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- page B4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 14, 1991 oo:

MAUREEN GORDON 638-7283.

TERRACE STANDARD.

results.

conse ; : : :
Terrace Tennis Club's Dean Boucher blasts one over the net in first round doubles competition at

last week’s Annual Smither's Open Tennis Tourn
that game. The tournament had a record number of entries this year. See page B12 forsteryand .

ament. He and partner Grant Holkstead won

PHOTO: LORNE CLARKE

Soccer playoffs start

TERRACE — Terrace men’s soccer playoffs
began last night as Sinjur Masonery, which took
second place in the men’s league, faced Nor-
theoast Road Maintenance — the league winner

— at the Caledonia field.

-Northcoast..Road, Maintenance captured first -

defeating Skeena Hotel 5-2.

Duncan Williamson opened the scoring for
Northcoast in the first half, but the lead was
short-lived as Skeena Hotel’s Arnie Perrin
booted one into the top right-hand corner to tie

the game. up.

The second half belonged ta Northcoast as
Williamson secured two more goals and Shaun
Stevenson added a fifth. .

Skeena Hotel's lone second-half goal: was

_ scored by Ritchie Piattoni.

‘The round-robin playoffs continue tomorrow. 5 McCleary: f
place Aug. 8 in the season’s-Jast-league-game; ~shight whn Sinjur Masonery takes on! Skéefia 2° unbeaten,” a

Hotel at 7 p.m. at the Caledonia field.-

Next Tuesday Northcoast Road Maintenace
again meets Skeena Hotel.

The final will be played 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug.
25 at Caledonia.

Bad knee brakes biker

TERRACE — A bang on the
knee. biker Mike Christensen
received in a spill before the
Skeena Valley Triathlon is turn-
ing out to be more serious than
he first thought.

Christensen rode in the
triathlon, although he admits he
probable shouldn’t have
because it aggravated an injury
to his patella.

He has missed weeks of train-
ing now, and doesn’t know
whether or not he'll ride in the
B.C.. championships | this
September in Penticton.

‘t's a matter of trying to be
patient with it,"* he said, ‘It’s
hard to say if I’m going to be
racing anymore this season. But
there's always fext year.”

Christensen had to pull out of

a promising four-stage race in
Prince George the weekend of
Aug. 3-4 because the knee acted
up on the second day, during a
150-kilometre race.

’ “1 was in the lead with (a cou-

Steelhead swimming towar‘

During the balance of our
stay-at Morice Lake scarcely a
day. passed that Charlie Smyth
and I failed to fie into one or
more good steelhead. We land-
ed about twenty of these fish
from four to 10 pounds. All
were taken by dry flies.

_ John Fennelly, August 20,
1953.-

Aug. 27, ‘1982 Walcott Walk |
Nice .

Bridge, Bulkley River,
weather.. Water’ temp. 55
degrees F according to my inac-
curate Hardy “Thermometer.
The fly; a-6 Sofa Pillow, fished
just-under the surface,

Three fine steelhead come to
the beach. My God, these are
wonderful fish made. more
wonderful by gentle wilderness
alongside the river.

What’. a.. contrast ©

~ Washington where every: Bae

mising section of river:is:mark-
ed by a: ‘private property. sigti,
and: where’ there are “more
fishermen than fish.

ple of) guys about two and a .

half minutes ahead of the
pack,”’ he said. ‘‘I could have
finished the race and done quite
well, but it might have finished
my racing for quite a while.’”
Christensen had already
shelved plans for a
130-kilometre road race in
Langley the week before, and
it’s likely he won't ride in the
100-mile Skeena River
Challenge Century race Aug.

18.

The knee hasn’t stopped him
completely, however, and he’s
trying to keep in shape for next
season.

“] was up at (wheelchair
athlete) Paul Clark’s last night,
out for a wheel in one of his
chairs to get my cardio-vascular
system going,’ he said.

Christensen plans to ride in
California for three weeks in
January before heading to
Europe at the beginning of
March.

Aug. 28, 1983 Bulkley River.

River is clear and warm. Fish
should be aggressive.

Michel the radiologist from
Quebec has heard of steelhead.
As a favour to Mike 1 take him
along to the West -End Road

where he casts and casts with .

spoons without a result.

After he is finished I bring a
fish up to a fly skated across the
surface once, twice, then hook

him onthe third pass. When he.
is spent I slide the fish into the.
shallows. I put him in the 12 to

14 pound Tange.

Michel is ecstatic. “What a
beautiful fish!’* he says. ‘“‘What
abeautlful, beautiful fishl!’*

i slip the steelhead back into
the river. “Thanks for showing
him to me,’’ Michel says,

Bob Olson says his dad has pro-
petty on the Bulkley just above

Paught nothing. 1 go along -w

Aug. 31, 2984 Karen's friend

elkwa. Though they've fished
ta number of times, they've.

Mike Christensen

* He thinks training in either
Belgium or Holland will be
good prepartation for the
Olympic trials in May’ 1992.

The Skeena
Angler .
by Rob Brown

chim and have a look.
_ The stretch at the foot of his
dad's land is not a. classic
steelhead. run, but there are a

few large boulders ‘near ‘the®

bank that might shelter a fish.

I ‘put up a surface pattern. :

‘After a few drifts a fish rolls

underneath it. While Bob wat: "
ches, [ put on a wet fly and fish’

a little deeper.
“The passage of the fly stops

‘Phere is a steady lugging. The
‘ine tears through. the current:
“with a hissing sound asa good
‘fish bolts for the far side of-the

TERRACE — A Terrace youth
is part of the provincial boys’
under-16 volleyball team that
leaves this week for the Western
Canadian championships in
Grand Prairie, Alberta, :

Kurt Muller, 16, of Old Remo
was noticed by talent scouts at
the 8.C. Summer Games while
competing for this region (Zone

Maller was the ‘only: player
from Zone 7 selected by the six
scouts. He believes consistency
is his biggest asset.

“I'm consistent and: when [

‘serve I can get most of my

serves in. That's what they’re
looking for.’’

At five feet, elght-and-a-half
inches, he’s the shortest on the
team.

Defeat
defending
champs

16-0

TERRACE — The. Terrace
Northmen, invincible during

regular season play, stormed

through Smithers once again to
- capture first place at the 10th
Annual Smithers Seven’s Tour-
nament Aug, 3-4.

“It was quite a weekend, ”
says Terrace spokesman Willie
Sia went

Defending champions
- Smithers Camels fell 16-0 in the
rugby final to the Terrace team,
unable to finish any runs when
they penetrated Norihmen ter-
ritory.

“Basically we controlled the
ball and they just couldn’t get
(it) from us to put it anywhere
through the posts,’ said Nor-
thmen spokesman Willie- Mc-
Cleary.

Terrace opened the scoring
with a try just before the first
seven-and-a-half minute half
expired, gaining possession
from a lineout at the Camels’
two-metre line: :

McCleary’s convert was good
for a 6-0 lead at the whistle.

The Northmen set the pace
for the second half when Mc-
Cleary picked up their second
try just two minutes in.

After receiving a pass, he
sprinted around to. the right
end, faked a pass to his left,
then ran over for the © four
points.

His ensuing kick however,

was wide to the right.. :
' Darrin Pilla picked. up the
Northmen’ s final try just before
time expired.
“Pilla was our star. player,”
McCleary said. ‘‘He used his
speed very, very ‘well. There

finally beach the fish. Bob isi im:
_ pressed. Not so impressive, real- *§
‘ly — there are fish almost |
everywhere you look on: the”

- Bulkley, it seems...

~ Where:are, the;fish? ss.
“Ws: ‘overcast;’ The river is.as

. ow In’: ‘desperation Roger.

begins fishing. spoons and
Bobs with his canting
mn .

an our:

 -Aug..30,.1985 Bulkley River,

“clear, as alr. Roger Bligh and.I :

“ay almost made it last. year,”
he said, “but I was too short.
I’m still too short, but this year
they’re looking for people with
skills.” *

While Muller - hopes ‘he has

not finished growing, his height —

poses little problem, :

“I can jump as. high as tall
people,”? he said — that means
he can jump 40 inches off. the
ground.

The team, which ‘actually

consists -of “two 12-member

teams, has been training in Pen-
ticton for the past week’ in
preparation for Grand Prairie.

Muller says. his place on this
year’s under-16 team guarantees
him a chance to try out for next
year’s provincial juvenile
volleyball team.

Kurt Muller

Northmen storm —
Smithers Sevens ©

Smithers Camel Dale Perry attempts to stop Northman Darrin Pilla
in the final of the Smithers 10th Annual Seven-a-Side tourney Aug.

4, Terrace won 16-0.

PHOTO: LORNE CLARKE

wasn’t anyone out there who
could touch him once he took
off. Fo

- On the way to the final Aug.
4 the Northmen. slammed. the
Camels for the first time 22-10,
Prince Rupert 32-0, the
Smithers “B-team «(the - Killer
Bees) 18-8 and edged Ft. St..
John/Prince George 10-6,

On the other side, the Camels
defeated the Killer Bees 22-4,
the Odds and Sods (comprised
of several tourney players) 30-0
and Prince Rupert 28-0.

With.a handful of players set
back due to injuries, the games

were regularly a patchwork of
all teams involved. :

Ft. St. John’s Rockie Guitau
was named: tourney. MVP as he
participated in several "games
over the weekend. ‘

That’s it for the Northmen
this season...

After two month's rest they.
plan to take part. in. the Ab-
botsford tournament in October
before heading to one_in Reno
for ten days. 3

“We've ‘got to ‘spend our °

money somewhere,”’ McCleary:
said,

d extinction?

Aug. 29, 1986 Bulkley River,
The fishing is abysmal.

Webb and I fish many of the
spots that have been kind to us
in. the. past.’ “Now they are
unyielding...

We can’t: blame ‘the. water
which is:so’ warm and clear

. steelhead ought to be. pouncing |
Flies like. seals . on.

sockeye. ‘

: just aren't here,

ker Bar — top'end.:,".°..

ummict steclhend, ‘dnd that?
inore than ary of the guides
“thelr: clients have hooked ‘durin
‘the.same period, . -:

Mog of, the fish

; wists. “the: arma, Aout if

‘Tknow: we're better. Fishermen wf

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ding. Aug,, 3,2 1991
returns’ ‘of ‘sockey
This ‘is the final-day for. the.
uth: Corps. ‘steelhead tagging -
“team:: We've been on. the rivet} I
singe the middle of. July,: ten? *”
‘hours a day; Monday.to'Friday.. .
“The. eight of us have tagged’!

, 1989 Skeena River at

the kind we used to hook on the
Bulkley at the end of summer
holidays. This is more than’ a
depressed run. ’
I'm starting to hink, about
extinction. ° .
Ministry af the En vironment:

- Skeena River: Steelhead

Run Status Report.
i991,
Indications ‘of:

continued throug

ing and the ‘pink: salnr

tm

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shery’.
days: to".

fee t d“releds :
on: for ‘steelhead has now been:
placed on the. entire cere

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