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CHRIS SCHULTZ, 13, of the Terrace and District Credit Union winds up to release a big

pitch in a game against Speedee Printers during the Junior Annual Tournament here.

January

Terrace Curling Club hosts the B.C, Senior Ladies provincial curling championships. New Westminster's Mo MacLeod rink takes top spot. Terrace’s Mary Rauter, a member of Terrace’s Lynn Apolczer rink, wins the Lottie Hill Memor- ial award for most sportsmanlike player at the provincials. The Apolczer rink did not log any wins at the event.

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Caledonia Kermodes take first place at the Extreme Two girls basketball tournament in Ter- race. Cal defeats the Vandethoof Viqueens 62-55 in the final.

February

Terrace's Michael Dahms juvenile curling rink, including Kore Melanson, Matt Gyorfi and Carl Haugland, takes gold at the B.C. Winter Games. The win earns the team a spot at the Ca- nada Winter Games in Bathurst New Brunswick in March 2003.

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TERRACE snowboarders cleaned up at the ‘Northern B.C. Winter Games in Smithers Feb. 1-3, Colin Davies, Tyler Wilson (back) and siblings Dana, .lack and Leigh Haworth all picked up medals at the event.

young skiers registered soar from 73 in 2000-01 top 121 in the 2001-02 season. kk kkk Northern B.C. Winter Games athletes return to Terrace with oodles of medals. Participants show their stuff in the fields of badminton, curling, tennis, figure skating, gymnastics, trap shooting, snowboarding, swimming and wrestling. kk kkk Terrace’s Royal Canadian Legion men’s cur- ling team consisting of Larry Burke, John Kenne- dy, Dale Walker and Don Oldham win provincial playdowns. kkk kk Terrace’s peewee reps suffer a very close overtime loss in zone finals against the Smithers

Storm 3-2. March

Terrace Bluebacks swim club members im- prove on times at the B.C. short course cham- pionships. Alison Knoedler qualifies for four events picking up an eighth place finish, two se- venths and one sixth place ranking in B.C. for her age group.

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Terrace figure skaters outperform the rest at the Nizut-nee inter-club skating competition in Houston. The skaters steal the team trophy from the Prince Rupert club which had held on to it for the previous six years.

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Shames Mountain hosts the K2 provincial al- pine championships Mar. 21-24. Roughly 120 teens take part from around the province.

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Bantam reps lose a hard fought game against the Smithers Storm in the zone AA final. Tied at 1 in overtime, Smithers scored with just 1:44 re- maining. Terrace netminder Brad Norwood stops a whopping 65 shots on goal.

kk kkk Carl Haugland, Michael Dahms, Robbie Mill- er, Phillip Durand and Jesse Mumford blow away the competition at the B.C. youth bowling cham- pionships in Salmon Arm earning themselves a spot at the Canadian championships in Gatineau, Quebec in May 2002. kkk kk

The fourth annual Ruins Cup takes place at Shames Mountain. The boardercross and the Ail Seasons big air competition drew competitors from around the province, Mountain bikers also get a chance fo hit the slopes as they competed in the bikercross.

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The Evergreen Pub wins over the SRD Blues to nab top spot in the Terrace Oldtimers’ hockey league.

The men’s recreational hockey league league

deration’s Canadian National team.

LOCAL martia! arts instructor David Burk is selected

to the International Taekwon-Do Fe-

sees Nuyens Blasting Caps beat All Seasons to take first place. kk kkk Local alpine skier Sheena Leclerc, 12, quali- fies for the Whistler Cup — a prestigious interna- tional event - during the Ki qualifiers in Vernon.

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Terrace’s Josh Murray, 17, scores the winning goal for the Sicamous Eagles in the final game of the Western Canadian Junior B hockey cham- pionships.

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Terrace Track and Field Association forms to lobby for a rubberized track at the site of the new Skeena Junior Secondary School to be comple- ted in 2003.

They also form a track club allowing lacal youth to train for in-school and extra-curricular track meets. The club fitls the gap’ left in re- sponse to teachers’ job action. ,

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Mountain bikers converge at the turnoff to Shames Mountain for the annual Shames Moun- tain Hill Climb. Terrace’s Vincent Drouin takes top spot in a time of 39:05 — one of four riders who beat the 1997 record time of 41:31.

May

Phillip Durand, Michael Dahms, Carl Haug- land, Jesse Mumford and Robbie Miller earn bronze at the Canada youth bowling champion- ships in Gatineau, Quebec.

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The Terrace North Stars, a team af young elite hockey players, come back from the Kam- loops Duel in the Desert with a third place finish,

kkkkk Terrace’s Royal Canadian Legion men’s curling team consisting of Larry Burke, John Kennedy, Dale Walker and Don Oldham win bronze at the Canadian championships.

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Terrace boxers Dustin Tashoots and Travis Ridler log their second amateur fights at the wildly successful Fight Night hosted by the Ha- zelton Boxing Club May 11.

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Local Taekwon-Do instructor David Burk earns a spot on the International Taekwon-Do Federation’s Canadian National Team.

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Terrace Bluebacks host the northwest regional championships here May 24-26. It was an oppor- tunity for the younger swimmers to take part in a

ELLEN DAVIS cf the West rink directs her teammates in the fina! of the senior ladies curling championships here in January.

heats and finals event. kkkkk Sherrie Hamer and Murray Warner take part

in the 2002 Peach City Marathon in Penticton.

Hamer nails third place in the women’s 45-49 age group while Muray places fifth in the men’s 45-49 ape group category. kkk kok Local Taekwon-Do instructor David Burk is selected to the International Taekwon-Do Fe- derations’s Canadian national team May 18.

June

Eleven teams from Terrace, Prince Rupert and Terrace spent June | hitting the pavement in the Skeena River Relay race which sees teams run

. from the Prince Rupert to Terrace along Hwy: 16.

kk kkk Six Terrace athletes bring home an impressive 15 medals from the Spruce City Invitational track and field meet in Prince George.

kKkkkk The Annual Junior Tournament hosted by Ter- race Minor Baseball sees teams from Terrace and a Burns Lake team cap the season off June 21-23. ,

LOCAL tumblers Jessica Ames, Nicole Pelletier, Marla Schulmeister, Erika Dykes and Siob- han Sloan McMullen compete at the B.C. gymnastics championships.