INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / February 4, 1992

Douglas College Athletics

More than a bandaid solution

s a veteran basketball coach,

Richard Norman expects to spend
a lot of time using tape to prepare for
a game. The thingis, the tapeis usually
of the video variety.

But as the Royals women’s coach
spends hours analyzing game footage
to find ways to beat rivals Fraser Valley
and VCC, he’s also had to spend hours
dispensing the athletic variety.

"| have to spend an hour before
each game just taping ankles," says
Norman. "We could blow our whole
team budget just on tape."

All that white stuff is being un-
ravelled to bandage up the injuries the
defending BCCAA champs have faced
this season. Eight of 14 Douglas Col-
lege players have suffered various
injuries this season due to the com-
bination of a hard composite home
court and plain bad luck.

Even though the locker room looks

Despite numerous
injuries, the Royals
women’s baskeibail team
has posted a 6-7 record
at the mid-way point of
their season.

like an emergency ward, the Royals
have posted a 6-1 record at the mid-
way point of their season. Norman is
pleased with the results, including a
confidence-boosting 61-59 win over
VCC on Jan. 25, but feels that the
team’s development has lagged.
"With so many injuries, most
players have had to work in other
positions in practise. That has led to a

Writer-In-Residence: Alistair MacLeod

lot of frustration with our offense and
delayed our ability to bring in certain
sets."

But that was then. Norman hopes
ihe win over VCC will inspire his
players to stronger efforts and a repeat
trip to the nationals.

"We've got the talent to match
Fraser Valley and VCC, but they are
bigger teams. We have to be fasier,
smarter and more intense."

In other action, the DC women
defeated Capilano 79-52 on Jan. 24.
The Royals men’s team moved to a 5-2
record, defeating Capilano 97-67 and
losing to VCC 77-75.

In volleyball, the Royals men,
ranked sixth in Canada, defeated
Trinity Western 3-2, while Douglas
College women defeated Capilano 3-
O and Trinity Western 3-2. A

Author draws on life’s ebb and flow

Fiction writer Alistair Macleod is
widely regarded as one of
Canada’s best. His stories, which
he describes not as dark, but
"serious", draw on life’s ebb and
flow in Inverness County in Nova
Scotia. Macleod’s short stories
have been anthologized in Canada
and the U.S.

Macleod is the Writer in
Residence at Douglas College in
New Westminster during the week
of February 3 - 8. Everyone is wel-
come to attend a series of readings,
lectures, workshops, and informal
discussion with the author. A

 

Schedule of events

Mo, Feb 3 at 2 pm, Room 1809

oO Personal Narrative and Fiction
Tu, Feb 4 at 10 am Rocm 3406

o Short Reading and Discussion

 

a Creative Writing Fiction Workshop and Discussion
Mo, Feb 3 at 12 noon, Room 1809

o Creative Writing Poetry and Discussion

Tu, Feb 4 at 7 pm, Room 3406, We, Feb 5 at 7 pm, Room 3343
Th, Feb 6 at 12 noon, Room 3406
ao Office Hours (No appoiniment necessary)
Seminar Room in the English & Communications Field Base
Th, Feb 6 from 3 - 5 prn, Fr, Feb 7 from 10 am - 12 noon and
o Reading & Manuscript Workshop (New Westminster Library)
Sa, Feb 8, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Call 5465 for more iniormation.

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3-5 pm

 

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