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Wednesday, December 23,1998

As a former player with the
University of Victoria women’s
basketball team, Angela Man-
gan knows what it takes to suc
ceed on the hardwood. ©.

She’s worked with some of
the best female players in the
country, .

She's received instructions -
from Ken and Kathy Shields, a
pair of _ internationally . re
spected basketball coaches
with 14 championship seasons -
between them.

And last March, when the
Vikes’ women returned to Vic-.
toria carrying the Bronze Baby _

- trophy as Canadian Inter-uni- .
- versity Athletic Union (CIAU)
_ National » Champions,

Now. Manganis . hoping

some of that experience will ..{
rub off on members of.the se-.:

nior: girls: basketball: team. at:
~ Parkland secondary school i in
~ Sidney. - "

_ “| think that being: a mative
strong female role model for
> the. high school teams:is im-
_rbortanty: ‘said Mangan. aT vig

% After a disappointing early
season ‘working’ ‘with the Park-
Jand girls volleyball team; Man-

“she.
learned how it felt to win it all.

=. Angela. Mang n (with ball) looks to pass. during action is

in last year’s CIAU National Championships. Mangan, -
“who helped the Vikes bring the National title back to —

“the ball. into the. net, rather
than over it: =

ae “My UVic experience with »
Kathy. ” (Shields) showed mea .

professional side to sport,” said.
~ Mangan. “Notas in money, but. *

- as in leadership, compassion

~ and expecting people to meet
~ your highest standards.” 0

She added that Shields also.
‘taught her how to be tough

~and demanding, yet still sup

‘Portive,

“Your athletes know it’s not
~ personal,” said Mangan about
having to be tough: at: times.
» “It's for the betterment of the
{eam and their own betterment
asan athlete.”

As a student in UVic's sec-_

ondary education inter nship-
program, Mangan is one of 10
interns half way through a year
of. practical teaching. experi-

_ ence at Parkland.

“They bring ideas and»
youthful -enthusiasm," said

- Parkland principal Greg Bun-

“yan of the interns at his school, :

“Every teaching staff has to ©

» have amix of. veteran knowl:
“edge and the enthusiasm of:
-youth, This gives us a balance
-and the kids need that." |

Bunyan pointed to the large :
crowd attending: this eae .

boy's basketball games as an
~ example of the different ways:
that the interns are petting ine
volved with the school COM)
munity. at Parkland,

More than. 300 people
turned up for’ home: games:

- againet Lambrick Park and

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of the

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~ Claremont secondary schools

and Bunyan is. confident. that

“the entertainment. being - of-
“fered through the cooperative |
efforts of students, teachers =

and interns. will keep the
stands filled,

“It's more than sports; it $ all
kinds of things,” said Bunyan
intern ‘involvement. —
“We've got a Panther, the:
school's mascot, we've got the

‘Parkland Showtime Dancers
cheerleading, and we've gota ~

stage. band playing during”
time-outs.”
Bunyan was one of the first

graduates of UVie's internship

program for secondary educa-
tion. when it started. over 20
_ years ago, Sally Hansen, who is
now a Vice principal at Park-
land. secondary,. also com-

_ pleted the program and actu-

ally served her inter nship, at
Parkland,

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