12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, J une 29, 1988

Skeena Junior High School’s tennis enthusiasts got some
free instruction from the best on June 17 when former Davis
Cup star Tony Bardsley and top Canadian junior Chris
Smith conducted a lengthy clinic in the school gymnasium.

| Windup tournaments

Terrace teams won two ‘of the
three major divisions of minor
softball’s annual tournament for
T-ball, Squirt, and Mites’ divi-
sions on June 19 weekend.

Prince Rupert was the decisive
winner of the five-team Squirt
boys’ division. The coast lads

won all four of their round-

robin games in lopsided fashion,
then took the title game 22-2
over Copperside.

Copperside beat out Operat-

ing Engineers for a berth in the
final. Both teams had two-win,
two-loss round-robin records,
but Copperside had a better
runs-for-and-against mark.
Other teams included Co-op
with a one-and-three mark and
Kitwanga with the same record.
In the seven-tearm Squirt girls’
division, Middleton Trucking
posted four straight wins for a
finalist spot. Mr, Mike’s three-
and-one mark gave them the

Locals looking forward
to next year’s As
Seniors’ Summer G

The heat was overwhelming,
but otherwise the first annual
B.C. Seniors’ Summer Games at
Vernon came out as a rousing
success.

That’s according to zone 10
co-ordinator Arlene Bergh, who
headed a group of 40 over-55
athletes from Terrace, Kitimat
and Prince Rupert at the big
event June 14 to 16. .

‘It was really worth it,”’ she
told us. ‘‘After all the initial
problems, when I saw our ath-
letes parade into Vernon’s arena
for the opening ceremonies, I
knew then it was worth the ef-
fort.’’

Our zone 10 and zone seven
were the only two out of 12
zones that made an effort to
wear matching team outfits dur-
ing the games.

Bergh said meetings leading
up to the games indicated all
zones would be wearing match-
ing outfits. ‘It was heartening
to be one of the two. All zones
had a designated color, so I
can’t see why they didn’t make
an effort to spruce up the
games.” .

“Marion Duffus won a swim-
ming gold for relay and also a
bronze for butterfly. Betty
Campbell won silver in the free-
style swimming, and took the
gold in the butterfly event.

“Our female tennis players —
Dorothy Cheyne of Kitimat and

Sheila Caddy of Terrace, came
up with the gold medal perform-
ance in ladies doubles,’ Bergh
related.

Bergh said that Campbell and
Duffus both trained very hard
during the winter and spring,
and certainly deserved the
medals they won.

Bergh said there will be more
games next year, but the loca-
tion is not yet known, ‘“‘Three or
four communities have applied
and will be investigated for
location and facilities. We
should know the winning bid by
August.”

She said that financially the
cost for zone 10 will be well over
$5,000. The big sum was a
$2,000 in-province travel grant;
the rest was raised in each com-
‘munity,

“Most of the participants
paid for their own accommoda-
tions and meals, as well as buy-
ing their own team shirts.”

“Raffles, bake sales and do-
nations kept us just as busy as
training for the games.’’

Among suggestions for im-
provements for the next games
was one concerning the weather
and waiting time.

Lengthy waiting times in hotel
banquet rooms, plus the heat,
made it uncomfortable for the
oldtimers. Better organization
of this aspect will be sought for
next year. Ds

for kids’ softball

other berth. In the high-scoring
final, Middleton came out with a
14-13 victory.

Records of other teams in this
division included Wade Con-
tracting at two-and-two, Ker-
mode Blues at zero-and-four,
L’il Gassers at two wins, one
‘loss and one tie, Smithers In-
surance at one-and-three, and
Smithers Realty at one win, two

At least 10 teams in bantam
girls tournament next month

With 10 entries assured and a
probable two more, about ail
that Pete Pauls and his Terrace
Minor Softball committee have
to worry about is good
weather,

It’s less than two weeks
before Terrace plays host to the
B.C. Bantam girls’ provincial
championships at Elks and
Riverside Parks, and the
organizers have things well in
hand.

Eight outside entries have ap-
plied to take part along with
the two Terrace teams — host
team Almwood Construction
and zone winner Terrace
Powder Blues.

The outsiders are Qualicum
Beach, North Van’s Falcon
A’s, Surrey, Chilliwack Rotary,
Trail, Kamloops Firefighters,
Fort St. John Overwaitea and

Maple Ridge.
Plans call for round-robin

action at Elks Park using two

of the four diamonds. These
games will be played on Friday,
July 8 and Saturday, July 9.

Starting the evening of July
9, all action moves to Riverside
Park where semi-finals will be
played along with Sunday’s
final.

Exact details for the playoff
will be announced the first
week of July by B.C. Minor
Softball co-ordinator Gien
Todd.

A special program is being
printed for the series and will
be given away free at the
games,

Special medals from the B.C.
Minor Softball Association will
be awarded to top teams at
windup ceremonies. Also, there
will be a small admission
charged to semis and finals at
Riverside Park.

As for opening and closing

ceremonies, Pauls said the big
‘opening at Elks Park will be
officiated by Terrace alderman
Bob Jackman and Jeff
Sharples, Terrace’s donation to
professional hockey with the
Detroit Red Wings.

Softball B.C. officials and
Miss Terrace will-be on hand to
give out awards at the closing
ceremonies.

Every

Monday evening it’s ‘Cribbage Might at Ter-
raceview Lodge from 7 to 9 p.m. Everyone In the com-
munity Is Invited to drop in and catch the action.

losses and a tie. a

For the Mites division,
Smithers went undefeated in
four round-robin games, but
lost out to Tunnel and Rock 11-6
in the final. Tunnel and Rock
had one win, one loss and two
ties leading up to the champion-
ship game.

For the other Mites teams it
was Swifty Muffler at one-and-
three, East End Supremes at
three losses and a tie, and Bri-
Don Specials at two wins, one
loss and a tie.

L’il Oilers won T-ball division
by downing Vic Froese 20-15 in
the final.

Where it’s at...

‘The tremendous apprecia-
tion for this year’s games should
lead our zone into more than
doubling participation in 1989.
That was a main topic of discus-
sion on the bus ride home.”

Socializing added to the
games’ receptiveness. A wine
and cheese party at the be-
ginning, and a huge banquet and
dance on closing night topped
the off-field festivities.

Visiting the various hotels
lead to friendship renewals with

people they hadn’t seen in years. |

“A lot of joyful tears were
spilled at those moments,’”
Bergh told us. ;

Bergh said a fantastic group
of interior people came out to
cheer on zone 10’s athletes —
people who had lived up here in
the past. There were great ¢x-
changes of memories.

‘*They even gave us transpor-
tation when we needed it,” she
said. ‘‘They certainly added a
valuable piece of our good
times.’’

Bergh said that a two-week
recovery period is all they need
before starting work on the ’89
Games. All the athletes and
organizers will meet in July and
start setting up a budget towards
the next Games.

She said that they hope to be
in such a financial position to
help with payment for meals and
accommodations. ‘We'll be
working on bringing in funds

shortly.”

It’s been pointed. out that
many people aged 55 and older
just sat back to watch this year’s
proceedings. We asked Bergh if
the success would lead to more
coming out next year.

‘‘A couple of people told me
this thing would never work.
Since we came back these same
people have changed their tune.
‘Negative attitudes are chang-
ing and we expect more than 100
trying out for different sports
for next year.”’ |

People seeking information
on the Seniors’ Games should
contact Mrs. Bergh at the Happy
Gang Centre on Kalum Street in
Terrace. .

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