~ Injuries at B.C. _ Skating he .. ABBOTSFORD, B.C, (CP( _, One Skater was seriously in- -_ jured and several others sut- fered minor injuries at the : British Columbia Indoot speedskating championships : held here. during the weekend, Rod Phillips of Esquimait, ‘B.C., suffered a crushed disc in his spinal column when he ‘ qrashed Into the padded boards of the arena during _ the junior boys 1,100-metre ’ final Sunday. He was taken ' t Vancouver General i Hospital for treatment. | Bobby Dyer or ort at John BC, was algo aken to : tal after a fall, but was released in time to skate his _ last race of the meet. Despite the fall, Dyer set for B.C. in three of four distances. He skated 1:39.4. over #80 metrea to better the old mark of 1:40.9, 47.1 in the 440 metres to : break the old record of 47.8 : gind 2:08.2 in the 1,100 metre compared to the former mark of 2711.8. Theskaters raced ona new 110-metre oval track instead of the 100-metre safety track to conform with in ternational standards, . David Shields of It, winner of thea Canadian outdoor junior . Olymple men's title earlier season, set four B.C, records in winning the over- : all senior men’s title. B.C. rink beats - Newfoundland ' Skip Bernie Sparkes and his - British Columbia ' snapped champs SETS STANDARDS Heskated the 440 metrea in 47 seconds compared to the old record of 47.5, the 1,650 in 3215.9 compared to 3:27.6, the 680in 1:42. compared 10 1:43.68, the 3,300 in 7:00.5 compared to 7:34.2, winning all those events. He finished third in the 1,100 metres, but ‘his time was 2:09.8, less than the old record of 2:23.5. Bill Overend of Mission, B.C., won that event in 2:01.6. Wilson Loule of Esquimalt won four events in. the juvenile division, setting new records in all of them. Winners in the women's categories were: Debbie Diediker of Burnaby, B.C., senior’ women’s; termediate women; Sandi Vyse of Dawson Creek, B.C., junior girls; Brenda Shields of Esquimalt, juvenile girls; Patty Johnson of Fort St. John, midget girls; Debbie Johnson of Fort St. John, Bantam _ girls; Eden Doratelll of of Mission, peewee girls. Other men’s winners were; Lido Guido Vanduyen of Burnaby, ‘intermediate men; Stuart Black of Mission, midget: boys; Martin Betts of Missloa, bantam. boys; Geoff Desmoulin of Mission, peewee boys. 4 By GERRY SUTTON VANCOUVER (CP) — rink Newfoundland’s two-year hex against weatern opponents in the Canadian men's curling . Championship Sunday, * However, the Newfoun- . dland foursome, skipped by Bob Rowe of Goose Bay, put up. a struggle ag Vancquren| rink Tretore.— Sparkes made a clutch double takeout with his last " stone on the 11th end to win 8- F, “It was the first time a : western rink has defeated ’ Newfoundland since the 1975 roundrobin tournament. ‘Newfoundland, which won - the 1976 Canadian title with Jack MacDuff of §t. John’s, , had an 6-0 record againat ‘western oppositlen before _ Sparkes took over, : “It was a nerve-wracking game,” said Sparkes, “making: his ninth national’ ‘men’ 8° appearance and his fourth Canadian ‘title, “They'll (New- ‘foundland) beat a lot of rinks ‘before this is over.” es, who won three ‘national crowns as 4 ‘member of Ron Northcott's ‘tink fcom-Calgary, said he. “@idn't think he was that sharp, but he (Rowe) was." ,, Alberta, skipped by third “Mike Chernoff of Medicine ‘Hat, won its. opening-round game with a 4-3 decision over Doug Harrison of Winnipeg. ‘Saskatchewan's Rick Folk of ‘Saskatoon had a tough game but defeated Peter Murray of Charlottetown 6-4, while Howie Brazeau of Fort Smith, representing | the. Territories, beat defending champion Quebec, headed ty. Steve Ducat of Montreal, STEALS FIVE POINTS In other: games, Nova Scotia's Alan Darragh of Dartmouth stole a total of five points to defeat Peter Murray of Saint John ba and three-ender on the fie nd to help him beat Ontario's Gerry Hodgson of London 9- * im Ursel of Montreal won the 1977 championship but he was eliminated this year in provincial playoffs. The 12 rinks will eompete in two draws today in the 15,570-seat Pacific Culiseum Fighting with B.c. and Alberta meeting ina key match in the afternoon. “My msson the 10th wasa .bad one,” said the 36-year- old Sparkes, blaming that miscue which allowed Newfoundland to tie the score 7-7 with two points when Rowe made a cold draw to the four foot. “] was mside and we couldn't hold +f with’ the sweeping ... The ice was pretty straight, I even took the wrong’ ice on my first shot in the extra end.” It appeared that mistake: was going to set up Rowe for an upset’ vietory but Sparkes - made up for at with ‘his double takeoui,; while. staying in the nouse for the winning point before a paid attendance of 6,465, - Canadian skating team : OTTAWA (CP) — The 12- member Canadian team is too young and inexperienced towinany medals at the 1978 world ‘figure skating Tuesday, says Barbara ‘Graham: of the Canadian Figure Skating Association CCFSAD. 4 © Graham, CFSA technical director, paid the Canadian tga is one of the youngest several years, aul expect improvement ‘from the previous year, she sald in an interview. In . Tokyo : ‘Inst nada’s: dance and pairs’ ahed‘in 10th place, teen Heather Kemkaren and Bilan ‘Pockar: of Calgary finishing 19th and 14th | ively in women’ 5 and pect: men's singlea, | ¥The world championship feature 109 skaters from. 19 countries, including25 ., woe - \16 ‘men, 17 pairs and u darice teame. “The dance team of Lorna Wi ton and John Dowding, -of Toronto, has a good charice ‘for a hi, cing, pice finer ber but they muss 8 and eee a the o! inal set: ttern-dance.=.. pair a Fletcher and Michael de la Penotlera of year, © ’ Jackson Toronto.make up the other Canadian dance team. but Graham ‘said they lack in- ternational experience, NEED HARD WORK Sherri Baier of Mitchell, Dawn . ’ McMahon of Calgary, in- ‘Mune of Haplnulatdy gpa, vil be team. The Kitamaat Village recreation centre is nearing completion, and according to . Chester Maitland, carpenter on the site, will officially $700,000 complex. Robbie Stewart, a Village resident and woodcarver, ig producing these, Band development con- sultant Jim Topp says, ‘‘The major funding has come from Band reserves”. Parks and Recreation, In- dian Affairs, and the First BC. Nearly complete, the Kitamaat Village Recreation centre will officially open in May, —Rec centre for Kitimat— Citizens are the other major contributors, The Vancouver Foun- dation donated monies to be used to outfit the complex with the neceasary sports pment. Contractors for ‘the complex, Seaward Con- struction of Vancouver have asub-contractor painting the lines on thegymnaslum floor right now, and have also donated funds. .Seawards’ pony will furnish the snack Along with the a ng e gum an snack bar the somplex will Ist island zone Basketball title By THE CANADIAN PRESS pranked high school boys topra 00 basketball team in British Columbia, won its first Vancouver Island zone title Saturday night with a 77-70 win over Oak Bay Bays in Nanaimo. The win gives the Islan- ders the No. 1 Vancouver Island zone berth for the 16- -team = provincial | cham- picnships here March 16-19. Brothers Greg and Jolin Kazanowsici scored 20 and 16 points respectively for the Islanders. Oak Bay, which had won the last. five Van- couver Island titles and is B.C, cham- ¢ zone’s No. 2 Cowichan ‘Thunderbirds earned the third island berth with a 70-63 win over Campbell River Tyees. Kei Thomas by eae its, of Burnaby, cap- tured the Lower Mainland No. 1 berth with a 74-04 win over Vancouver College Trish in Burnaby Saturday. Kevin MacDonald paced the winners with 26 points, The Irish take the No. 2 Lower Mainland berth. . Burnaby South Rebels took the third Lower Mainland berth with a. 69-41 victery over archrival Burnaby | North .Vikings. The Vikings’ will have a chance to make the provincial final as a wild- card team when they face North Vancouver Wednes- day night. .. West. Vancouver earned the Howe Sound berth last week. LATE BASKET HELPS Institute Eagles, of Clear- brook, captured the top’ berth inthe Fraser Valley zone, edging Mission Roadrunners 87-56 Saturday. Gord Nickel ‘ecored 24 points for the Eagles, including the. win- ning hoop with 18 seconds North Delta Huskies defeated Delta Pacers 60-48 in the consolation final to grab the Fraser Valley No. 3 berth. ; At the Okanagan tour- nament in Kamloops, Salmon Arm Golds took the No, 1'berth with a 6251 victory. over Penticton Lakers Saturday, Penticton will play Kelowna Owls house change rooms and Band -Chambers, It will be the most modern recreation facility in the Terrace- timat area, . Local industry, including Alcan and Eurocan, Intend to make contributions in the near future says Topp. Alcan has already donated a scoreboard for the gym- nasium with an approximate value of $4,000, “The recreation centre is the first stage of an ex- tensive development Program undertaken by the Kitamaat Band,” says Topp. One tentative possibility for future development T mentioned is a small bowling and pool hall, TIGERS Detroit Tigers of the American League obtained veteran righthanded pitcher Jack Billingham from Cinclnnati Reda in exchange for two minor league players Monday. Billlngham was 10- ‘10 last season and had a 5.22 earned-run average with the National League Reds, Tueadaz night ina playoff to ©) determine the zone’s second hee perth. | Correlieu Nordiques of Quesnel will represent the NorthCentral zone, after ° they defeated North Peace Oscars of Fort St. John 87-68 Sunday in Williams Lake. Terrace. ; the North-West-zone playoff , dn Prince Rupert Saturday with an 64-79 win over the host Rainmakers. _ In-Castlegar, Mount Baker ‘Trojans of Cranbrook won the Kootenay zone berth with a 60-47 win over J. Loyd Crowe of Trail. In choosing your glasses, re- member, extra cost for im- pact-resistant lenses and safety: frames ‘will be paid, ‘for many times over if an | is ‘ prevented. eye injury Make safety consciousness a” part of your Lifestyle... ‘Pontiac Cup ski. Meet in Quebec ST. JOVITE; Qhe. (CL) ~ Tim Gtlhooly of Kelowna, . 5.C., won both men's giant slalom: races during the. weekend at the Pontiac Cup. ski meet at Mont Tremblant, 150. kilometres north of Ont. and Robin Cowan of Montreal. . Waterloo, Ont., will have to work hard to malntain their: 10th place in the pairs, said Graham. Irina Molseva and Andrej ~Mininkov of the Soviet Union are favored to win their third . dance tt ttle in four years. Rodnina. — and Aleksander. Zaitsev of ‘the Soviet Union will skate after their sixth straight pairs title, and, if suecesaful, - will have. her toch cone ‘ secutive title. * Viadimir Kovaley returna to defend his” men's singles: - tItle for the ‘Soviet. Union -while Linda Fratianne of the. . United States -defends her women's crown. - Brian Pockar will have to work hard to improve his 1977 over-all stan , sald Graham, Vern Tay! or of Toronto has five good triple jumps in his free ska repetoire but his weak point: is consistency, she sald, Other Canadian skaters ‘are: Cathie MacFarlane of ‘Calgary in women's ‘singles: 1 and: the | of Lée-Ann | Brantford, Ont. Christine Hetkkila. of Sudbury, Ont. , accomplished the same as " Gilhooly' with victories in both. of the . women’s giant slaloms, Gilhooly, a. member of Canada’s national ski team, was not eligible for’ Pontiac . Cup points but did earn the’ - Quebec, Kandahar trophy. Heikkila's victories earned cher Pontiac Cup points as: well as tha Kandahar Red, ‘Bird.trophy for women, . David Roth of Kitchener, “Ont, was second in the glant slalom Sunday, with Michel Pratte of Rouyn, Que., like Gilbooly, a‘ natlonal team member, finishing third, Lynda "Robbins of Toronto ‘was second in the women's giant slalom Sunday with Judy: Richardson. of North Bay, Ont., third. ~ Scott Hutcheson ‘of Hunt: sville, Ont., was fifth in the -Biant ‘slaloni' Sunday and third in theevent Satucday to earn 40 Pontiac Cup po “a on the final weekend of the. ular. season. - lutcheson finished the eastern series with 116 points ' PADRES . to lead all the. men. Greg Hann of Banff, Alta., leads the western men with 98 points. ‘Robbins led:the ‘eastern | women with 93 ‘points compared with 06 for Gerry Sorrenson of ‘imberley, B.C,, the -weat women’ 8 leader. The best racers from the east will challenge the beat racers from the west in the Pontlac Cup final at. Vernon, B.C., March 16-18, °°, FRAZIER TRIES AGAIN NEW: YORK (AP) :--..Joe Prazier apparently - will: launch a copieback in South - Africa in April. Bruce Wright, lawyer for. the former world heavyweight boxlng champlon, said Monday there has been telephone agreement for Frazier to fight white South African Gerry Coetzee - in Johannesburg. Wright gave April 15 as a tentative date. SWALLOWS BEAT: YUMA, Ariz, (AP)’ — Kunto Fukutomi ‘drove in Hajime Kugitani with a double to centre field in the ninth inning Sunday to lift Yakult Swallows from Japan to a, 43° victory over San. - . Diego Padres. of baseball's National League in .a practice game. , strong alkali, "said after the race. THE HERALD, Tuesday, March 4 1978, PAGE: 1 P. G. Skier makes Quebec 2 Error-free runs Winner (CP) -- Doug Gudwer of Prince George, B.C., made two errorfree runs Sunday to help the Western Division to a gold medal in the men’s 3- x-10-kilomefre event at the Canadian | peel cross: country 3 ampionships: Gudwer, 20, was clocked in 31 minutes and 45 seconds, the fastest time of the 43 competitors, to lead the Western team of REIN( Keski-salmi from Salmon Arm, B.C., and Angus Cockny of McBride, B.C., ta victory In one hour, 40 milsutes and 24.78 seconds. “It's about time,’ Gudwer ta t' ‘3 been a tough weej. Things haven't gone the way I In his two previous races, a fifth-place Fish Thursday in the $0 kilometre and third Sa ’ in the 15 kilometre, he broke a aki pole and lost valuable time. In other events, the Natlonal Capital Division won the women’s 3-x-5- kilometre relay in 58:37 minutes and Aimo Tolvanen of Vancouver captured the men’s 20-kilometre blathlon in 1:49:51 . The men’s relay was decided when Gudwar finished the first lap in 15.17 minutes, giving his team an insurmountable 71-second advantage. “Qur plan was to get the early lead and try to keep it,” said Gudwar, “We put the powerful ekler at the front and hoped that the last guy could hold on”... Alberta was second in 1:40: 58.87 while the No. 1 Quebec team was third in 1:41:37.25. SANDER LEADS TEAM Luise Sander of Ottawa sparked the National Capital LINE-A-BED is a molded liner/protector . for your truck bed that’s virtually inde- structible. Because it’s made of the same high- impact material you'll find in football h almets and golf. club heads. The purpdse of LINE-A-BED is to protect the bed of a new. or used pickup truck, ' to enhance its appearance, to. insulate the bed when it is used in conjunction with a topper or recreational equipment. With LINE-A-BED, a pickup truck owner can haul heavy equipment-in it, carry manure,’ etc., without scratching, marring or otherwise damag- ing his truck bed. Even if It. didn’t do anything, LINE-A- BED team to victory in the women's relay with a lead lap of 19:22 minutes, 4 seconds ahead of Celine Giguere of Beaupre, Que. Johanne Ross reduced Quebec's deficit to 26 seconds with a fine middie lap against Clare Wastenays bat the National Capital victory was assured by Marilyn Atkinson on the final lap. Atkinson defeated Lise De- mers of Jonquiere by four minutes to drop Quebec into third place in 1:03:24.28. The. Western squad was third in 1:00:04.00. In the first biathlon event in seniors championship since 1966, Tolvanen finished third in the race but first in shooting to win the com- petition. The former, Finnish riffe- shooting champion took only five penalty minutes in 20 shots to overcome a 3:06- minute disadvantage to Pekka Virtanen of Toronto. 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