4 nn A PENINSULA SPECIALIST e Commercial * Re-Zoning © Residential. * Subdivisions ¢ Buying or Selling New unies, new ame, new season. | " Nearly a hundred people turned out Saturday af aieninon at Panorama to take i in the Esquimalt Legion Intermediate ‘A’ . Shamrocks — formerly the Mansell Bobcatts — season ~ opener against their nemesis, the Port Coquitlam Saints. And while the ‘Rocks got doubled up 8-4, losing to last year’s league and provincial champions this early in the sea- son is no big deal for the team that finished second on n both." counts. =~ - “We had lots of chance plenty, of breakaways, we just. couldn’t put the ball in the net,” surmised Shamrock coach Brian Spavin after the game. “But it was a great way for us to start the season. Going up against PoCo in the opener will show us how we stack up and what we need to work on.” - The game, which lived up to its billing as a freewheeling... display of offence box lacrosse style, saw the ‘Rocks, who trailed 3-0 and 5-2 at the end of the first two stanzas, show flashes of the speed and finesse insiders say will see them bat.” ; tling for top spot again this season. ° ~~ The Shamrocks shelled the Saint netminder with 39 stots’ on the day, and newcomer Matt King kicked aside 423 ina los’. ing cause at the other end. “Pye got about 13 kids ack from last: year dad: the g guys ° - coming up have all played with them before, so we're in pretty _ ‘good shape,” said: Spavin. “We’ ve gota good shot at going all =the way again this year, ‘and even though we've got along sea- ~ son ahead of us, we've set our. sights on: winning the league ~ a and the provincials.”*" ~~ Curtis Smith, one of six Peninsula players suiting up for the. “Shamrocks was the club’s high scorer Saturday. with a pair., ~ Other locals on the. roster are Dagan and Tyson Vancadsand, a Regan Daly, Mike Wilton and:Alex Watson. - f : ~~ You can’ catch: the Shamrocks:in action every: Saturdays ce starting at noon at the old Panorama arena. This week the 5 oe square of against the Burnaby Lakers. 100% GUARANTEE Available on Selected investment Funds FREE LIST OF 73 FUNDS _ Ust includes well known names like: _ AGE Trimark, Fidelity, C.l., B. Pl. _ “Some restrictions are ‘appiicable . Doug Wedman, C.RP. c M. OLIVER FINANCIAL CORPORATION 2348 Beacon Ave., » Sidney. §85-0707 rec os [G £ oT A fee ~The Peninsula Track Club \ was in Port Alberni o over. the week his hurdles’ events, the 80 i (13. asec) and 2001 ‘end for the Bob Dailey Track Meet, and what a weekend it was. earned second in‘Discus with another PB (20.45m) to go along. : "The local tracksters jumped, ran ‘and threw their way to an un-..~ - with his third-place finishes i in the 100m. G3. Bee), 200m: @9. 2), po precedented 62 personal best performances —that’s at least one | and the Shot (8.39m). * - PB for every member of the club, ‘three or four for most.” Ben: Lott, 12, took home three ribbons —a ‘frst and two sec- - Tyler Cocker led the way for the black and red, racking up. “onds _- thanks to PBs in the 800m (2:36.7), 400m (66.2 sec.) and . seven PBs and seven first- place ribbons out of the eight events he: Long Jump (4.20m). Fraser Hayes added to the pile of PBs with ©: ~~ entered. Cocker, 14, took top honors in the 1500m(4:40.2 sec), . a win inthe Long Jump (3.7 5m) and third-place finishes in the --1500m Steeplechase (5:22.8) 80m Hurdles (15.6sec.), Long Jump em (32.1 sec.), 200m Hurdles (34.5) and the 1500m (6:45.6).. (4.74m), Javelin (31.28m), Pole Vault @ 38m) and High Jump ©. Middle distance specialist Brian Perrin, 14, chipped in with PBs a. 50m). Cocker also finished second in the Triple Jump @. 69m). in all of his events, finishing second in ‘the 3000m (12:43.9) and. & Seventeen-year-old Greg Dingle, who soared to new heights at. - 1500m Steeplechase (6:35.8) to go along with his fourth and fifth- a: *Moditied by Corvenn fipciaties and (oyd Wheoly ‘ CoV a partie ene Justand antes to enter May. nm Ne. an veal Peninsula Brake & Tire : a “Your r Neighbourhood Service Centre? | | se a1 - 2061 Malaview Parkland two weeks ago, finished first in High Jump (1.90m), __ place finishes in the 800m (2:43.8) and fifth in the 1500m(5:25.4). ‘Ss i dney” Long Jump (6.84m) and 400m Hurdles (59.8) second in Pole Vault As for 11-year-old Brittany Bazin, the only Pen Track female to: “(near Slegg Lumber) (238m), and parlayed PB’s into third and fourth place fi fi nishes i in make the trip, well, she too scored PBs i in all three of her events, 650- ‘42 12 the 100m (11.7sec,) and 200m (24.4), 0 the 200m, High Jump and Long Jump. : ‘Blake Str ukoff Teaged out _ and first: tplace » finishes in both -Pen Track ~ the ea in two weeks for a meetin mn Courtenay fe en extra special CK with a gift from Barclay’. © RINGS . 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