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SHOWING HIS FORM in the Panorama bubble last week
was new tennis pro Alex Gordon, who is giving instruc-
tion now but plans on starting group instruction sessions
geared towards a junior development program. It’s

scheduled to begin Jan. 29.

GLENN WERKMAN photo

TeReview Wednesday, January 17 , 1990: — Bt

Tennis pro
brings junior
development
to bubble

With spring around the corner
and outdoor tennis courts soon to
get more use, tennis enthusiasts
can learn the game properly before
bad habits set in. ;

A new tennis pro hired by the
Panorama Leisure Centre can kill
bad habits before they develop and
prepare junior players for tourna-
ment play at the same time.

“What a student can get out of
it 18 proper instruction so that bad
habits don’t develop,”’ said tennis
pro Alex Gordon.

He wants to use tennis lessons to
Start a junior development pro-
gram where tennis players of an
intermediate level can develop
their skills to a tournament level.

“It’s a bit more serious than
simple instruction,” Gordon said.
“This is for someone who wants
to continue playing in their teen
and adult life.”

A fee of $50 covers a one-hour
session once a week from Jan. 29
until March 28. Another session
will likely be held after spring
break.

“We want someone who wants
to develop at a good pace,” Gor-
don said.

Sessions from 6-7:30 p.m. will
be for 12- 14-year-old and 7:30-9
p.m. for 15- 18-year-olds,

“We hope it will take off and be
a continuous program year after
year,” Gordon said. :

Each age group can take 1
students for a total of 28 and tennis
players can register at the leisure
center :

“It averages about $4 per hour
per student, which is a heck of a
deal considering the cost of private
instruction,” Gordon said.

Juniors grow with second place
ational tournament

finishy IN invit

The Patkland Panthers junior
boys’ basketball team is learning
about total team effort following a
second-place finish in the fourth
annual Reynolds/Lambrick Invita-
tional tournament last weekend.

During four games all team
members had the chance to contri-
bute, but not all of them did all the
time, coach Roger Pires said.

In the tournament opener
against Lambrick Park, the junior
Panthers took an easy 66-29 vic-
tory with 20 points from Jeremy
Morrow and 16 points from Dylan
Gay ler.

Next, the Panthers handed Bal-
lenas, from Parksville, 75-54 with
21 points from Gayler, 19 points
from Morrow, 16 points from
Brent Hoeppner and 10 points
from Dale Hauser.

, lhe win put the team into the
semi-finals versus Brooks from
Powell River.

Morrow hit for 14, Gayler
scored a dozen and Rob Shanks
got into the action with a steady 10
points.

That game went well with a
60-43 victory to advance the
Panthers into the tournament

championship final.

That’s when everything fell
apart.

“Mentally everyone except for
one player didn’t show up,” Pires
said. “The rest werent mentally
into the game.”

The Panthers dropped the final
game 53-64 to George Pearkes
School from Port Coquitlam
despite 23 points from Gayler and
13 points from Morrow.

Both Gayler and Morrow were

selected to the tournament all star
game.

“Overall it was a good experi-
ence but it was a very disappoint-
ing loss in the finals,” Pires said.

The junior Panthers have three
league games ahead against Cen-
tral, Oak Bay and Glen Lyon
Norfolk.

With a record of 2-1 in league
play the team should have a good
shot at one of three berths to the

Island championship.

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CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU? Sunday morning the vintage
Central Saanich police cruiser was caught leading
runners in the Pioneer 8-K Road Race down Sfellys
Crossroad, Policemen spent three days last week
puiting the final touches on the car, including the letters
on the door, installing a rechromed grill and making
sure the vintage siren works, under the able direction of
Csf, Jim Earl. Sunday was the first time the car went on
public display. GLENN WERKMAN photo

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