SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten

prone a Dagloria (1), a grade one student, was
among the 150 Castlegar Primary School students
who took part in this year’s Bike Safety Day on
Monday. Geraid Kiassen (r) from Gerick Cycle was
on hand to give each bike a safety check and make

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Sun Sports

Competing along with over
9,500 of the world’s top athletes in
the famous Boston Marathon was
an adrenaline
tush for Castle-
gar marathon
runner Derek

charge from
the size and.
spectrum of
the event, the
crowds and
high calibre of
competition
wore off.

“This was a goal of mine ew get
here. I was hoping to break the
three hour mark,” Peregrym said
following the race. “It was not one
of my better days.”

Finishing the 26.2 mile course
in 3:32 was off the goal he had set
for himself but, reached by The
Castlegar Sun Monday night in
Boston after the race, Peregrym
was pl to have finished the
world cliss event, although he said
his body was going to get back at
him for this race.

“My legs are total Jello, they
are’ seized. Right now walking up
stairs is a big chore.”

After the race, which took
almost everything he had, Pere-
grym said he was still on his feet
and had to find the energy to walk
to the subway to get back to where
he was stayi

The Boston Marathon is an
exception to most other events
of this type as they have a mini-
mum qualifying time racers
must meet before they can take

First place is all SHSS’s

See

Stanley Humphries Secondary School's
Golf team competed in only their second
tournament of the season and have already

_ drove, chipped and putted their way to a
first place finish.

The tourney, held lagt Thursday at the
Castlegar and District Golf Course, featured
five area high schools of which Castlegar
rose to the top by a healthy margin.

“It looks like once we have our top five
we will have the best team in the district,”
SHSS Golf Team Coach Bill Lunn. “As a
team they are coming together.”

Leading the way for the SHSS team this
past week were: Marty Carew who shot a
respectable early season 73; Devon Chevel-
dacff at 77; and Chris Gray rounding out the
, schools top three golfers on the day.

Each team is made up of five players with

the top four scores being added together to
with 4 téam total. The school team
h the lowest gotal wins. In the case of
Stanley Humphries, it took the title with a
34 shot advantage over its closest opposi-
tion, Nakusp Secondary School. Salmo, J.L.
Crowe and L.V. Rogers finished in that order
behind the top two schools at this event.

In the West Kootenay high school team
standings, this win, combined with the pre-
vious weeks second place performance,
moves SHSS into first place overall.

Four of the teams five regular playing
positions are nearly cast in stone but, the
real competition comes for the eight players
trying to earn the last spot among the group.

Next action for the SHSS team is Wednes-
day in Nakusp. Team coaches and players all
have their sights set on this year’s Provin-
cial High School Championships which are
being held at the Predator Ridge Golf
Course in Vernon.

SUM SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Puten

T ‘ough the hard work of the many volunteers who came out this weekend

project at hand.

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help lay down the new sod on the Kinnaird Park ball diamonds, major
was made towards completion. Cooperation was the key to the

p’s success as they spent both Saturday and Sunday grassing the

. Ball player’s parents and family members all came out to help with

ew

‘My legs are total
Jeio, they are
seized. Right now
walking up stairs Is
a big chore’

— DEREK PEREGRYM
Castlegar long distance run
ner after completing the
Boston: Marathon

The Castlegar Sun

igary I
ran [the marathon)
in 3:01 and to do
the Boston ‘in
3:32:00 that's a big
difference.”

“I was hoping to break three
hours. I set that kind of a pace, until
the 18 mile mark,” Peregrym said.

When asked what he did to
keep motivated to continue he
said “I thought, this is the
Boston Marathon and that kept
me going to the end. I was
relieved to get in.”

“Never had I run in such a big
field, the crowd support was
incredible.” One event stands out
in his mind as he looks back at
the race. While his spirts were
Jow a large group of girls encour-

Aging the runners from Wellescly
Colege, which is near Boston,
gave him the motivation needed
to continue.

Peregrym found out first hand
why a stretch of the course near
nile 20 of the race is so famous
‘and why it eamed the name Heant-

yéar’s Boston Marathon
Comas Dneti, from Kenya, in a
new Boston marathon record
of 2:07.

WEDNESDAY, April 20, 1994

Sarak Pereciyin kanicbiesaieed a geal he had eat tr hina

tunning the world-class Boston Marathon,
J was fonger than he expected. SUN SPORTS FILE PHOTO! John Van Putten

his time

Castlegar Bantam Reps awards
round out rewarding season

(I+): Chris McCormack; wiriner of the Barb Junker Memorial trophy, Most Improved,
and Most Dedicated awards; Jay Antignani took home the Most Sportsmanlike hon-
ors; Tyler Darnell was named Most Improved and Most Sportsmaniike. Missing from

the photo is Grady Moore.

SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Van Putten

“Always sot your goals high, because you
never know what you are going to achieve,”
said Castlegar Double A Bantam Reps coach
Lori Moore during the players team banquet.

It was with advice like that, the awards for
thé teams’ 1993/94 season were handed out
during a special ceremony held at the Castle-

gar and District Golf Course on Sunday.

The highlight of the teams’ season came
when the represented the West Kootenay in
the Provincial tournament which was held in
100 mile house from March 20-23.

At that tourney the Castlegar team p
fifth overal} with a wins-losses record of 3-2.

Grand Forks Rattlers sign Canadian

Grand Forks, a recent addition

Troy Birtwistle, a Canadian
right-handed pitcher from Victo-
ria, and the Rattlers have inked a

Baseball Institute. He has been
named to All-tournament teams

For four seasons (1989-1992)
he played with the Victoria, Ath-
letics who came in second place
in the B.C Championships twice
and won the B.C i
in 1992 going on to finish second

Birtwistle was named to the.
Tournament Team all four years,
received Rookie of the Year hon-
ors in 1989 and was named Most
Outstanding Pitcher in 1991. //
While at the national Baseball
Institute he had a record of 2-1
with a 5.79 ERA, striking out 15
in 23 innings work, The highlight
of his hear was to pitch against

in the Canadian champi:
those

spent one year at the National During

jionships. the Toronto Blue Jays, who went

four__ years _ on to win the World Series.

pans eters g April 20, 1994

For the Juveni
JOUN VAN PUTTEN

For the Kootenay Juvenile
volleyball team their worst
nightmare came true—and
then things only became
worse,

But, faced with an even big-
ger challenge than previously
expected,-the team acted as
just that, a team, and returned
with a bronze medal from the
Provincial Juvenile Champi-
onships this weekend in
Kelowna. Their coach is still
amazed at the performance of
his squad.

“These kids earned a lot of

respect,” Coach Mike Perra said. _

“I am so proud of those guys
They are the third best in B.C.

Trouble for the team started
a couple weeks before the
tournament when their starting
setter, Theo Laktin, sprained
his thumb and it was question-
able if he could play with the
‘team at all. The injury proved
to be too much to allow Laktin
into the lineup. *

Then things really took a
turn for the worse when anoth-
er star player was moved to-
the injured list. Chris Sylvester
tore cartilage in his right knee
on Thursday night: just before
the team was set to travel to
Kelowna. .

Injuries to. two of the team's
top players could have been
devastating for most groups of
this nature but, this team found
motivation in their hard times.

“If we just had one of those
two players it would have put
us over the top,” Perra said.

Through the round-robin
section of the tourney, the
Kootenay team had mixed
results but, inthe consolation
final, to see who would earn
the bronze medal and which
team would go home in fourth
place, the Kootenay squad
pulled out all the stops.

Playing the White Rock
téam, their second meeting of
the event—they lost the first
match 3-0. The team then had
revenge on their minds. Open-
ing with a 15-11-loss, sparked
Perra‘s players to win their
next two games 15-11 and 15-
3 and take the bronze medal.

“They decided they didn't
‘want to finish fourth.”

One player, Castlegar’s
Todd’ Bonderoff, according to
Perra, stood out as a surprise
performer on the floor. Bon-
deroff was playing in his first
tourney at ghis high level and

some of his opponents were ~

previous provincial team
members and much mofe
experienced. Taking that into
consideration, His perfor-
mance was just oustanding,
Perra said. ia ia
When you take into consid-
eration ‘the population base of
the Kootenay area and com-
pare.it to the Lower Mainland,
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outstanding. Perra said his job
was made easy when supplied
with such a high number of
quality players with a strong
coaching background.

The Castlegar Sun

‘SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Ven Putten

volleyball team members this was a weekend of discovery.

“If anybody deserves a pat
on the back it’s the area coach- ~
es. They did such a good job
which makes my job a lot casi-
er.” Rerra said.

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‘SUN SPORTS PHOTO / John Ven Putten

For the 40 junior golfers taking lessons at the Castlegar and District Golf course, last
Sunday's sunshine was a welcomed benefit to the helpful golf tips. The boys class
goes from 3 p.m.-4p.m., and the girls from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., organizers. says there is
Still room for a few more students and at $12 for five lessons it’s hard to beat.

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