Page C4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 3, 1992

Bluebacks shine in Youth |
National Championships —

The Points North ‘team: amem-
bers took to deeper waters, testing
themselves against 121 - teams
from across Canada in the 1992
Kinsmen/Kinette, Youth Swim
ming Cham. “ships, held...
Regina.

Over 460 swimmers under the -
age of 14 competed i in. the Youth

Nalionals.

Four Bluebacks - Jocelyn Cox. ;
ford, Aimee Peacock, Cory. Hol-.
land and David ‘Vanderlee - ~weré® :;
on the Points North team, which

was also comprised of Prince
Rupert swimmers Kirsten Eby
and. Amanda Bedard, and Kitimat
swimmer Lec Encinas, —

The Kinsmen Club of Terrace
raised $1,900 to cover. ihe cost of
airfare for the Bluebacks.

"This is the first time we’ve had
more than one person in the
Youth Nationals," says Blueback
coach Bill Nash.

He was extremely pleased with
the team’s performance,

"We swam fast and got the kids

' into the finals," he said,

Point North swimmers made it
into five finals and consolation
finals -- a total surprise according

nh to Nash, - : ‘
~~" Blueback Coxford finished 7th
Jin. the” finals in the female 260

metre: fly ‘stroke, and her-team-

finals, and 14th i in the consolation
round.in the 100 breast stroke,

Prince Rupert swimmer Eby
made it ‘to two consolation
rounds, finishing 15th in the 100
metre back stroke and 13th in the
200 metre back stroke.

The girls 4x100 medley relay
team, comprised of Eby, Bedard,
Coxford and Peacock, finished
oth, 10 seconds behind the win-
ner... °. Fi
Other Points. Notth placements
were: Coxford - 25th in the 100
metre fly stroke; Holland - 23rd
in the 50 metre free stroke and

, tf Te

47th in the 100 metre free stroke;

_ Manderice = 64th in the 100 metre

fly stroke and 48 in the 200.metre
fly stroke ; Bedard - 34th in the
100 metre free stroke and 36th in
the 200 metre free stroke; and En-
cinas - 26th’in the 100 metre
breast.stroke and 36th in the 200

- metre breast stroke.
mate Peacock finished 8th in:the :

girls’s. 200° metre breast: stroke |

: Peacock Says: “the meet was a
great experience.

-"’m ‘very bappy considering I
entered pretty: far down .the list in
all (the events) and came out in
the top 16 in two of them," she
said.

"I’s the fastest meet I’ve ever
been to," said Vanderlee, He
swam some-of his personal best
times at the mect.

The Bluebacks have'a number
of provincial competitions to at-
tend this summer, and then Nash
hopes the Points North team will
be going to the Nationals.
| "I'm .74 seconds off to (qualify
for the nationals) for the breast
stroke," said Peacock.

Bluebacks Cory t Holland, David Vandertee, Jocelyn Coxford and Aimee Peacock made a strong
showing at the Youth Nationals, helping.to bring the Points North team into the finals. .

New ‘tennis courts to

airstylin® & Changes by

be completed in Jul 23

e completed in July | cs". &,
Construction began last week .. They'll also give the club more J oming Forces

on five new public tennis courts “flexibility .° for tournaments,

worth approximately $130,000. _Birkedal said.

Located beside Heritage Park,

the project is being managed by”
the Terrace Tennis Club an be- -:

half of the city.

The club last week presented
the city with a $39,500 cheque a
its contribution,

‘There are more than 50 mem-
bers in the club and more than 70
young people have already signed
up for lessons this season.

‘Club members and corporate
donations: accounted: for the

., elub’s contribution.

2° ee
Bov Michau

‘Colleen Findlay

One-third of the ‘cost is coming The courts mark the end of a Mon. - Sat, 9-5 Thuy 12.9 Fl de
from a provincial | loltery grant. 10-year effort with work in-- > Olf Thurs. Sa
while the city” is ‘paying for the. tensifying over the past few oe
test, years, said Birkedal. | | 1
"If everything. goes well and: ‘She credited past president Bill . Jon-Roders ge
there .are no “snags. cand “the: Redpath i in putting | the project to-" Mon. - Fri, 9- 1: Ode nr F
weather co-operates, the. work.” gether. . CH A Loin, 2
should be. done in- Judy, *. club The courts will be covered with - Rep ao Seo, my
ates a € NAN president Karen Birkedal said last- plexipave, a substance that gives _ x TANGES aan, ag, Poy
The T Blueback Swim C _a-Tr. week. *, a good’ bounce and is suited for ee to Bip
e Terrace Blueback Swim Club Try-a-Tr-Athion, held May} “aE urts will add to the: nosshern climates, TOTALHAIR CARE S04 at, Licks

28, provided a goad challenge to its many young particpants,
Here, competitor #130, after finishing a .2km swim, starts a3 | _ three public ones on Kiem, mele.
kre cyele, tose followediby a 1ikm run. Glderathletes were |i ing ease waiting fn S tor those §”
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