Page Al0 By MURRAY SHARRATT lightly as the defending Howard tempt on the try and opted to run League will hold an umpire train- Basebail ‘It’s still early in the season, but. = win. over Edward. Miline of Russell Cup champion Panthers _ the ball instead of kicking it for ing clinic for registered male and The Greater Victoria Little i Saanich Peninsula is shaping up —_— Sooke. a found out in Thursday’s contest three points ona penalty situa- female slow-pitch players, League will host the 1985 Cana- to..be ‘a threshold. for rugby “Cigremon. which sacked up at Parkland. tion. coaches and managers at 10 a.m. dian Joe Shea (13-year-old) Little powers in the Greater Victoria . high school league. Two of the three undefeated teams in the league are from the Peninsula. Parkland Panthers posted their fourth straight. vic- tory in a hard-fought 13-7 deci- sion over Peninsula rival Stelly’s Stingers. And Claremont Spar- tans, although having a much: “consecutive victory with a default 134 points while allowing none’ against in its opening two games of the season, ‘will. finally ~be tested. when the Spartans meet perennial rugby powerhouse Oak Bay. Barbarians, the © third undefeated team,.in a match Thursday at Oak Bay. The Stingers, although spor- - ting just one win and a tie in four THE REVIEW ~The Stingers caught Parkland napping in the early going and jumped into a 7-0 lead before the game was 10 minutes old. Inside centre Tory. Thompson, a realitive newcomer to the sport, “raced in for a try and .Tim Bolton, who had a solid game at the. flanker position, added -a penalty. goal minutes later. And Stelly’s could have added to that Like a sleeping giant, the Pan- thers awoke with a vengence and tied the game before halftime on a try by Greg Lewis and a penalty goal from brother Dave. The second. half was dominated by the Panthers as the more skillful Parkland forwards -used. the scum effectively,. won the majority of. loss rucks and combined with the backs. for ~ some bone-crushing tackles. ia Umpires Sidney Mixed. Slow-Pitch Mar. 24 and 31 at John Rd. Park in North Saanich. Kayaking “Some 30 Victoria’ Canoe and Kayak Club members will paddle to Port. Angleles and back — a 10-hour marathon — to raise money for Timmy’s Springtime Telethon Mar. ‘Sport shorts 24: To: make a. Wednesday, March 20, 1985 pledge call Timmy’ s pledge line 381-1985 on March 23 or 24. League championships July .27- Aug. 31 at Bullen Park in Es- quimalt. Slow-pitch A’ throw-together team irom the Sidney Mixed Slow-Pitch League (over. 30) placed third in the second annual Victoria Sports Festival tournament, scoring a whopping 62 runs in four games. easier time of it, recorded a third - outings, aren’t a team to be taken lead, but missed a conversion at- » The Stingers’. quick start had - Stelly’s coach John Wenman baf-... “¢ fled with pleasure, but he admit- BEE 24 GETIAAR ‘ted the Panthers were the 4% DID YOU NOW. “stronger team in the second half.. ig That. the Sidney Association ‘of Merchants has. over “We tend to be a slow Starting i 70 shops & services ready, willing & able tos serve team, but: we. came on. like gangbusters .(at the . Start). Parkland: was a bit better drilled team in the second half.. They pressured us and. our. guys. couldn’t quite answer.’ - Sustained pressure finally paid off’ for the Panthers as. Greg Lewis, who had a superb game at fullback, scored his second try on. ~ a 30-yard dash following a pretty ‘passing play from Greg Noble. Dave Lewis, who usually does his fair bit of running with the ball, . was hampered Thursday with a ~ Jeg injury but converted the try. . Stelly’s had one last opportuni-. ‘ty to get. back in the game. with.» --less than:-10 minutes remaining, but. Thompson. was Stopped on. "the goal line. ee “Parkland coach Don ‘Burgess: 2 slightly worried by. Stelly’s quick. — start, said he felt confident after . _ Lewis’ first try. Burgess said he _. would’ have liked: to have. seen > “more points by his team, but was especially pleased with the for-- ward line led by. Rich: p He alg Be you. eee ELI SPECIALS _ | “Black Forest Ham OS Blin ahve co J eee 100 9: : rugby, will be back from a three- "week Great Britain tour: with the “B.C. Junior. (under-19). team just’ -in time for. the Panthers game ” Thursday at Belmont. — oe “There's no doubt that he. is our best forward’... . he’s pro- ~ bably 30-per cent’ of our scrum, Hopefully we will. be very dif- ficult to beat (in the. second half HE of the seaon).’”. - < Stelly’s, which have. lost close i ‘games to Parkland and Mount ‘Doug, should reach the 500 mark Thao Senne ens 652-5442 _ Grasping at air, neither side seemed aware the ball was on a lineout during Greater Victoria’ high school rugby contest: between’ 4 Parkland, and ‘Stelly’ s Thursda Ye Parkland prevailed for. fourth straight victory. Se ere cetagel Murray. Sharratt Photo: ae rentwoo L J pekens take honors — 1ST) over: “Racquet - ‘Chub if players Joan. ee and John. Meljan jee Other Brenwwood players, who “For. the second’ consecutive pS ~year the Brentwood Jockers took Op. honors at the annual Festival of Sports’. badminton ‘tourna: ment held Mar. I6 and 12. teks “contributed to the victory, were: ~The title was not decided. anil: “Marilyn Moen, Lynn Lewis, Rob the last match’ of the’ round- robin Oldfield, Gordis Robinson,. Den- ‘tournament where Doris. Friesen orn nis Powell and Murray Slugeett. ee and: Boh; Lewis. won. anvexciting. As well as an open event, there § also a.recreation division for. “players with little or no tourna: Morphy," ‘Barb “Beep: “Doreen ~ ment experience. That title was Bower, Joe Chong, Gary, Dun- © won by the Peninsula. Recreation phy, Bob McDonald, Terry: “squad, consisting: of Roslynne:.. Thingsted and Terry Morphy. : Effective Friday, March 22. we' re making some”: , changes to the Victoria Regional Transit System, , We're” introducing: a. new express: ‘trip. between : [ “sidney and Downtown Victoria, . The bus. cee better way to get around, ie - Unt March: a1, 1986 oe (TAKE OUT AND DELIVERY ant) 7 ‘DINNER: SPECIALS — Pat Bay Hionway’ BeIWeen Sidney. and Down: | -town Victoria. 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