A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 20, 1996

BADMINTON CLINICS were held fast week to help out both youth and adult
players, and officials for the upcoming Northern BC Winter Games, That's coach
Tom Boeptger of Badminton BC teaching a Grade Six class at Cassie Hall.

Clinics help racketeers

THE NORTHERN Winter
Games are just around the
corner and that means that
many sports groups are
holding clinics for both
athletes and officials to help

them prepare for their
events.

Last weekend, both bad-
minton and basketball

clinics were held in Terrace.

Tom Boeptger from Bad-
minton BC was here to help
officials bone up on the
rules and- etiquette of the
courts — to ensure all the
games mn smoothly and
are played fairly. ;

And Boeptger sure knows
badminton. He’s been play-
ing for more than 30 years,
and he's been coaching for
more than 10.

But Boepiger wasn’t just
here to coach the officials.
He also wanted to help out
the aihletes and get younger
Players interested in the
sport.

"Lots of emphasis today
is on leam sports,’’ he says.
“Sports like basketball and
hockey are very popular.
But sometimes that means
the individual sporis like
badminton get forgotten.”

So Boeplger toured Ter-

mace schools last week,
giving the kids some helpful
tips and trying to get them
involved in his favourite
sport.

‘Badminton is a great
sport for kids to leam be-
cause they can keep playing
it all their lives,’’ he says.
“We have players from
seven to 89-years-old.””

And Boeptger says that
getting young people in-
volved in individual sports
is important because it gives
different youths a chance to
participate.

‘Some kids don’t like
team sports,”’ he says. ‘'So
sports like badminton offer
them another athletic outlet.
It helps to promote a healthy

lifestyle and a healthy
mind."
According to Boeptger,

the most important thing to
learn is the proper grip and
swing technique. Mastering
those basics is essential to
good play, he says, sa
Boeptger tries to give the
children a firm grounding in
lhose areas.

‘*Once the kids have the
basic skills they will be able
ta enjoy the game at a high-
et Jevel,’’ he says.

cali

work.

give rides to frail
seniors.

For Doctor appointment
and sh

Help with fall
winterizing, yard

Snow shovelling and
small home repairs.

TERRACE
VOLUNTEER
BUREAU

Make /A

opping.

A Sincere THANK YOU
to all who supported our “1994 Poppy
Campaign". Special Thanks to participating
businesses in purchases of wreaths & allowing
Poppy Trays in the Stores.
- #747 Air Cadet Squandron who once again
helped with our poppy sales. ,
- members of Branch #13 for their participation.
- Stewart Legion members for their contributions.

WHERE YOUR POPPY DONATIONS ARE SPENT
Money donated during The Royal Canadian
Legion’s annual Poppy-Rememberance

Campaign is placed in public trust funds. Some

of the many ways this money is used to improve

life for people in your community include:

* providing assistance to needy ex-service
members and thier families

« paying for bursaries for néedy students

* purchasing medical equipment and appliances
for community health facilities

* providing support services to senior citizens
(meals-on-wheels, drop-in centres, ete. . .)

* paying for medical research and training

* building affordable hausing for veterans and

senior citizens

Poppy Campaign Chairman
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #13

Boepiger didn’t limit his
coaching clinics to youths.
He also taught an adult
group last Thursday and an
advanced group on Sunday.

Score Board

Terrace Minor Hockey Association
Bantam Rep — November 3

Terrace 4 Kitimat 5
November 9 |

Terrace 4 Kitimat 4

Bantam 8 - November 8

Kitimat Peewee 4 Terrace 1
November - 9

Kitimat Bantam B 2 Terrace 3

Pee Wee House Division — November 9

Farwest 3 Kitimat Mr. Mikes: 2
November 11

Bradford 5 Kitimat Jose's 0

Atom House Division — November 8

Ken's Trucking 8 Copperside 4

All Seasons 7 All West 4.
November 9

Lazelle Storage 8 Copperside 2

Centennial Lions 4 All Seasons “2
November 11

Kitimat Wings 4 All West 2

All Seasons 11 Fire Fighters 1

Novice Division - November 11
Elks 2 Kitimat CEP 2

Terrace Men's Indoor Soccer

; November 3
Forestry 4 Castoffs 4
Overwaitea 11 United 1
Forestry 5 Internationals 3

Terrace Men's Recreational Hockey

November 10 :

Norm's Auto -4. ~, Precision 4

Back Eddie Bullies 6 AllSeasons 3
; November 12

Norm's Auto 7 Skeena Sharks 2

All Seasons 7 White Spot 5
November 14

Back Eddie © 6 Precesion 4

Terrace Men’s Oldtimers Hockey
November 9

Subway 7 SRD Blues 0

Northem M. Inn 5 Timbermen 4
November 13

SRD Blues 3 Timbermen 3

Northem Okies 5 Subway 2

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Sports Scope

Cash Spiel scores

THE TERRACE CURLING Club held its annual Ter-
race Open Cash Spiel two weekends ago, with teams
coming from around the northwest for the event,

Club manager Keith Melanson says that although
entries were down this year, the bonspie] was well sup-
ported by local sponsors.

First Place went to Bill Lim of Prince George, second
place to Don Palmer of Smithers, third place to Ter-
race’s Keith Melanson and fourth to Kevin McDougall,
also of Terrace.

Consolation raund winners were Kim MacDougall of
Terrace and John Kennedy of Terrace.

The next events at the Curling Club are the Senior
Ladies’ Zone Playdowns this weekend, followed by the
Senior Men’s Zone Playdowns on December 6-8.

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