Wednesday, July 22, 1992 @ & Win or lose, it’s in The News. Jonathan Green 365-7266 OOPS A small oversight means that the results from the Castlegar Aquanauts Swim Meet last weekend will not be found in today’s sports section. They will run in Saturday’s sports, though. GOOD EFFORT Castlegar’s Little League All-Stars gave it their best at the recent district championships in Beaver Valley but, unfortunately, it wasn't enough. They started off on the wrong foot Saturday, losing 23-0 to Trail. They rallied to beat Sparwood 15-2 Sunday, but Windermere put an end to their season with a 9- 2 win Monday. FRUIT FOR THOUGHT General Mills recently introduced Surf's Up! a chewy fruit ‘snack for those who yearn to add gummy jet skis, surfboards and the like to their diet. A Surfer magazine representative says the snacks taste like “a cross between your favorite fruits and authentic surfboard wax.” LocalSPORTS a Aquanauts coaches Wendy Pilla and Tom Carew comp conference obviously paid off as the hosts captured first place for News photo by Jonathan Green are notes at the swim club’s meet over the weekend at the Aquatic Centre. The the third time this season. Castlegar Aquanauts swim to home pool win i Robson River Otters capture three medals and finish a strong sixth Jonathan Green SPORTS REPORTER Although hosts, the Castlegar Aquanauts were anything but gracious at the latest swim meet. Getting medal-winning perfor- mances from 11 different swim- mers, the Aquanauts cruised to victory in their annual meet at the Aquatic Centre over the weekend. “The kids swam pretty well, coach Tom Carew said. With about 60 team members competing, the Aquanauts won for the third time this season finish- ing with 621 points, 163 better than the Nelson Neptunes who were three-and-a-half better than Trail-Warfield. Adam Kristian, Justin Phillips and Neil Jones won gold for the- hosts, while Justin Kanigan, Shel- ley Stansbury, Teddy Hunter and Mario Fehrenberg took silver, and Alana Pion, Chris Cook, Brian Roberts and Dan Fodor won bronze. Twelve teams from B.C., Alber- ta, the Yukon and Washington vis- ited the city for the meet, unlike any other over the season. “It’s a little different meet than the other meets through the year,” Carew said, adding that each swimmer is limited in the number of events they can enter. “The kids swim their best four events.” . Carew said the format is simi- lar to one competitors will en- counter at the regional finals in three weeks, and later on at the cials. Because of that, the local meet gave swimmers a chance to work on their best strokes and allowed others a chance at winning races they wouldn’t normally have had a shot at. “That’s sort of an added bonus for'a lot of the kids,” he said. As hosts, Carew said his squad had no problem getting up for the meet. “The kids were really excited. The little ones were just wired on Friday,” he said. “You always want to win your own meet.” The Robson River Otters came into the meet on the heels of a ninth-place finish last week in Colville. Things went well for the cross- town club as they finished sixth, only 11 points back of an Edmon- ton squad, and picked up three medals in the process. Coach Marie Seghers led the way with a gold, while Kristy Ve- igin won silver and Justin Sutherland picked up a bronze. Seghers said she noticed an im- provement in her club from the week previous . “Definitely,” she said. “I wasn't expecting all the time improve- ments, personal bests and medals. “It went really, really well.” Seghers said the Otters weren't led by individuals, but rather as a ot was a total team effort,” she said. “There were a lot of kids who placed in the top six.” And instead of resting on their laurels, Seghers said her squad is looking ahead. “We had a really good meet and we're really looking forward to re- gionals,” she said.” Like Seghers, Carew said his team is looking forward to region- als, and will use this weekend’s meet in Kimberley as a tune-up. “We'll be looking for the kids to race really well and start polish- ing up little things like turns,” he said. The regional finals take place in Colville August 8 and 9. @ Wednesday, July 22, 1992 138 Local pensioners putt ~and scramble in weekly golf get togethers Bud Lowther NEWS COLUMNIST In golf, they say driving is for show and putting is for dough. With that in mjnd, 45 pen- sioners played their game on the back nine on the morning of July 9th and balls were giv- en out for the least putts over nine holes. The winners were Art Lewis, Al Davidson, Walter Janicki, Wally Davies, Jake Koenig, B. Moffit, Gord Pettit, Harry Bate, Tom Wilson and Miles Ringheim. I sometimes think that golf is about the toughest game in the world, especially if you start late in life, over 50, as I did. _ Someone said that golf is a game invented by the devil and played with instruments ill adapted for the process. Sometimes it seems like that. On July 16th, 46 pensioners gathered for a game of Texas Scramble. It is a game with all players taking the same shot from the best shots of the four team members. No handicaps involved. On my team were Al Culley, Bill Oleski and Tom Allice. We had a lot of fun on a beautiful morning, but our net score of 39 was not enough to win. The winning team, with a low net of even-par 36, was captained by Tom Wilson and consisted of Art Toews, Ben Thorlarsen and Kurt Stahl. We had one guest for the day, Pat Moore, the son of Jim Moore. TIP OF THE WEEK When there are thunder and lightning in the area, it is wise to cease playing and leave the course. If this is im- possible use a 2 iron. They say that even God can’t hit a 2 Vacation loari? We'll make it happen. with a set of golf clubs valued promotion. Lucky Super Valu shoppers received promotional prizes from manager Richard Howes recently. Above, Howes (left) awards Maxwell House winner Mark Zurek and his family right, received a $150 Super Nintendo deck as a Pepsi $675. Mike Conrad, bottom Martini ready for training camp i ckey star ooking forward to NHL \training camp date with. the Edmonton Oilers Jonathan Green SPORTS REPORTER Darcy Martini took anoth- er step toward earning a spot in the big leagues last week. The Castlegar native was in Edmonton along with 17 other Oilers hopefuls for a sneak preview of what they can look forward to come Sep- tember, when the National Hockey League powerhouse gears up for the 1992-93 sea- son. “It was just to give us a lit- tle taste of what training camp will be like, so when we get there we won't be awestruck,” he said. Martini was chosen by Ed- monton in the eighth round of the 1989 Entry Draft,162nd overall, and has since fin- ished his schooling at Michi- gan Tech. With that behind him, he says it’s time to get serious about hockey. “Reality is here,” he said. Martini said he’d been off skates for about four-and-a- months when he went to Edmonton, and it showed. “It was a pretty intense week of skating,” he said, adding that he was hampered by a sore groin from inactivi- ty early on. really impressed with my skating for how big I was,” he said, adding head coach Ted Green was equally impressed with his shot and puck con- trol. But what wasn’t as im- pressive was his playing weight. Martini said a contract was worked out with the Oil- ers, but wasn’t signed by team general manager Glen Sather. He said that Sather want- ed him to lose 15 pounds by training camp, taking him from 245 to 230 pounds. With that done, they would talk contract again. “Come September, there’s no excuse for being out of shape,” he said. Martini said the Oilers were interested in how well two vertebrae he had broken in his back earlier this year had healed, but added they had nothing to worry about. “They said everything test- ed out fine,” he said. So, with another month- and-a half until his first NHL training camp, the 23-year- old Martini said he’s putting things into prespective. “I know I’m not going to step in and play right away,” he said. “I’m going to have to wait a year at least. And that means he won't have a problem with a stint in Cape Breton, the Oiler’s main farm team. “I’m willing to go down to the minors to shown them what I can do.” VITALIT: 1974-75 FIRST TEAM “. 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