aB2 Wednesday, October 16, 1991 @ Since everyone and their dog seems to have had a crack at getting air time for their wish lists during the current provincial election, it’s only fair to see what sports groups in B.C. have on their agenda. I mean, you're not likely to see sport getting much play when it comes to discussing politics in the Op-Ed pages in many newspapers. So here it is, a news release, more or less verbatim, from Sport B.C., which represents 88 sports organiza- tions in the province. And, gee whiz, guess what they want. Sport B.C. wants the province's next government to spend more money on sport. Eighteen months ago a request was made to invest new dollars in- to the sy After the electi Sport B.C. will again ask Victoria to increase its funding to sport. “Last year lotteries made the provincial government a profit of $200 million. We would like to see an additional two per cent of those funds allocated to the provincial sport or izati ae said Sport B.C. chairman Bruce Carison. Currently, 700,000 British Columbians are members of sport organizations, yet each year Vic- toria’s funding has declined. Over the last four years, fund- ing to the provincial sport gov- erning bodies has actually de- creased by $900,000. Reduced funding hurts sports in several ways: * Quite simply, there are fewer coaches and referees. « There are fewer opportuni- ties to improve elite and partici- pation levels. Recently, in Campbell River, 110 boys enrolled to play flag foot- ball but there was not one trained table: te Free Agent B.C. Sport has its own wish list brickbats are but an old-time journal- ist I admired used it in his cohumn way back when, so I’ll appropriate it for this one. I know for sure that the bou- quets are the good things and brick- bats aren't so hot. Bouquets: To the Selkirk College athletic program and first-year ath- letic director Sally Willis. Willis, who replaced popular and respected department head Rob John- son, confidently came in and put her stamp on the college’s athletic pro- gram with positive and intelligent a ch Time to get the ball coach or sp manage a team. Compared to other western provinces, B.C. spends very little per capita on amateur sport. ‘What Sport B.C. wants, on be- half of its 88 member organiza- tions, is an increase in its share of the profits generated annually from lotteries. Lotteries were established in the early 1970s with the promise that they would be used to help fund sport and culture. Last year, Victoria assisted the provincial sport organizations by contribut- ing $6.5 million, which is less than four per cent of the total lottery profit. Sport B.C. believes it’s time for rolling in a new direction. The two per cent solution, which amounts to $4 million, will produce a coordinated sport sys- tem for all British Columbians, a legacy of trained volunteer lead- ers and long term reduction in health and social costs. Lotteries are fun. Most of us like to make a small wager once in a while. But this is not time to be gambling with B.C.’s future. OK, I bet you weren't surprised they were asking for more money. It’s along lineup Sport B.C, is standing in “right now. Let’s hand out a few bouquets and brickbats — I’m not exactly sure what Bouquets: To men’s basketball players Brian Turlock and Wayne Mc- Carthy of Castlegar, and Norm Zait- soff from the Slocan Valley, who have kept men’s basketball thriving in this area. three recently took what was left of the Nelson men’s league af- ter it folded this season and put to- gether a bigger and better league right here in Castlegar. The league, which will have at least six teams, will play Tuesday night games at Selkirk Col- lege. Congratulations guys. Brickbats: To small-town snobs. People who think they are better than other people because they live in a cer- tain place, hang around a certain group of people or for any petty reason are not only snobs, they're usually Volleyball continued from page B1 Athletic Association. The problem with the team over the last few season has been that the players lacked the commitment to stick it out the entire year, especially af- ter a losing skein. Sookaveiff said it’s up to his players, but he expects there is a different attitude on the Saints this season. There is certainly different personnel with Keri Cullinane the only returnee from last year. “The girls on the team, who show up every practice, work hard and that, I don’t think I'll lose them even if we do have a poor start,” said Sookaveiff, who is in his first year as coach. That sentiment is shared by rookie Holly Relkoff, who is one of three Mount Sentinel high school products on the team. “We have to mold as a team yet, but I think we're going to do much better this year,” said Relkoff. “A lot of the girls are very serious this year.” Gakaveiff h If a South hurt us in the long run, but it’s kind of like everybody's got* their skill and the team’s well- Slocan resident, said that while the team isn’t blessed with oodles of talent or height, it is very balanced in all posi- tions. “(Lack of tall players) could The Saints open the tourna- ment against Cariboo College, then meet Vancouver Commu- nity College, Trinity Western University and the College of New Caledonia. ™ Wednesday, October 16, 1991 Seniors call it a season Bud Lowther COLUMNIST The Castlegar Senior Men's Golf Club said farewell to the game for another season with a windup round and luncheon at the Castlegar Golf Course last Thursday. The Howard Anderson Tro- phy was on the line as just 34 players teed off — perhaps a sign of the diminishing inter- est as the days get cooler. One man who was glad he came was Walt Gorkoff who won a three-way playoff to take the trophy: Gorkoff, Bud Allingham and Otto Anderson finished the round tied with low net scores of 32. George Crossley had the low gross score of 42 while Allingham and Otto Walker were tied for second in that category finishing just a stroke behind the leader. Bill Oleski, Frank Webster, Dave Hiebert, Ken Henderson and Al Taranko won golf balls for low scores on the day. For the record, as they say in this business, in the Kim Chi Open I shot a low gross score of 85, not 35. I took my share of ribbing for that boo Some bouquets to hand out in the season ending column to those people who make the year more enjoyable: Club professionals Denny McArthur, Steve Joh Special teams extra special in CRHL News Staff It’s still early in the season but one Castlegar Recreation- al Hockey League team has served notice that its special teams are not to be taken Ly. The powerplay and penalty killing units were the differ- ence in a pair of wins for Kootenay Computers in CRHL games last week. Chief Mercer and Dave MacKinnon scored powerplay goals within a five minute span in the third peri- od to give Computers a 7-6 win over Castlegar Sports Centre at the Community Complex on Friday. In their season opener at the Complex on Thursday, Mercer scored shorthanded in the first period then set up a powerplay marker by Brad ortoff in the third in a 5-3 win over Castlegar Pressure Wash. In other games, Woodland Park Shell opened its season with an 8-5 win Tuesday over Sports Centre then got pasted 12-6 by Banjo’s on Friday. Gary Sauer had two goals and two assists to lead Com- puters over Sports Centre while Dave MacKinnon got two and Dean MacKinnon and Bob Larsh scored once each. Dan Walker scored a hat and Kevin Biln. Golf course superintendent Nick Shersto- bitoff and his crew. The staff of 3 DAYS trick and Lorne Anderson had three assists for Sports Centre while Niki Hyson had two and Aaron Postnikoff had a goal and two assists in the loss. With two goals and three assists, Sauer was also the scoring leader for Computers in the win over Pressure Wash. Jeff Townsend had the other goal. Darrell Bojechko, Don Soroke and Gord Walker scored for Pressure Wash. Clay Martini.and Rob Aris- man both had four goals and two assists to lead Banjo’s over Shell in the other game Friday. Larry Price had two goals and four assists while Wayne The Y370 all-season steel-belted radial delivers consistent performance in snow, wet and dry conditions. This unique tire provides an outstanding ride and excellent durability. Covered by Yokohama's Road Hazard Protection Plan. Sw YOKOHAMA NOW YOU'VE GOT CONTROL Salekin and Chris Owens had the other goals. Adrian Markin had five assists. Dave Rugg had the hat trick for Shell and Benton Hadley had four assists. Al Conroy, Jim McMillan and Chris Brod- man had the other goals for Shell Hadley decided to score some goals of his own in Shell’s win over Sports Centre notch- ing the hat trick and adding one assist to lead his club. Bruno Tassone scored twice and set up another while Dave Rugg had a goal and three as- sists for Shell. Brodman and Paul Rasmussen had the other goals for Shell. 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