CHLeeeseceseceees Page 8A The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, August 5, 1992 the excitement bug. The Olympics are helping fuel some that the local swim coaches have been dreaming about all summer long. And like the eye of the hurricane, it came and went last weekend, and the tough stuff is set to begin. of that and the most popular topic at practice was the gold-medal swim of Canadian back-stroker Mark Tewksbury. But Carew was relying on the Yanks’ swim team to help his club out. He spent the first 10 mines of practice showing the This coming and Sun- day, their brief respite behind ; them, the Robson River Otters and s a tape of the U.S Oumpie trials. He said the tape is great in showing the kids the the C; will be headed to the pool of the region's most hospitable hosts - Colville. It's regionals time, and both teams are getting ready. CASTLEGAR AQUANAUTS “We're the defendi 'y of techni in the pool. “All year long, we've been explaining proper technique. With this video, we can actually show them that world-class swimmers —_ do all those things.”” champs. We have something to fight for,” said Aquanauts coach Tom Carew. And what a fight it'll be. “It's going to be another battle — Colville is going to be tough to beat,” he added. The biggest obstacles facing his team are the fact that Colville has the home pool advantage, which means they will be able to bring out a full roster of swimmers. “They do have a very big club - I'm positive they'll have a lot of kids out.” The time has come for the final fine tuning of the swimmers, something Carew and fellow- coach Wendy Pilla have been working at all season. 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Carew said some of his team should do well individually at Te; 4 “The ones who have been coming to practice, are making a commitment to the program, are in good shape right now.” He added that the swimmers, mostly the older ones, who haven't been giving their all will suffer for it. “Some of them want all the glory, but they don't want to do the work - pay their dues.” So far, 55 Aquanauts have registered to attend regionals, but a few more might sign up before the weekend. Coach Pilla agreed with Carew, and said there will be a lot of solid performances coming from those If you want to run your league's standings in the Sun, call Jason at 365-5579 7 : Aquanauts and River Otters are Regionals bound Here they are — the 1992 incarnation of the Robson River Otters. Best of luck in Colville who've paid their dues. “I think we've worked really hard, trained really hard, and there’s going to be some OUT- STANDING performances — I think that we should qualify quite a few swimmers to make the provincials.” Those who come in under a set time at the regionals qualify to attend the provincials, August 21 to 23 inA ROBSON RIVER OTTERS Well it’s crunch time across the Columbia at the Robson pool. Being a smaller club, the River Otters aren’t in the hunt for team glory. They just don’t have the numbers to compete. They do, however, have the quality, “They’ re prepared physically. And “We've got one big awesome family of a team,” said Pilla. She said that team spirit helps mental- ly prepare ‘family’ members for the regionals, and is all a part of the season coming together. “Championship is a time for satori — a time when the body, mind, and emotions come togeth- er to achieve optimal perfor- “This is the crunch.” y're f theyll be pulling everything together to achieve their best races of the year — so far. We still have provincials,” said River Otters’ coach Marie Seghers. The entire season has led up to this point. The training. The hard laps. All of the meets. For the next week and a half, they will be working at what they are best at. “They're concentrating on the four events they’re doing,” said Seghers. At the regionals, each swimmer only competes in four events, instead of the usual six or seven. That focusing is important, since every stroke is quite dif- ferent physically, and mentally. For instance, the breast stroke is the style most dissimilar from all of the others, and it is said that it’s a different breed that choose (or is that is chosen) to swim breast. “It’s continuous throughout the season — you're trying to make them more efficient.” Part of the fine tuning was a stroke clinic last Thursday attended by about 20 River Otters, most of those bound for the regionals. Practices have become a lot more intense. The Otters are SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jason Keenan going for race paced sprints at their practices, and there's the polishing up of the turns and Starts. And the River Otters coach said that the Olympics help fire the enthusiasm in the pool. “Having the Olympics on right now really helps the kids get pumped.” They have also been watching tapes of the worlds best swimmers, and trying to pick up some pointers. And Seghers said she expects all this work to pay off for her Otters. “I’m expecting a lot of time impr . alot of p bests, a lot of clean races in terms of turns and starts, and a few provincial’s qualifications.” For. both teams, this weekend's meet is when all the summer's work has to come together. Local seniors get set for B.C. Senior Games Submitted One hundred enthusiastic _Pasticipants from the West Kootenay will take part in the 1992 B.C Senior Games, to be held in Dawson Creek, August 26 to 29 Another 21 people will be going along with the team to cheer them on Medal winners in 12 events will have the honour of repre- PAY LESS PAYLESS PAYLESS PAY LESS HY e SALES MANAGER SPECIAL e PAY LESS PAYLESS PAYLESS PAYLESS PAYLESS PAY LE © V6 Automatic © Dual Air Conditioning © 7 Passenger © AM/FM Cassette Privacy Tint Glass © Alloy Wheels onlY 26,000 km senting British Columbia at the first National Seniors Games, to be held in July 1993 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 1992 BC SENIORS GAMES ZONE 6 PARTICIPANTS Badminton — Roger Kerby, Bill Hamilton (Nelson) Bag Piping — Hugh Suther- land (Grand Forks) Bicycling — Helen Bourchi- er, Richie Mann, Jack Fisher PAY LESS PAYLESS © 2 Door Coupe © 5-speed, 2.2 L fuel injected © AM/FM Cassette Tinted Glass VERY CLEAN QnlY 50,000 km (Rossland); Dave Rusnell (Warfield); Yvonne Tremblay, Mathilde Klassen, Roland Anderson (Nelson) Bridge -Duplicate — Evelyn Mason, Geoffrey Mason (Ross- land); Clara Johnson (Trail); Joan Thomas (Nelson) — Social — Wilda Cant, Phyllis Trozzo (Trail); Rose Fetter (Warfield); Roberta Piper (Salmo) Carpet Bowling — Marcella Tjader, Anne Dergousoff, Ber- nice Wagner (Fruitvale), Mari- lyn Frew (Trail) Cribbage — Louis Mucha, Elsie Miller (Castlegar); Freda Plested, Anne Sybulka (Fruit- vale) Darts — Valma Prevost, Leda Creegan (Trail); Ivor Thomas (Montrose); Eric Erick- son (Nelson) Five Pin Bowling — Lorna Jackman, Fran Haines, Thomas Plamondon (Fruitvale); Mary Vindevoghel (Montrose); Ted Lindsey (Trail) Floor Curling — Anne Mar- tin, Earl Martin (Warfield); Agnes Rothwell, Douglas Roth- well (Montrose); Tim Jenkin, Gerda Jenkin, Lillian Casey, John Melvin (Trail) Golf — Janet Merry, George Merry, Kay DiPasquale (Trail); Silver Rattie Antiques 301-11 Ave. Castlega: (in Tulips Building) 365-5191 Alma McBlain, Gordon McBlain (Fruitvale); Annette Boyey (Winlaw); Robert Thom. masen (Nelson); Lenora Dead. marsh, Wildred Deadmarsh (Salmo); John Raymond (Castlegar) Horseshoes — Nick Osa choff (Winlaw); Edwin Jack man, Douglas Haines (Fruitvale) One Act Play — Irene Page, Audrey Urquhart, Pat Macaulay, Edna Burke (Trail); Director - Lola Turik (Trail) Slo-Pitch — Frank Dergu son, Joan Ferguson, Steve Chorney (Rossland); Bill Keraiff, Verna Keraiff, Dorothy Raymond, John Moran (Castlegar); Alex Bojey (Winlaw); Terry Bailey,. Jo Bailey (Fruitvale); Eric Granstrom (Warfield); Frank Turik, Bill Johnson, Gilbert Laycock, Bob Davidson Gerry Godfrey, Primo Secco (Trail) Snooker — Lloyd Rymal James Fink (Nelson) Swimming Marion Roberts Young (Winlaw); Gus Conacher (Montrose); Charles Woolls (Fruitvale); Barbara Roberts (Rossland); Dick Moulyn, Bill DeKlerk (Nel son); Elisabeth Brussel, Gerrit Brussel (Grand Forks); Bill Van Yzerloo, Margrietha Van Yzerloo, Dorothy Martini, Adele Yuke, Art Toews (Castlegar) Tennis — Laurie Davies, Ron Cameron (Trail); Jim Mat tice (Nelson); Jack Yolland (Castlegar) Track & Field — Joyce McEwen (South Slocan); Aimee Laycock, Les Leyland (Trail); John Ford (Fruitvale) CASTLEGAR MINOR HOCKEY All persons interested in coaching Wednesday, August 5, 1992 The Castlegar Sun Our dream teams reveal who we are We reveal a lot by who we choose as our heroes. In sports, more than any other field of society, this statement rings true. When you choose a sports on Greneda by myself and won. What an empty victory. With all of that sophisticated weaponry at my disposal, I could have cap- tured Panama with one hand tied behind my back. hero, you are ch ig your champion, an extension of your very self. My personal choice is Guy Lafleur, a man with style, grace, and natural ability - but that, alas, is another kettle of cod. What holds for individuals also hold for nations. And let's take a gander on the other side of the 49th parallel and their current flavour of the month - the Dream Team. The reason I say flavour of the month is because all heroes are like flowers - once wilted, just replace them with fresh ones. The Dream Team - the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball team - isn’t a hero. It is probably the greatest collection of heroes on one side of a contest since Britain and her Commonwealth, the U.S. of A., France, and the Soviet Union got together to stick it to the Nazis in the Second World War. The heroes in the contest were both named and nameless. Churchill, Roosevelt, De Gaulle, the armed forces of the free world, the pilots of the RAF, and the 20 million Soviets slaughtered by Nazi aggression. In this contest, the heroes all have names. Air Jordan. Malone. Bird. Ewing. And my favourite of the bunch, Magic. He is his name. When it comes to the Olympics, the Yanks are still smarting from their 1972 loss to the Soviets, the result of some very political refer- eeing. The title for the sport they invented was stolen from them. (Actually, the game was invented by Dr. James Naismaith, a Canadi- an, but the Americans have since won custody). As a group, they represent what the once great union has resorted to cheering for - guaran- teed victors in the face of a pow- erless enemy. Ever since the States learned the Vietnam lesson that you can- not wage a war against a social revolution, they have looked for ever weaker villains to crush. Come on, I could have taken Not that it matters, but what if it did - by Jason Keenan I'd be ashamed, if I were George Bush, to even mention Panama as a victory. Back in the Second World War, Hitler warned the British that he would wring their neck like a chicken. Churchill's reply? Some chicken. Some neck. That same chicken’s still around, but the Americans have decided against a neck wringing. Hell, they’ve gone thermonuclear and call it an even match. So what, after all of, is the point of my rant? The Americans now love lop- sided victories. They no longer want to see their teams win. They want to see them annihilate the opposition. And what joy is there in a game that is one-sided from the beginning? None. Which gold medal game do you think has the potential of being remembered — the 1992 contest where the Dream Team stomped on their opponents 178- 33, or the 1972 Soviet victory in triple overtime that was the result of very questionable refereeing I'll be back in 20 years to find out your answer. Recreation at ‘Syringa Creek Park Sun Sports Looking for something to do next weekend? Why not join a ton of other people and head up to Syringa Creek Provincial Park. “It’s important to recognize the dual role of parks - conservation and recreation,” said Park Inter- preter Bonnie Sutherland. She plays an important part in that dual role, organizing the recre- ation activities for the park. “It’s a chance for people to come out and have fun,” she added. There is a different recre- ation focus every Saturday from now until labour day at the park. Events next Saturday will focus on fishing — techniques, lures, and ways top improve angling. Some of the other upcoming events include a kids fun day, a day to highlight the park's hiking trails, a wild tea party, and a Red Cross water safety day. Two types of people visit the park- the ones who come only to relax; and the people who are up early to hit the trails, or drop a line in the old lake. “A fair percent of the people in the park come out to the recreation events,” said Sutherland. And that park population is a mix of local people who want to get away for a few days, and people who travel from Alberta, the Lower Mainland, and Washington State who come to enjoy the area's natural beauty. Park events are open to every- one, and area residents are more than invited to attend. It’s the per- fect opportunity to swim, have a picnic, and take in the events. Saturday's recreation focus Swimmers of the week by S/n S/F ? Aquanauts Averil Sheppard (|) and Shelby Miller i a River Otters Tanya Murray (1) and Scooter Corkle The award is a recognition by their club given to swimmers who show leadership, dedication, out- standing performance, sportsmanlike qualities, and, most important, have fun. isn’t the limit of the i going on at Syringa. On Friday nights, Sutherland goes from campsite to campsite to answer questions visitors might have about the park. On Saturday nights there are ampitheatre shows focusing on the natural and cultur- al history of the area. Syringa was created in 1968 as compensation for the flooding of the Arrow Lakes area when the Hugh Keenleyside dam was built. Sundays at the park are Jerry’s Rangers’ days, a province-wide program. Jerry the moose is the park service mascot. “The kids are learning about the park, conservation, and the en ronment,” said Sutherland. Partici- ts receive a certificate, and the collect stamps at every program they participate in, anywhere in the province. 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