new dives; spend time divin having their dives criticized; and participate in research being conducted by the- University of Ottawa. The first phase testing . conducted now it to find out what factors are the: most rant in assessing top The 1 apo ‘th. sativa, nya Saale ean program he The sport we also ca came to “Canada; aboratory. thes students, in a wen are our ” “One af our biggest blems is that we don't aw precisely what’ we're . looking forwhen we try tofind the potential elite diver. What factor or factors count the most? Is it: balance, for example? If so, then, if we go our research and find aten year old with balance 20 per cent greater than. the national average, do we know that we have a potential winner? That arson may -have: knock - ees and be a reject, but because of tha balance, he or she may have an inborn talent to bea great diver,” The problem, ‘he says, is that up until now, perhaps | wthe coach didn’t look past the: body" ‘bulld.:"When one’ sees a beautiful looking | postural line, one might say ‘thet’s what we're after’. Perhaps thisis the reason we have more girl. divers than boys in Canada. Since the ‘girls mature earlier, they appear to be more graceful or have better. balarice’at a - younger age, Whereas the hoy might not fill out until he's 14. by which time the chances are he might have 8. been cut.” The only answer, McGavern says, ip to do more research. Without .the - data, without knowing what factors. to consider, . the wrong people ma eliminated from a program too early in ie So far, the sutdents have undergone ten tests, -under the direction of Dr. Robert — Kerr, head of the motor learning section of the department . of - kinan- thropology. ° Norton takes title from Spinks Terrace Chess 8 cluband the for trophies and prizes. Keren pepes lbs, Slane dg eared od crane | Sennen mat seg "tsa heavywelght title is over, He James E. Deskin, a WBC committee isan illegitimate with the highest bidder a chess tournam et in Own moment during the two day gue Nada ote a fice-presitent, who ives and: arbitrary a fon of getting the fight. last weekend. The tourney affair while 18 players .and Leon Spinks’s lost weekend. Arum admitted Spinks did "1 don't think the thst his tra defence woula | attPacted players from approximately 80 spectators “Being that I'm a fighter agree ina letter to the WBC American public is going to be against Ali. yrince Sore dea gathered for toa te near oon Atle oP vould have inoued” fone bey an edie Menge the action, val Norton qn immedlatiey host of terrace players ‘ future of the Terrace Chess ” ’ recognized a8 champion | Recenti ving to Club is a tournament in to win in the ring,” November that, should he Arum. rather than the title being ently moving Norton said in Los Angeles ‘beat Muhammad Ali, which —“{t_siways leaves a bitter declared vacant Sulaiman | Letac® from Victoria D. Prince peoree, this cave after the WBC announced it” was withdrawing title recognition from Spinks who -still ip recognized as champion by the Worid Boxing Association. “But being that the champion chose not to fight. me and being that he signed a legal document to fight and violated it, I'll take it this way and get him later.” The WBC executive committee decided Saturday that Spinks had. no intention _ of obeying an edict that he make his first defence against the top-ranked Norton. Thus, it withdrew title recognition. Spinks was unavailable for ‘comment on the WBC action, “which came one day after he ‘was sued and one day before he was arrested. On Friday, a complaint was filed in court in Philadelphia to have Spinks and his wife evicted from - their apartment there for not paying two months rent of $560. Early Sunday, he was arrested in his hometown of S&. Louls for driving the Wrong way on a one-wa street “and for driving without a licence. He was released on $700 bail. Spinks also volved in litigation con- his title loss, “We are ready to face any . lawsuit because we have a ‘clean conselence,” said Jose - Sulaiman, ‘WBC president, afte® announcing the action at his home in Mexico City. “We acted honestly, in good faith and in strict ac- cordance with the rules and regulations.” . Bob Arum, president of Top Rank, Juc., said Saturday in Las Vegas the WBC will be facing legal action from Top Rank and from Spinks. Top Rank, which has the rights to promote Spinks’s next three fights, with an option of three more, will file sult against the WBC and Sulaiman in federal court in - -) as Veges in.a couple of curlers share lead Three rinks have a share ofnthe lead going today’s third round of the Canadian ‘senior women’s curling championship. '. Saskatemewan, Manitoba . and Nova Scotia are tied for the lead with identical 2-0 records, Betty Johnston's Regind rink had the toughest time in the opening two rounds ‘Sunday «a forced to use “her last rock of the 10th endnto edge Hadie Manley’s Balmoral Curling - Club rink of Edmonton 7-6. ‘In Sunday's, second round . fi ‘Johnston’ was lying two in the 40th end before Newfoun-: dland skip Vi Pike missed a clear draw on her fenal shot to give Saskatchewan a slim 75 victory. McKenzie scored four in the fifth end and went on to post a 95 win over Ontario and later edged Lillian Mae: ‘Donald’s New Brunswick New Brunswick is: 1-1 golng into play today on the ‘ basls of its loss to Manitoba and a 11-6 win over Doris MacDonald's rink in the opening draw, .. The other contending rink entering today's play is the Joyce Myers Hailfax four: some which heat . the ‘Territories rink of Jo ce Muyers 10-3 in the opening ‘round and then posted an 8-1 decision over MacDonald’s will be in into he did Feb. 15, he would make his first defence against Norton. ‘But a memorandum prepared by counsel for Aram contends “‘... even if we should. construe Mr. Spinks’s letter as con stituting an agreement to the edict it would be of no bin- ding force, One cannot legalize an unconstitutional act by agreeing to it.” Arum claims the action of taste in our mouth to dethrone a champion,” said Sulaiman. “But boxing as a sport should be governed by laws and regulations over and above husiness in- - terests,”’ Under the edict agreed to by both Spinks and Ali before their fight, Spinks had until last Friday to agree to a Norton fight with a promoter of his choice. Failing that, said, because the WBC had decided that the winner of a lh-round bout between Norton and Jimmy Young would become champion if then-chairman Ali should failto defend againat Norton. Norton won that fight in a split decision. “T promise to do the best I can With It and fight all the top contenders right down the Hine,” Norton said purse offers would be ace Sunday Scoomrs, a player rated at expert level, won the tour- nament with a total of 2106 points, Tournament director Von Saral mentioned that the club is growing fast. “From an initial group of 20 players Inst summer when the club became incorporated, the numbers have grown to well over one hundred.” Entry fees of $10 covered the cost of the challenges, as well the monies were used are interested they are encouraged to turn out and play. 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