BS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 2, 1998 f= Sports Scope Waiting to ski HANG ON to your touques ski fans because Shames Mountain won’t be open until Thursday, Dec. 10, “We need another good dump,”’ said indoor opera- tions manager, Darryl Tucker on Wednesday, Nov. 25 about the hill’s original plan to open from 9:00 am to 3:30 p.m tomorrow. Apparently that dump didn’t happen so skiers will have to wait. But the hill’s rental shop is still ready with 30 new pairs of skis and 40 new boots and snow- boards. Organizers say the blue chair lift is up and run- ning in good speed for the season, And even though there’s no snow, Triple Bypass from Prince Rupert will play the lodge Saturday for “‘Shames Super Saturday Shaker’ on Saturday, Dec. 5, Tucker, in association with the volunteer ski patrol, plans to show No Man’s Land, a movie about female skiers and snowboarders by award-winning Canadian filmmaker, Christian Began on their new 100’ big- screen television from Sight and Sound. And without the snow there'll be even more reason to partake in a little traditional ski-burning for good luck. On Sunday, Dec, 6, head to the lodge for brunch at Karin’s Panhandler Kafe. The lodge’s new cafe fea- tures gourmet sandwiches and daily specials. Drop-in Soccer CO-ED drop-in soccer is held from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Monday at Caledonia Senior Secondary and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays at Thomhill Elementary. Everyone’s welcome to join these informal, fin games that are organized in a pickup format. The ex- ercise is good, and the cost is just $2 per player to cover the cost of renting the gym. And the winners are... WINNERS of the Open Doubles Badminton Tourna- ment Nav. 21 at Thomhill Junior Secondary were Mary Louise Crespo and Karen Resch from Terrace Flewin and Patsy Fansmann from Prince Rupert won the ‘B’ flight competition. : Al Davis and Dan Toumi from Smithers won the men’s ‘A’ flight competition while Danny’ Hill and Garnet Watson of Terrace won the ‘B’ fligh In mixed doubles ac- “+ won the ‘A’ flight ladies competition while Hester — tion, Norm Parry and . Mary Louise Crespo of Terrace won the’ ‘A’ flight. Andrew Blix and Mui Luc, also of Ter- race, won the ‘B’ flight, and Donny and Joy Hill won the ‘C’ flight round. Crowds grow MORE AND MORE people are heading to Chalky’s on Sundays to take part in their weekly poo! tournament. On Nov. 15, Colin Sheil ($90) grabbed first place, John Jones ($40) won second and Gary Egge ($20) won third. But as the number of people. wanting to play grows so do the prizes. On Nov. 22, 18 people showed up to win $180, Colin. Sheil, Chris Alexander, Victor White fy and Dustin Houland won $80, $50, $30 and $20. Martial arts camp HE’S BACK! Sensei Marwan Abu-Khadra, a former martial arts world champicn just back from training the German national team, will hold a martial arts clinic here Dec, 18-23. The full-time Christ- mas clinic will be held at Northem Mountain Air’s helicopter hanger at the airport, It will feature Karate Do training for self defense, —kick- boxing, and physical and mental conditioning (self-confidence, morals and self control). The camp is especially good for hockey players as itimproves flexibility, and coordination, says Keith Varga, a coach and former trainer for the Toronto Argonauts and Maple Leafs. The camp is geared toward youth six to 16 years old from beginners to black belts, All styles of martial arts are wel- come. Call Keith Varga at 635-3230 for more itt- formation. Best times logged TWO Blueback swim- mers logged 100 per cent best times at the Bulkley Valley Rotary Invitational Nov. 21-22. They are Janine Cal- licou, 8, and 11-year-old Cait'in Scales. In all, 77 per cent of the club’s swim times were thelr dest yet. z SMARTLEASE 36 monthe/$3,908 down payment ONLY AT Fan ad®” Canada falls to Korea; plays for ninth spot CANADA was hoping to improve on its fifth-place standing in its cight-team pool at the World Volleyball Championships when it took on 1-5 Korea in Osaka, Japan on Thursday, Nov. 26. But it came up short, fall- ing in four sets of 7-15, 15- 9, 15-11 and 15-5, That left the team with a second-round mark of 3-4; it is 4-6 overall. The team’s captain, Jason Haldane, is from Terrace, Haldane is ranked number 13 in the world for his spik- ing talents. Despite the loss, Canada travelled to Tokyo this weekend for the three-week fournament’s final round. However, the best it can hope to finish now is ninth overall. At worst, it will fin- ish 12th. That’s quite a feat consid- ering that it came into the 24-team competition seeded 19th. Andy Zurawsky, ap- plauded the Koreans, whose only previous victory this round was over winless Japan. “They just got into a groove,” he said. ‘Their right-side hitter was on fire ‘all match.”’ The Canadians didn’t ap- pear too rattled when it was done. 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For the host team, it was yet another setback in a week of disappointments. Japan remains the only win- less team in the eight-team group, now standing 0-6. ’ But Canadian coach Garth Pischke was delighted at his team’s turnaround. After Bulgaria swept Can- ada yesterday afternoon, there was concer it might be deprived of a spot in the next round. “We had to win cither this game. or the one on Thurs- day against Korea,’’ Pischke said. And after an earlier match against Argentina, Pischke said it best. “This is a very big win for volleyball in Canada,"’ Pis- chke said. ‘‘Wins like this will go a long way toward building the sport in or country,’’ Canada needed just four sets to put away the world’s cighth-sceded side. The scores were 15-11, 10-15, 15-4 and 15-6. The victory raised Cana- da’s ss record = at —s the championships to 2-4, while dropping Argentina to 3-3. 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