The Castlegar Sun ippreeday. January 12,1994 failed 16 dampen the spirits of skiers at the annual Verne Ander- son | giant slalom race held at ee en oe worse, 1 eeeneny of the Hed Mountain Racers managed to bet the weekend for ‘club was Aimee New- as she took fifth on Saturday and fourth on the final day. In fact three more female Red Mountain Racers also stepped up their J3 placings on the second day. Melissa Bryden finished 11th on Saturday. and seventh on Sun- day, Rebecca Hooper, took 12th the first day and zoomed all the way up to seventh on Sunday while Amanda O'Connor kept pace with her teammates going from a 14th-place finish in the first race to 12th in her second race. Toni Boutry and Courtney Brunette finished 15th and 19th Proctor day’s race to up her J3 standings ‘ively on Saturday but failed 6 Complete the race on Sunday. In the male events, Anderson continued the Red Racers’ trend to climb up the standings as he moved into first place in Sun- day's J2 race. Fellow J2 skiers also improved over their first day's as Jamie Proc- ter took sixth on Saturday and fifth on Sunday. Garth Shubert went from eighth spot on the first day to seventh on the second day. Aaron Civitarese took first in the J3 race on Saturday but failed to finish his first ran on Sunday. ‘Mountain Raers cut th and fourth Sunday, Other Saturdays results include; Landon ninth and sixth: Derek Geldrich. 48th and seventh; James Heim... 12th and ninth: Aaron Alibone, 13th both days; Trevor Greene, 19th and 17th; Nathan Fischer, 22nd both days:.Andrew Murray, 24th and 26th; Jacob McBwan 26th and 29th. Derek Pancoff and Brian Cant had strong first days fin- ishing fifth and seventh tively but failed to finish took part in the giant slalom races sponsored by Canadian. They represented Clubs from Manitoba, Kimberley, Nelson, Fernie, Salmo, Golden and Panorama. Emily Bryden of the Snow Valley Ski Club from Femiec took the overall female honors while Glenn Andruschuck of the Win- dermere Valley Ski Club from Panorama edged out RMR"s David Anderson for the overs male honors. The two races also doubled ts a,qualifier for the B.C. Winter By fo Scott Anderson, placed fourth in J3 in the first race and moved up to second on Sunday. Tyler Jonhson grabbed eighth place in the first J3 race Craig $wanson won't be playing in the KUHL All-star game as he had previously planned, but he’s still all smiles. Winter Games hopefuls play waiting game JOHN VAN PUTTEN Bleyne Matas has her sights sot on both the target and the B.C. Winter Games. The six hopefuls attended the Winter Games try-outs held just this past Sat- urday, but they will have to wait until the end of the month to gee whether they have carned Games, no Red Moun- tain Racers were among the seven males and two females that were selected to attend the Games. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Pytten Dispite poor weather conditions the Verne Anderson Memorial Giant Slalom was still - held at Red Mountain this past weekend. The Red Mountain Flecere hosted the race «and Aimee Newton from the club took first place. Swanson given chance to show his talents That's because the Junior A Vernon Lakers had a better offer; to play one regular season’ game with the club and then join the team as it travels to.take part in a tournament in Kala- mazoo, Michigan. “It'll be a really good experience and a way to get expo- “We should know by the end the province who try out for the of the month, for sure how many spaces will be allotted to this said Zone One Coach, games. ‘There is W good possibility all six will go to the games, Gibson said. Pour are from Castlegar and wo made-the trek ‘oe oe Sep cea «in the Ladies 17- Bi Division: Virginia Adams and Blayne Materi, from-Creston have strong shooting skills according to Gibson, but they still necd to work on their skiing skills. Also inthe Ladics 17-20 Division, Melanie Gibson made a strong showing at the try-out event: At the Winter Games in the Ladies section, skiers will be taking ‘parp im two events, an Individual race and a Sprint event." Theidividual race will have the Ladies competitors skiing a total of 10.4am in four sections and three times on the range. In the 5) ; tracers will cover 7.5 ken two times’shooting. Gareth Orr, is hoping to carn a spot on the boys Undér-17 team, another Castlegar hopeful who has been performing well with shooting, according to-Gibson. The“léngth confpetitors will cover varies from one age group to another. In the Men’s‘17-20 div) fon, Malcolm (Menninga f openings wi it, the total number SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten Comments: 15 km in the Individ- .) race and 10 km in the Sprint. ‘said he is also expect- ing to form-a relay team from those who qualify for the games. REST TFOR| oe sure—to show people and to prove myself,” Swanson told The Sun, Monday ‘night as he was preparing for his flight to Vernon, which was leaving Tuesday. For the 16-year-old Castlegar player there will be some important eyes in the crowd at this event. both the fans and more imper- tantly from the Nation- al Hockey League scouts. — 2 AThis tournc yieSweine son's chance to deave-a strong impression and to help him pave his way to fulfilling his one term goal, which ~ he said. “of course, to play in the NHL.” “This is just a chance for scouts to have a look and then to see if they need anyone,” Swanson said When this Castlegar right-winger received the call from the Lakers last week he was caught off guard. “I was really surprised that they asked me to play with that calibre...I was just surprised that they would ask me that quickly with such short notice Swanson said he expects to be back in Castlegar next Wednesday but his emotional ride will likely not land for some time: The Vernon club is making use of its affiliation with the Castlegar Rebels to borrow Swansgn for this tourney. Castlegar Coach Garry Sauer said the connection between the Rebels and the Lakers gives the local club another advantage in offering players a chance for advancement. In another inter-club connection, Swanson was given a chance to show his talent when he played one game with the Kamloops Blazers over Christmas. Sauer said the Kamloops linkage is a “roving affiliation” in which the team can call on players as they are needed. When given the choice of playing in the KIJHL All-star game or traveling with the Vernon club, Swanson answered with | a chuckle, “Oh,.beyond a doubt going to play with Ver- non.” With this opportunity, Swanson joins the ranks of Castlegar players who have been putting the local hockey system on the national map lately. Plas “aiallaal 3138 MORE OF OUR BEST Make ‘em Larges! $18.49 Pick-up price, (21.75 delivered) « Wednesday, January 12, 1994 The Castlegar Sun Page 3B Bill Van Sterling News Service lt took One: more day than they would have liked but in the end Bill Van Yzerloo’s Castlegar rink emerged as the top foursome in: the West Kootenay by capturing last night's zone championship tie-breaker in Rossland. Van Yzerloo defeated Grand Forks’-Lylc Horneland to become the zone rep at the Interior Tankard set for Jan. 28 in Cranbreok For Van Yzérloo it marks the second time he has been part ofa zone champion rink. In 1989 he was a member of Paul Devlin's tink as they went all the way to the B.C. Tankard, Last night ‘he found some of that old magic as he, along with team. Sauer has chosen Rebel, q Antignani and Nelson j ¢ Leaf Jason Mann to join ‘the best of the West as they take on what the East Division has to offer. Game time in Golden is set for 7:30, on Saturday night. Retirees set to hit the ice for spiel The 10th annual Trail Retirees Bonspie! will be held at the Trail Curling Club running from Jan. 14 to Jan. 16. Thirty rinks from the West Kootenay will be participating. Teams-will play two games each day with prize money up for grabs on all games played on Sat- urday and Sunday. Friday’s matches will be used for qualifying teams into sections with section winners eligible for additional cash on Sunday. Opeainig oe Friday, 8 B. Jewitt “cTrail) vs. B. White @B.V.) E. Kwasney (Trail) vs. R. Clay (Cas) G. LeMoel (Trail) vs. B. Wiens (B.V.) J. Monaldi (Trail) vs. A Pop- 1 (Ross) . McKeown (Trail) vs. M. | (B.V.) SKIS SKI WEAR BINDINGS third Kelly Johnson, second Alex Coutts and lead Barry Perchud- offi avenged an earlier loss to Horneland by downing them 5-4. Van Yzerloo had captured the A event title Saturday night and needed to defeat Horneland and Trail's Peter Young to sweep both events ‘and wrap things up Sunday. But Horneland scored a 6-5 extra-cnd win to set up last night's tic- breaker. However, on Monday Van Yzerloo got off on the right foot as he scored'two in the first end to take u lead he wouldn't relinquish "That was caused by the flip.” explained the Castlegar skip. Van Yzetloo elected to take the hammer and used it to jump out to the quick lead “That set us up for the rest of the game,” let them put any rocks in play.” he added. “We didn't Yzerloo tink earns trip to Tankard Homeland agreed: “lt was our inability to put ‘up guards: ‘They made all their shots and we didn't.” r After trailing 2-0 in thé first end, Horneland played catch-up throughout the game never coming closer than 3-2 after the fifth end. Van Yzerl6o blanked the sixth, scored one in the seventh, and stole one in the eighth to take control heading home Horneland scored one in the ninth and tried in vain to get some- thing going in the final end but managed only one point to, fall short, " Van Yzerloo automatically qualifies for the BCICA Tankard while the remaining zone rinks will get one more opportunity to get to Cranbrook b: in the regi playoff set for Kim- berley. Thiée rinks will emerge to advance to the Interiors. ‘Inventory In All Mallard's Locations To Be Sold At Wholesale Or Below! BIKES Up To HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SKI BOOTS FOOTWEAR CLOTHING physical hard-hitting style of play . MUSHROOM. * that Ml Mike displayed kept the Rebel alive. Mike contributed -, a \camate last weekénd. ATTENTION —— NON-PROFIT CLUBS, Sendnich 3 D_ Bagshaw (Trail vs 1. Con GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS "10:30am The Castlegar Sun is pl d to offer you the sda iioeny sacle use of our display window. Your display may E. 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