ni

Archival) photographs Were
on display during the Indian

craft falr held on the B.C.
Games weekand.

A New Westminster Royal
hockey player and

Slcamous challenger com-
pete for the puck.

by Len Harrington
If there was a winning

zone in the recent B.C..

Winter Games held in
Terrace, then only the
Victoria government
computer knows.

All the games’ results
went into the computer
where the information
was stored for future
historians. At the result
center room, media
representatives learned
that they would have to

compile their own
records for all eight
. zones,

In view of the fact this
endeavor is a near im-
possibility, Terrace
Review's intrepid
reporter concentrated on
the zone in which
regional athletes com-
peted — northern zone
seven.

The Review narrowed
results down even more
by recording zone medal
winners and near-medal
winners only. With all
the preliminaries, it
would take several pages
of the Review to list
everything zone seven’s
competitors recorded.

Medal
count
Zone seven’s unof-
ficial medal count was 10

gold, five silver and 16
bronze medals. This

The “parade of athletes” illustrated what an enormous
project the hosting of the B.C. Winter Games was for the

people of Terrace.

total likely put the zone
last place in medal stand-
ings, but medal stand-
ings were not compiled.

In the past the games
were used to declare
first, second, third, etc.

in overall zone points,.

but in recent years this
has been abandoned to
cut down on the
‘‘winning-is-the-only-
thing’’ attitude adopted
by high competition
zones like Vancouver
and the Fraser Valley.
Medal winners have
already been con-
gratulated, but the local
feeling is that al] the
athletes, coaches, and

managers deserve praise -

for the desire to do their
best for zone and home
town. For some, the
games were over in a
matter of: minutes. These
people are just as worthy
of the proverbial pat on
the back as the ones who
went all the way to the
gold medal podium.

Stupendous
job.
And before we get into

the actual resume of
results, let us reiterate

the words of thousands
of spectators and com-
petitors alike. The Ter-
race volunteers did a
stupendous job. To our

mind the Terrace games
have to go down as the
‘best ever?’ when you
consider all of our small
town problems and, we
must point out, the so-
called big city exclusive
television coverage that
curtailed efforts of our
own Skeena Broad-
casters,

It had been hoped that
BCTV would offer
‘*class’’? TV coverage. In-
stead it seems to me they
offered somewhat
*‘crass’’ TV coverage.

Now for the results:

Badminton — It was
strictly zone vs zone in
team competition with

Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 12, 1986 1 ;

B.C. Winter Games results _

five matches against each
zone — two singles,
men’s and women’s
doubles, “and mixed
doubles.

Zone seven proved to
be stronger than most
visiting teams imagined
and came out with the
second-place silver
medals on a record of six
victories in seven com-
petitions. The only loss
was to the gold medal
winners from Vancouver
Island. The bronze went
to the Fraser Valley.

Basketball — Prince
Rupert’s Booth Ravens

and Ravenettes
continued on page 12

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Chrissy MeNulty from the

zone 3 Gems Gym Club In
Surrey competed in gym-
nastics during the B.C.
Winter Games.

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- BCWG athletes were enthusiastic right from the beginning.

Wheelchair basketball athletes sweated for winning

scores In gymnasiums around town.