B16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 18, 1996 Sports Scope Badminton is back BADMINTON HAS returned to Thombill Jr. Secondary, This bird-smashing group will play every Tuesday and Thursday from 8-10 pm. To get involved, call Diane at 635-3564. Special athletes register TERRACE SPECIAL Olympics will be holding its registration night Friday, October 4, at the Skeena Mall. Registration fee is $30 per athlete, For more in- formation call Jo at 535-7936 after 6 pm. Snowmobiles ho ‘THE SKEENA Valley Snowmobile Association will be holding a meeting at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, October 1 at the Sandman Inn. AJl snowmobilers are welcome fo attend: For more information call Adolf at 638-8792, Golf championships WE'RE IN the middle of club championships at the Skeena Valley Golf Club, The women teed of on the weekend, while the men played the weekend before. Next weekend will be the Juniors. In the men’s championships, il was Tyler Gibson tak- ing overall Iow gross at 151, with John Taylor taking low net at 136. In the champions category, it was Jim Holland with a low gross of 151, and Jim Rigler winning low net with 137. Meanwhile, Paul Walker took top low gross score in the A division with 169, and Dave Munroe won the low net with 143, The B class saw low gross go to Sandy Farkvam with 185 while Ed Vosioo took low net with 143. Bruce Carruthers was tops in the C class, . with a low gross of 202, Albert Vales was second with alow net of 138. In the senior category, it was Clayton Lloyd-Jones with a low gross of 160 and Phil Davies with a low net of 141. And at the Seniors Games in Kamloops, Debbie Caruthers snagged a silver, and Dick Graf a bronze Soccer meeting THE TERRACE Youth Soccer Association will be holding its annual general meeting September 25. All players, parents and soccer supporters are welcome to attend. The meeting will take place at the Happy Gang Centre at 7:30 pm. Marathon madness THE SKEENA Valley Runners Club is holding its All Seasons half marathon on Sunday, October 6th. The half marathon starts at noon, while the five and 10k races kick off at 1 pm. The races both start and fin- ish at the Northwest Community College. Entry forms are available at All Seasons. For more information call Sherrie at 638-8365 or Lynn at 635-3474. Terrace Youth Soccer Association Double knock-out tournament: Finals _ Under 9 - September 7 Elkers Auto 2 Totem Ford 0 Tournament winner. Elkers League winner: Surveyors Under 10 — September 8 Warner Bandstra 2 RAGS Terrabytes. 1 Tournament winner: Warmer Bandstra League winner: Shoppers Under 12 — September 13 Copperside 3 Overwaltea 1 League winner: Elan Travel Tournament winner, Copperside Under 14 — September 13 “This is my toy,” says Sara Mortis, holding up a .45 calibre pistol. It may be her toy, but its a toy she treats with great respect. Marris is a competitive practical pistol shooter, and she’s one of the best in the Northwest. ‘*There are lots of safety rules in this sport,’’ she says. “‘And if you get caught breaking any of them you'll be disqualified pretiy quick,’” A member of the International Pistol Shooters Confederation, Morris holds a black badge training certificate and is a certified range officer — someone who supervises other shooters at a meet. And at the Northern Zone Practi- cal Pistol Championships held in Quesnel, September 1, she was the top female shooter, placing second overall in her category. “Shoots are always fun,’ Morris says. ‘“You get to meet lots of people from different areas.’’ Morris’s husband taught her to shoot four years ago and she hasn’t looked back. She says she loves the competitiveness of the sport and excitement that comes from wield- ing her weapon, “It’s a real adrenalin rush,’’ she says. “‘But you have to be very aware at all times, Safety infrac- tions can cost you a match, so you always have to be alert.”’ But Morris says that, despite the Strict rules governing her sport, it suffers from a Jot of misconcep- tions. ‘People tend to associate guns with the criminal element,’’ she says. ‘“That’s simply not the case. There is no connection between criminals and this sport.’ Morris has had to overcome a lot of misconceptions herself. When she was young, her father took her Morris blasts competition SARA MORRIS takes aim. Morris recently won top female shooter at the Zone Championships in Quesnel. brothers hunting, but he never bothered to educate her about guns. So when her husband suggested that she try shooting, Morris was nervous. She remembered being taught that women simply didn’t do things like that. “IT was scared at first,’ she says. “But I-overcame my fears when I learned more about it. This is a safe, legitimate spart.’” Now Morris wants to encourage more women to get involved. She says the current ratio of 10 males to every female shooter is indicative of the ‘men’s club” image of the sport — an image she says is changing. ‘At the last qualifier in Prince George, women won all the top Spots’? she says. ‘“‘Women are proving to be just as competitive as the men.”’ That’s why Morris is working to have the ‘‘Top Lady Shooter’ trophy category dropped from pistol events. ‘We just don’t have that much respect for the plaque,’’ she says. OUR TERRACE girl's under-14 soccer squad kicked the competition In Prince George two weekends ago to take the tournament undefeated. Morris encourages men and women to call the Rod and Gun Club, and come out for a shoot, She says that there are usually lots of people who will loan out their guns to let beginners have a try. And she wouldn't mind giving some pointers to help others along in the sport she really loves. ‘T’m proud to be part of this sport and respected among my fel- low competilors,’’ she says. “It’s something I’d like to share with others.”’ Girls take tourney OUR UNDER-14 Ginl’s soccer squad blasted through the com- pelition at the Prince George Soccer Tournament, September 7-8, finishing the event un- defeated. In the first match, the giris were in fine form, netting four unanswered goals to blank their opponents 4-0, “They were flying,”’ says coach Nick Kollias, The girls continued their win- ning ways in the next match, posting a 1-0 win, That shutout was especially sweet since it was over the team that had fin- ished first in the league. In the third match, the girls again proved to be a defensive powerhouse, keeping their op- ponents off the scoreboard for the third straight game. They won handily, 3-0. In the semifinals, the Terrace squad came out strong, scoring first. But by the end of the sec- ond -balf it was all tied up at one. There was a tense shoot out, and the gisla pulled through, winning 2-1. Having come that far, the gitls weren’t about to slow down for the Finals. “T didn’t even have to say anything,’’ Kollias says. ‘They knew what to do.”’ In the opening half, our girls dominated, getting lots of scor- ing chances, but hitting the post four or five times. By half time, it was tied at one. And the second half saw the Terrace squad really take control, They made it 2-1, then 3-1 before the opposition scored one more, with 30 sec- onds remaining in the game. 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