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TERRACE STANDARD

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 5, 1994 - BS

- SECTION C

“MALCOLM BAXT ER 638-7283

HIGHLIGHTS 93

July

ARECORD 116 golfers took part.

in the three day Skcena. Valley
Men’s Open which saw Dan

Rosengren emerge as overall low.

gross chamip.

‘SPECIAL OLYMPIANS te-

corded their best cver provincial
games result. Local athletes con-
tributed half of zone 7’s 19
medals,

* Solomon Angus of _ the
Hazeltens shattered the S.O.
3,000m record in a time of
12:02.40,

TRIATHLETES converged here
for the 793 Skeena valley event.
John Nelson took the men’s title,
Anita Bush the women’s,

SEVENTH FASTEST in the
country: Garth Coxford’s
1:11.81 in the 100m Fly earned

August

RUNNING ROYALTY was
crowned in the King of the
Mountain race, Sue Simpson and
Richard Harrison, taking’ the
women’s and men’s litles.

SKB WRECKERS conjured up a
three run final at-bat to beat oul!
Westpoint Renials 9-8 in the
Riverboat Days slo-pitch tourna-
ment final.

COREA ANDERSON, 17, came
home from the B.C. Summer
Games with a bronze medal, .
eared: in -the pole bending”
equestrian event,

RECORDS FELL at the Terrace
Specdway Memorial Day mect-
ing, Sharon Fagan and Jules

‘him that ranking a among, the, na-

tion’s 11-12 years boys in Swim
Canada preliminary . long-course
rankings. |

ALSO IN THE pool, Tristan
Brown slashed five plus seconds
off his previous best to capture
the 100m Free gold at tie provin-
cial “AAAs.

CONSISTENT play over two
rounds gave golfer Kim Coburn
a comfortable victory’ in the
Skeena Valley Ladics’ Open.

AMY PARFITT hauled in a
57lb. chinook to win the under-16
category in the Misty River Tack-
le fun fishing derby.

A BIRDIE on the first playoff
hole gave Mike Vandermuellen
ihe Terrace Junior Open title.

‘LaFrance both setting new:

marks in their classes.

TWO TITLES at the Smithers
Open and a sweep of all three at
the Terrace equivalcnl announced
the arrival of Dean Boucher on
the northwest tennis scene.

LOCAL TYKE Eric Hull, 7, was
selected to allend a Super Series
hockey camp in Vancouver.

TERRACE REPS took fourth

place at the provincial Bambino .

“division baseball championships.”

EX-VANCOUVER = Whitecap
Bruce Wilson headed up a suc-
cessful soccer camp atiended by
55 enthusiastic youngsters.

BARRELING ALONG, rider and mount in the Fall Fair
gymkhana (at top) show how it's done; (above) Wildwoad’s
goalie watches the post come to his rescue in the Youth Soccer
under-10 final; (top right) Joey Losier, left, spers with ex-Terrace
dub member and now pro boxer Mike Kennedy; and (bottorn
right} Peter Krause tackles the final clinb on his way to victory In

the Prince Rupert-Terrace Skeana River Challengs road race.

That was the year that was: 1993, another year of victors and
vanquished, record breakers and heartbreakers has gone inio

the books of athletic endeavour

in Terrace.

Below, some of the many shining moments which brightened
these. pages over the last six months of the year.

September

ZONE 10 athletes came away
from the B.C. Senior Games with
their best ever medal haul. Ter-
race’s Pat Kirkaldy won three
gold and set three games records.

MARSH MALLO, ridden by Kir-
sten, Muller, emerged from the
Timberland Horse Show with the
high point title.

TREVOR GIBSON led the Ter-
Tace entry at the second annual
Grass Blast snowmobile event,
winning three races,

THE IRON Women lifeguard
team took third in the beach
events at the B.C-Yukon
championships.

GERRY LAMBERT captured
top spot in the novice division at
the Loggers Sporis.

LOCAL ORGANIZERS learned
their bid to host the 1994 PeeWee
‘AA’ provincial championships
had been successful.

October

MIKE VANDERMUELLEN
picked up his second golf title of
the season, winning the local
club’s Junior tournty. Gail
Johnson and Tim Meszaros took
the women’s and men’s events.

VISITING DART players took
all but one title at the Terrace
Open, Annette Hiren and Carta
Boreham in ladies doubles
providing the only local victory,

SU stat papv  ede fiend *

TOP PLUS long course . rankings’ pr
included Bluebacks Audrey Erb
and Tristan Brown on the semi-
annual fastest times list’  ~ .- \,, |

THE NORTHMEN finished
fourth in their division. at ‘the
World Invitational rugby. union
tournament in Hawaii, thelr best
placing to date.

WADE FLAHERTY signed a
$1.5 million multi-year contract
with the NHI.’s San Jose Sharks.

BELATEDLY, Matt Thompson
received his top batter trophy,
eamed at the provincial Bambino
baseball championships, :

November

MINOR HOCKEY mourned the
loss of Rick King and his son
Paul, killed in a motor vehicle
accident while retuming from a
game in Prince Rupert. .

DALE WALKER’s rink fought
back lo take top money in the
Terrace Cashspiel,

CENTENNIAL CHRISTIAN’s
girls volleyball team won the jun-
ior ‘A’ zone title, the school’ 5
first.

OUT-OF-TOWNERS dominated
the Norm’s. Auto recreational
hockey © tournament, Hazelton

defeating Kitimat 5-2 in the final.
Terrace’s All Seasons took third.

‘BRIAN GERVAIS scored two

first round wins in taking a
provincial boxing championship
title, Robert Doane and Joey

December

NARROW DEFEATS proved
costly as the Caledonia Kermades
girls vollcyball icam had to settle
for 12th place at the provincial
championships.

SKEENA JR. girls basketball
squad got their season off to a
convincing start, dominating the
Nisga’a-hosted Snoball Classic
tournament.

TERRACE SCHOOLS wrestlers
brought home three gold from the
Prince Rupert Invitalional, Greg
Buck, Matt Kerby and: Aait Jas-
wal belng the victorious trio,

Losier also won, the trlo ually.
ing for the nationals,

CALEDONIA KERMODES sac

‘ eer team placed fourth in the

_ senior boys provincials, the best
ever finish by a Cal soccer squad,

‘rie Iamele garneted gold at the

regional figure . skating
championships, while’ Daniel
Miller and Lindsay Moleski
came away with bronze,

CHRIS TERLESKY went two-
for-two in the Terrace Open Dov- .
bles badminton tournament, tak-
ing lop spot in both the men’s anu
mixed events,

SKEENA GRADE 8 boys vol
leyballers beat. out -Contennial
Christian 2-1 in the final to wia |
the zone title,

RANDEE LEE. Armatrong
added her name to the

list of Bluebacke to” achelve
enough qualifying times to cam a
trip to the ‘AA’ provincials,

THORNHILL TIGERS trounced
Clarence Michiel ‘in the final to:
emerge a3 the '93 clemeniary.
boys Grade 6 volleyball champs. .

SKIERS WERE back on tho
slopes at Shanies Dec. 11 as snow

' finally blanketed the lower slopes

of the hitL ‘That was also opening
day for the Nancy Greens SK