Braves back
for talent
like Hodges

After recruiting Sidney base-
ball hotshot Steve Hodges, 25,
last year, the Atlanta Braves
were back on the weekend
looking for more local talent.

Scout Bill Clark was at a
Lambrick Park tryout in the
hope of adding fresh new hope-
fuls to revitalize the Braves’
ailing franchise.

Last year, Hodges one of two
Greater Victoria players
selected and signed to the
team’s books.

Currently, the right-hand hur-
ler is getting valuable experi-
ence on the Braves’ farm team,
the Idaho Falls Class A team.

The Braves scouting party is
on a 20-city tour of Canada, but
hopes that Victoria and the
Peninsula will again be able to
provide the franchise with
eager and talented players.

Hodges most recently played
for Budget Rent-A-Car in a
Victoria seniors men’s Class A
league and got his start in
Sidney Little League.

McCord ready
for Olympics

Peninsula athlete Glen
McCord will be among about
1,000 competitors “going for
gold’ at the National Special
Olympics in Vancouver, July
10-14.

McCord is among 11 Vic-
toria athletes to earn a place on
the 150-strong B.C. Special
Olympics team.

Competing as a swimmer,
@ McCord says he has trained
"| hard for the event and is proud
to represent his province at the
first ever National Special
Olympics on the West Coast.

Sailing school

Sidney and North Saanich
Yacht Club is holding a sum-
mer sailing school for adults
who enjoy the thrill of wind-
powered propulsion.

The course, which com-
menced yesterday, will run for
the next month between 6 p.m.
and 9 p.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday night.

Head sailing instructor Ste-
ven Payne said Laser 2 sail-
boats will be used for instruc-
tion.

A school for juniors will
wind down Friday but will be
followed up by a regatta at the
club on Aug. 11 for all youth
sailors interested in participat-
ing.

Anyone interested in register-
ing for the adult sailing course

should call 656-1347.

3 Swimmer takes

50-m breaststroke -

Sidney athlete Stefan Jakobsen
won top honors among the 15-16
year-old boys’ division at the pro-
vincial long course swimming
championships in Vancouver, Sat-
urday:

Jakobsen, who competes at a
secondary school level with the
Parkland Panthers’ swim team,
took first place in the 50-metre
breaststroke event, with a time of
31.81 seconds.

Many going to Games

About two dozen Peninsula ath-
letes will compete at the B.C.
Summer Games in Prince George,
Thursday until Sunday.

Adam Street and Alice Kubek of
Sidney are registered to compete
in track and field events.

In swimming events, Colin De
Wolfe, Neville Harding and Chris
Newman are registered while Paul
Bowden is expected to compete in
the trap shooting event.

Sidney smallbore shooting
enthusiasts Don Carter and Lyle
Wegelin will compete, while
Michael Petit will represent the
region in rugby.

Mary Campbell and Hannah du
Temple will also join the Sidney
contingent, by taking part in the
modem pentathlon.

Brentwood Bay sailors Les
Spearling, Joe Bell, Bill Bell and
Brian Fagan will compete in the
sailing events, while Dave Kosib
will race in the cycling races.

Saanichton athletes Katherine
Scott, Michael Hoffman and
Andrew Hoffman will compete as
modem pentathletes, while Kristi
Gregory will be take part in the
Games as a swimmer.

Central Saanich resident Jeff
Bain will also be at the Summer
Games, as a Zone 6 representative
in the first-ever BMX bicycle rac-
ing event at the Summer Games.

George White is Saanichton’s
track representative, while Gina
Gregory and Jane Gregory will
take part in the sailing races.

Tennis league staris on Peninsula
for range of recreational players

This summer marks the start of
the first ever Sidney and North
Saanich tennis league for recrea-
tional players aged 15 and over.

_ Some 23 players have registered
for the four divisions, which
include one ladies’ division.

League matches for the Sidney
Tennis Challenge League began
Monday and will run through until
Aug. 30, with each competitor
playing a total of ten games.

Organizer Mike Mahy said each
of the four divisions will provide
some tough competition for the
top honors.

Support from the business com-
munity has played a major role in
making the league a reality, he
said.

A number of local companies
will provide trophies and various
prizes for the best performers,
Mahy said.

All games will be played at
Iroquois Park, Resthaven Park,
Parkland High or Wain Park
between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.,
Monday to Friday, he said.

Spectators are welcome to
attend, especially for the finals,
which will be held at Iroquois
Park on Aug. 30, Mahy said.

Piranhas break records while

defeating rival

The Piranah Swim Club scored
a moral-boosting victory over rival
summer swim club Nanaimo
White Rapids at the Ray Newton
Invitational meet in Port Alberni,
June 30 to July 1.

The team was in its prime, with
14 swimmers qualifying for Prime
Piranah awards — six of them for
the second time this season, coach
Al Porter said.

The awards are given for swim-
mers who post four personal bests
at a single meet or 15 during the
season.

Prime Piranah Towel winners
last week were Sarah Newman,
Paula Hingley, Stephanie Dick,
Jonathan Owen, Matthew Webb,
Stephen Tait, Cathy Hanan and
Robert Carlow.

swim club

Second time winners were
Michelle Scromeda, Jens Jakob-
sen, Janice Hanan, Ashley Wey,
Angela Johnson and Nicole Pan-
nekoek.

Club record breaking was led by
assistant coach Andrew Ens, who
won the 200-metre individual
medley, 100-m breaststroke and
100-m backstroke for Division 7
boys.

Janice Hanan, who races in
Division 4, broke three records.
She topped the 200-m individual
medley, the 100-m backstroke, and
the 100-m freestyle.

Jennifer Deane, Ashley Wey,
Ewan Dewolf, Jennifer Aspen and
Jonathan Owen also established
new club records in Alberni.

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CHASING THE BALL is a
member of the Peninsula
Pee Wee B lacrosse feam
in playoff action against
Saanich last weekend.
Peninsula dropped the
contest despite winning
the regular season tifle.

Pee wees drop
rebound maich

The Peninsula Pee Wee B
lacrosse team, who recently won
the Island league championship,
tan out of luck in final playoff
action last weekend.

Playing against a strengthened
Saanich Pee Wee B squad, the
Peninsula team went down by
scores of 9-6 and 6-4, team spo-
kesman Steve Vagvolgi.

Bahai
Faith

It teaches:

World Peace

*The well being of
mankind, its peace and
security are unattainable
unless its unity is first
established.

*World peace is not only
possible but inevitable.

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