Uphill for Williams,

Hipolito prefers down

A FAST first run and an even faster second gave Emilio Hipotito a comfortable victory ln the final Shames downhill competition of the season.

Hipolito sped to a 58.17 sec- ond first descent, nearly two seconds clear’ of nearest pur- suer, Mikko Jaakkola.

Then, while his closest rivals slowed, he put in a second run that was close to four seconds faster to win by more than 11 seconds,

Jaakkola having faltered badly on his second, Pat Lebeau’s 59.07 catapulted him from fourth to the runner-up spot, five seconds ahead of

JUDY FLAHERTY was per- fect at this year’s Terrace Bad- minton Open, Mark Flaherty almost so,

Between them, the Prince George duo took five of six available ‘A’ flight titles, with Judy sweeping her possibles.

Having defeated Karen Resch in the singles, she teamed with Rhea Barber to add the Ladies’ doubles at the expense of Mary Louise

Crespo and Melody Joseph.

Jaakkola with Kevin Bil- lingsley dropping back a slot to third,

Billingsley did come away from the mountain with one victory, top spot in the Men’s over 18 years class in the ar- ducus hill climb event.

But the fastest overall title went to Dave Williams, 15, who scaled the course in 47 minutes, 23.30 seconds, 35 seconds ahead of Matt Kerby.

Having to setlle for another third place finish was Jaak- kola, right on Kerby’s heels with a time of 48:26,25,

That under-18 trio filled the first three overall spots ahead

Flaherty sweeps

Finally, she joined up with Mark to take the Mixed away from Norm Parry and Karen Resch.

Mark had earlier beat out Norm Parry for the Men’s singles but Parry toak consola- tion in the Men’s doubles when he and Smithers’ Dan Tuomi emerged victorious from their battle with Chuck Cey and Dave Munro.

In ‘B’ flight action, Mui Luc dropped Diane Cey in the

of Billingsley.

In the 18-over, Mark Henry took the runner-up place, 23 seconds ahead of Hipolito.

Only three and a_ half minutes covered the first seven overall finishers,

On the Ladics over-18 side, Wendy Shymanski was im- pressive in clocking 52:47.13 for eighth overall while Elsa Dahlie, 16, took the under-18 title.

Only three of the 19 entries failed to finish the climb while the only casualties in the downhill came on the second tun when three failed to com- plete the course,

Ladies

singles, The pair then joined forces in the doubles but couldn’t get by Karen Resch and Hester Flewin,

Luc added another ‘B’ vic- tory when she and Tuomi defeated Diane Cey and Henri

’ Michaud in the Mixed.

The tournament marked the end of the °94-"95 badminton season and many of the league’s players have already hit the tennis courts to enjay their summer activity.

Chance to learn about Ip-sic

THE ROD and Gun club is planning to give people a chance to lear what Practical shooting is all about. Handgunners regularly take part in club level International Practical Shooting Confedera- tion. (IPSC) matches at the Thornhill range, ‘Spokesman Terry Morris said next Wednesday eve- ning’s meeting will include a display of several types of typical handguns and the ac- cessories available to the com- petitive shooter.

They'll range from the entry —

level stack guns with basic holsters and magazine pouches up to the custom firearms with high tech accessories — usual- ly referred to as Race guns.

There will also be an expla- nation of the rules of IPSC (pronounced Ip-sic) competi- tions, what constitutes a match and how points are awarded.

‘We will also describe the safety rules that make our sport one of the safest action games there is,’’ Morris added. .

Ip-sic, sometimes called Ac- .

tion shooting, requires move-

ment by the shooters to be able to engage all the targets, so lends itself well to video taping.

Morris said the presentation will include tape showing ex- amples of both the best ‘‘and probably the worst” moments of club members in prévious shoots,

The meeting takes place Wednesday, May 3 starting at 7:15 p.m. at the Red and Gun club on Rifle Range Rd. in Thornhill.

’ Morris emphasized the meet-

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The young coach was devastated. He'd never been

f fired before, Heck, he'd just

been hired and his meteoric rise ta.the NHL had been without a stumbling black, From school teacher to smail college coach, to junior hockey and

s onto the high minors there

hadn't been a hitch. He was fast-tracked to the big teague and being fired was the furthest thing from his mind, But then he'd never dealt with big time pros before and they live in a different world,

His first season in the NHL was delayed by the lockout but

a that just gave him mora time ta

prepare. Organization was to be his strong suit. A tireless worker, he spent countless hours preparing for practices, games and road trips.

His young team was pressured by few expectations. Ha was hired to grow with them and if they made the playoffs this season it would be a bonus. His job was to mauld the team

.for the years to come. But as the short season prograssed ihe playotfs seamed within their .grasp and after 25 games the club was in second place, closing in on the leader and the -coach was the toast of the town. Three weeks later he's just toast,

The problems began, as most do in pro sports, with

‘lasing. Not just a couple out a haif dozen losses, then self doubt begat. self-destruction ‘and the streak reached seven when the wheels came off the cart.

After a particularly tough-to- take one-goal loss, a-dressing room argument broke out. The captain, one of the ‘experianced NHE players. on the team, was labbylng for an assist he felt he'd been robbed

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contractual bliss in the neighborhood of $1.8 million.

player said he’d given it up voluntarily and a feud within a

When the coach got wind of feud became too public at the

the fracas he knew he had to take control, The losing streak would never end if the players came apart as a team. He met with the captain and suggested It would be best if he gave up the C and made up with his mates,

The discussion ended and the media descended. Unprepared for the questions that were coming, the coach intimated he'd taken - the ‘C’ away from his captain. The

wrong time and the general

‘Manager stapped in with a

form of damage contro! all too common in today's hockey.

After 34 games, the young coach was fired. He created playoff hopes then lost his job because of it.

He'll be back for another shot at another time and when he returns he'll be all the wiser. In so many ways, hockey is just a small part of the NHL game.

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