$B Terrace Review — Wednesday, Septeriber 2, 1987 _ Skeena Challenge.race § ends in photo finish eo it was the husband and wife team of Doris and Keith Grace that won low net honors on Aug. 23 at the first annual CFTK-Inn of the West charity golf tour- - nament. Sigs dete ocean itt mae Te ve oo rake te er Closely-packed competitors at the beginning of the Skeena River Challenge bicycle race on Aug, 23 provided a Preview of the finish, where three cyclists crossed the line in Pririce Rupert at alrnost exactly the same time. The weather was perfect for the 46 riders competing in the first. annual Skeena River Challenge bicycle race from Ter- : rate to Prince Rupert on Aug. 23, and the speedsters even pro- vided a photo-finish at the end at Prince Rupert’s Civic Centre. _ The. threesome of Smithers’ ‘Peter Krauss, Prince Rupert’s Rolf Andreeson, and Terrace’s Mike Christensen all crossed the " finish line timed at three hours, 47 minutes. Judges ruled Krauss the winner, with Andreeson se- _ eond and Christensen third, They had an average speed of © 40.2 kilometers an hour over the estimated 150-kilometer race along Highway 16. . Another pair of riders crossed the line next in three hours, 48 minutes, 50 seconds. Mark Henry of Rupert and Carl Klein of Ketchikan were less than two minutes behind the winner. Gillian Wilson of Smithers was first among the seven women entered. She was timed in four. hours, 40.57 minutes, good enough for 19th overall. The second fastest female was Lauren Williams of, Rupert in _ 4.53:30, with Terrace’s Gail Street next at 4.54:40, The top three in each segment won prizes and medals. The top man and woman also picked up major trophies that will change hands each year, and each rider got a special T-shirt, Of the 46 that started the race, 38 crossed the finish line. The others pulled out due to cramps, flat tires and bike damage. Race officlats chacked over participants’ dicycl i es in front of Sundance Ski ano Sport on Lakelse Ave. In Terrace prior to the beginning of the recent Skeena River Challange Terrace-to-Princa Rupert raoe, Terry Fox duced approximately $986 for cancer research. According to Gary Pettipas, organizer of this year’s run, more people are en- couraged to participate and help saise the community’s contribu- - tion. Two routes and two different runs will take place, with fegistration at the Terrace Public Library beginning at 10 a.m. on the day of the run. One 10 km. route and one 5 km. route will be run in two separate continued from page 9 instances. a New participants will be sup- plied with certificates, while repeat runners will receive stickers to fill in spaces on their certificates for past runs. If requested, competitive par- ticipants can be timed by volunteers. Help make Fox's goal a reali- ty, and do your part in the Seventh Annual Terry Fox Run. | For more information call Gary Pettipas at 635-9269. Police reported no problems with traffic for the race that: started at 10 a.m. McDonald’s on Lakelse Ave. in Terrace, By the way, the youngest biker was Curtis. Bretherick of “Terrace. The 12-year-old made it all the way. Organizers were most pleased with the initial race, and hope it will be an incentive for other bikers to enter next year. Among ‘plans for considera- tion are to include Kitimat in a tri-city, two-day event. It's possible they’ll include a race further along the line to Hazelton or Smithers. Region cricket team gives staunch perform To the editor, The members of the Zone 7 cricket team have every reason to be proud of themselves after their improved performance at the B.C. Summer Games this year. For the first time Zone 7 cricketers won two games and placed fifth out of the seven competing teams. Bowling, ’ fielding and wicket-keeping were very.satisfactory throughout the games, and it is pleasing to note that the batting improved as the games progressed. The team was captained and selected by Prince Rupert, but included players from both Terrace and Kitimat. Game | — Prince Rupert vs Westcan (Zone 3) — Prince Rupert batted first and were all out for 38 runs. The two highest scorers were K, Waite with 13 and E. Roberts with 9 not out. Westcan replied with 40 runs for 2 wickets, both of which were taken by Dave Saroop of Prince Rupert. Westcan went on to win the Silver Medal. Game 2 — Prince’ Rupert vs Burnaby Wanderers (Zone 4) — K. Waite, the Prince Rupert cap- from | John Douglas and Fred Lewis combined to win the high overall gross prize at the first annual CFTK-inn of the West charity golf tournament on Aug. 23. . tain, won the toss again and decided to bat; Zone 7 were all out for 59 funs. The highest scorers were E. Roberts of Kit- imat with 36 not out, and Bill Robinson of Terrace with 8. E. Roberts distinguished himself by carrying his bat through the inn- ings. The Wanderers replied with 63 runs for 3 wickets and went on to win the Bronze Med- al, R. Bajwa of Prince Rupert took 2 wickets for 23 runs. Game 3 — Prince Rupert vs U.B.C. (Zone 5)— Keven Waite obtained a hat trick by winning the toss for the third time and again decided to bat. Zone 7 scored 70 runs all out; the two highest scorers were E. Roberts with 25 and K. Waite with 18, U.B.C, replied with 7t for 2 - wickets and went on to win the Gold Medal. Game 4 — Prince Rupert vs Kamloops (Zone 2) — Kam- loops won the toss and put Prince Rupert into bat. Surjit Gill of Kitimat was the highest scorer with 19, followed by B. Robinson and K. Waite each with 14, Zone 7’s total was 78 runs. In reply, Kamloops were all out for 53 runs. B. Robinson’ took 3 wickets for 15. runs and Surjit Gill took 3 wickets for 16 . Game 5 — Prince Rupert vs Cranbrook — Prince Rupert batted first and scored 101 for 7 wickets. The two highest scoring Zone 7 batsmen were Lakhinder . Dhaliwall 32 and Surjit Gill 29. Both of these batsmen are from Kitimat and both were not out at the end of the innings. Cran- brook replied with 51 runs all out. The best Zone 7 bowlers were E. Roberts with 4 for 9 and S. Gill with 4 for 11. oo Game 6 — Prince Rupert ys Victoria (Zone 6) — Victoria Was put into bat and they scored 131 for 9 wickets, The Zone 7 bowlers were R. Bajwa with 4 ‘for 38, B. Robinson with 2 for 22,.and E, Roberts with 2 for 29, In reply Prince Rupert made a gallant attempt to pass the Vie- toria total with a score of 118. The highest Zone 7 scorers were E. Guinan of Prince Rupert with an exciting 46, and Bill Robin- son of Terrace with 21. With'3- overs in-hand, the Zone 7 bags- ‘men were still going for the 14 runs needed to win when disaster struck and the last wicket fell. This game was exciting because ‘the result was not decided until the last ball was bowled, and . Ra? ‘ continued on page 19 erformance _ _at B.C. Summer Games| Letter