eae — Sports Experience is key benefit for lady Panthers The Parkland Panthers senior girls’ basketball team has mixed feelings about its 11th-place show- ing at the provincial champion- ships earlier this month. Coach Marg Metcalfe says she was pleased with the way the team played, but adds, “I was hoping to get into the top 10.” On the other hand, the trip to the provincials was the first for the lady Panthers in a decade, and Metcalfe says the experience could prove beneficial should the team be in the same position next year. “We should be fairly competi- live next year,” says the coach, noting she will have five girls back and lose only four to graduation: At the B.C. AA 16-team provin- cial tournament, held in Arm- Strong, the lady Panthers opened with a Friday night loss to Fulton by a score of 61-49. That loss knocked them out of contention for a top-eight placing. One problem the Panthers encoun- tered was foul trouble, says Met- calfe. “If we had been at our best, we would have won that game,” she says. Leading the way for the Panthers was Natasha Kipot, with 12 points, TEAM Peninsula Allstars Victoria A Chemainus Victoria B Claremont Spartans VANCOUVER ISLAND TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE LEAGUE STANDINGS EFFECTIVE MARCH 24 GP 110 110 110 110 110 W L PTS 74 36 74 67 43 67 64 46 64 56 54 56 9 91 9 Surt 2 wins Patos long course as 26 finish the Swifftsure qualifier All but two of 28 boats regis- tered in the Sidney/North Saanich Yacht Club’s first overnight race of the season qualified for competi- — tion in Victoria’s prestigious Swiftsure Classic. The Patos Island Annual Clas- sic, held on March 16-17, acted as a qualifier for the annual Swiftsure and all 26 boats completing the course qualified. In division A, 15 boats raced the 66.7 nautical mile course, and 13 division B and cruising class boats competed in a 43.6 nautical mile course. Conditions were ideal at the Start, with sunny skies and a 10-knot breeze. However, adverse tides on the long course tested the A division: fleet. The first boat home was Surt 2, Ed Life’s C&C 41 from the Royal Victoria Yacht club, which completed the course in 12 hours and six minutes. The second boat home was Bill Bakken’s Peterson 35, Blackheart. He was also the overall long course winner. Second overall was K. Wilson’s C&C 38, Pacific Lady III, and third was G. Cooper’s Cal 3-30, Skywalker. In the B division, the short course fleet had the wind and tides in their favor throughout. The first boat home and overall short course winner was the host club’s Bongo, Gordon Howard’s Newport 27. She finished the course in nine hours, 52 minutes. Second overall was G. Jacobi’s C&C 29, Sonnet, while third went to M. 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Genea Gnift netted 21 points and Hook had 19 in game two, while Hook scored 26 and Grift added 17 in the third game. “Once we got going, we could see we really had the potential to be there,” says Metcalfe. In the lady Panthers’ fourth and final game, the team fell to Arm- strong Pleasant Valley 71-42. Kipot led the team with 12 points, while Hook chipped in 11. The loss left the lady Panthers with a 2-2 record for the tourna- ment and in 11th spot. “I was pleased with the way we played,” says Metcalfe. “It’s been 10 years since I’ve taken a team to the B.C.’s,” she notes. Volkssport event just weeks away The Volkssport Association of Bnitish Columbia (VABC) will be hosting the Sth annual convention of the Canadian Volkssport Feder- ation (CVF) April 12-14 in Vic- tora. Volkssporting, which translates into “people’s sports,” involves events which are non-competitive - and without the stresses of speed and endurance. It is international in scope and involves walking, bicycling, cross- country skiing and swimming. The walking events are most popular in B.C. - Jn its convention, the CVF will . host walking clubs from the U.S., England, Germany and other parts of Canada. Organizers are also encouraging public participation. Two 10-km walks are planned, a guided walk on Apmil 13 and the CVF’s President’s Walk on the 14th. Registration for the guided walk is at 2:30 p.m., and it begins at 3:30 p.m. The President’s Walk begins at 7 a.m. The start and finish points for both walks is the mezzanine of the Harbour Towers TheReview Wednesday, March 27, 1991 A24 | Happy Easter from the staff at BAKERY = “The swectee GON 656-941 1 2354 BEACON AVE. Under the Yellow Awning at Home Hardware | WE MAKE RICE BREAD $2.99/loaf | Easter’s Specials Easter Bunny Cakes...$4.99 ea. As Easter Cup Cakes............55:ea. HOLIDAY HOURS: Closed Good Friday. 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