Oldtimers -finish © in third — . The Northwest Oldtimers of ‘Terrace came out with third place at the annual B.C. master’s men’s. fastball champ- ionships in Vancouver on the July 16 weekend. Had it not been for the Port Coquitlam entry, Terrace might have placed even higher, In Ter- race’s four-win, two-loss overall record, Port Coquitlam inflicted both losses. Their first game was a 5-1 loss to the Port crew. Then they won four in a row. tine Ju y21, 1988 9 First it was 3-1 over Van- he couver Merchants, then 7-1 over Vernon. In their fourth game they beat Vancouver Marelomas 8-1, and followed this with a 6-2 win over Nanaimo, This put them into the semi- final against the Port team. The 4-1 Terace loss eliminated them for further play. Coquitlam lost out to Courtenay in the championship game, thus giving Terrace third place. Northmen. undefeated The Terrace Northmen rugby team remains undefeated in - Northcoast Rugby League ac- tion following their 15-4 come- back win against Prince Rupert on July 17. ‘Down 4-0 at the half, the Northmen went ahead on a con- version and three tries by Graham Bilis, Don Morgan and Rick Weisner. Kitimat’s expansion to 18 holes at the Hirsh Creek golf club is moving ahead at a steady ‘rate, and the 1990 completion estimate seems to be right on schedule. Concerns from the Depart- ment of Fisheries over the design of the lower portion of the new section, which is adjacent to Hirsh Creek, were resolved earlier this month. The layout for the upper five holes is complete, according to construction chairman Pat Con- nor, Debris has been cleared and burned, and earth-moving work is underway. _ The logging road currently be- ‘ing built by Alcan to its timber holdings, will give the golf club access to the lower holes. ' Meanwhile, the project got a needed shot in the arm through a $100,000 lottery fund grant, which local MLA Dave Parker -presented to the club on July 18, Total budget for the expansion is about $600,000. Final working drawings have ‘been received.to help the work _ progress even faster. It’s possi- ‘ble some fairways could be seed-. ed later this summer. Fast changes and fancy footwork were in evidence at last week's second annual: ‘Skeena Valley Triathlon as swimmers dropped their aquatic duds to don cycling gear for the second stage of the race. . Becoming | a provincial attraction _ More athletes, lower times © —in second Skeena Triathlon “The sparkling husband-and-wife winning effort of Leon and Michelle Fisher, a large turnout of 77 com- petitors and high praise from all involved, added up to a very successful second edition of the Skeena Valley Triathlon at Lakelse Lake-Provincial Park on July 17. The top three winners in all six categories won major prizes, run- ning from Canadian Airlines International plane tickets to San Francisco for both Fishers, down to hats, shirts and records to the also-rans, The impressive list of prizes, plus a scrumptuous beef dinner were well applauded by more than 100 athletes and guests at the windup banquet. _ Records were shattered in all five of the first year’s divisions, some by as much as half-an-hour. Open Men’s Division Fisher, over a slightly extended course from 1987, beat the time of last year’s winner — John Nelson of Prince Rupert — by two _ Minutes, nine seconds. Nelson had to settle for fourth place, about five minutes behind Fisher. Fisher's time was one hour, 54.57 minutes. Runnerup to the Mackenzie athlete was Michael Jackson, a former Rupert resident now living in Victoria. He was three minutes, eight seconds behind Fisher. Veteran Terrace runner Ray Warner placed third in little over one minute behind Jackson. Open Women’s Division It wasn’t even close in this division as Michelle Fisher posted a time of two hours, 18 minutes, 30 seconds. This topped the old Mark by 28 minutes, 34 seconds. “Janice Dick of Vancouver finished second. She was 18 minutes, -19 seconds’ behind Fisher, Carlin Miroslav of Stewart won third prize, another 18 minutes behind the runnerup. . Junlor Men’s Division Another Prince Rupert Nelson brother — Charles — was number one among the three entries for this division. His time of two hours, four minutes and 43 seconds knocked 24 minutes, 14 seconds off the 1987 time. Robin Suopanki of Kitimat was next, about 24 minutes later. Another Kitimat athlete — Brian O’Neill — was another 12 minutes behind Suopanki for third place. Men’s Team Division All-Terrace teams placed one-two-three in the men’s team divi- sion, and the winners cracked the old record by more than 30 minutes. It was the veteran runner Ed Ansems. teaming up with young Mike Christensen on the bike and even younger Terry Llewellyn in the water, that set the pace and broke the mark by 32 minutes, 21 seconds. Their overall time was one hour, 51 minutes, 39 seconds, . It was the best time of the day with anchorman Ansems the first ‘person breaking the tape. The Larsons — Steve and Jason —- teamed up with Jason Toop to -place second, about 32 minutes behind the Ansems-Christensen- Llewellyn threesome. Less than two minutes behind was thet trio 0 of Ross Jewell, Arch MacDonald and Terry Cook. ‘Ladies’ Team Division This division turned out to be a family affair with mother Joan Sturn and daughters Jaci and Lisa grabbing top honors. With Lisa | - swimming, Jaci biking and Joan running, they conquered the route in two hours, 31 minutes, 29 seconds. As this was a first-time divi- sion, they broke no record. Donna Dickie, Sandra Jewell, and Fiona Cook finished only four minutes behind for second place. A Smithers group of Evelyn Reichert, Julia Beatty and Dawn House came in third, only one minute behind the runnersup. Mixed Team Division The third Nelson brother in the race was Joseph, and he paired up with Paul Cope and Misty Watson to win the mixed title. They were timed in two hours and 34 seconds. Their time knocked 11 minutes and 17 seconds off the *87 mark. All-Terrace teams took the next two positions. Norm Stack, Dave Shannon and Lynne Smith placed second in two hours, 20 minutes, 39 seconds. Then it was Derek Phillips, Theresa Lindseth, and Greg Dolman in two hours, 24 minutes, three seconds. Weather-wise, it was cloudy but not too cool. The lake, which has lacked hot summer weather to warm up, was more conducive to a polar swim. . Only one compétitor suffered an injury requiring a few stitches for a minor wound. Two bikers had flat tires, but otherwise it all went off without any major hitches. Chief organizer Dr. Dale Greenwood thanked all the sponsors in opening remarks at the banquet. He also praised the Rotary and Lions clubs, the Roadrunners motorcycle club and RCMP plus numerous volunteers, like the Northmen Rugby Club. A complete listing of competitors, times and placings, together with several pictures can be found in this edition. An interesting sidelight to the race came from the Fisher family. It seems that Michelle rode her bicycle from Prince George to Moricetown where her husband caught up in the car, then drove her into Terrace prior to the race. “Actually, she’s just as proud of that as she is of winning the Triathlon,’”’ Leon Fisher told us. The Pee Wee Intermediate Girls team of 1988 would like to thank the following businesses. Their donations towards the ‘‘provincials” in Rutland July 8 - 10, 1988 were greatly appreciated. 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