Page C2 Despite hot weather, long hours at. the pool, and an unfamiliar style of meet organization, the Piranhas managed to bring home 13 club records and seven Prime Piranha Towel winners from Campbell River July 16 and 17. Once again, the younger swim- . mers showed their strength by . Setting club records. In Division 1, Kim Tyndall, -Ashley Wey, Amy Sie8s and : Bogle Ridge Fstate is anew concept in country living designed just for you. SOUTH VANCOUVER ISLAND'S | fF states ; TAKE THE FREEDOM FLIGHT TO NATURAL LIVING ; on the beautiful Saanich. Peninsula. - carriage homes in strata title, nestled © § throughout.a blended 75 acres of manicured: fj “and pristine parkland. SHOW HOME Open Daily 10-5 - 1255 WAIN ROAD - : SIDNEY By Eagle Riko A unique blend of 75 adult oriented Bryan Tait all made the record books this week. For Kim Tyndall, the challenge was to beat a 1986 100-metre IM - record. set. by the nearly un- beatable Janice Hanan. Making the record books for her fist time was Amy Slegg with a 2:07.6 in the 100-metre freestyle. Both Ashley Wey and Bryan Tait chose the technically chal- lenging 50-mctre breastroke to make their marks. For Tait, this is the third weck in a row of setting records in the six and under age group. Old hands at record setting, but still pleased to make best times, were: Michacl Calkins, 100-metre IM, 50-metre backstroke, 50- meure freestyle; Jamie McDonald, 100-metre breastroke, 200-metre IM; Stefan Jakobsen, 200-meue IM, 100-metre butterfly; Janice Hanan, 1!00-mctre 1M; Colin DeWolf, 100-meure backstroke. The unusual Campbell River meet was possib- ly a contributing factor in. the large number of Prime Piranha Towels being earned this week. Separatc sets of finals were swum for both A and B tier 656-9202 format: of © the © swimmers, enabling many: swim-_ ASK FOR DETAILS ON: «OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE “STARTING JULY 20, 1988 -& AUGUST 10, 1988... MEDIC FIRST AID COURSE : ~ AUGUST 9 & 10, 1988. THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C. Piranhas hot in Campbell River mers an extra chance to achieve personal best times. Two swim- mers came close the elusive eight best times -- Jonathan Owen and | Moira Denman both swam -seven best times. | . Owen will receive already this season. Sandy Wil- son, in Division 3, will be espe- cially proud of her towel as this is her first year in competition. Lara Ponsford has been work- ing toward her towel all year, but finally achieved the four best times this week -- on her birthday. Corinne Hanan, Jamie McDon- _ald and Jeremy Birnbaum also reached personal bests and earned their towels in Campbell River. At the Courtenay B- meet on July 9, Adam Webb was the only Piranha to eam his towcl. Forty-six Piranhas travelled to an A meet in Coquitlam July 23 and 24 to test their skills one last time before they host the regional mect at the Crystal Pool on Aug.. ; -6an 7, The weekend of July 30 will be a well-earned rest, interrupted only by a car wash to carn money to cover the costs of pool time. 5 STAR TRAINING FACILITY 2537 BEACON AVE. _ SIDNEY hand: -paddles, as he has eared a towel | 2: j toria,”’ [ Stuffed trout, roast, ribs f and barbecued’ steaks. were fare the crew of the i Thomasine II looked forward to each day of the Vic- toria/Maui international yacht f race, says skipper Peter Sou. By GLENN WERKMAN _ Review Staff Writer i ‘Boy did we eat well,’’ he i said. Crewmember Anthony Utley, manager at Glen Meadows / Country. Club, prepared the E food. for the seven-member team that raced the 40-foot | sloop across the North Pacific. Most of the crew flew home i last week after completing the 2308-nautical mile race in 14° | days, 22 hours, 32 minutes and 48 seconds. “It was pretty fast consider- | ing we didn’t have the big winds,’’ Sou said. - The Thomasine II. finished in eighth place overall, out of 18 entries, and in fourth place out of six entered in Division “The strongest winds were when we were leaving Vic- Sou: said. They. ex- perienced 30-knot winds around Race Rocks near the first part of the race. Sou had never been on the open -Pacific Océan. ‘‘It’s : quite a new ball game,”’ he said. ‘‘You: don’t. encounter (those. kinds of conditions) around here. ““As soon as the wind drops “below 20. knots. you’re com- plaining that. there’s no wind,’ Sou said. ‘‘Now _ 1 think it would be awfully dull racing around here.”’ The. seven-member "free Parkin “prices, Official Programs” : and souvenirs will: : beon sale. oS ORE ‘ood and er Ementi si at reasonable : hildvene 6-12.$2.00 *Under 6 aaa ‘Handicapped Facilities provided “Save time and money! Carr passes will be on sale for $10.00 at ee Shell Service Stations on Vancouver Island a _ from July 18 to August 6. Enjoy express on routing on the Shell. Formula Route to preferred § -, parking, Price includes admission for-all 7 car occupants. Listen to CFCP 1440 (AM) ~ ~ for traffic reports... ae Call (604) 339- 8114 ior more information. a 2480 pEAgOM as Seer Cycles Lid, : ae 4 L race. with» three people: on. Young: riders ‘who’ came out @.. to watch the action. at. the Cen-. tral Saanich BMX ‘track, 10, ended: up racing on the track. “with: veterans, organizers ; report. About 48 riders from. the. Saanich: Peninsula, Nanaimo - and the. Lower Mainland com- ° peted for trophies during a dou- ble points race hosted by .the Greater Victoria BMX Associa-- tion -at ‘track. the Centennial Park A Vancouver rider, Gerry Erickson, was the top rider in the 17-and-over expert. class, _-getting past second-place Shawn> Miller of Nanaimo. food and beverage . 4 crew |}: worked. in. shifts during the July. - _ rider. Brent deck, three below and one floater. There was a one-hour constant rotation on the helm. “You would either eat, sleep or be on duty,’’ Sou said. One crew was on from 6 a.m. until 12 noon, another 12 noon until 6 p.m. and then rotations of four-hour shifts from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m., 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. and 2 a.m. until 6 a.m. “There were some boring moments, ‘’ Sou said. ‘‘The 10 till. 2. shift was the only bad — one. “We had squalls just about every night of the race,”’ he said. The weather took its toll ‘on equipment. ‘‘We blew a cou- ple of spinnakers and there was the usual breaking of halyards. - *It all happened during the middle. of the night,’’ Sou said. Boring times during the day were broken up by several highlights, other than the ex- travagant meals.. The crew ijooked forward to the daily — call-in, when they found out where everybody was. _ Another nice break happen- ed eight days out at sea when the CBC did an interview over the Thomasine II’s radio with crewmembers. Bob Bentham and’ Utley. ‘‘The reporter “wouldn’t believe we had stuff- ed trout for dinner,’’ Sou said. ‘*We have to send her a picture to prove it.’’ - The. crew also fit a happy hour into the afternoon, but found they had lots of beer left. when the race was over. , The sailors made good time _ but. could have done better. ~Thomasine II. lost about -12- -hours ‘when they. were caught | “Central ‘Bain had.a good showing» witha third-place finish.in.the premier class, with Kevin Benson: close behind. Inthe 16 intermediate class Damon Arney fought to a first place: finish, with Nanaimo riders Glenn: Richardson, Kevin. Etherton placing .. fourth. - second, third Trev Jarvis finished in the top. .: spot for riders in the 14 expert _ class. Aaron ‘Novecosky. was se~ cond, Reggie Hubble was third and James Parker _ finished fourth, a Phillip Walker (from Nanaimo). finished first. in the 12-expert class with Vancouver. Nixon. in second. > Adam Hancock -and 9 Chris Raven took: third. and: fourth places. In the expert class for 10- year-olds, . John Lapshinoff finished -in -first- place... Brian” Nesbitt .was. second. > Tay FOR 3 aaa Wa Specialize in -@ UPHOLSTERY. - -e DRAPERIES, ete. ; Phone 652-9454 0. 6655: TRUDEAU TERRACE: . BRENTWOOD BAY, B.C. Cc. o ‘OLD. Wednesday, July 27, 1988 in a Pacific high, an area of | high atmospheric pressure with no winds that is constant- ly on the move in the Pacific. Once at the Hawaiian Islands, on the 14th day the crew was in for a welcome sur- prise. “Jt was just a tremendous welcome,’’ Sou said. ‘‘It’s just unbelievable. The most ex- citing thing of the whole race was getting in there.”’ A race committee boat, with U.S. Customs officials - aboard, met the Thomasine II about 90 minutes out of the harbor, Sou said. They had a cooler of beer and traditional Hawaiian leis to adorn the crew, Once Thomasine crew reached the Lahaina Yacht Club, the American race spon- sor, the festivities began. A plaque with the Thomasine Il’s corrected time engraved on it was presented before it was all over. Despite the scary nights and the 10-foot waves, Sou is look- ing forward to doing the: race again. ‘I think the second time will be a lot easier,’’ he said. It cost about $15,000 to get the boat ready and register, “plus about $600 for each in- dividual’s personal items and ‘J ‘air fare. Crewmembers not previous- ly ‘mentioned: on ‘the . Sidney and-North Saanich Yacht.Club. vessel - were . David.’ Green, Doug. Taylor-Lee, . Chris ‘Kubinski and Harry Maltby. © Most of. them had: their — wives or girlfriends waiting for them in Hawaii and some took advantage of the trip to take time off and stay a couple of | extra days. ‘Saanich “rider ‘Jeff. and» Todd- Lawley ~ and pack & count RY “q\reniain ba by cbhee te oF aisle dy GOGO 4 7) “Bessembinders. was “third and: James Williams fourth. ns Robert Morgan led riders in: “the 9 intermediate class across . _the finish line: with Courtland Bain in‘’second, Jim-Randall in third and..Robert Walmsley. in fourth. In the 7 intermediate class Jordon Hancock finsihed first, Jason Zailo. was. second and Justin. Heslop was third: Girls. in the 9. intermediate class had a good... showing. Melissa | Lapshinoff . finished. _first, with...Melissa . Williams close behind and Crystal Nesbitt in third, Drew Debert foinished first in the 12 beginner class with Jason. Hennis finishing second.” Daniel Kerr was.top rider in the 7 beginner class and. Lewis Davis- Wilkes in second place. In the beginner class for five- year-olds Toby Moretto finish-- ed first with Jessie Hynes in se- cond, Ryan. Zailo in third and Arthur Davis: Wilkes in fourth. Inthe open class for. riders 8 to 10 John Lapshinoff led. the. across’ the finish) lines. - “Robert Morgan finished in -se- cond, Courtland Bain w asthird and Melissa: hapshinolf WAS fourth, : Ray Walmsley won. the trike : event with George Newell. finishing -sec ond. anc. oes ws Moretto in-third, ; eo oo The next. rite a ¢ ‘ential er “Saanich willbe another double. sa point, event, AUB. Fe : cs sipney | - 9769 | sth AVE.