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Welcome to this edition of the Richmond News, where we celebrate the people, businesses and neighbourhoods that make this city unique. All month, we’ve asked readers to tell us what businesses and organizations top the list. Meanwhile, we struck out into all corners of the city to ask people what makes their ’hood unique. The answers varied from block parties to handy shopping to soccer pitches. Join us on a tour through 17 different Richmond neighbourhoods and hear what makes them home to the people who live there.

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One could argue West Richmondites are the best hosts in town. Ever since the neighbourhood took shape between 1955 and 1965, West Richmond has been synonymous with sports and, as such, scores of families across Richmond visit the area weekly to attend events.

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struction of an arena next to the dyke at the end of Francis Road. The arena first hosted The Gulf of Georgia Winter Club, which would run curling and skating clubs Not long after, the arena became known as Seafair Rink playing host to the Seafair Minor Hockey Association. The privately operated rink had one regulation-size arena as well as a smaller practice rink. The restaurant and bar upstairs was a popular meeting spot. But as it aged the rink faced financial problems, forc-

ing its closure in 1994. The hockey association moved to the newly built Richmond Ice Centre the next year and geographical ties were severed.

Today, the neighbourhood still has a strong association with sports thanks to Hugh Boyd Park, which features the largest continuous synthetic turf playing surface in North America. Furthermore, adjacent to the fields is Richmond’s only pitchand-putt golf course.

As West Richmond resident and soccer mom Nadyne Rousseau puts

it: “We are the mecca of soccer.

“Saturday morning you can’t park in the community centre. You have to park on the street because it’s so busy. This is the place for soccer.”

Indeed, Hugh Boyd field is home to the Nations Cup, an annual weekend soccer tournament that draws thousands of spectators and community sponsorship.

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Markers: Names of multi-dwelling complexes help define area Continued from page 3 43 years. Now retired Scott said there are some other aspects of the neighbourhood that have changed, namely ditches.

“Our kids survived the ditches. They used to fall in them all the time,” she chuckled.

West Richmond was defined by two major developments west of No. 1 Road that spawned split-level homes on large plots amidst winding roads: Gilmore Park in 1956 (north of Francis Road and south of Blundell West Cambie

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One will notice the street names in each subdivision end with “more” or “mond” respectively. Only the Richmond Park subdivision had ditches, which have since been filled in.

There are also a number of multi-dwelling complexes with unique names that stand as neighbourhood markers; the Edgewater Park townhomes along the dyke and the Master’s Green apartments behind the golf course are two examples. More recently Seafair West is a colourful detached-home development that

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“Using names is how you reference where you live. You don’t say No.1 Road and Francis. You say ‘Edgewater’ or ‘those colourful homes near the dyke,’” Rousseau explained Scott said the West Dyke is a big draw for families, as is the convenience of Seafair Centre shopping mall.

The mall’s main tenant is Safeway supermarket but it’s also home to an independently-owned butcher shop and produce stand.

“People are nice here. …There are lots of nice older people, too. I saw this was a good community. They wanted good quality produce,” said Henian Yang, owner of Red Carrots Farm Market..

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Ann Metcalfe helps Gilmore elementary students plant vegetables. This month, she’ll be teaching them how to make a root vegetable soup. The Thompson neighbourhood contains some of the city’s best natural vistas and gardens.

Arguably some of Richmond’s best natural vistas and parks are situated in the Thompson neighbourhood.

Here, the West Dyke meets the North Dyke in the city’s northwest corner at Terra Nova Park and it’s where many locals like Toshi Osawa go to exercise or simply take pause to watch airplanes take off and land at the airport — or in the Fraser River, when it comes to seaplanes.

“It’s nice and quiet. There’s lots of nature here. It feels safe,” said Osawa, a 15-year resident of Terra Nova who spent an afternoon taking photos of the area with his new camera.

The first subdivision in Thompson was built in the early 1940s.

It provided one-acre lots for settling Canadian veterans.

Decades later, such plots would be further divided and rancher style homes spread between No. 1 Road and No. 2 Road along Granville Avenue and Westminster Highway.

Today, like in many Richmond neighbourhoods these homes with ditches in the front yard are being replaced by larger, more modern ones.

Thompson also now encompasses the relatively new Terra Nova residential

development, built in the 1990s, west of No. 1 Road.

It’s one of the wealthiest communities in Richmond — or Metro Vancouver for that matter — and gated townhouse complexes are the norm on the winding Barnard Drive that connects Granville and River Roads, while passing by Quilchena Golf and Country Club.

The city left about 100 acres of parkland to the extreme northwest of Lulu Island, which still provides some of the

region’s best bird watching.

Terra Nova Park is also the site of many community garden programs.

Rain or shine, this is where you might find Ann Metcalfe, a retiree from Tsawwassen who helps Gilmore elementary school primary students plant vegetables.

She said this month she would also be teaching the children how to make root vegetable soup. see Small parks page 6

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Small parks: Dyke, community centre keep people active lection of small parks that Continued from page 5 don’t make the radar of most “It’s connecting them Richmondites. to where their food comes Gibbons Park, down from,” said Metcalfe, who the street from describes the Save-on-Foods neighbourhood as For a video of on Westminster “eclectic.” the West Highway, is a small If residents softball field with a Dyke prefer the hot Trail 1950s feel. house variety kind Further east near of veggies, a mini the No. 2 Road Save-on-Foods is the local Bridge is Dover Park, which supermarket hub. has a soccer field and tennis Thompson also has a col-

courts tucked behind condos next to the city’s work yard on Lynas Lane.

Dawn Mauricio walks her dogs in this park where the city has recently established an off-leash area.

“It’s a dog-oriented community. My front yard is a park, my backyard is a dyke.

“I love it here,” explained Mauricio who lives in a nearby condo.

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ties, Thompson residents can either go to Thompson Community Centre or the Richmond Oval for indoor fun.

The community centre also has a skate park for the more adventurous.

In the early evenings at the lacrosse box and basketball courts, it’s common to see competitive box hockey and basketball games, respectively.

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A lot can be said about Burkeville despite it being one of the smallest distinct neighbourhoods in Richmond.

Its residents have the distinction of being the only Richmond tax payers who don’t live on Lulu Island. Its school has just 38 children enrolled, and it’s a good place to eat a sandwich and watch airplanes.

The Sea Island neighbourhood is one of a kind and its founding history is

well documented in city records.

The unique Burkeville cottages were built in 1941 for aviation industry workers and following the Second World War, they provided housing for returning veterans.

Today, very little has changed within the confines of Burkeville itself, save for some new homes that have replaced the cottages.

It remains a gardening community and there are still even ditches in front of most homes.

By contrast, Sea Island as a whole has grown

immensely over the decades with the endless expansion of Vancouver International Airport and the addition of the Canada Line and BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus.

Furthermore, a 97-store designer outlet For a mall is set to open video next year just north of of the neighbourFlight hood — not exactly Path something that’s Park synonymous with Burkeville.

“It’s a super small community. Basically [the school] is like The Little House on the Prairie.

Everyone knows everyone,” said Linda Kwan, head teacher at Sea Island elementary school (the school is too small to have a principal).

Since the community is so tightly woven, parents help one another as if they were family, Kwan added.

Students are picked up and dropped off by their friend’s parents frequently and the school hosts annual holiday luncheons.

Characterful gardens abound on Burkeville streets, many of which have names related to the aviation industry.

Lou Vanderploeg, 61, a retired landscaper, lives in one of the small homes with a colourful garden full of decorative trinkets and antiques.

“We didn’t even know this place existed. We used to live on No. 4 Road and

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One of Burkeville’s main activities is to bring a lunch to Flight Path Park and watch the planes go by. Much of the small neighbourhood’s character is centred around its rich aviation history.

Below, residents of Burkeville decorate their front lawns with a variety of ornaments.

accidentally we drove by and said, ‘Hey, people live here!’ So, we decided to buy a place here,” said Vanderploeg, describing how he found his home for the last 20 years.

Indeed, to find Burkeville, one needs to look beyond the tall thick trees that shelter it from Russ Baker Way. However, the new Flight Path Park helps to welcome those taking part in Burkeville’s main attraction: Eating lunch and watching planes.

“We were just killing time between jobs,” said delivery driver Jorge Barandiaran who parked his truck at the park to have lunch.

The park is also popular with parents such as Rena Nagase who brought her two children, Rinato and Lisa, to play.

“We had a picnic here and they wanted to see airplanes. And it’s a beautiful day today,” said Nagase.

Burkeville has no shopping centre and the only restaurants close to the neighbourhood are at a nearby hotel or on the south end of the island where there’s a McDonald’s and the Flying Beaver Bar & Grill.

Both establishments are busy on most days during lunch as workers from nearby aviation companies punch-out to eat.

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Old character being rezoned she lives in an older splitlevel home in an area next to Highway 99, south of Bridgeport Road.

Rose Worden has a lot Caithcart is part of the of stories to tell about her larger Bridgeport neighbourBridgeport neighbourhood. hood that is seeing rapid To name a few, there’s the old lady down the street who changes, largely due to its proximity to big-box stores bakes strudels, the old men to the east and the recently who meet in some kind of built Canada Line to the woodshed in an undisclosed west. location, and a tabby cat Its closeness to the highnamed Oscar that is now way makes it a good location — somehow — living in for commuting workers as its third house on the same well. street.

Caithcart itself is unique On Caithcart Road, in that it hasn’t changed Worden raised two children much. It’s lined by large who have since become maple and oak trees, which adults and moved out. have stood for decades.

Along with her husband, There are no sidewalks and most of the homes from Bridgeport BRIDGEPORT RD the 1960s and 1970s West Cambie urkeville CAMBIE R remain.

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“Most people on this street have lived here over 20 years. We all watched our kids grow up.

“Not many places in Richmond have trees like this,” said Worden.

In contrast, Bird Road just a block north has mostly new, modern homes with large gated driveways.

There are no big trees on Bird Road and most of the remaining older homes have proposed re-zoning signs on the front yard.

Worden says thats because the neighbourhood’s children have grown up and seemingly few new families have moved in, the neighbourhood feel has declined a little.

“We used to have BBQs. It’s kind of fizzled out now,” said Worden who points to some out-of-place gated homes on her street as one of the reasons for less interaction with new neighbours.

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But long gone are the days of one-acre lots and the smell of farmland. Today, the homes in Tait are large and modern, and its residents’ shopping needs are served by the big-box stores, particularly Costco.

One of the neighbourhood’s endearing features is Bridgeport Trail, a greenway that cuts the subdivision in half and connects the River Rock Casino area to the commercial area to the east.

It’s also here where one may find a sort-of rebirth of neighbourhood activities, which are largely arranged through Tait elementary school, according to the school’s PAC chair Leah Silver who frequents the playground after school with her children.

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and she has gotten to know many people through her children at events, such as BBQs at the school.

“Within our cul-de-sac, our immediate neighbours, we definitely know them. It takes a while — at least six months — but once you’re here for a year, I would say I’ve met my neighbours.

“We’re friendly, but I wouldn’t say we do anything together unless there are kids involved,” said Silver, who moved to this neighbourhood because it’s quiet and her husband works across the Oak Street Bridge in Vancouver.

Soon, a large condo development (Parc Riviera) will be completed north of Silver’s home, bringing in new residents to the neighbourhood, and perhaps more interactions as the north dyke trail becomes a more welcoming place.

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It’s also where two new Richmondites from opposite ends of the world met and formed a seemingly unlikely friendship.

Claude Martin, who moved to Richmond this year from Montreal, is an avid tennis player who met fellow tennis enthusiast Lynn Fang at the tennis courts during the summer.

Fang came from China three months ago to live and work in the West Cambie area.

And when Martin moved to Richmond, he thought the large Asian population would make it hard to meet people. “But it hasn’t been,” he said.

The two play tennis in the park whenever they find free time and they appear to be an anomaly within the neighbourhood.

After all, on a sunny afternoon in October, they were two of only a handful of people in the park.

Nevertheless, Martin and Fang are arguably an example of neighbourly interactions that should only continue to grow in the rapidly growing/changing area of Richmond known as West Cambie.

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Here, north of Alderbridge Way, is also an old sub-division of homes built as early as the 1950s.

There is a mix of typically classic Richmond homes such as ranchers, split-levels, duplexes and large, two-level rectangular homes, most all of them with big front lawns.

Only a few new modern homes have been built in the area.

On nearby Sorenson Crescent is where Sandy Chappell lives.

Chappell used to use an existing three-acre lot behind his home to raise sheep as a hobby.

He said the neighbourhood has faced an increase in crime because of the nearby Canada Line, but that neighbours have joined forces to combat it with a neighbourhood watch program.

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Flanked by three freeways and the busy For a Bridgeport Road to the video of the north, the car is king in comEast Cambie where a munity diverse mix of cultures centre comes together.

The centre of this neighbourhood is No. 5 Road and Cambie Road. This is where one can find Mitchell elementary school, kitty-corner to a strip mall with a hodgepodge of ethnic restaurants.

“What I see here, especially around the No. 5 Road and Cambie area is people coming from work, so we get a lot of customers that way,” said Sarb Pabla, manager of Himayala Restaurant.

“It’s a mix of everything, the Hindu community of course, the Chinese, a mix of all the communities you can think of, which is a good thing because we’re not just depending on one group,” said Pabla, whose restaurant serves a popular lunch and dinner buffet in an unassuming style.

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North of Cambie, ranchers, bungalows and split-level homes with ditches still in the front yard are popular but increasingly being replaced by modern mansions.

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to walk everywhere,” said Dave Young, Comstock Road and its who lives in one of the many condos on adjacent streets are occuMoffatt Road, south of Minoru Park, pied by Chinese-Canadians GRAEME WOOD/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS along with his wife Colette and their like Hong Zhang who has a Dave and Colette Young, with baby Brooke, enjoy a baby Brooke. wife and two children. day at the playpark. Dave enjoys living close to the Canada Moffatt is home to both new and old He says he came to Line, the city centre and to the park. condos and apartments, and prior to Canada for its health and the development boom in the city ceneducation system. tre over the last two decades it was one “It’s quite beautiful here of older split-level homes (like hers) on of Richmond’s most densely populated and convenient to city hall,” said Zhang quarter-acre lots with large front and neighbourhoods. of his choice to move in to a big new backyards, typically adorned with fruit Another dense home on Comstock trees. neighbourhood last February.

Her children used to play with others West Cambie Burkeville is southeast of Zhang’s neighon the street and she knew nearly everyEast Cam bour Nancy Hills Brighouse Park at Richmond one.

Centre the corner of No.3 agrees the neighToday, such homes are a mere speckle Road and Granville bourhood is conve- amidst large modern ones with gated Thompson Richmond Avenue. This is nient to all the nec- driveways and few trees.

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Currie Elementary thing - the library, “You used to be able to talk over the School. pool - everything is fence, now you just smile,” she said.

To the northwest within a 15 minute Despite the changes to the neighbourof Moffatt is the corner of Gilbert Road walk,” said Hills, a Comstock resident hood Hills says her choice has always and Granville, home of the No.1 Firehall. since 1981. been to stay despite many (sometimes And southwest of this corner is a popular But Hills questions if her street is unmannerly) solicitations from real estate neighbourhood for Chinese immigrants. presently a neighbourhood by definition. agents.

According to the last census more However, she recalls a time when For Hills the positives still outweigh than two-thirds of homes in the area of she believes it was. Her street was full the challenges of rapid development.

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Large homes with closed window drapes and gates in the front yard are a common site on Comstock Road near Gilbert Road and Granville Avenue. Many of them appear to be empty and some residents feel these types of homes minimize interactions among neighbours.

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Mother Cindy Yee, with her children Nicholas Yee (left) and Nathan Yee, doing homework at the Richmond Public Library.

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The Brighouse area is where most Richmondites come together from all across the city.

It’s Richmond’s main hub with large parks, sports fields, pools, arenas, a library, an arts centre and City Hall serving the public’s appetite for leisurely activities.

And living in the area gives one the chance to meet people from all across Richmond on a daily basis; People like Cindy Yee, who lives on Williams Road and drove her two sons to the Brighouse Richmond Public Library one afternoon to read books and study Mandarin while her daughter practised ballet at the Richmond Arts Centre.

“It’s a nice area where kids can concentrate to do their homework,” said Yee, a 20-year Richmondite.

With such amenities, living around Brighouse is a popular choice for many and the neighbourhoods just south of Minoru Park and City Hall enjoy their location of not quite being in the hustle and bustle of the city centre. but being close enough to easily take advantage of it.

“I like living close to the centre of Richmond, close to the Canada Line and close to the park. It’s nice being able

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The name suggests that it is right in the middle of everything, which is exactly why most people seemingly choose to live in the popular location.

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Oak and 33rd,” said Yeung, who chose their current home not only because of the close proximity to his work but that virtually everything is within walking or cycling distance.

“For me, I do a lot of sports. My wife and I, we bike all around Richmond — the roads are very, very well maintained. There are badminton places where we can play with friends,” he said.

Other places the couple frequent include Minoru Park, the endless eateries on Alexandra Road — dubbed “Restaurant

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Richmondite Ian Yeung is fortunate to be one of those people who live and work in the same city.

He and his wife Maggie moved into an apartment building three years ago, only a couple blocks away from the Richmond Centre for Disability (RCD) on No. 3 Road where he is a career development facilitator.

“I was in Vancouver before, and mainly going to work in the morning it was kind of a long commute all the way to Richmond. It was at least 40 minutes from where I was on

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Former local resident Kiki Lin works at Richmond Centre, and said it’s a spectacle to witness the 100 seniors that gather inside the mall almost every morning, before the stores see Lin page 22

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Ian Yeung stands outside Richmond Centre for Disability where he works.

He lives just a couple blocks away.

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chickens, so Bridgeport if you ever run out of Cambie eggs you East Cambie know where to go,” said Fedoruk Love.

Highway “There’s to Heaven East lots of dog Richmond walkers out here so you meet lots d h ll of people just being outside,” she added.

Love shares her home’s keys with a neighbour and see Giant pumpkins page 23

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If you glance over Richmond on Google maps, you will see a small subdivision of single-family homes nearly hidden in between No.7 and No.8 roads off Westminster Highway, just south of Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club.

This is the Fedoruk Road neighbourhood. The 300 metre-long dead-end road is connected to Westminster by Kartner Road.

In all, there are 61 homes in the subdivision that originated from farming acreages developed for veterans after the Second World War. Most of the existing homes are older but renovated, and there are a few new ones that blend in beneath the colourful trees. Here, ditches still line both sides of the streets, neighbours know each other like they should and people like to talk.

Janet Love recalls the first day she visited the neighbourhood to look at her future home: “The very first person that saw us waved and smiled at us. They didn’t know who we were. We could have been from outer space. Where else could that happen? It really says something about this area.”

Love has lived on Fedoruk for six years now. Last week, her husband David Chan recently won an award for the biggest pumpkin in the Lower Mainland, which he grew in the retired couple’s backyard. Growing oversized GRAEME WOOD/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS pumpkins is now an annual tradition for Chan — something he says he initially saw on the Johnny Carson Show. Fedoruk Road, a small subdivision in East Richmond.

Few people even know it exists.

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With a young son and the need for more space, Lin recently relocated to a house in Tsawwassen. However, she spent many years living on General Currie Road and later on Hemlock Drive near Garden City and Westminster. At her latter residence, Lin said she loved taking her family to a tucked away gem, the Garden City Community Park that features a lake with a bridge, a children’s play area, basketball and tennis courts.

“I’m still coming back here when I retire,” she said.

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Continued from page 21 open, to practise tai chi.

Like Yeung, she thinks the area’s greatest asset is its walkability — something that is vital for the growing older population.

“Everything is so close. If they need to go to the supermarket, doctor, lawyer — on No. 3 Road everything is walking distance,” said Lin. She also loves the multiculturalism that is the most concentrated in the core, and the fact that you can find traditional western grocery stores right next to places like Yaohan Centre and T&T Supermarket that offer the

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Giant pumpkins: Part of daily life on Fedoruk tive post-war years. Tegart has since split the family’s initial property and built a second home on it.

“Most of the people you can talk to and sit down with,” he said.

Tegart says the neighbourhood is quiet now that the airport’s flight path was redirected. And because there is so little traffic, it’s a child-friendly street. Along with his wife Judy Tegart, he frequently babysits his grandchildren.

“Our kids’ friends used to call this ‘Boonyland’ because it was so far out of the way,” quipped Judy.

The Tegarts say they shop at the WalMart shopping complex in East Richmond, but that Richmond Centre and Ironwood Plaza are about equidistant.

Love says she will often go to No.5 Road and Cambie Road (a six km drive) to shop for food if she’s in a pinch.

According to the Tegarts, the surrounding farms are one of the neighbourhood’s many charms despite being asked about the smell of manure.

“Farms were here first so we don’t make an issue with that. But the new compost facility is a problem though. …

Sometimes [the smell] can peel the paint right off the house,” said Don, at which point it was probably time to put another pot of coffee on.

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Continued from page 22 says she knows most of the people on the street. It helps to have holiday parties amongst her neighbours, she said.

She noted that living here compared to her previous place (a townhouse) in Downtown Vancouver is like “night and day.”

It was because she and her husband were looking for a place suitable for their new RV that they chose Fedoruk.

But she says it took her months of looking around Richmond before she even realized the place existed on the MLS listings.

Fedoruk Road is named after William Fedoruk, a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force who died in 1941 in Scotland during the Second World War. His family had moved to Richmond in the 1930s, according to city archives.

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MyNeighbourhood RICHMOND GARDENS

Community has throwback, 1960s type feel After school, the adjacent park bursts with children of all backgrounds, as parents watch them on the playground and in the newly East Brighouse’s largest neighbourhood dugout community garden. is the old Richmond Gardens subdivision “This is a close-knit area. And it’s accesbound by Granville sible to Minoru Park, the jogging area and For a Avenue, Gilbert Road, the high school. Everything’s walking disvideo of Westminster Highway tance within a perimeter,” said Ivy De Grano Richmond and No. 2 Road. a mother of four children who spent a late Centre The neighbourhood afternoon at the playground with three fellow mall was built on land purFilipino-Canadian friends, while watching chased by the city from their children play. the Brighouse family in 1962.

As the four friends sat on a bench beneath It’s geographically defined by the looping tall maple trees they were asked what makes Azure Road that conthe neighbourhood West Cambie Burkeville nects to multiple cresunique. After some cents within the quadhums and haws and a East Richmond rant. The road itself bit of muddling there Centre connects to Gilbert were answers like: in front of both the “Minoru Park,” “The Thompson Richmond Terra Nova Gardens Gateway Theatre and H hospital,” “The mediGRANVILLE AVE t Richmond General Brighouse cal services buildest Richmond H eafair Blundell BLUNDELL RD Hospital. ing,” and “Oh, the It’s mostly lined by community garden is older homes — most RANCIS RD nice.” of them renovated to Then Linda an extent — that were ILLIAMS RD Pereyras chimed d h ll built throughout the in excitedly: “The 1960s, which gives the area a kind of throwmall!” back feel to it.

At which point everyone exhaled.

Between many of the crescents is a some“Oh yes, the mall!” what secret pedestrian path that leads to the “Of course! The mall!” recently renovated Samuel Brighouse elemen“I love the mall!” tary school.

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Along the looping Azure Road sit a mix of older homes and newly renovated ones.

Some of the older ones date back to the 1960s.

Of course, they are referring to the popular Richmond Centre mall, a mere five minute walk from where they sat (Sidenote: Five of the world’s 20 largest malls are in The Philippines).

Indeed, Richmond Gardens is the frontline of the border between single-fam-

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Diversity: Makes ESL difficult Continued from page 24 to that.

“I think this is a nice place to live because it’s close to everything,” said Ricky Bernado.

The neighbourhood, like many in Richmond, has a decidedly multi-ethnic component to it.

“We have English, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Filipino,” said Pereyras.

Also at the park, sitting nearby, were two Chinese mothers and friends, Lisa Lee and Hua Lee, who have resident status in Canada.

“I think people are nice, they have good manners, the school is nice, children are nice. You feel you are respected and you have rights,” said Lisa Lee when asked about where she lives.

She came to Canada with her family for work, and plans on returning to China.

Her most pressing goal is to have her child learn English and, in fact, she often has the urge to move out of the neighbourhood because it has so many Chinese residents.

She noted that an ESL education assistant told her that it would likely take her children longer to learn English because they lived in Richmond.

“I think the Chinese impact is too much here,” she said.

Lee said the Chinese community at first can be a welcome site, especially for those who can’t communicate fully, but it can hamper full involvement in the community.

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BLUNDELL

Displaying neighbourly friendship, acceptance

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At first glance, the Blundell neighbourhood may not seem like much. It has no nearby community centre and its central point, Blundell Centre, is just another busy strip mall.

Looking at a city map, this central neighbourhood’s extremities cling to more highprofile areas like Brighouse or Seafair.

A closer look, however, reveals Blundell has a distinct nature to it. It has a culture of acceptance and its home to some very helpful people.

It’s also a growing neighbourhood whose changes — and the challenges that come with them — are parallel with many of the other older more established areas of the city.

Perhaps nowhere else in Richmond will you find a touching display of neighbourly friendship than at Rosewood Manor, one of the city’s largest seniors care home and residences.

“It’s a very ideal area. It’s not far from the mall, and we get tons of volunteers who just walk by and want to participate,” said Katherine Schooley, Rosewood’s recreation and volunteer manager.

Rosewood is situated in-between Blundell Centre and Blundell elementary school.

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Elementary school children attend an intergenerational program event at Rosewood Manor, a residential care home for seniors.

Staff say shoppers and shop tenants have always taken care of seniors who have lost their way, and on the other side an intergenerational bonding program with the students gives residents happiness and fulfilment.

The program works to have students and seniors interact with one another by doing things such as art projects, music concerts or games.

Rosewood also acts as the students’ emer-

gency safe haven and the seniors are always invited to holiday events at the school.

“It brings back a lot of memories for them. It’s good socially and emotionally. It feels like home and it makes the residents feel useful again,” said Schooley.

“The students call them their Grandbuddies,” said principal Maria Medic, who credits her teaching staff with the program.

Both the school and residence are able to take advantage of Blundell Park for outdoor activities. This is the largest park for about one kilometre in either direction.

Shopping is accomplished by locals at the popular Blundell Centre where the flagship stores are Safeway and Shopper’s Drug Mart.

The mall, which is currently undergoing a face lift, is at No. 2 Road and Blundell Road, one of the city’s most notorious intersections for accidents outside of the city centre.

Across the street on Blundell is where you’ll find Jenny Eliazan bartending at the Pumphouse Pub, a local staple for gatherings and craft beer tastings.

“It’s like family here, it’s like Cheers; one of those places that feels like home,” she said.

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Brammer admits, pointing to the megahomes being constructed all around the neighbourhood.

While the neighbourhood largely took shape in the late 1950s with the development of residential subdivisions on the farmland, Broadmoor is increasingly becoming an “out-with-the-old-in-withthe-new” neighbourhood.

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Leo Silvo cleans up long-time regular customer Steve Plummer who comes from Steveston to Silvo’s LA Clippers at Richlea Centre. brothers grew up in Richmond and while they don’t know much about hair, they’ve been baking pizzas for the locals since 1991.

The fact that these two businesses, as well as many other long-standing neighbourhood locales such as Banner’s Restaurant and The Pioneer’s Pub, are

that are newer than mine. (New home owners) don’t want an old kitchen, they don’t want a yard, they want a monster house,” she said.

Call it the decline of BBQ culture or call it what you will, Cooper says neighbourhood interactions are becoming few and far between on account of language barriers with new immigrants and because some newly built homes go empty for years before anyone moves in.

She says it saddens her that her children have no hope of buying in the neighbourhood. “Sure I’m happy my property value has gone up, but I realize my children will never be able to live here, unless they want to rent.

As far as owning a house in our quadrant, you can forget that,” she said.

Down the street from her home and business is the old Alexander Kilgour elementary school, which converted to a francophone school due to declining enrolment.

still around after such a long time is as much a testament to their customers as it is to their operators.

“People like consistency and want to frequent the places they know. Not much for us has changed, maybe a few pictures on the wall, that’s it,” said Brammer.

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For instance, large multi-million dollar homes, mostly being sold by CanadianChinese realtors, are replacing the 1960s ranchers on Mowbray, Saunders and Pigott roads.

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The long-time resident and mother of two adult children lives southwest of Blundell Centre and says her neighbourhood is safe and quiet, but changing rapidly.

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“Working-class,” “gentrified,” “multicultural” and “diverse” are some words that can best describe the Broadmoor neighbourhood.

This is evidenced by visiting the Broadmoor and Richlea shopping centres at No. 3 Road and Williams Road — where people come to bank, shop, eat and greet — and seeing the diversity in age, ethnicity and wealth that comes together in this south Richmond neighbourhood.

Take Leo Silvo, 45, who has been cutting people’s hair for the last 15 years here. His old barbershop, Broadmoor Barbers, started in the old, cavernous and since-renovated Broadmoor Mall, but he has since moved on to newer digs at Richlea Centre under the new name LA Clippers.

Silvo was born in Iraq and came to Canada 17 years ago. He can be heard recounting his love for Canada as well as this neighbourhood each day his shop is open.

“Now you see a lot of mixed cultures, especially in my business here. I’m glad to be in this neighbourhood. People are nice and gentle here,” said Silvo.

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Continued from page 27 buy up the ranchers they’ve controversially designated as tear-downs, and the new Broadmoor Mall has had condos built on top of a new Shopper’s Drug Mart.

Not everything old is gone just yet, however. Across the street on No. 3 Road remains the low-cost housing of Mayfair Courts apartments and one of the neighbourhood’s main landmarks for community gatherings — South Arm United Church — is as strong as it was during its founding in 1904.

Pastor Gary Gaudin notes the neighbourhood is an “odd mix” of everything and immigrants from a variety of countries continue to give it a dynamic, evolving feeling.

“You have a significant seniors community.

“They’ve seen it go from almost a small village to having to adapt to an influx of lots of new people. There’s a new sense of what Richmond is and what it’s becoming that has lots of people excited,” said Gaudin.

On a typical day Broadmoor residents looking for activities are able to frequent South Arm Community Centre for gym sports and table games, as well as South Arm Park for outdoor sports like soccer, baseball, lacrosse, box hockey and tennis.

The centre also provides activities for the adjacent Hugh McRoberts Secondary School, where most of the neighbourhood’s teenagers attend.

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The centre acts as the school’s emergency meeting point in the event of a disaster.

“We leave the toys here to keep the kids busy. It’s no problem, we’re all humans, we’re all the same, maybe different cultures or different languages, but as humans we’re the same,” he said.

Batth says his centre is open to anyone.

He notes the weddings that are hosted at the centre are attended by all ethnicities and affiliations.

The centre also offers anyone in the neighbourhood a free vegetarian meal, no questions asked by Batth who is rather insistent on having one sit down and eat.

Batth said he is also hoping to build a seniors care facility open to all religions along No. 5 Road with the help of neighbouring churches, mosques and temples.

“We all get old,” he said. see Pub page 34

Clockwise from top left: The Fujian Evangelical Free Church, the India Cultural Centre of Canada, the Thrangu Monastery, and the Al-Zahraa Islamic Academy are some of the biggest religious institutions in the No.5 Road area that make up the ‘Highway of Heaven.’

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Richmond’s Highway to Heaven isn’t actually a highway.

It’s just plain old No. 5 Road to most Richmondites and not everyone who works and lives on this street is looking for salvation, enlightenment or the purpose of existence.

That said, the approximate 20 religious institutions that line the road inbetween Williams Road and Westminster Highway are an integral part of the neighbourhood as they attempt to bond with themselves and their residential neighbours.

Because of the number of temples, mosques, churches and religious schools in the area Candy Wong decided six years ago to set-up her floral shop, Florist on the Fifth, on the corner of Blundell Road and No. 5 Road.

“They need to buy flowers to visit their God,” she explained, adding the location is ideal because there are no other stores nearby.

Wong said her busiest days are Friday and Saturday. Ironically, she closes the shop on Sunday to attend church in Downtown Vancouver.

Nearby is the home of Suphi Tekbulut, a Turkish Canadian who has lived and raised children on No. 5 Road for several decades.

He has noticed many changes since city council allowed such institutions to build on agricultural land in the 1990s.

“It has become crowded on Sunday and Saturday, religious days. Other than that (we) enjoy living here.

“The only problem is on Sunday there’s too much traffic and parking on the road.

There’s not enough parking space,” he said.

Tekbulut, who has an Islamic background but doesn’t attend a mosque, notes that the institutions have stripped away the farming culture that once strongly existed along the road.

“This used to be farmland, you see this temple, this used to be blueberry farms, but no more,” he said pointing to the opulent Thrangu Monastery.

At the monastery is where you can find monk Rabjor Dawa, who manages the facility.

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or something. It was just a Living on Blundell near sweet spot.”

No. 6 Road for the last 30 When Whalen is not ridyears, Richmond resident ing her two horses, walking De Whalen refers to the her dog or tending to her sometimes forgotten area expansive garden, she said of town as the “mysterious civilization is just a short east.” distance away — although it Indeed, crossing the still requires hopping into a Blundell overpass above car or onto a bicycle.

Highway 99 to get to her For shopping or dining neighbourhood and you are needs, there is Ironwood greeted by a sudden change Plaza at the corner of No. of scenery from urban to 5 Road and Steveston Hwy. very agricultural. that has no shortage of big “We’ve got a little hobby chains like Save-On-Foods, farm that’s an acre and a London Drugs, Canadian third,” said Whalen, who, Tire, Browns Social House, with her husband, built a Tim Hortons and Boston three-car garage, workspace Pizza. next to her house and also People can also take care later added a barn at the of finances at Scotiabank, back. insure their car at Ironwood “The properties here are Insurance Agencies or read all acreages, from half an a book at the acre all the way Richmond up to five acres.”

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Her current When four-bedroom Whalen is in home, bought BENJAMIN YONG/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS the mood for for $146,000 East Richmond resident De Whalen feeds one of her two horses some grain, above, in entertainment, in 1983, is not her backyard barn. Below, Whalen stands next to a mammoth plant with her dog in the she said she her first in East garden of her East Richmond home. doesn’t have Richmond — she — De Whalen to look much also lived at further than No. 6 Road and the nearby Westminster, Riverport complex featuring as well as in other parts of SilverCity, Big River Brew town like Kingswood where Pub, The Richmond Ice she owned a condo.

Centre, and more.

But nothing could quite “I love Watermania, and match the appeal of owning it’s pretty close. There are actual land, and plenty of it. pools with all kinds of water “We had both been programs, a weight room, brought up on farms or in yoga classes and fitness the country. We thought classes.”

‘Gee, if we have any kids But regardless of all the it would be nice if they had close-by amenities, the bigproperty to run around in,’” gest draw remains the one she said, joking that even right outside her door. though her now-24-year-old “It’s the big sense of son had ample opportunity openness, all the trees and to do that growing up, he the animals. still eventually became a “We’ve got coyotes in the techie spending more time back property, there’s a herd in front of computers than of 30 or 40 of them yipping being outdoors. away.

“The property was “We have enough to build a barn to no rabbit keep my horses, and it’s problem close enough to Vancouver because of that you can get to work in that,” said 20 minutes to half an hour Whalen, and you don’t have to move laughing. all the way out to Langley Continued from page 33 Richmond HWY 91 Centre Of course, if one prefers a more in-the-moment outFe WESTMINSTER HWY ing in the neighbourhood there is the nearby “Church of mond Beer and Sports,” or rather, the Kingswood Pub, which dens Highway according to staff has wedding parties from a variety of GRANVILLE AVE to Brighouse Heaven religious institutes come into the establishment on weekEast BLUNDELL RD Richmond ends.

Leigh Gillett, a long-time resident of the area and interim manager at the Kingswood Liquor Store, said the GRAEME WOOD/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS neighbourhood is homey, likely on account that there are Broadmoor Shellmont Kingswood Pub bartender Jaycee Smith Ironwood many townhouses in the area. pours a cold one at her bar on No. 5 Road.

“It’s neighbourly in the sense everyone knows each The watering hole is popular among locals. other,” he said.

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BY G RAEME W OOD Special to the News

What can you say about Steveston that hasn’t already been said?

That was a question posed to many who live and work in the sleepy village. As it turned out it was a question that stumped a lot of long-time For a Stevestonites. video “I think there isn’t of the much more that can be historic said about Steveston. fishing “People try to make village it so much more than it is, and it’s just a little town at the end of the world,” said Karen Heringer, an original co-owner of Heringers meat shop, which opened in 1990 and can now be classified as a staple of the neighbourhood.

Today, life in Steveston, as well as its history, is well documented and celebrated.

Born of a government land grant to the Steves family in 1880, it became the world’s busiest fishing port with the hard work of Native Canadians and immigrant labourers and fishermen from all around the world.

Fast forward 123 years, the smell of fish and nearby farm manure is gone, replaced with the aroma of hip coffee hangouts and restaurants that vie for tourist dollars.

In Steveston, a lot of things are new — even the old things.

The popular Imperial Landing Park is a long boardwalk promenade that connects Britannia Heritage Shipyard to the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and Garry Point Park via Bayview Street.

The Steveston Hotel still stands and serves to quench the thirst of Stevestonites.

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Navy and Air Force Unit 284 clubhouse Here, you can listen to Steveston’s where you will find its president and longelders chat about the neighbourhood over a time Stevestonite, Chuck McDonald. cheap pint or glass of wine.

At first, McDonald couldn’t More banter can be heard across the think of anything that hasn’t street at Steveston Barbers — another staalready been discussed about ple of the neighbourhood — where you’ll Steveston.

“Golly, I really don’t know.…I find Ray Tsuji, Ryan Lewis and Jarod Provost snipping away. don’t think there’s anything All long-time Stevestonites, they work that hasn’t been talked about,” at a Steveston institution, which has been laughed McDonald.

GRANV chopping letBut he Brighouse West Richmond Seafair Blundell BLUND tuce since gave it some 1937. more thought FRANCIS RD It too has and as it turns modernized and out there was something WILLIAMS RD Broadmoor Shel kept up with Iron the times as it right under his STEVESTON HWY moved from nose. “I kind of Steveston Moncton Street consider us a to a new buildsecret,” he said. ing on Chatham McDonald Finn Slough Street. But also noted the while the buildpedestrian ing is new the pathway behind wholesome conversations remain the same. the legion is also a secret among All the barbers agree there isn’t much locals. more that can be said about Steveston It runs along where the — at least for the time being. There are old Steveston interurban tram secrets, they say, but most of them are tracks used to be and passes by unpublishable.

Steveston Park, the community Mostly, the barbers think the changes centre and amenities like tennis that have occurred in Steveston over the courts and a lacrosse box before last decade have re-shaped the village in a ending on Railway Avenue. new way, and the process of finding a new The legion is representative GRAEME WOOD/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS identity is ongoing. of Steveston’s changes. It’s been Ray Tsuji has cut hair at Steveston Barbers for eight “It went from Las Vegas to a Yaletown operating for 66 years and last years and is a long-time Stevestonite. Right, Chad and retirement home,” joked Provost of the year it moved into the big new Karen Heringer, of Heringers Quality Meats, stand village’s seedy reputation decades ago. clubhouse that is part of a larger outside their shop of 23 years.

“It’s suburban Yuppieville now,” quipped Tsuji.

“Look what happens when people have kids,” chuckled Lewis.

“You have a sense of community here.

It’s a small town feel.

“You can walk down the street and still see people you know.” said Provost, summing it up best for all three.

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MyNeighbourhood SHELLMONT

Neighbourhood remains tight-knit despite highway

BY BENJAMIN YONG Special to the News

As hustle and bustle as Steveston Highway is, it may be a surprise to some that there is a tight-knit and diverse community tucked away just to the north by No. 5 road that is as quiet and safe as can be.

Known as Shellmont, Jeff Joseph has lived there since 2003 with his wife and four kids.

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He said one of the best things about the area is that Woodward elementary school is at the very centre of it.

“That’s a big plus that it’s right in the middle of the block. The kids get to walk to school every morning,” said Joseph.

“The streets are winding so people don’t cut through the neighbourhood

unless they are specifically coming here, and usually the cars move slowly. It’s very safe for the kids to walk to school, it’s literally a three-minute walk.”

Peace of mind also comes in the form of Joseph actually knowing many of his neighbours, something that is increasingly rare in modern-day Richmond.

For the last three Christmases, he and a few others have organized the Shellmont Christmas Parade in late December.

It started as a group of friends singing carols door-to-door, but has grown to include vehicles decorated with lights, speakers and inflatables that drew almost 100 spectators last year.

Besides the parade, another more frequent gathering spot for locals is Kingswood Pub at 9371 No. 5 Rd. Owned by Randy Craig since June 1985, he has experienced the friendliness of the community first-hand.

After his establishment was shut down in 2008 due to a fire, he found little had changed when he finally opened the doors again, three years later.

“There were still a lot of the same faces from the neighbourhood that came back to the pub,” said Craig.

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Continued from page 39 Like Shellmont itself, he said his customers are a “real mix” of people consisting of young and old, lawyers, dentists, bikers, married couples, singles, and everything else under the sun.

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The 11th Annual Heart and Soul dinner and dance fundraiser was held last Saturday to raise money for the Heart of Richmond AIDS Society. The night featured door prizes, a drag show and MC Fred Lee.

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The community was founded by Finnish Finn Slough settlers, who had come to Richmond in the 1880s and made a living from the fishing industry.

“Even so, it has been an example of how And they chose the area because there was a community can be carefully built and selfno dam at the south end of the slough and it regulated to work in harmony with the enviwas easy for them to take their boats up to ronment, having as little impact as possible. their houses.

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While there are no individual As David Dorrington wrote significant buildings on the site, on the Finn Slough website, the City of Richmond deems the the village developed without importance of the community stems from the the organization of property boundaries, city cluster arrangement of the structures, their ordinances, provincial regulations or any govhistory as a group, and their development erning body. over time.

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Last spring, the StevestonLondon Sharks senior girls basketball team took advantage of a small window of opportunity to secure the school’s first ever provincial tournament berth. Now, the senior boys volleyball team is poised to do the same.

Success at the “AAA” level has been lean for all Richmond schools in recent memory, never mind the Sharks, but all signs point to a berth in the B.C. showcase event next month in Kelowna.

Steveston-London are currently ranked fourth in the province and have the potential to win it all according to coach and school athletic director Edmond Ma. His team began year ranked sixth and have inched up closer to the top thanks to a third place finish at the 49th annual UBC Tournament, then a runner-up result at Capilano University.

This weekend they look to get further battle tested for the post-season at the Thompson River University Tournament in Kamloops.

“At Capilano, we lost to the No. 2 ranked team in the final but the match easily could have gone our way so we are right there (with the top schools),” said Ma. The success of the girls basketball team fell on the shoulders of a couple of provincial team level players and this volleyball squad has similar ingredients. Grade 12 twins

Ethan (setter) and Gabriel (power hitter) Freund played on the provincial under 17 team last summer and attended nationals in Saskatchewan.

A third senior — Mitchell Jesson — has also been part of the provincial team program. Throw in some other players who participate at the club level and the Sharks have the depth to be a major factor in the post-season.

The hope was to get the provincials a year ago as essentially a Grade 11 team, however, the Sharks’ trip to the Okanagan was derailed by their cross-town rival Richmond Colts after a heartbreaking playoff loss. This time, they will be favoured to win the upcoming Lower Mainland Championships with honourable mention Burnaby North considered as their biggest threat.

“This is one of those opportunities that don’t come along often,” said Ma who has been coaching the team for the past five seasons. “You just don’t get provincial team players in your school every year and all these kids take volleyball seriously.”

Steveston-London’s unbeaten run in Richmond league play includes a 3-1 win over Richmond Christian last week. The Eagles are currently ranked number two in B.C. among single-A schools.

The Sharks roster also features: seniors — Nicholas Chan, Tian Xing Li, Eric Mo, Zachery Pang, Lenny Tabakman and Marcus Yeung; Grade 11s Adrian Cheng, Max Kwan, Sam Lee, Jack Murakami and Isaac Sy.

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Steveston-London Sharks defeated Richmond Christian last week to remain unbeaten in city play.

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Wesley’s big night leads Sockeyes to lopsided road win John Wesley had the biggest night of his young career in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League to lead the Richmond Sockeyes to an 80 rout of the Port Moody Panthers on Saturday.

The 16-year-old rookie had four points, including a pair of goals, as the Sockeyes feasted on the worst team in the PIJHL.

Wesley opened the scoring just 69 seconds into the game as Richmond led 4-0 after one period.

The visitors added three more in the middle stanza to cruise to victory.

Liam Lawson also scored twice, including his team leading eighth goal of the season. Others went to Justin White, Adam Nishi and Mac Colasimone. Kurt

Russell made 24 saves for the shutout.

Richmond was coming off a 4-3 home ice loss to the Aldergrove Kodiaks two nights earlier. Jeremy Lagler’s power play goal with just over five minutes remaining proved to be the difference. Nicholas Patey, Ayden MacDonald and Lawson scored in a losing cause.

Kootenay Alder was solid in net, mak-

HOCKEY NIGHT IN RICHMOND! SOCKEYES VS RIDGE MEADOWS FLAMES Richmond's Premier Sports Team Since 1972

ing 39 saves as the visitors outshot the Sockeyes 43-30 on the night thanks to nine power play opportunities.

The Sockeyes (6-2-1-2) currently sit tied for second in the Tom Shaw Conference with Grandview, three points back of Delta. They return to action Thursday when the Ridge Meadows Flames visit Minoru at 7 p.m.

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Sports Watson helps Canada win bronze

Richmond’s Kaelan Watson has added another medal as a member of the senior women’s national field hockey team, this time a bronze at the Super Series Hockey 9s in Perth, Australia.

Coming off a third place finish at last month’s Pan American Cup in Argentina, Canada reached the podium this time with 3-1 victory over Malaysia on Sunday.

Watson, joined the national team program last spring after a decorated career at the

University of Toronto where she established herself as one of the top defenders in the nation.

Canada opened the Super 9s with a 4-1 loss to Argentina as the Pan Am champion struck for a pair of early tallies and did all of its scoring in the opening half. A 7-0 loss to powerhouse and eventual tournament champion Australia followed, before topping Malaysia 4-1 to set-up the bronze medal rematch.

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Basford enjoying new role behind the bench After playing & officiating in Pacific International Junior Hockey League, Richmond native now coaches with Delta

BY MARK BOOTH

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Mike Basford may be a rookie assistant coach for the Delta Ice Hawks, but few can offer the different perspectives of the game like he can.

The Richmond native ended his playing career eight seasons ago by helping the Ice Hawks win their one and only provincial championship as a key member on the blueline.

The following year, he remained involved in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League, except this time as a referee. Basford would go on to officiate for the next seven seasons, working games in the B.C. Hockey League, Western Hockey League as well as the PIJHL. “I started officiating when I was 12 so when I finished playing it really took off,” he said. “I didn’t find it being that different than a player as you had to prepare yourself the same way for each game. Maybe

that’s why I had a good feel for it.”

By the end of the 201112 season, the grind of working in three leagues across the province had taken its toll. Basford quit officiating and teamed up with a friend to coach for the very first time — guiding a Richmond Minor Atom A2 rep team to a league championship.

“I had just lost the passion for it to be honest,” he said of his decision. “It wasn’t easy to go to the rink anymore. The long road trips going to the same places. I just felt it was time for a change. I wanted to stay in hockey and thought coaching would be the best way to do it.”

Basford was looking for a greater challenge behind the bench and Ice Hawks general manager Peter Zerbinos was more than happy to offer it to him.

The organization made a coaching change last spring, welcoming back Roger Ross and Shane Kuss who happened to coach Basford

Clarke’s big weekend nets multiple awards

A couple of outstanding performances by Richmond soccer standout Summer Clarke has earned her plenty of national recognition south of the border.

The Louisiana State University freshman striker led the Tigers to a sweep of road games against Arkansas and Alabama. She was named CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performer of the Week, as well as SEC Offensive Player of the Week and the TopDrawerSoccer.Com National Player of the Week. She also joined freshman and fellow B.C. teammate Emma Fletcher as one of 11 members of the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women’s College Team of the Week.

Clarke scored five of LSU’s eight goals on the weekend, including both game-winning tallies in a rare road sweep.

That includes her first career hat trick at Arkansas with her goals in the 20th, 60th and 63rd minutes and both goals at Alabama on Sunday afternoon in the 49th minute and 102nd minute in double overtime.

While entering Friday’s match at Arkansas with just three goals in her previous 11 starts on the season, Clarke doubled her goal total by scoring the 20th hat trick in LSU’s history in the 5-3 win. She became the first Tiger to score a hat trick in nearly four years.

The RC Palmer graduate followed Friday’s performance by scoring both goals in in LSU’s 2-1 double overtime win at Alabama.

Corner kicks….

– Richmond Youth Soccer product Colin Jacques had a goal and three assists as Simon Fraser University rolled to a convincing 7-0 victory over the South Dakota School of Mines on Saturday night.

The Clan enjoyed a productive first half, scoring five unanswered goals to take a commanding lead and added two more in the second half to secure the win.

Jacques scored the second half as DFU improved to 11-11 on the season and 7-1-1 in conference play.

during his time in Delta. It was a perfect fit as the club was looking for a younger mentor the players could identify with.

“It’s been eight years since I played but still feel I know the game well and could even play if I had to,” smiled Basford. “The league is not as rough and tumble compared to when I first started. It’s quicker now and there are more skilled players.

“I think I can bridge the gap between the coaches and players but right now I’m just trying to get comfortable with it, to be honest.”

Making the transition smoother is the Hawks using basically the same system when Basford played under Kuss and Ross. Still, he is finding himself coming home from his job at a Richmond electrician company and brainstorming about his new hobby.

“There’s definitely more homework away from the rink compared to being a player or an official,” he added. “As a coach you are always thinking, whether it’s about what to work on at the next practice or line combinations. It’s been an awesome experience so far.”

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Mike Basford is in his first year as an assistant coach with the Delta Ice Hawks after a successful season working with a Richmond Minor atom rep team.

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