B4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 29, 1990 Hockey ambitions help Mark | Greyeyes attain teaching goal - Mark Greyeyes: I’m going to look at playing in Europe. Then il settle down and teach. Mark Greyeyes, a graduate of the Terrace Minor Hockey bantam hockey team that won a provincial championship in the early 1980’s, has used his sport to gain an envi- able place in the adult world. The 22-year-old who acted as instructor at the recent Terrace Minor Hockey summer school is still completing a college educa- tion, with one more year to go ina sports administration course at Mount Royal College in Calgary. - - Mark left Terrace in 1983 to play. his midget years al Kamloops. He really didn’t have much choice as his father was transferred there as a member of the RCMP. "After midget I tried out with some junior teams, but wasn’t successful," Mark told us. "Then 1 went to Merritt, where I played for a year with their B.C. Junior Hockey League entry." Not wanting to return to Merritt for another season for an assort- ment of reasons, Mark headed for Vernon, where he finally got a release from Merritt and joined the much better B.C.J.HLL. entry. Vernon proved to be a great move. He spent two years there, then moved on to the Western Hockey League’s higher class at Portland. "Before Portiand, I had a scholar- ship offer for Anchorage, Alaska. But I had some doubts about that move, and by the time I made up my mind, they’d given the scholar- ship to another player.” This meant he was out of hockey unless he could catch on with a Skeena Valley Runners sum up busy season by Ed Ansems Reprinted from B.C. Athletics Record, July-August 1990. It’s been a busy time for run- ners in the Northwest region of the province. Runs have been’ held in Prince Rupert, Smithers, Kitimat and Terrace over the last two months. Smithers was host on May 6 to a 5 and 10k spring event. Being held for the first time, it did not attract the participants achieved . by some of the more established races in the area, Nevertheless, the small numbers did nothing to discourage Richard Harrison (Smithers) and Sue Simpson (Terrace) from running fast races and being first across the finish line in the open category. Masters victories went to Doug McDonald and Pat Pierce (both of Smithers). Junior events were won by Anita Bush and Graham McLean of Smithers. tunately, the weather was less than ideal, but the flat course will likely encourage runners to participate in the race next year. Prince Rupert was the scene - for the next event on May 12. Previous Glory Days Runs have attracted the largest fields in the Northwest.: This year’s run did. not prove to be any different, as over 200 participants took up . the challenge of the 5 or 10k | ‘courses. It has to be viewed as a Unfor-. challenge because these routes are a series of alternating up and down grades. However, the hilly course did little to slow down Smithers’ Richard Harrison (33:03) from posting the best overall time in the 10k event. In doing so, he established a new course record (by 26 sec.). Mike Flegel of Rupert was second (33:48). He was followed by last year’s winner and master runner Ed Ansems (34:27). Sue Simp- son (Terrace) was the fastest lady for the fourth time in the, five years the race has been run. Her time of 40:24 was well back of her '87 record of 37:53. Diana Wood (Terrace - 43:45) and Rose-Marie Cheer (Rupert - 44:21) followed in Sue's foot- steps. The 5k laurels went to Karl Stevens (Rupert - 18:48) and Nicole Slater (Rupert - 23:21). First place finishers re- ceived a large framed print of the Prince Rupert area. Draw prizes exceeded anything previously seen at local races. The largest prize (an all-day fishing/sight-seeing charter valued at over $1,000) was donated by the Crest Motor. Hotel and was anxiously awaited for by all. The-day’s activities were capped off with a swim and then a dinner and dance that evening. Thanks go to the Prince ' Rupert Runners’ Club for an-- other great race. Terrace’s annual spring run (5 and 10k) was held on May 27 under ideal weather conditions. The 10k route was changed this year so that runners would not have to do two laps of the 5k course, as was done in previous years. However, the route change did require participants to battle one of the longer hills ‘|: in town, This did result in times — being somewhat slower than last year’s. The run attracted 70 run- ners — up 25 from last’ year. Most participants (50) chose the 10k event. Richard Harrison (Smithers - 34:06) was followed by Ed Ansems (Terrace - 35:27 - master). These two were chased by Rod Giles (Rupert - 35:53 - open) and Curtis Schreiber ‘(Kitimat - 36:49 - open). Sue Simpson (Terrace - 41:08) was the, first woman over the line. She was followed by Diana Wood (Terrace - 44:54) and (Rupert - - 45:34), Under-19 victories went’ to Joe Nelson (Rupert - 36:51) Rose-Marie Cheer and Anita Bush (Smithers - 45:29). The 5k winners were © Peter Douglas (Telkwa - 17:14 - under-19) and Mae Jong (Rupert . - 22:57 - open). Our thanks go. out to the Skeena Valley Run- . ners’ Club for their organization oe of this event. — Continued on page Bt2 junior club as an over-aged player. Portland was the answer. They wanted an over-age to help devel- op young talent, and Mark fit the bill. He played his year with the Winterhawks, then it was back to square one, Because of his small Stature (but excellent talent} Mark was not drafted by the NHL or invited to a training camp as a free agent. "I. still wanted to play hockey and better my education, so I went to Calgary and played Last year for Mount Royal College in a small college league of five teams." Mount Royal offered him free tuition and books. Mark said it was a good brand of hockey — "a little better than tier two junior". Most of the players on his team had been drafted. They were his age but couldn’t cut it with the pros, and like him they wanted to improve on education. "Hockey at Mount Royal was somewhat secondary. We were there mainly for the education so we only played about 24 games. Once 1 gel my diploma after this year, I’m going to look at playing in Europe, Then I’ll settle down and teach." His future intentions retuming to B.C. to work. include Terrace entries sweep Kitimat slo-pitch Out-of-town entries cleaned up at Kitimat’s Ol’ Keg Merchants’ mixed scrub slo- pitch softball tournament on the August 18 weekend. Only 11 teams entered the round-robin, single-elimination series — five from Terrace, five from Kitimat and one from Telkwa. The top prize of $750 went to Terrace’s Ail Seasons ’B’ team. They beat Skeena Athletics 12-5. In the final |. Athletics went home with $400 for runnerup. SKB Molson Wreckers of Terrace grabbed third place money on a default win over Telkwa in their last game. It was $275 to SKB and $125 to Telkwa. = In the initial round-robin portion, SKB won ’B’ side with five straight wins, while All West Traitors of Terrace took ’A’ side on a 4-1 record. ARIES Mar. 21-Apr. 19 deceiving. TAURUS Apr. 20-May 20 GEMINI May 21-June 20 CANCER June 21-July 22 ’ LEO Suly 23-Aug, 22 VIRGO ’ - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec.21 | CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb, 18 BiSCES Feb. 19-Mar. 20 Behind the scenes developments are in your favor, but do keep your eyes open. Appearances can be New friends bring new interests. The holiday weekend turns out to be a smashing success, and rather expensive. Your competitive instincts give you a “I can top that’ attitude. A little tact and diplomacy gets results faster. You can pick up a lot of information by nosing around behind the scenes. Is it worth the effort? Associate with friends who will motivate you along constructive lines. The company we keep sets the pace. ‘With Mars in your professional sector, you can make important advances in career activities and your standing before the public. Be considerate of those close to you, especially those who are confined for one reason or another, Spread joy. Seek cooperation from others before risking your standing in public. Adjustment in financial ar- _Tangementsis a must. Partnership matters enter an exciting phase. Your best judgement is called for in following the latest trends. Youcan bevery effective on the job, but a health ' factor could slow you down. Get plenty of rest. The full Moon on Tuesday reminds us that there are limitations to what can be dane, both physi- cally and financially. Much activity revolves around partnership mat- ters. 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