Terrace Builders won
the ‘first men’s slo-pitch
softball tourament of the
season on the May 10
weekend. They ran up
five straight victories to
capture $1,000 first prize
at the Terrace S.K.B
Molson Ice-Breaker
Tournament.

After winning their
first three games at: the
15-team, double-

knockout series, they
came up against West-
point Rentals in the “A”’
side final. The Builders
outscored the. Ren-
talsmen 8-6. This gave
Builders a berth in the
final and dropped West-
point to the “‘B’’ side.

Westpoint had also

Golf club pro
Skeena Valley Golf and Country Club pro-manager Danny

Rosengren, Is predicting a banner season for the Terrace
nine-hole course. Indications are that Skeena will have a

blg increase in memberships this year, plus major im-
provements in the junior program. The course Is In near

perfect shape with all greens in use.

Active season

for ladi

With an increased
membership this year,
the Skeena Valley Ladies
Golf Club has drawn up
a very active session of
regular Thursday night
golf dates, plus a number
of local and out-of-town
tournaments on week-
ends.

The Skeena Valley
Open for ‘ladies and
junior girls is set for July
5 and 6. This is the major
hometown series for the

summer,

Many members will
also be attending Prince
Rupert’s Ladies’ Open
on June 14 and 15,
Kitimat’s Ladies’ Open

Elk farm

TERRACE — The in-
itiatives by William
Hayes, the Liberal can-
didate for Skeena, to
lobby the B.C. govern-
ment. to research elk
farms and to use sheep,
goats, and cattle for
weeding renewed forests
passed the initial hurdle
recently,

The Kitsumkalum
Farmers Institute passed
two resolutions that will
now go on to the
regional meeting in
Smithers on June 7. If
the resolutions are pass-
ed there, they will be
presented to the B.C.
Federation of
Agriculture’s provincial
meeting, Hayes said.

The resolution on elk

es golf

‘on July 25 and 27 and
the Smithers Open on
August 16 and 17.

District amateur and
senior playdowns are
coming up at Prince
Rupert during the
Jubilee Open in mid-
June,

A list for all adult and
junior ladies’ competi-
tions is as follows for
May.

May 22 — Pin Round,
low net.

May 29 — Dorothy
Franklin Memorial
Tournament, low putts
greenies - pay for short
putts.

proposed

farm research passed
easily as New Zealand
has been very successful
in establishing elk farms.
They have found
lucrative markets in
Europe that currently
pay $14 per pound for
elk meat. There is also a
good market for antlers
in China.

‘The discussion was
generally very positive,”’
said Hayes. ‘'The main
concerns were those
relating to costs. For in-
stance, with our proximi-
ty to the wilderness and
our ongoing problems
with predators the costs
involved in preventing
predation, such as elec-
tric fences, might make

continued on page 23

won three in a row
before losing, but could
get another crack at the
Builders with a victory
over the “B” side sur-
vivor.

This turned out to be
Williams Moving.. The
Movers had lost their

opening game to Augies,

Builders capture slo-pitch ser

but had won four

straight to make it to the
“BR side final. In the
“B’’ semi-final, they
downed Kitimat Moscow
Redbirds 5-2. This gave

Kitimat fourth place and

$200.
In that ‘“B” final,
Westpoint stopped

es

Williams’ win streak

11-0, thus allowing
Williams. to place third
and take home $400.

In the tournament
final, Westpoint needed
two wins to erab top
prize. Because the series
was double-knockout, it
meant Westpoint would

mn Terrace Review a Wednesday, May 21,1986 9

have to. defeat the
Builders twice.

However, the Builders
came through with the
winning run in the top of
the seventh and posted a
7-6 victory. For the
weary Rentals team,
which had played four
games -on the last day,
their consolation — was
runnerup money of
$600.

Terrace Builders were the winners of the first Men’s Slo-pitch Tournament of the season and took $1000 for their first-place

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