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B2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 27, 1991 —

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ON YER MARK. Running clubs from Terrace and Prince Rupert held a relay from here to the coast city Saturday. They looked
pretty fresh at the starting line. oe

League founded around pitching machine

Contributed by Jim Fick
Terrace Minor Baseball is in-

troducing the © “Pitching Ma-

chirie League” to the Terrace

~ youth.

League president Earl Peden
announced last week that the
Terrace Minor Baseball program

for 1991 will have for the first

time ever, a Pitching Machine
League for its rookie division,
boys and girls ages 7 to 9.

This is a game in which no one

. : walks. Only strikes are thrown,

no umpire calling balls and
strikes, only five pitches, in

fo put a fair ball in play. A re-

cent study of the Fort Worth,

Texas Pitching Machine League
indicated that the use of a
machine “‘...increased activity at
the plate and in the field...”
This league accomplishes a

-balanced game which creates a

healthier learning atmosphere
for all of the participants. The
kids in this league don’t have the
fear of being hit by a pitch or
walking. They stand up there
and swing, because they know
the pitch will be in the strike
zone and the ball’s not going to
hurt them.

The Pitching Machine League
is an effort to put playing before
winning.

The Pitching Machine has
been used throughout the U.S.
and the lower mainland for
several years, and the leagues
with which we have had discus-
sion indicate that since utilizing
these machines the caliber of
play has improved significantly
throughout all of their divisions.

No further registration ses-
sions will be held for 1991, but
those interested in registrating
for baseball will be able to do so
at the Bank of Nova Scotia and

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OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD. The Terrace Figure Skating Club holds its annual carnival March
"Over the Rainbow — The Wizard of Oz". Special
s, Mathew Powers, accompanied by club
Nicole Hill, Shelly Lefebure, Christine Eys,

27 and 28 in the arena. This year’s theme is
guest will be one of Canada’s top amateur skater
members Lisa Clark, Melanie Kerr, Jennifer Kuehne,
Nicole Page and Chella Levesque.

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the Parks and Recreation office
at the arena until March 3!.

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The Murray Kelln rink topped ‘A’ event at the annual Utilities

Christensen
bike season
off toa

good start

If Mike Christensen’s start on
the 1991 summer bike racing
season is any indication, then we
predict-a banner year for the
young Terrace bicycle racer.

Since leaving for Vancouver
early this month, Mike spent
most of his time in training. His

| first two race events were snow-

ed out, giving Mike the oppor-
tunity to train with Canada’s
most noted rider — Alex Steda.
He also worked out with the na-
tional team.

Mike’s opening event was
March 10 at UBC, where . his
team won first place overall.
Three team members placed in
the top 10, while Christensen
had to settle for 20th spot.

March 16 weekend was busy
for Mike. His four-member
team.took part in a time trial on
Saturday, and out of 23 teams
Mike’s crew finished second. —

Next day was a 12-k road race

with Mike and gang placing

first. He came in seventh while
his teammates were first, sixth
and eighth.

Funsplel held at the Terrace Curling Club March 23. 'B’ event
went to the Dennis Wiliams rink, and Gerry Bakker's rink took 'C’.

Two dozen rinks
in Utilities spiel

Twenty-four teams competed
in this year’s Utilities Funspiel at
the Terrace Curling Club on
March 23.

The Murray Kelln rink won
‘A’ event on an 8-1 victory over
the Denise Sawtel foursome.
Mel Anderson finished third and
Dave Escataille fourth.

‘B’ event went to Dennis
Williams with an 8-1 win over
Bob Lafluer. Keith Norman was
third and Dale Schuweiler
fourth.

Gerry Bakker won 'C’ event
4-3 over Scott McIlmoyle. Third
place went to Ron Murphy while
it was Val Bakker in fourth, —_