SPORTS Sports Dept. Jeff Gabert 365-5579 The Castlegar Sun WEDNES' JEFF GABERT Sun Sports There was a large convention of painters in tlegar last weekend but their weapons of choice aren't brushes or rollers. They prefer guns and strategy. The Bristish Columbia Paint- ball Association Summer Tour- nament #2 was held in the bluffs above Genelle last weekend with nine teams from across the province competing head-to- head. The tournament marked the first time an official BCPA event had been held in the Cas were two local paintball teams Impending Doom from Castlegar and Roadkill from Nelson. Both teams have been active in the BCPA with Roadkill tinishing second in the *B* Division dur- ing the Summer Tournament #1 held in Tsawassen Teams consist of five players and games take: place on special fields with strict boundaries and numerous barricades. The first day of competition seeds the teams into Divisions for the sec- ond day, which contains the medal round At the Castlegar tournament each team had five games on Saturday with *A’ Division teams getting another four on Sunday and the ‘B’ teams play- employed two playing field of equal lengths but different widths. The style of game is “capture the flag”. A flag is placed at each end of the field and teams must capture the enemy flag and return it to their base. In tourna- ment play a time limit of 12 min- utes is also used. Capturing a flag is worth 25 points and returning it to your base is worth an additional 50. Each elimination of an opposi- tion player is five points All of it is much easier said than done . “It’s incredibly difficult,” said Impending Doom captain and co-owner of Splat’rz Paintball Travis Ready. “Normally the amount of paint we sell is 350 balls. At this tournament we went through 57 cases which means the players averaged 3200 balls each over the two days. “They play a more strategic game rather than a hide game According to Ready, the time limit makes teams much more aggres: ind it’s tough even for the referees not to get hit by the unbelievable barrag, paintball flyii Kevin M hounds, a team out of Vancouver, went through only 1600 rounds, but he’s just a rookje to the sport The Castlegar event was his third tournament of the year and Getting — splattered Castlegar’s first BCPA Paintball Tournament turns into a colorful experience first place in the ‘B’ Division by only 14 points. Their success came on the big field where they came away with three wins and only one loss. The key was capturing the high ground right off the bat “That was our plan,” said McKee of his favorite bunker. “I got up there and nobody else made a break for it. “It’s past the halfway point and in their territory so they see me and they get all paranoid and shoot at me which leaves the sides open.” The Hellhounds were beaten in the *B’ Division by the Screaming Eagles of Salmon Arm who came up with 214 points. Third went to Savage Reaction #2 of Kelowna. The winners of the ‘A’ Divi- sion was 68 Samurai of Abbots- ford with 304 points. The Samurai barely nipped Tswassen’s Creeping Death which finished with 300 points Kelowna’s Desen Knights were thrid with 95 points. | Creeping Death and 68 Samu rai actually met in the final game of the tournament with Creeping Death coming out with the over- all victory. However, Creeping Death couldn't slip away quietly without a weapons check and they were assessed penalty points which dropped them into second. ‘ + age x £ A No, he’s not hunting wascally wabbits! Kevin McKee (above and below) of the Hellhounds out of Vancouver did a little prancing through the forest during the Paintball Tournament held above Genelle last weekend. However, he also learned very quickly where and when to find shelter lest he end up like the sign behind him. The sport of paintball is growing quick all over B.C. including Castlegar. points when it is found they are using weapons that shoot over 300 feet per second. Each player must check their gun at the chr Station i diately following every game. The Summer Tournament #2 is the third of four official annual BCPA tournaments. The Spring Tournament in Salmon, Arm was followed by the {Tsawassen tour- nament then Castlegar with the Fall Tournament scheduled for August in Nanaimo. All teams accumulate points in the overall points race for the year. Impending Doom of Castlegar already has a second and fourth place finish in the first two tournaments and picked up an additional 80 points for host- ing the last tournament Not bad considering the team of Travis Ready, Curtis Ready, Jason Verhaeghe, Kevin Smith and Burt Dolan has only been together for a year. Now that they've been gra- cious hosts they can't wait to get back into action “We're really going to do well at the mext meet,” said Ready. “The team is really starting to ing three. The tournament site _ his team did well, falling short of Team are assessed penalty play well together.” SUN SPORTS PHOTOS / Jeft Gabert A tourney to remember JEFF GABERT Sun Sports The 2nd Annual Helen Shaw Memorial Tournament will certainly be one to remember. It will be remembered because Helen Shaw was a lady who commit- ted a lot of effort to the sport of slo-pitch in Castlegar and it will also be remembered for the most exciting final game which pitted Castlegar Pressure Wash against Nelson Savoy. But even more than that, it will also be remembered as the last slo-pitch tournament played on the Kin- naird Park's Main Field in its present position The Main Field will soon be under construction as part of the cre- ation, of a new field at the park but the old Main still had some excite- ment left for slo-pitch fans and players on the weekend. Castlegar Pressure Wash has always fielded a good tournament team = but they had been suffering through a bit of a slump this year. However, * that slump quickly dispersed last weekend as Pressure Wash won four- straight games to find their way to the final of the 11-team round-robin tournament. They beat the Rusty Palominos from Nelson in the first round and went on to dispatch Castlegar Committed, Heritage Inn of Nelson and the Castlegar Bashers Nelson Savoy had to make the final the hard way after a’second round loss to Heritage Inn on Saturday sent them down to the losers bracket But four straight wins over Committed, Dexters/Bonnets, Heritage Inn and Bashers brought them back to the final against Pressure Wash. The Nelson vs. Castlegar battle seemed to be a mismatch early on as Savoy built a 7-1 lead after an impressive four-run fifth inning Pres- sure Wash couldn't respond in the bottom of the inning and were two innings away from climination. However, Pressure Wash held Savoy to fo runs in the top of the sixth and responded with a six-run effort in the bottom of the inning to tie the score at 7-7 Great defence in the top of the seventh inning held Savoy at bay and then Pressure Wash loaded the bases for Darcy Dickson. Dickson, a tastball player for the Castlegar Cobras, made no mistake in driving in t ning run and sealing the 8-7 victory the Consolation side, the Kaslo Screeners avenged three losses to sure Wash and Palominos by going on a f$ur-game © win the Consolation final Their streak included wins ts, Rally Kill, Heritage Inn and Committed © Tournament Director Aaron Jones, the Helen Shaw sentover well thanks to a bavarian garden run by the Knights of Columbus ind the enthusiasm of all the teams. However, he was pecting a few more teams Eleven teams wasn’t great but we were happy.” said Jones. “They were ill very supportive teams and $2,000 in prize money was good for the area. The main difference [from last year] was we had to move the tour- SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jeff Gabert they ended up losing the game nament up a week because of the Babe Ruth in Trail. That's why we had so few teams.” One of the greatest victories as far as Jones was concemed was viewing the squad from Oliver. Castlegar teams have always travelled to the Okan: n for slo-pitch tournament but rarely does the reverse happen. Jones said the team from Oliver had a good time and he hopes more Okanagan teams will make the trip for some West Kootenay Slo- Pitch hospitality in the future The next Castlegar tournament is the 20-team Dexters Tournament September 9-10 followed by the Castlegar Slo-Pitch Summer Le: Tournament September 16-17. Jones is also coordinating the Dexters tournament and says the eight remaining spaces are filling fast. The tournament will guarantee each team four games and boasts over $1,800 in prizes. Peregrym pursues Penticton JEFF GABERT Sun Sports Some people run long dis- tances for fun, some people bike long distances for fun and a few even swim those same long dis- tances for fun. But could some- one actually get enjoyment out of doing all three at once Derek Peregrym can. Peregrym took part in the Cys- wog'n'fun Triathlon in Nelson last Sunday and the well-known Castlegar triathlete had so much fun he won the race. His time of 2309.13 wasn’t his best finish at the annual event but he was happy with it considering the blustery conditions “It was actually the hardest one I've done,” said Peregrym of the Nelson triathlon. “I did better last year but there was a lot of wind this year.” Wind affected every event of the contest from the choppy - waters of the one kilometre swim at Lakeside Park to the 46 kilo- metre bike to the 10 kilometre run. The distances added up to only a quarter of an actual triathlon but the conditions made Wednesday, August 16, 1995 The Castlegar Sun SIDELINES Take Me Out To The Baligame In case you've been encapsulated in concrete for the past year, it might be a good idea to check out Butler Park in Trail this weekend and next week. The Babe Ruth World Series has final- ly arrived.and even if you're not a huge baseball fan, it will be an event not to be missed. Teams of 16-18 year old players from all over North America will be there competing for the Championship and there will be plenty of excitment for the whole family outside the park as well. The parade will start at 10 a.m. on S: day foll d by the op gc at Butler Park. Three games will be played Saturday and games will run everyday until the Series final the following Saturday. For more information on game times, tickets and special events call the Babe Ruth Headquarters Office at (604) 368-8999 Coolin’ Down a Hot Summer Summer can be hot and if you don’t have your own personal air conditioning the best way to keep cool is with ice. The Castlegar Skating Club knows all about ice and they're hoping you'll enrol in a couple cool programs at the end of August and the beginning of September. The Figure Skating program runs August 22 - Sep 22 with a ion deadl: of August 14. Contact person is Donna Van Vliet at 365-3168 The second program is Power Skating and it runs September 5 ~ September 22 with a registration deadline of August 28. The contact person is Elaine Davidoff at 365-2358. Registration forms may be picked up at the Recreation Complex. Do not delay, programs are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Super Series Screw-Up Last week it was reported in this column that no players from Castlegar made any Vancouver SuperSeries teams this year, In actuality, nothing could be further from the truth. Jake Post- nikoff, a young and extremely happy Castlegar resident and hockey player, made the roster of the Minor Pee Wee Super- Series team and played in the Vancouver Tournament against international competition However, last week's article dealt with the SuperSeries teams going to a Czechoslovakian tour- nament and his name was not on the Minor Pee Wee list of Players. Why? Because Postnikoff also happens to be a very good baseball player and he will be part of the Babe Ruth World Series at the end of this week. Don’t forget, you can see Postnikoff play starting this Saturday at Butler Park in Trail Super Summer Active Both The Castlegar Sun and the Castlegar Community Com- plex know the summer can be protractive, that’s why they have teamed together to provide an attractive option for par- ents of kids who are close to radioactive. It's called Summer Active and it has entertained countless numbers of kids and adults over the past month. This Thursday's summer activity is Circus Circus and it is the last one. Circus Circus will involve magic tricks, face paifiting, juggling.and.clowns. As with any circus, it is guaranteed to be fun for the whole family with a minimat! number of suckers born every minute. So be aware, be astute, be assertive, be active and run away to the circus for a few hours. All ages are welcome but children under seven years must bring a buddy older than 14 years. For more infor- mation call the Complex at 365-3386. And if you don’t feel like being overly active, Susan Campbell invites you to come down and be a volunteer during the festivities. But if you want to volunteer she suggests you give her a call ASAP. Friendship Kids Return Happy The Castlegar team at the Friendship *95 Tournament in New Zealand finished up action last Sunday with an a record of 6- 1-1. Their last game was Sunday versus a team from Auckland who they outshot 30-8 and outscored 7-0. Josh Kulbaba led the way with three goals and one assist followed Lyle Salekin with two goals and Aaron Kinakin and Jamie King had one each Clayton Rysen contributed two assists. Castlegar’s tie came at the hands of Tomakomai, Japan while their loss was courtesy of a hard-fought game against St. Paul, Minnesota. St. Paul scored with five minutes left in the game to win 3-2! Closing ceremonies were held Sunday afternoon with all the boys receiving Commemorative medals and exchanging jerseys with other teams. Most of the team should be back in Castlegar shortly. Derek Peregrym it much more challenging. Peregrym came out of the swim in fourth place but man- aged to gain a position duc to a quick transition into the bike por- tion of the race. He gained anoth- er position in the bike and was a solid second going into the run, his strongest event He quickly took the lead in the run but still could not seem to shake Leon Fisher of Nelson who kept pace with Peregrym nght up ‘See PEREGRYM aia The Castlegar Aq Swim Club would like to express sincere appreci to all the ¢ bers and businesses who donated time, products and/or money to the club this year: ° A&W * Aquanaut Parents & Families Arrow Lakes Air Conditioning & Mech. Systems Ltd. * BC Tel * Bingo volunteers and players Castlegar & Dist. Curling Club + Castlegar & Dist. Recreation & Aquatic Centre Castlegar Foods * Celgar Pulp & Paper Ltd. ¢ Chevron Town Pantry China Creek Shell * City of Castlegar * Cominco Ltd * OCT Chambers * Gerick Cycle & Sports * Glacier Awning * Hall Printing * H&R Block * IDA Drugs Without the generous support of volunteers and sponsors, we would not be able to provide the quality coaching and’ competitions that make us one of the best swim teams in the Kooterays. Many thanks!_-_§ + Jeff Gabert, Sports Editor, The Castlegar Sun * Kal Tire * Kootenay Office Outfitters Ltd * M&J Grocery * Mohawk Grocery * Monte Carlo Motor inn * Nelson Recreation Commission * Pharmasave Drugs + Plaza Bakery * Ray R. Vatcher ri * Safeway (Canada) Ltd * Sandman Motor Inn * The Spinning Wheel Restaurant * Subway * SuperValu * Taylor's Place * Trowelex * Xerox Canada Ltd Sincerely, er. the Castlegar Aquanaut Board of Directors i i I GUY BERTRAND Sterling News Services The list of teams is quickly filling out for the 1995 Babe Ruth 16 to 18 year old World Series The 10-team tournament fea tures clubs from across the Unit- ed States as well as Tsukui, Japan and the host Trail Jays. With the draw completed, the only remaining factor is to pencil in the representatives from each region. With regional finals currently going on throughout the U.S., some of the teams have been 511 Front Street, Neilson (604) 354-1700 « [fax] 354-1666 Out of town call: 1-800-932-1414 determined while others have reached the I stages with the exception of the Pacific North west regional which began late this week. 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