Sport Scope Tennis, anyone? The Terrace Tennis Club’s open tournament takes to the courts this weekend, It all gets underway Saturday with the singles events, con- tinues the following day with doubles and closes out Sunday when the mixed doubles duos take to the Kalum St. court tarmac. If you want to catch the men’s and ladies’ singles finals, be at the tennis courts at 10 a.m. Sunday. For more information on the _toumament, contact Richard Krieg] at 635-2347 or 638- 0385. Deadline for entries is 11 pm. tomorrow, Thursday May 14. Tri, tri again Young triathletes are reminded registration for the Terrace Blueback Swim club’s Try-a-tri-athlon takes place tomorrow, May 14 at the Blueback office from 5-7 p.m. Entrants will have to demonstrate their swimming abilily when they register, so will need to bring along a ba- thing suit. Also needed at registration time is the $5 entry "fee. _ Peak performance Seven girls at the Peaks Gymnastics club competitive level turned in strong per- formances at a May 2 meet in Quesnel. Taking part in their first competition for more than a year, the seplet were well pleased with the results achieved in the five club meet. - livthe Aygo division; Felicia: - Arbugh took third on the beam, sixth on the bars and finished fifth overall. Corisa Berlin was one back at sixth overall and also scored third in the vault. Eva Mateus finished fourth on beam and sixth in the floor exercises while Shannon Chalupiak and Kelly Julscth took fourth and fifth respec- tively on the bars. Tyro competitor © Trina Mateus put together a win in floor, second in vault and beam and fifth on the bars for a fourth place overall finish, Teammate Charlotte Jordan earned fourth spot on the beam and took sixth overall, . Biuffing it Target for this weekend's Terrace Hiking Club is Beaver Bluff Lookout, 20 miles out on the Nass road. , There’s a two mile walk in on an old logging road fol- lowed by three-quarters of a mile of trail. For more information contact hike leader Vicki at 635-2935. tory, See next week's paper for full results. CUE E. SMASHING TIME. Tavin Langridge (above) of Veritas was one of many students giving their all in last weekend's inter-school badminton tournament, Above, he unleashes a smashreturn in his round rebin game against Uplands opponent Jason Hawkins on his way to a 15-8 vic- § Bowling’ s best take ~ their banquet bows | A fine time was had by all Saturday evening as Fall bowling league members got together for their annual] banquet and presentations. Recognition awards were handed out to the alley aces who recorded the highest single game total, highest triple game tally and highest end-of-season averages. On the ladies side the winners were Sherry Lopushinsky with a high average of 247 and triple score of 901 and Lisa Mailloux with a high single of 379. Among the men, Bob Fisher’s 435 secured the high single award while Greg Saunders took the high average (257) and high tripie (1001). Winners of the team Champ of Champs rolloff were the Oplimisis from the Tuesday Coffee league. Loma Dyck, Wynn Hill, Vivian Raposo, Leslic Allan, Lyn Kinney and Vikki Bulleid were presented with this annual award, donated by Ter- race Lanes owners Doug and Marg Mumford, Picking up awards as members of the season's elite 400 club were John Wiebenga (401) and Greg Saunders (429) of the Monday Men’s league, Sun- day All-Star leaguer Larry Lopushinsky (411), Bob Fisher (435) from the Tuesday Mixed and Leif Thomsen (403) from Thursday Mixed. There was also a belated medal presentation for the Jocal bowlers who took the Northwest Open by storm carly last month -- they were missed out at the Mackenzie presentations. Winners of the 92 Open Aggregate title were Sherry Lopushinsky, Cecile Boehm, Dianne Camp- bell, Darlene Frank, Lori Roberts, Diane Francis, Greg Saunders, Leif Thomsen, Randy Durand, Glen Brink, Don Collison, John Rasmussen, Roy Camp- bell, Dennis Ward, Jim Duffy, Dave Wiebe, Monica Peacock, Debbie Middleton and Marlene Thornton. Receiving special recognition was Donna Duncan who was the leading money-raiser during January's B.C. Bowls for Kids campaign. She contributed more than $300 to the grand total of $3,900 col- lected by local bowlers. Picking up trophies as top teams in Icague action were Terrace Builders in the Monday Men’s, the Half Ass Gang in Monday Mixed, the Optimists in the Tuesday Coffce league, Flying Start for Tues- day Mixed, the Cobwebs in the Wednesday Coffee league, Strikers Bunch from the Wednesday Ladies Thursday Mixed’s Moonlighters and the Hagen 5 of the Friday Mixed. Trophies and awards were also handed out to the members of the victorious teams in the end-of- season rolloffs and the winners of individual awards in the various leagues. For full details of those and all winners, sce next week’s Scoreboard. Terrace Standard, Wednesday, way" 13, 1992 ~ Page C1 Track team lead field Terrace athletes picked up 44 placings to lead all comers in a . high school track and field meet hosted ~— by Secondary. Spearheading the attack for the local Midget girls was Candace Griffith who included two wins in her five placings. Griffith broke the tape first in the 400m to add to her third place finishes in the 100m and 200m. Her second win came in the girls open triple jump but the margin of victory couldn't have been narrower -- one cen- timetre. A third in the long jump rounded out her stats for the day. Also putting in a powerful performance in that division was Stella Haigh with a win in the shot and seconds in the javelin and discus. Picking up a trio of wins in Bantam boys track was Kevin Teixeira, first across the line in the 400m, 800m and 3,000m. Chasing Teixeira home in the 3,000m was teammate Harjap Grewal who also recorded a third in the 400m and second in the long jump. Finishing tied with Grewal in the long jump was fellow Ter- racite Jake Smith who also picked up thirds in the javelin and 200m, Also in Bantam boys, Clayton Muller won both the javelin and 1500m to add to his track second in the 800m In the Juvenile boys division Geoff McKay added four plac- ings to the Terrace tally with a Skeena Jr. A SHOE-IN, Looking for an entertaining way to spend a Sun- win in the open triple jump, seconds in the high jump and 400m and a third in the long jump. In Bantams girls action on the infield, Jenn Shepherd led a lo- cal sweep of the javelin as Julie Gillanders and Alison Chase took the remaining spots. Gillanders and Chase also fin- ished two-three in the discus while Shepherd added a third in the shot. Adding their names to the lo- cal win column were Sarah Weston in the Bantam girls 800m and Mike Davis in the Bantam boys high jump. Rounding out the Terrace hau] were Steve Preyser with two seconds and a third, Neil Rothelo and Matt Ball, each with a second and a third, John Veilleau and Justin Keitch with runner-up track finishes and Wilf Geier, Trevor Muller and Quinton Rafuse with thirds. The Terrace contingent fin-. ished with 12 victories, 16 sec- onds and 16 thirds. Although that 44 place total: was top in the seven feam meet, : Stewart took the honours in: wins with 18, just one more. than a strong Queen Charlottes: entry. : Stewart also picked up 11 sec-: onds and nine thirds for a 40: placings total while the Char-- lottes added 10 seonds and two: thirds for 29. : Prince Rupert finished at 13-! 11-9 (33), Kitimat at 6-7-6 (19): and Kitwanga at 0-3-1 (4). : day afternoon? Why not join the Skeena Horseshoes club at their pits next to Heritage Park. Not only can you have some fun, you'll likely get a chance to see Canadian champion Joe Wideman (above) in action, around 1 p.m. The action gets under way Tides, trials and tribulations Our first trip up the Khyex was my idea, I admit it . When we arrived at the ‘river’s mouth the tide was out. ‘Webb deftly flipped the cance up and onto his shoulders, slipped his neck into the yoke and trotied down to the river, He insists on doing this him- self, which is just fine with me. _” With the river spread out all over the tidal flats there was no opportunity to paddle. Webb pulled a length of rope from his pack, fastened one end to the bow, the other to the stern. With the current keeping the boat. away from our feet, we plodded upstream, our boots making sucking sounds as we pulled them out of the glop with each step. After two miles of mud trek, | the valley narrowed and we - were able to paddle for short stretches. until the — valley - steepened once again and we --were able to stay in the boat. The architecture along the — valley was typical of those ad- joining lower Skeena, mag- nificent and at its best in the cool, fragrant, clear air of Spring. We stopped paddling to gaze up at the stone walls, waterfalls and to listen to the avalanches roar in the distance, The river bottom was sandy with nice places to find coho in the Fall but poor spots to look The Skeena Angler by Rob Brown swim our flies in the first and for steelhead in Spring. "At least we'll have the cur- rent with us on the way out," said Webb confidently as we circled and began our trip back. And fora while we were able to enjoy the luxury of being borne Skeenaward by the river. The the current died. - The tide had come in and the. wind decided -to follow - it upriver, . "It’s (a. law," "when you're paddling a canoe the wind is always blowing in your face" If anything, the ast two : said Webb, miles through the tidal reach was more difficult than the ten we had paddled earlier. This Spring, however, we were ready for the Khyex. Webb had purchased an in- flatable: powered by an out- board with jet leg attached. -We waited for the tide to rise then powered up. the river, By the time we reached the end of » the navigable water, it was ‘raining...hard. | After securing the boat, we hiked’an hour alongside can- yon and cataract just to assure ourselves we. weren't missing | . any.‘ fish-filled pools. further .-: vee “upstream, then = retuned to. last bit of inspiring fly water we'd encountered on the way up. Nothing doing. The rain fell harder, My coat turned to a sponge. We climbed aboard the boat, motored downstream . and sctiled into a nicely kept cabin. across from. the mouth of Ar- den Creek, Once. the supplies were wtt- loaded we woalfed down some cuisine a la Webb (moose ~ hamburger and canned. beans) then crawled into our sleeping bags -and. listened as mice ~_Seratched tround j in 1 the dark. When we awoke the next day the sun was out and the woods were steaming. We boated across the river. Webb tethered | the boat securely next to the bank and we struck out for Ar- den Lake in neoprene waders. For the first two miles the going was easy thanks to a well-defined trail alongside what turned out to be a natural gas right of way. The right of way left the river, and sa did the trail. - We kept on through ancient trees. and. along banks thick with berry bushes. Strange, moss-covered knolls separated by cave-Ilke depressions, some as decp as 30 feet, made our passage difficull. “Through a clearing we spotted a lone billy goat perched like a gnat high on an invisible ridge thousands of feét up a sheer rock wall. We crossed ihe stream a couple of times, "Grizzly," said, Webb, pointing to fresh tracks _keel, we made an inch, then _ tides are right,” said Webb, in the sand, "A good place to turn back," I suggested. We did. Return trips are always longer. We arrived back at the boat to find it resting peaceful - ly on a sandbar. "Tide’s out,” I observed, looking forlornly across the unwadeable river to the cabin where our pear and food was safely stored and thinking of the time Mike Whelpley, similarly snockered by the tide, had to spend an un- comfortable night on an island in the lower Skeena. — Inflatables in this position are about as movable as beached whales, we learned. But, with much rocking and rolling and the inflation of the another and another and finally floated free, "We'll have to fish this river some time, ch Webb?" I said. "Yeah, some time when the