Tetrace’s Ron Townley rink, skipped by January 12 weekend. The group went to Prince this really is the Ron Townley foursome, not the grou Ken Blanes, took the zone six mi George last weekend for a bes p in the photo we ran last week.) ixed curling title at the Terrace Curling Club" t-of-three series against the zone five winner. (Note: Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 23, 199] B3 Townley rink takes mixed zone playdown The Ron Townley rink of Ter- race, skipped by Ken Blanes, won the zone six mixed curling playdown at the Terrace Curling Club on Jan. 13 weekend. Blanes lost his opening game in knockout series, but came back with a four-game win streak to clinch the title. In his last two matches, Blanes beat Larry Gordon of Prince Rupert 11-4 in the ‘B’ side final, then outscored Don Palmer of Smithers 9-7 in the ‘A-B’ final, Blanes travelled to Prince George this past weekend for a best-of-three series against the zone five winner. B.C. finals start Feb. 15 at Victoria. on the Golf club elects new board, sets sights on coming year Contributed At a‘meeting Jan. 14, the directors of the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club elected the following people to the ex- ecutive positions of the board of directors for the 1991, season. President: John Taylor. Vice President: Jake DeJong. Secretary: George Clark. Treasurer: Pam Biffle. Committee Chairmen: Out- side Committee — Glen Johnson, Inside Committee — Brian Miller, Plan of Progress — Howard Pruner, Junior De- velopment — Jake DeJong, Driving Range — Jim Holland. Ladies’ Club Captain: Edith Gieselman. Men’s Club Captain: Ian Smith, Smithers It'll go down in the curling books as the third largest cash bonspiel ever held in Canada. All the organizers need is 32 teams and $57,000 to make it come off at Smithers in mid- December of this year. According to spiel chairman An average of 25.7 points per game has Terrace’s Michelle . Hendry in sixth place overall in the National Association of In- - tercollegiate Athletics basketball loop. In her district one, Michelle has paced the Simon Fraser Clan to a perfect 5-0 mark. Hendry’s two recent outings saw her score 29 points and pick up 16 rebounds in the Clan’s 86-53 win over University of Puget Sound. She pul up a 34-point, six-record effort in the Past President: Jim Holland. Club Manager: Bruce Car- ruthers. Golf is the sport of the 90’s. The board of directors looks forward to the challenge of pro- viding the membership of the Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club, the golfing public of Ter- race and area, and all new- comers to the sport with a season of fun and fellowship for all ages. Last season the membership looked to the future by purchas- ing adjacent farm land for the purpose of future expansion. The challenge for the 1991 board of directors will be the develop- ing of ways and means of bring- ing future development to Teali- ty. The first phase will come to fruition this year with the open- ing of a temporary driving range. As announced earlier, Bruce Carruthers is now the manager of the Skeena Valley Golf and ‘Country Club. Bruce’s expertise in business management and the food and beverage industry will be a valuable asset to the club and its membership. The 1991 board of directors salute Lynn Cooper, Marylin Davies, Al McAlpine, Dick Graf and Dale Schuweiler, whose ex- ecutive terms of office expired last year. Their dedication and time has been an inspiration for the newly elected executive to carry on for the betterment of the club and the game of golf. monster cash spiel close to making history Gord Judzentis, the first annual Smithers curling classic hopes to attract several world-class com- petitors. “We'll fill 26 of the 32 spots by invitation,” Judzentis said. “We've sent out 40 invites and already have acceptances from noted Canadian Curlers like Hendry Clan’s best Clan’s 79-57 win over Western Washington U. in the ather matchup. Overall on the season, the Clan has a 15-win, 3-loss record. Statistically, Hendry con- tirues to lead district one in field goal percentage, hitting 67.2 percent of her shots from the field. Hendry is currently sixth in NAIA national scoring and fourth national field goal per- centage. Michelle also leads the Clan in rebounding with 8.5 boards per game. Rick Folk and Ed Lukowich. Ed Werenich said his entry would depend on how he fares in this year’s brier play.” The December 13-to-16 event charges a team entry fee of $1,000, but the prize money makes it worth while. Top prize is $15,000 in cash, plus eight air vouchers valued at $5,600. The runnerup team wins $11,600 in cash, plus four air vouchers valued at $2,800. Third and fourth place teams each pick up $5,000 in cash. Teams plac- ing fifth to eighth pocket $3,000 each. Judzentis also said the regular Smithers cash spiel, set for Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, will qualify its top four teams for the classic. With only 26 of the 40 teams invited to be accepted, teams are reminded entries will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis. Contact ihe Smithers Curling Club for more information. Zone interior curling winners ready to advance The seven zone winners of the B.C. Interior Curling Association have now been declared. They are: @ Zone | from Trail: Skip, Paul Devlin; Grant Fines; Dean Horn- ing; Don Freshie. e@ Zone 2 from Cranbrook: Skip, Lorne Qually; Gary Barrett; Dee Nickell; Don Morrison. e@ Zone 3 from Kelowna: Skip, Rick Folk; Pat Ryan; Bert Gret- zinger; Gerry Richards. @ Zone 4 from Salmon Arm: Skip, Gene Puetz; Fred Puetz; Doug Nakano; Dewayne Long. @ Zone 5 from Prince George: Skip, Les Abriel; Kevin Kemper; John Shymanski; Blair Moffatt. @ Zone 6 from Smithers: Skip, Gord Judzentis; Gord Pratt; Tom O’Niel; Dennis Singer. @ Zone 7 from Kamloops: Skip, Rob Kuroyama, Tony Eberts; Ken Brown; Brian Eden. These seven zone winners now advance to the BCICA zone round-robin playdowns in Kamloops, starting Jan. 27, to delcare one direct entry into the Labatt Tankard provincial championships, also at Kamloops. The BCICA 95th annual open bonspiel will declare 10 qualifiers to enter into the 16-team triple event qualifier Tankard playdowns. They will be joined by the six remaining zone winners to make up the 16 teams. A further three teams will come out of this playoff to enter into the provincial championships. Four teams from the BCICA will join with four teams from the Pacific Coast Curling Association at Trail Cominco arena Feb. 8, 9 and 10 for the right to be the best team to represent B.C. at the Labatt Brier in Hamilton, March 3, 1991, This Tankard championship is an A.B.C. qualifying event with a playoff format. this six-team modified double _ } : : ; } ; ‘ F