Page. B4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, JUNE 5, 1991 | . Co | .

Hoonlight mystique af ¢ mayfi

Lines and circles: a series of short lines form an are across ‘the hard, wood decking of the bridge. The evening sun flickers through the spars.

Below, the Skeena is grey and swollen, running in a more or less straight line to the sea:

We park i in the place where - “= not so long-ago the distances _.

were obscured by dense forest. Now that the old trees are gone, the landscape stretches before us like quilted prairie; a new generation js starting'to poke

4 cd loak up oh the fives driz ~ gle and see pate olive duns rising “measured sweep. ir) through it. The oblique light il- have’ him. Though. luminates. them. °. Where - well, the stru leis al ipys MOTE

« Moments earlier™ ‘the-river: was. like work than’ pleasu —anti- -

calm now it erupts with trout climati¢’after‘the ris@-“A hand-.

and whitefish rising with deadly some fish, he fills the net;

The Skeena Angler

linear but actually part of a cy-

cle, like the straight‘ running, eyclic salmon that will run hard against it after the water has

‘dropped some and summer has”

begun,

It’s the-month of the greenest ‘greens in the seasonal cycle, The ‘wheels rattle against the decking of the bridge, then hum on the asphalt of Queensway. After - the hill we speed along the road to the lake, Gravel spits from

beneath the tires, a cloud of -

dust spews out behind us. The tarmac at the airport strikes out in a straight line to the east.

—CALENDAR—

Track meet

ELEMENTARY school athletes from across the city will: be, heading for the Skeena Jr. Secondary school field Saturday for a track meet,

Track and field events are to run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, and spectators are welcome. -

At least six schools are ex- pected to participate, with teams coming from Clarence Michiel Elementary, Thor- nhill Elementary, Cassie Hall Elementary, Veritas, Centen- nial Christian, and Uplands Elementary school.

Softball, playoffs}.

tHE BALLFIELDS. will be- usy: thissveekend.

Terrace’s bantam boys softball team will be playing off against competition from around the northwest for the right to go to the B.C. Sum- mer Games.

The other Summer Games, playoff this weekend will feature bantam girls leams. from Terrace and out-of-- town,

Terrace’s peewee girls team will also be taking on Smithers in a playoff for the right to go to the peewee pro- vincials.

Oidtimer soccer

AN OLDTIMER's soccer tournament is being organiz- ed for mid-June,

Players 35 years old and up can compete in the tourney here June 15-16. Team entry fee is $250.

Winners and runners-up will receive trophies, medals and cash. For more informa- tion phone Nick Kollias at 635-9231,

Torch Run

CITY .RESIDENTS are be- ing invited to ‘‘adept-a-cop” on’ June 18 to support the B.C. Law Enforcment Torch Run.

The event will involve about ‘a -16-kilometre_ relay run, with local RCMP of- ficers taking part, as well as Special Olympic athletes and local sheriff,: probation and corrections officers.

-Money. will) be raised through various events and activities, but the focal point will be the run’s adopt- -a-cop program, . where Sponsors choose a runner and make pledges. ‘All. proceeds are to support Special .Olympics programs for: ‘handicapped ' athletes.

one in a series of” torch runs province-wide, with.a Brande finale at B.C. Place stadium in Vancouver July 4. ||

out of the stumps and fireweed. We take some comfort from “that,

‘There are a few new turns, and the bridge across the creek has been swept aside by fall freshet, but, except for that, the

‘trail is the same as: it was last

season and the season before.

“We arrive at the river. Finlay starts in immediately. I sit on a stump and watch flycatchers dart above the riffless.i:

An osprey wings downstream and lights on a branch. I watch him for a while then look away. When I look back I see the splash. then see him rise from

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the river -with a fish in his talons.

Predator and prey: the cycle starts me thinking about time and progress and the linear way modern man ‘defines: history. I wonder whether we haven’ i made a serious mistake in seeing progress as a‘ continual march

_ of technological advancement.

There must be great risk in mov- ing away from natural direc- tions.

Mayfly nymphs have | been stirring along the boitom all

evening: some have begun the: first part of their perilous drift

- downstream: ‘Long: ‘shadows

stretch out over the: river,” the :

‘wind drops off,”.

Caddis flies dart upstream, as they always’ doy Some: bounce off the surface ‘of the’ river to lay

&ggs. The trout: have: ‘seen this all

They lie near the bottom, occa sionally rising a: little to in- tercept a drifting nymph, :

The mayflies Teach the next

‘ accuracy to intercept the hapless

duns, ) > It’s. time, I slip into the river -

and catch one of the ephemeral

- insects ‘just to confirm that my ~~

imitation is:close enough i in col-

“our and size. Itis.', ,

‘It’s a full moon, The. extra

“ight: will give us a few more

‘.minules. on. stream. around.for the largest rise. A’ large: trout‘ shows only 20 feet away, After three casts and three drifts, I make a convine- ing presentation, —

‘]- cast

Up he comes: head and eye, a

silver flank, a broad tail. [ try to

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‘The Terrace run, will, be.

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. The hatch i is short <By‘eleven:. . few ©. isolated rises. "Can't see my fy anymore,'’ I call-to Finlay;:;.: : We wade cautiously: He the shadows and: the, ‘shallows - and use. our ‘flastilights. © to. navigate the’ ‘trail. Moonlight. floods the landscape. AS we put’:

* our-rods in the'car, ‘the’ “call of . ‘some geese: echoes: _ valley. Anothér.' of “the.

‘down. the. ‘circles’. that spin arourid us cntinually.”

“Canada geese,” obser'vés':

Fin, “They must be- nesting. we

“It's nice to. hear’; them

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TERRACE — The Northmen are continuing to dominate the northwest rugby scene after dual victories last week extend- ed their unbeaten record to six games.

Terrace’s rugby club mangled the Smithers Camels 19-6 and hammered Prince Rupert 23-9 in action here May. 25 and 26.

The Rupert game saw the Northmen charge to a 12-3 lead by halftime, When: they switch- ed ends it put the wind at Ter- race's back and the team ex- ploited the advantage to pack in two more trys and a penalty kick,

The foot of Doug Wilson was = responsible for seven. of those points of twOaCcessh ul « coniveg- sions and a penalty kick. if

The next game - against Smithers was more of the same.

“It was a case of the three W’s,’' said Northmen spokesman David Hull. “wind, Wilson and Warcup.”!

The stingy Camels defence allowed.no scoring in the first half, and the teams entered the second half tied 0-0.

But Terrace got on the board first with three points on a Doug Wilson penalty kick.

That was just the start of Wilson’s performance. A few plays later he blasted through the Camel tacklers and ran the ball into the end zone for the game’s first try, and then kicked his own conversion to put Ter- race up 9-0 at the 15-minute mark of the second half.

Willie McCleary — perform- ing like an amazingly accurate Scud missile launcher — kept firing booming kicks: deep into

_ Smithers territory that paid

dividends all game and set up

_ the next scoring play.

McCleary's: kick. dropped

_ deep inthe Smithers zone and

UNDER PRESSURE from a couple of Smithers rugby players, Ter- ,

race Northman John McGowan looks to make a pass to teammate Bill Warcup. The Northmen beat the Smithers Camels 19-6 two weekends ago to collect their sixth straight victory in the North

‘Coast Ruby U Union: Wajcup scored two tries that game, picking up =.

bouncing ‘balls deep. in the Smithers end. PHOTO, - - LORNE

CLARKE.

Camel defenders couldn’t corral

‘ the loose pigskin. Terrace's Bill

Warcup cruised in to snag the bouncing ball and run it in for another try and a 13-0 lead.

He repeated a couple plays later when another deep kick by McCleary bounced in front of a hapless Camel defender, ricocheled off the goal post, and went straight into his arms.

Warcup made no mistake in

running it in for another Ter-

race Iry.

‘“‘Warcup probably had more scoring there in'10 minutes than he’s had in four years,” Hull added. :

Wilson converted the try for a commanding 19-0 lead.

The Camels broke the scoreless drought, scoring a try with an impressive drive .thal started deep in their own zone

Biker races In Quebec

TERRACE — Terrace biker Mike Christensen took off for Quebec last week in-preparation for the national team selections . this summer. '

He had just returned from a national tournament in Calgary where he finished as top B.C. rider, placing fifteenth overall.

“Calgary went really well. My fitness was right on track,”

_ he said. ‘‘Quebec will be the real

_test,”

‘He said riders returning from - Quebec “come back just flying, - going really fast, or they come back just dead.”

- Christensen has ridden in Quebec before and likes it.

“‘T really enjoy riding there. It’s really almost a different country — it's more European and you tend to get a lot more people out watching the races,’"”

The competition will be better in Quebec, he said, especially ' because excellent Ametican _ teams. from the. eastern

& seaboard come up for. the: TACs, -and because the Canadian ‘na- ‘tional team riders will be home «from m Europe to ride, there... :

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Mike Christensen

“T expect the racing there to be a lot tougher — probably the :

toughest racing I've ever done,”’ He hopes that tough racing will whip him into best shape ©

fora tournament in White Rock |

later this summer, where scouts

will choose the four. national: team members: for the. world: -

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“‘Whiterock is good for me — there are a lot of hills. | hope to make the Pan-Am team, It’s a really good opportunity for guys to break into the national program.”

Christensen. has already benefitted from some national- calibre training. His B,C. team-

“mate, former Terrace resident Paul Henderson, is a national “team member and the national pursuit champion. And at the tournament. in Calgary he had some help. from the national women’s team coach.

“I have to work on sprinting,

-At the camp we were working

on our weaknesses and I got to do the sprint (exercise) twice, So -that was abit of a hint,’'

The Calgary exercises may have paid off, for on May 19 he “won two primes (sprints in the ‘middle of longer races) at a race

Mn ‘Sidney, B.C. His teammate

Swon four ‘between them, he ‘and Henderson won six of fhe ‘eight primes. ”

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for a 19-6 final score. ;

Hull: said defence. has been the key so far this season, witha trend towards low-scoring defensive battles.

The wins give Terrace a 6-0.

record in North Coast Rugby Union action. That, combined

with their one pre-season ex- hibition’ win and 2-2. tourna-

ment record, gives them a 9-11 .

record overall this year. They're in Prince Rupert this weekend for another double- header against Smithers and Rupert at Seafest.”

competition.

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"Mann prevails | at tennis tourney

TERRACE — Fran Mann kept her spot atop the women's tennis scene at the tennis club’s recent tournament, winning the singles and: doubles titles.

: Mann beat Erma Motschiinig 6-1, 6-4 In the May 18-20 tourney to nab first place In the ‘A’-flight women’s singles

In the doubles event, she was joined by Nancy Condon.

* They defeated Motschilnig and Ada Sarsiat 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.

She teamed up with husband Swarn Mann for mixed . doubles, but the couple fell 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 in'a ihree-set loss in the fined to Terrace’s Hester Flewin and Richard ‘Kriegl.

- ‘B’ flight action saw ‘Else Holkestad and Shella Caddy win a second-set debreaker 7-4 to knock off Shannon =" Butler and Jackie Thomsen 6-2, 7-6 In women’s doubles,

In women’s ‘B’ flight singles, Nancy Condon came Out ‘victorious In a 6-4, 6-2 win over Butler.

‘BD flight mixed doubles saw Butler and Gord Woodd defeat Caddy and Don Henry. .

On the men’s side, Alex Kotal had to go to three nets before defeating Dean Boucher 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

And in ‘B* flight singles, it was Mike Gyorl, also of Kitimat, cruising past Jack Kester in the final 6-1, 6-2.

The ‘C‘-flight men’s singles final was an all-Killmat at , fair, with Emmanuel Roberts coming out on the winning - end of his duel with Gurdev Parmar.

Krieg] and Swarn Mann — shut out on the singles side ~

- battled through the doubles action to narrowly defeat Kitimat’s Kotai and Smithers player Matt Cachia, The Ter. race duo wor the first set 6-2, then dropped the second ret 7-6 off &- 7-5 tle-breaker before storming back for a: 63"

“In “B! filght doubles, Terrace’s Guy Kilend and Bil. Red- path won in the fia, Gefenting Bao Diep! avd Matt Phillips

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