B4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 18, 1990

_ Kitimat’s Fitzpatrick’
- party to take three dave.

When the idea first formu-
lated, it was to be a one-day
- ‘celebration for talented Kitimat:

goalie Mark Fitzpatrick.

Hendry off to”

national

Michelle Hendry

i)

' Next thing we knew, it had.
blossomed into a week-long
series of events for the two-year
NHL netminder who just com-

try-outs _

Michelle Hendry is winding
down the academic portion of
her second year at Simon
Fraser University, but her bas-
ketball season is far from fini-
shed, She heads for Toronto the
first week in May to begin
tryouts with the Canadian

national team.

Michelle didn’t attend the
national team’s one-day tryout
for over-18 players at UBC on
April 8. Coach Wayne Hussey
told her to hang tough until the
big camp in Toronto.

Native selects

one for

three

The B.C. All-Native Selects finished with a record of one win and
two losses at the 26-team U.S. ladies’ basketball championships at
Yakima, Washington on the weekend.

Team B.C., with Sherri Parks and Amanda Campbell of Terrace in
the lineup, ended up with an 80-57 loss to Tucson and an 80-74 loss
to Yakima. They had opened.the series, by beating Lapway, Warriors .
of Idaho 50-36. It’s likely the Northwest area will form its own all- -
star team to compete in this series next year.

The tournament also had 24 men’s teams for its 16th annual event.
’ ‘Terrace will host the 1991 B.C. ladies’ all-native basketball

championships next March.

Smithers contingent
in B.C. judo open

Nine Smithers judo competi-
tors took part in the B.C. open
April 7 weekend in Kamloops.

Ike Hawse brought home a
first in the novice boys-and-girls
under 38 kilograms.

Bryant Northup took second
in the junior boys under 48

kilograms, and Brian Heideman
got third in the same category.
Other winners were Desi Gordon
with a second and Colin Heide-
man with a third.

More than 300 competitors at-
tended the meet from B.C.,
Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Coming events in
regional sports

Apr. 18-May 1

The Prince Rupert Legion’s
19th annual fish derby is coming
up April 28 and 29. It’s $10 to
enter and it’s open to all ages;
$5,000 in cash and prizes will be
given out. The largest salmon
wins $750 top prize. Prizes also
for other species. .
624-6114. for full information.

Kitimat youngsters interested
in minor fun softball can pick up

. registration forms at Riverlodge

“or Tamitik, plus Snow Valley

Credit Union and Schooley
‘Sports, The season starts May I.

At. least eight teams, including
-at Jeast' one each from Kitimat,

Hazelton. and Prince: Rupert, are
lined: up ‘to: start play in the
Northwest nien’s. ‘fastball league
on ‘May 5. Other teams and in-

Phone

‘older.

dividuals can still sign up by the
May | deadline. Contact Norm

at the Skeena Hotel if interested. |

Kitimat Minor Hockey re-
minds youngsters that their an-
nual awards banquet is coming
up on Sunday the 22nd at River-
lodge.

The Northern B,C, Winter
Games Society’s annual general

meeting is this coming Saturday

at the Inn of the West in Ter-
race, It starts at 9 a.m. and is
open to anyone interested.

The new Terrace junior tennis

club is set to get underway. It’s
for youngsters aged eight and.
For more information, —
contact the recreation office at.

the arena,

pleted a bettir-than average
season with the New . York |

Islanders,
Now we understand festivities
for Mark will be held over three

’ days (June 8, 9 and 10).

-It’s a huge cooperative effort
with the.community, local busi-
nesses and numerous visiting
celebrities taking part.

_ Although plans are still loose,
and a number of those involved
with the hockey world have yet
to be named, it appears the big
show will start off with a wine
and cheese party on the night of
the 8th at Riverlodge.

The big day is Saturday the
9th, when Mark and the others

The flu bug ruined Terrace bi-

cycle ace Mike Christensen’s

lower mainland debut last
month, and it took him. three
weeks to recover.

He left here in mid-March, -

planning to enter a race at Ab-

botsford on the 18th, but had to -

call that off when hit by.a virus.
It also cramped his style for the
following week at training camp
and a race at Mission.

By the 24th weekend,
Christensen started getting back

to normal, but missed out on an- ~
- been advised to take a crack at

other event at Abbotsford.
Mike finally felt well enough
to enter a 30-kilometer race at

Victoria on April 1. Against 50

riders, Mike took 12th place. - -

Then on April 8,.he went to:
Matsqui.
Roubuix — a 90-kilometer ride .
over a 12-K circuit, much of

which was very rough condi- :

tions.

- Ina phone call to us last week,

he said he felt his good effort at.

Matsqui would likely boost his

classification from three to two. —

Looking down the road, he’s

making the B:C. team by attend-

for: the . Matsqui- . ,

_. Fifty started this race and —
Mike wound up in fourth place.

will be part of a motorcade
through the city starting at 12:30
p.m. That winds up at Tamitik,
where youngsters get free
balloons, hot dogs, posters and
autographs, and get to meet
Mark and all the celebrities. —

A ‘toast to Mark’ dinner for
Mark, dignitaries, celebrities
and relatives will finish off the
day.

Next day will see Mark and
relatives, plus leftover guests, go
on a fishing charter with the
hopes of a fish barbecue that
night at the Rod and Gun Club.

ing Canada Cup races at Calgary.

BABE RUTH ; 7
a Terrace Minor Baseball

‘BASEBALL

April 21 & 22

For more information contact:
Lew Laramour 635-3161

Coaches
Clinic

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