SPORTS NEWS N REV! EW _ FACED WITH an all-but-dead Recrea- ~ytion Advisory Commission, city recrea- tion director Steve Scott hoped for coun- ei? 5 help? in reviving it. JULY A DOUBLE BOGEY on the final hole He): suggested membership in the was probably not quite the finish Tony voluntary. body had crashed from 12 to Lopes had in mind, but it still Jeft him ~~ just four because council didn’t refer putts to spare’ in carding a winning 220 at . ‘enough i issues to it. the ‘92 Skeena Vailey Men’s Open golf -The city subsequently asked the com- tournament. “mission to come up with a long range ‘Fecreation pian for the communily. CHIRON KANTAKIS broke from a The Open attracted 88 entries this year who competed in four flights. TERRACE BOWLERS Eva Wilkinson : group of eight cyclists on the final bill to. and Lesley Alway (silver) and Roy Clif- win, the.-Kitimat. River Challenge road ford, Kelly Francis and Dave Wiebe “Tae. for the third straight year. Fellow (gold) were in the medals at the Master ; Terracite, Mike Christensen was third. Bowlers Association nationals. RICHARD HARRISON of Smithers successfully defended his crown in the- anual King of the Mountain foot race. Harrison's time of 37:12 was a shade faster than his ’91 winning time and just. aver a minute ahead of Terrace rival and runner-up Colin Parr. OUT OF TOWN entries dominated the 92 Skeena Valley Triathlon, Frank Clarke first across the line in 1:55.07 and fellow Vancouverite Barb Graham tak- ing top female ‘honours in-a time of 2:14.46, ‘Top Terrace finisher was Colin Parr, 29th overall in a time of 2:16:25. He'd carlicr won the Smithers Tyee triathlon. "-) RNIB. PERKINS (Sportsman), Jules “LaFrance : :(Hobby) and Gord Klassen (Street) were first across the line in the ~ Terrace’ Stock: Car association’s annual * “Me arial event SWARN MANN was on the winning 2 bies ‘as Terrace players took most tiles at : 5 the Smithers Tennis Open. “ WESTPOINT” RENTALS’ . finally AUGUST SHARP GOALTENDING and timely subslitutes played a big part in Kispiox’s 3-1 over Prince Rupert in the final of the Northern Motor Inn Oldtimers Soccer ms side in both the men’s. and ladies’ dau- !ournament bere, Losses to Kispiox and Kitimat had knocked Terrace out early on, THE TRACK RECORD fell at the ~Pemerged from the long shadow cast by Terrace Speedway when Super Modified _ archrival SKB to beal the Wreckers.8-4 drivers took part in the Open Wheel In- in the final of the °92 Terrace Men’s Slo- Vilational. Pitch: League tournament, avenging two ~ previous finals defeats, Richie Larson scorched to lap times of 14.95 on both the Saturday and Sunday. CHITO RYU KARATE expert Deb Cascy, 15, returned fromthe 4th Interna- tional Soke Cup in Newcastle, Australia with a gold medal won in Junior A Fe- male Kata, , PETER KRAUSE of Smithers took the flag at the 792 Skeena River Challenge 100 mile bike road race. Top Terrace racers were Suc Simpson, second female finisher, and Colin Parr, fourth among the men. TERRACE PISTOLERO Fred Straw took top spot in the Northwest. Team Challenge staged by the local Practical Shooters handgun club, “NO SNOW? NO PROBLEM. Snowmobilers showed its Just as exciting on grass in Terrace’s first Grass Blast, Above, local Trevor Gibson roars to the line but the effort is in a losing cause. After the judges had con- sulted the video replay, fellow Terrace racer Lori Knull was pronounced winner by a ski tip. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 6, 1993 - Page B3. PEDAL POWER. Top Terrace finisher Colin Pam bears down as she 3 heads for the line and a fourth place finish in the Skeena River Challenge bike road race | which saw competitors cover the 100 miles from Prince Rupert to Terrace, | “OCTOBER | ' LOCAL PLAYERS found themselves . shut out of the big money at the Terrace Dart Open. Making finals for Tertace were Carla ~ “and, Bill Boreham in mixed doubles, : «Clare Groot. in ladics doubles and Bill “Robinson-Bob Bennett in men’s doubles; “but alll had. “to settle for runner-up spot. » Bennet, Robinson. ‘and Bill: Boreham were again: second i in the team eveit. :: BRIAN FUHR mastered all comers in }the All Seasons Half-Marathon clocking 4:18.30. in the. 21km race. Terrace Masters division entrant Gord Buxton Took second, just over a minute back. NORM ZLOKLIKOVITS, driving “force behind fastball in this community, “was named to the Softball B.C. Hall of “Fame. The provincial - organization de- ; jgerfbed him asa “‘softbal! legend”’. JULIE SUTTON brought ‘her ladies Canadian champion rink to the Terrace curling club fora clinic and exhibition game against local curlers. TERRACE BLUEBACKS the four team meet. _ Aimce. Peacock and Garth Coxford took top homours. in their age groups while 10-year-old Audrey. Erb placed second in her's. : SHERRY LOPUSHINSKY and Dave lacal bowlers fo qualify for the cash singles continue Wiebe ‘became: ‘the first two regional «finals, Qualifiers through to Ma reh. CITY COUNCIL agreed to free up the extra money needed to produce drawings _and cost estimates for a proposed second sheet of ice. opened their competitive season cautiously, rest ing swimmers and happy to take third in SEPTEMBER ZONE 10 COMPETITORS returned from the Dawson Creek B.C. Seniors Games in triumph. Their haul of 40 medals was double the “Of tally and Terrace athleles contributed 28 of that total: nine gold, seven silver and 12 bronze. LOGGERS SPORTS wer again a highlight of the Skcena Valley Fall Fair. - George Jackson of New Hazelton fin- ished top of the tree while Eddy Braun, erty ge tin dian championship points event. BIG CROWDS were also on hand for the Fall Fair’s heavy horse pull event. They got ta watch two-tinie champions Major and May toppled’ by Roger Losier’s pair, Robin and Mandie. WHAT A BLAST! The Skeena Valley Snowmobile Association held their first ever grass drags. Terrace racers took home their share of the hardware but Art Anderson of Smithers emerged on top wilh three wins, two seconds and a third, _NOVEMBER " BRAD NEUFELD wasted no time ‘showing his. Quecnstown, New Zealand team they’d made a good choice inviting ‘the Terrace fastball player to join them ‘for the down under season. | The import pitcher led the team to: “three wins in four games, blasting three. shomers on the ways ze ‘ CALEDONIA: KERMODES earned 4 ‘berth i in'the provincial senior boys‘AAA — volleyball: chatnpionships | by sweeping ‘Kitimat 3-0 iit a best of five playoff. -Skeena.in a thrilling zone final, 16-14, triumph. .” Skeenit got a ‘chanes, fo celebrate,. bow: the girls tiles” ; THORNHILL JR. Sccondary’s grade. -9/10 volleyball, boys recovered. from an». “Wndifferent round robin.’ to * beat - out | “AS 13. Its, the” ‘school’s third sraight heh the’ Gold: edged s Smithers for BADMINTON held ils - race Open Doubles. : - first - : tournament of the season, the Ter-. Local winners were. Fran Mana-Nancy |... fe Condon on Ladies ‘A’ side, Condon--. - Norm Parry in the Mixed ‘A’ and Lisa . Bland-Mui Luc In Ladies ‘B’, _ INVADERS FROM Prince Rupert-and : ‘Port ‘Edward took the Terrace Bowl » Spiel’s: top prizes, but home town fours ~ £ somes struck back with wins in the c 7 and ‘D’ events. ALL SMILES after their trip. tothe Central-North Cariboo: ‘Regional figure were Vanessa: skating competition LeBlanc and Jennifer Kuehne. 7 LeBlanc; brought home a silver ‘and ‘Kuehtie two bronzes. and an alternate’s > spot for the B. C. Winter Games. © hoine. form’ the ‘provincia CALEDONIA’S SOCCER syuad came: with a) 14th a place finish, the best result ever achieve ° by a northwestetu Jearn, “BUDDY-ING BOWLER. That's as in Bowling Buddies, a true novices league, _Above, Ashley Rauschenberger launches another missile al the pins. The Buddlas Is a fam affair with either parents or grandparants accompanying _ the kids and joining in the fun. For more information, phone the Lanes at 635- im: 11. But hurry if you want to get in on the action: it's extremely popular. HOCKEY RETURNED to the Terrace Arena-and the Thomhill Orungemen were ready. The defending champions pulped the Kitimat Tricks 11-0 in the final, BRADLEY L’HEUREUX scored twice and set up another to lead the Sur- veyors to victory in the Youth Soccer under-10s playoffs. | Northern Drugs took the under-18s, Overwaitea the under-14s, the under-12s went 10 Wildwood and Tide Lake won the Girls playoff litle. , _ AS, of Sayward, B.C, Tan, amy, oy AUCHELLE HENDRY collected ‘yell . ‘yookie honours, . -Terrace’s Vic .Devost. took ‘second. ‘in the open division pole falling, a Cana-. ‘another award as the SFU baskeiball star ‘was named’ the ‘province’s” atitstanding university female athlete for the second consecutive year. : JIM HOLLAND emerged as _ the Skeena Valley Golf and Country club’ 8 men’s champion after a see-saw battle with Jim Rigler which saw Rigler-miss a 12 foot putt on the final hole that would have forced a playoff. - TERRACE UNDER-18 soccer players wound up their season by taking the top two spots in a Prince George tourney, Brady’s bunch beating out Leblanc’s team in the shoot out needed to break a 2-2 after-overtime tic. DECEMBER KERMODE VOLLEYBALLERS, both girls and boys, logged 14th place finishes im the AAA Provincial championships. Team officials for both squads said the lack of match experience against compe- litive teams was the only thing that had prevented both from finishing higher in the standings, , REVITALIZED, the Parks and Recrea- tion Commission started putting together a long range recreational plan for the community. THE KERMODE BOYS baskcliball team had s mixed month, winning 4 Vanderhoof tournament, losing to Prince Rupert’s Charles Hays and then shelling ihe Rupert Rainmakers. VERITAS TOOK home three trophies and Cassie Hall one in elementary schools girls and boys volleyball tourna- ments, TERRACE BLUEBACKS finished runners-up in theit own McDonalds In- vitational behind a strong Kitimat Marlin team but coach Mike Carlyle wai buoyed by continued improvement i in in- dividual results, ALL SEASONS marched into the Christmas break atop the Recreational men’s hockey division, seven points clear of Skeena Hotel. Terrace Tim- bermen led the Oldtimers division by a single point. STILL WITH hockey, Randy Heaman Trucking went undefeated to take the in- augural Bantam house «league pre- Christinas tournament, AND, OF COURSE, the hill Wis alive as Shames Motntain was blanketed: in snow. and hordes of skiers headed out to enjoy the slopes,