eo "READY FOR THE ROAD. Terrace Ringette teams travelled to league play in Prince George last weekend. The Petite Novice girls, age 7-10, got third place medals in a four-game series, while the "Tween girls (12-13) lost all five of their contests against teams with far more experience. Terrace Ringette director Sharon Prinz called it “a very Terrace Review — Wednesday, November | 3, 1991 11 SPORTS | successful weekend". The ‘Tween girls play in Vanderhoof Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, and Terrace will host league play Dec. 14 and 15. Prinz hopes for seven teams to be involved in the Terrace play, but says that will depend on the availability of referees. This is the association's third year and they now have 28 girls playing the game. Local ringette girls need to rove far and wide to find competition "Girls just want to have fun" is a saying that applies to sports as well as other things. In its third year the Terrace Ringette Asso- ciation now has 28 local girls . regularly playing on teams in the northern B.C. leagues, with their 14-15 age team placing first in provincial C’s for the last two years. The game is a modified form of hockey, played in Canada for nearly 25 years now. Each team fields six players on the ice, consisting of two forwards, two defence, a centre and a goal- tender. The game uses a ring instead of a puck, and the sticks have blunt points instead of blades for manoeuvring the ring. Local association director Sharon Prinz says Terrace has two teams this year, "Tweens (12-13 years) and Petite Novices 2 ee ° Ch ' Skeene | COLD)BEER WINE STORE ¢ EASY ACCESS + FAST FRIENDLY SERVI » LOTS OF PARKING -AND... FEATURING A COMPLETE LINE OF SPORTS CLOTHING, SWEATS, JACKETS, CAPS, ETC. LARGE SELECTION N HOURS MON. TO SAT. 9 A.M. to 11 P.M SUN. 11 A.M. to 11 P.M. BRING IN YOUR EMPTIES 635-BEER) a (7-10 years). Both groups travelled to Prince George last weekend for a northem tourna- ment. Travelling is a major aspect of - ringette in the north, with Ter- race’s closest competitors being in Bums Lake. Bingo money E7whelps with the cosis, but Prinz says it’s “very expensive”. Another problem is a shortage of referees; Prinz says there’s "littke interest” locally in taking ref training. . Ringette also competes with numerous other local athletic organizations for ice time at the ( Terrace Arena, Practice times are at awkward hours, 7-8 p.m. {Mondays and 6:30-7:30 a.m. Saturdays. Prinz says the associ- ation is strongly in favour of an expansion project that would put a second sheet of ice in the ‘Terrace Arena. Ringette is one of several groups that have a joined a movement to lobby city hall for the project. i Despite these problems Prinz says Ringette is still trying WViincréase the number of girls | involved in the sport. They have made equipment available for a school-based Ringette program, but to date the school district hasn’t decided if it will partici- pate. Anyone interested in participat- . ing in Ringette, whether as a } coach, referee, association vol- unteer or player, is invited to write the local organization at Box 531, Terrace (V8G 4V5) or call Prinz al 635-3966 or regis- trar Jane Staveley at 638-1830, Judzentis rink wins Terrace cash spiel It took a 6-5 effort; but the Gord Judzentis rink managed to edge ithe Heighington rink of Terrace for first place in the annual Terrace Cash Speil held at the local curling. club last weekend, Judzentis took away a paid entry into the monster Smithers Super Cash Spiel and $600 in cash, the total value equivalent to $1,600. For second place the Heighington foursome received $1,100. In third place Kitimat’s Phil Friesen rink put away Don Palmer of Smithers 5-4 for the $900 prize money. The consola- tion round went to Larry Burke of Terrace over Ron Townley, another local rink, 9-4. Although the cash spiel last: year was cancelled because too many rinks dropped out, this year it attracted 18 entries, 14 men’s teams and:four women’s. Curling club manager Bruce Carruthers termed it “very suc- cessful” and added, "We appear to have turned it around and we think it'll be bigger and better next year." Coming events at the local club include this weekend’s Totem Mixed Spiel and the Appreciation Spiel, Nov. 23 and 24, a free event held every year for the club’s sponsors. Car- ruthers notes that there are still slots open for entries at the Totem spiel. Results mixed for minor hockey Terrace Bantams are continuing to find Kitimat too strong in the Skeena Valley Minor Hockey Inter-city Rep team league. In .. their recent two outings at Kitimat, the Aluminum City lads posted 15-3 and 11-1 victories. Meanwhile, the Peewee Reps travelled to Burns Lake where they split a pair of exhibition games. Terrace lost the opener 3- 2, but came back with a 7-4 win in the nightcap. In Terrace, the Midgets took on the Juveniles for a pair and carned a split. They dropped the opencr 5-4, then defeated the Juvies 9-2. This weekend sces the Midgets head for Kitimat for a tournament.