KING FUNG made northwest history in October by becoming pro-
vincial karate champion in Kata — the prearranged forms event —

at the provincial championships in Prince Gecrge.

Woecichat er Pai 1 Cl k
finishes fifth’at’ a’ 10-kilometre
race in Minneapolis despite @
slow time in wet weather.

Axteer an initial one-run loss
to Williams Lake,
North. Coast. Ravens. peewee

’ Terrace's «.

girls put together a string of ~

wins at provincial champion-
ships in Squamish to capture the
bronze.

Fix medal-winning perfor-
miances are recorded by Terrace
Blueback swimmers at two-pro-
vincial championship tour-
naments. Billy Holland won

“backstroke “and
'200-metre in-..-

"dividual Mey ‘at the B.C.
“-Juntor Provincial Champion-
. ships, Lisa Gardiner’ earned a

bronze in the 100-metre butterf-
ly and at the B.C, Champion--
ships in Vancouver, Ben Bell

won a. gold-in ‘the lop-inetre
backstroke.

Gry Deinstadt helps ..the
Terrace Hotel: Jr. Ladies
fastball team to a bronze-medal
finish at provincial champion-
ships i in White Rock by. throw-

ing complete. ‘games and pro-. -

viding power at the plate, to be
named tournament M.V.P.:

io Hosing the Babe Ruth bam-

bino, provincial championships
didn’t help Terrace’s team come :
up with a witt at the tourna-

rey sees Terrace golfers, swim-

Voenecusei

tears through: ‘the Skeena ‘Valley

. Triathlon’ s.swim: ~cycle-run a

course in 1:50:38 to win the
event and. set a tournament
record, Local athletes dominate
team competition. , :

ment. Terrace finished 0-3, ‘with:
Nanaimo ‘beating Comox for.
the title, ,

Sunnes Games action in ‘Sur-

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Renner Ed Ansems competes.
at’ the World. Veterans? Cham-

pionships in Oregon; ‘placing ;

- 37th if a. field of 1,000. in ‘the:
> 10-kilometre.. The race was one |
‘of many strong: ‘performances |

for the over-40 Ansems.at local :

and Provincial races this year.

Northen Motor-Inn scale
- women’s fastball team-beats out -

Kispiox to win the’zone title and .

“earn a trip to the ‘provincials ‘in

Kamloops.:The Stealers play to-

a 2-2 record against ‘the pro-
vince’s top teams in Kamloops.

August

Bc. Youth Soccer Associa-
tion cancels a summer soccer
academy in Terrace — to be the
second in the province, and soc-
cer centre for northern B.C. —
due to lack of registration.

Terrace’s men’s soccer league
goes under, organizers say,
because most teams prefer to
play in tournaments, And as
hockey players begin to lace on
their skates, one of the men's
hockey leagues suffers a similar
fate. The commercial hockey
league is disbanded due to lack
of sponsors and organization,
Recreational hackey league
picks up a team and prepares to
enter its best year ever.

Avsster Dale Greenwood cat-
ches the first fish of Hawaiian
International Billfish Tourna-
ment — a 282-lb marlin.

Minette Hendry plays on
the B.C. women's basketball
team at the Canada Summer
Games, The team goés
undefeated and captures the -
gold team medal.

att

The Terrace Northmen rugby
team trounces Smithers Camels
at the Smithers Seven-a-side
tournament, to defend their title
and claim top spot in the final
standings of the North Coast
Rugby Union.

Kitimar’s Rassame Ling
defeats Natalie Paret of Quebec
at the Soke Cup international
karate championships to
become world champion in the.
Kata classification of women’s
karate. Behind Rassame were
sisters Lisa and Tanya, who
placed third and fourth.

Bx. racer Mike Christensen,

finishes his best “season ‘ever.

race from Prince Rupert to Ter-
race. The 20-year-old local rider
raced in several provincial com-
petitions to move up two
classifications and begin to aim
for a position on the national
team. :

September

Atte: a 12-year absence, Log-
ger Sports returns to Terrace
thrilling a large crowd that hud-

died in the rain at the Fall Fair -

- grounds for the event.

Pyince George Barbarians
grind up the underdog Terrace
Northmen rugby team in a
brutal championship game for

the Columbia Cup.

Loca bike racer Mike
Christensen rides to finishes
near the top at multi-stage races
in the Lower Mainland.

YV uth soccer action ends with
playoffs at the new Christy

Park soccer fields,

Hanagun shooter Ali
Johnston ended her season with
wins in .22 sports pistol and air
pistol. The Terrace shooter re-
tains ‘her position this year on
the Canadian national team and
is considered one of the top
Canadian women in competitive
handgun shooting, —

October

Riscing i in’ ‘her first marathon
in- four years, Terrace runner
Sue Simpson finishes the Royal
Victoria Marathon in just over
three hours to place fourth out
of “150.worhen at the tourna-
ment. Hers was the best time for
4 sacer in the over-35 category.

Avter his best race of the year
in. Germany, Paul Clark bows

out of a marathon race in Japan °

to have back surgery. A cyst in
his spinal column was threaten-
ing the Terrace wheelchair racer
with further paralysis. The cyst
is successfully removed and
Clark predicts a fairly quick
Teturn to racing. ‘

E: Ansems and Richard Har-
rison cross the finish line
together for first place in the an-

nual Half-Marathon.

Karate competitors from Ter-
race and Kitimat demolish the
rest of the province at provin-
cial championships in Prince
George. Local competitors won
or placed near the top in virtual-
ly every event. Northwest Com-
munity College student King
Fung becomes provincial cham-
pion in the Kata event.

“owith a "sprint Hinish Victory in:
~ the Skeena River Challenge bike

NORTHMEN rugby players battle the Prince » George Barbarians for the ball during a line-out i in the Col-
umbia cup final at the Northwest Community College pitch. The Barbarians came out of the hard-

fought game victorious.

November

J eff Sharples is traded to the
Edmonton Oilers in a six-player
deal to send Oiler forward Jim-
my Carson to. his hometown
Detroit Red ‘Wings, Sharples is
named as part of the trade after
being sent to Detroit’s farm
team and suffering a shoulder

. separation there. The 22-year-

oid Terrace calls the move the
best development of his career.
After recovering from: his in-
jury, the new Oiler defenceman
is sent to Edmonton's. farm
team to get his strength back.

Terrace dart players dominate
competition in a tournament in

SPRINTING “70 VICTORY, Terrace rider lke Christensen, at left,
pulls ahead of the pack to win the Skeena River Challenge bike race

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Prince Rupert.

Torornnit’s junior boys
volleyball team — the Airborne
Screaming Eagles — win the
consolation final. at provincials
in Clearwater,

Coacdories Kermode boys

soccer team beat Kitimat fora _
trip to the provincial champion- —

ships‘ but are eliminated in a
close 3-2 loss to the Delta
Huskies:

Senior vo volleyball: action saw

Caledonia’s Kermode. girls win |

the zone title. to > 80, to Pfovin-

cials in Kamloops. The Ker-
mode boys are beaten 3-2 by
Kitimat,

,

Bowie: John Rasmussen
beats. more than 80 players to
win the B.C. provincial five-pin
bowling championships and
earn a trip tothe nationally
televised Labatt’s. Lite national
championships broadcast Jan,
13 on CBC Sportsweekend:

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Es Terrace boxers win.

_ medals-at the Salmion Belt taur- _
-nament in Prince Rupert. and

Darren Bell and Focy Losier box
their way to spots on the zone
Winter Games team. . :

Decem ber

Haavity favoured, the
Houston Deans beat Kitimat to
win the Wranglers men’s recrea-
tional hockey:tournament. Ter-
race’s Norm's Auto.Refinishing

fought their way into‘the semi- -
’ finals but were eliminated by a-

Kitimat team. yi

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