: “By JASON QUINTER

“What. do legalized gambling
“and amateur sports have in com-
mon? .

Well, if you’re part of the latter
then the former is your lifeline,

The gambling in question is
_ bingo, once. an amusing parlour
game that is now big business.

I’s also been the main source
: of: much needed money for

amateur athictics in Terrace for
_. Some years now,

In fact, without the cash it gen-
erates, © some sports here would
: simply cease to exist.

Take the Biueback swim club,
for example, It has to find. ap-
“proximately $85,000 each year:
. $16,000 of that covers pool rental
- and at least another $25,000 is
omeeded 10 cover the cost of
- travelling to swim meets.

- Coach Mike Carlyle says the
club- generates roughly $30,000

from ‘the dues it charges mem- -

are - All ‘lub. members also pitch in
40 help-with (he club’s two annual
“> raffles and the swimathon.

-: But all-that work only brings in
a little more than $10,000.
i Bingo; the real money maker,
; has 40 lake care of the rest.
The club sponsor cighteen

bingos a year, each held on a
Wednesday.

To begin with, the Bluebacks
generally got the las! Wenesday
of the month, nights of big
crowds and therefore huge returns
for their sponsorship.

These days, however, they now
get alternate Wednesdays and
regular crowds who don’t spend
as much money.

Not surprisingly, there has been
a sharp-drop-off in revenue and
the club is [celing the effect.

Instead of being able to finance
trips fo swim meets where
Biuebacks could get experience
against lougher competition, the
club must now scrimp and save
just to get by. -

Caledonia Senior Secondary’s

‘basketball program knows all

about that.

. Coaches Cam McKay and Scott
Armstrong have watched their
bingo revenue be reduced as well,
but for different reasons,

The athletics program has
watched its travel budgel get
slashed because it must now
share revenue with the school
band.

The rationale vsed in introduc-
ing the change was while the
band was not an athletics pro-
gram, they also represent the
school on their travels.

McKay and Armstrong don’t
dispute that, but they want people
to realize just what it costs to take
a team from here down to a
provincial tournament.

Airfare alone to take 12 players
to Vancouver can run to nearly
$8,000.

Then there’s hotel and food
costs to go on top of (hat.

It was those kinds of numbers
ihat led to the Caledonia girls’

basketball program — being
scrapped,
While some may question

' whether youth programs should

be financed from the proceeds of
gambling, those involved in
amateur sports face a different
question.

Just how long, in the face of
ever rising costs, can these pro-
grams expect to survive?

By DAVID HULL
‘Fitness appears to be the difference between
thé. Terrace Northmen rugby squad and its
competition from the Cily of Rain(bows).

_ Rugby is a non-stop game played over two,
35.minute halves and many games are won in
the ‘closing minules by the team with better

conditioning.

_| - Intheir April 25 meeting, the second in as
‘| many. weeks, the Northmen. defeated Prince

Rupert 27-7.

Like . the previous weekend’s match, the

-.| game’ was very close until ihe break with the
“|: Rupert club holding the lead for a brief period
| inthe first half. :
~ During. pre-game reconnaissance, the Rupert

squad noticed the Northmen were missing

_| some of their big guns.

“4""Playing. captain Erie Dusdal, veteran

“hooker Dale Orosz, forwards Alvaro

DaCoasta, Kevin Patterson and Brent Rogers

were all unavailable for the match.

+ And Terrace lost another valued vet when

. atete wind Bt yarhedee hs

Wile McCleary was reassigned to referee the:

we ubuag abe.

|Northmen swamp Rupert again

game.

This observation seemed to put an extra
spark in the Rupert performance. :

However, armed with a strong back field,
the Northmen concentrated on getting the ball
out to the open as much as possible.

Spirited runs having set full back Bill War-
cup’s overlap, John McGowan went over for
the match’s first points.

Doug Wiison missed the conversion attempt
from a difficult angle leaving the score 5-0
Northmen.

The Rupert team cam right back though,
captain Mike Bruce scoring after a series of
rucks and maul. Charlie Armstrong converted
to put the Rupert lads up 7-5.

Terrace newcomer Rob Sarich replied by

pulting the finishing touch to a tremendous:

run from the back line, scoring in the corner.

Once again, the extreme angle of the conver-
sion foiled Wilson’s kicking attempt and the
half ended with the Northmen clinging to a
10-7 lead.

However, the rainbow city, squad seemed to
aides eb geen cg tps rer:

re es

Terrace a27-7' win. be

Tun out of steam carly in the second.

Or, possibly, they were too busy staring at
the bright, round object that appeared in the
sky at that point of the game.

Yes, sunin Prince Rupert!

Finishing off a strong Northmen play which
started on the Terrace side of the field, Arnie
Pelletier streaked 45 metres to score his sec-
ond try of the season right under the posts,

Doug Wilson made short work of the con-
version to open the gap to 17-7.

Rupert had an opportunity to close it when a a
spectacular effort from Terry Garant set up
veteran Joe Diaz with a certain try,

Unfortunately, Diaz over ran the end .zone
without touching the ball down to nullify the
chance.

Minutes later, with the Ruperl squad press-
ing again, Northmen Graham Bayles. inter-
cepted a pass near centre and ran 50 metres to
score.

Wilson hit his second convert then added
three more on a penalty shortly after to give

“erty tanh

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 5, 1993 - Page C3

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