The Castlegar Sun 'n an earlier match this season two SHSS players both unsuccessfully dive for the same ball SUN SPORTS FILE PHOTO Wednesday, December 1 JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports When a person strikes two rocks together they can some times get a spark—and the same is sometimes true with Rockettes. But not this year At this year's Double A Provincial Volleyball Play-offs the Stanley Humphries senior girls team neéded that spark to light their way to success “The team that gets hot is usually successful,” said Rock ettes coach, John Ritchie The provincials, held at D.W. Poppy Secondary School in Langley, attracted 16 teams CHRISTMAS Sun Sports HAMPERS It was another successful The trip for two local members of swim club. swimmers, If you, or someone you know needs a helping hand this Christmas time, please register for a Legion Hamper at the Castlegar Royal Canadian Legion 875 Columbia Ave., Castlegar ” or Salvation Army 1100 - 3rd St., Downtown Castlegar by.this Friday, Dec. 12th. LOW WAREHOUSE PRICES Quality Furniture « Mattresses Chuck Wools and Bill Deklerk, hit Masters live up to name the West Kootenay Masters the Beban Parks pool in Nanaimo, on November 20, for the 13th Annual Master Swim Meet and returned home with enough gold to open a jewelry store “Swimmers from all over the Western Mainland and Vancouver Island participated in a spirit of fierce competi- tion and friendship,” said Castlegar Masters member, Bill Deklerk Each swimmer competed in four events and nailed down the top spot in each. Wools compet ing in the 75-79 age group col lected gold in the: 50m Back Stroke; 200m Freestyle; 50m Breast Stroke and the 100m Individual Medley In his 65-69 age section, Deklerk racked up his collec tion of hardware in the 100m, 50m, and 25m Breaststroke races. He also placed first in the 100m IM fos his age group “My times were very good considering I had a hernia Operation two and a half weeks ago,” Deklerk said Comox gets Submitted NO FRILLS NO GIMMICKS LOW PRICES BRAND NAMES _ | VARY BY LOCATION | BERKLINE © ; MASTERCRAFI Good Tables 4445 Minto Rd. 365-6433 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Mon-Sat Castlegar sunday Closed 10 am -6 pm Cela The Comoa Valley has won the competition to host the 1995 B.C. Winter Games, Robin Blencoe, minister responsible for sport, announced today This excellent bid is the product of many hours of work by dedicated people and organi zations in the Comox Valley When 3,000 par ticipants from all over British~ Columbia come to compete in the Comox Valley February 23 26, 1995, I know this communi ty will be ready for them.’ Comox MLA Margaret Lord congratulated those in the com munity who worked together on the successful bid “This is great news for the Comox Valley,” Lord said. “In addition to the tremendous sense of pride and achievement we'll share as a result of host ing people from across the Province, these games will help promote our region, which will have a positive effect on tourism and jobs. The B.C. Winter Games are first and foremost a sports event, where friendly competi- tion is designed to bring out the best in performance, said Blencoe OPEN SUNDAYS until December 5 10:00 am to 3 pm Beside Greyhound 08:55 15:50 THREE FLIGHTS every BUSINESS DAY to VANCOUVER. 12:05 Canadian Regional _ | Rockettes fizzl from all areas of British Columbia. Once all was said and done the local team came to its final rest in 14 place In their pool after the round robin section of games, the SHSS squad was tied for fourth place. A tie-breaker match landed the Rockettes in fifth place and earned them a ore way ticket to the consola side of the tourney draw Once in the consolation draw they played a match against Selkirk Secondary School from Kimberly losing 10-15 ard 11- 15, Following that match they played Holy Cross Secondary, a Fraser Valley school, and came out winners of the best of three match in two games, 15-9 and 15-12 To decide which team would land in 14th place the Rockettes jumped off against Garibaldi Secondary School but the local team was on the losing end of the three-game match: 10-15; 14-12; and 11-15. Although the end of this sea son could have been better for the team, Coach Ritchie has high hopes for the team next year. “Next year we are only going to lose one player, that’s a very good sign.” Ritchie said the team has a strong backbone of young play- ers for the senior squad and three of the team’s younger players stood out “The biggest thing is that we had one grade nine and two grade tens on our senior team and those kids played extreme ly well,” Ritchie said Tammy Sherbinen, a grade nine student at SHSS and a Starter on the senior team played “outstanding” according to Ritchie Two grade tens, Shawna Harshenin and Tamara Terry both came off the bench to pro. vide the team with their much needed back up the games sportsmanship, cooperation and community Approximately 30 sports wall be part of the program. The sports being considered include skiing, skating, luge, curling, bowling, badminton, squash weightlifting, judo, karate gymnastics and swimming There will be a blend of male and female sports, individual and team sports, and sports for athletes with disabilities Hosting the B.C. Winter Games will leave the Comox Valley with a human legacy, a legacy of improved equipment and facilities, and a‘ financial legacy,” Blencoe said. “A study of the 1992 Winter Games in Vernon found they had a direct economic impact of $1.6 million “February 1995 is only 16 months away, and a lot of hard work will be needed in the months ahead,” Blencoe said “I know the People of the Comox Valley will work together to make the 1995 B.C. Winter Games a memo rable event.” The 1994 B.C Winter Games will be held in Smithers and the 1994 B.C. Summer Games will be held in Kelowna GENELLE Units Now Available 365-7798 $e Pouncing Wildcats collect tourney title JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports They arrived. They played They gave it their.all, and the team was rewarded with the Dou ble A Championship title Mt. Sentinel's Senior Boys Volleyball team made their trip to Fraser Valley Christian School in Surrey a worthwhile one, to say the least, going the entire length of the event without a single loss. “We played really well, we won it all,” said Mt. Sentinel Senior Boys Volleyball Coach, Dave Olynyk, summing up the weekend road trip for the team The school was representing the West Kootenay at the Provincial tourney and they let the 11 other teams taking part in the event know the true Strength of this area's volley ball players Riding high through the clean Sweep was the team's starting set- ter Theo Laktin, who shouldered much of the team’s skills and eamed recognition as the tourna- ments most valuable player— title that Olynyk said was accom- panied by a standing ovation when his selection was announced. “He is an outstanding athlete who has a skill for anticipating the movement of the ball,” Olynyk said. Two other Wildcats found themselves in the spotlight when it came time to name the remain- ing tourney all-stars. Shane Kozak, one of the teams “Big their matches. While the Mt. Sentinel Boys have just returned as Provincial Champions, the schools senior girls vol- leyball team making the long trip to Fort St. John for SUN SPORTS FILE PHOTO / John Van Putten The Castlegar Sun Theo Laktin guns” according to Olynyk, was honored as a member of the first team all-stars. The other player saluted as a second team all-star was Rick Friml. Friml and Kozak, both grade 11 players this year, will be hand- ed the duties of leading the team next year in their bid to repeat as champions. In their final match against Vic- toria'’s Lambrick Park, the Wild- cats swept their opposition in the best-of-five final: 15-13; 15-4; and 15-12. Olynyk said he was unsure going into the major event of the high school volleyball season if his team could pull off a victory. “We knew we were pretty strong , we just did not know how strong.” A major factor separating the winners from the runners-up in the final, according to Olynyk, was the depth of skill on the Wildcat team. “Our other four players on the floor were better than their four.” This was the fourth provincial triumph for Mt. Sentinel who had eatned previous titles in 1983, 1987, and 199] Get to know your ice and rocks Submitted If there was a “top 10” list of curlers excuses for why shots arc missed, number two wouldbe poor ice conditions and number onc would be bad rocks. The partici pants are referring to the inconsis tencies in the playing surface and the equipment that; both major concems in curling. Curling ice is not like hockey or skating ice. It is important for the surface to be level so that the stones don't drift to one side or the other. The ice shouldn't be too thick, or frost build-up will pre vent the rocks from gliding easily down the sheet, or taking a curv ing path to the target end. The temperature of the ice and the “pebble” water must be right, or the “pebble” (water sprinkled on the ice before the game) will lay too flat to allow the rock to grab on and curt). Even if curling ice is put in well, proper maintenance is very impor tant. The thickness of the ice is maintained by first using equip. ment that scrapes or melts the top surface, and then “flooding” the urface with more water. If the scraper blade isn't level, or if the melting is uneven, “runs” (dips going the length of the sheet) will develop in the ice that cause the stones to run in a straight line Although they ‘re made of gran: te and weight 44 pounds (20 kg) each, curling stones are very deli ate pieces of equipment. The per formance of each stone is affected by wear, as both the running sur face and the hitting surface wear down over time. The hitting edge is a roughened band that protrudes slightly, and when it flattens out rocks start hitting on the polished granite and chips appear. The run- ning surface is a circular edge approximately 3/16 inch (5 cm) wide, and the main problem is “pitting” caused by either water ing absorbed into the running ige and freezing (usually because the récks are not properly chilled before going on the ice), or rocks being stored on a gritty sur- face, or rocks going over rough surfaces in the ice area. When a “pit” appears the stone will not run consistently, as the running edge grabs the pebble in an uneven manner, and small imper fections in the ice or pieces of debris on the ice will disturb the progress of the stone down the sheet. This improper use and stor age can be very costly to a club, as the purchase price for one stone is about $700. Rocks should last 25 years or more, but often must be re-conditioned or replaced much sooner because of carelessness. What does all this mean to the curler? Every player must know how to avoid damaging the ice sur- face and the stones. DO NOT: set a stone on wet ice (it absorbs water); store stones between games on the backboards (to warm); pile stones on each other or an abrasive sur- face (causes pitting), push or throw stones so that abnormal impact is made (damages hitting surface); or use shoes of brooms that are rough and scratch the ice, or leave unusu al amounts of debris. And, in order to perform well on all ice surfaces and with any stones, curlers should study techniques on reading ice and matching stones. submitted The Ministry of Transportation and Highways tdvises back-country users that improvements in wvalanche control equipment in Kootenay Pass on the Salmo Creston Highway will affect ski access to Stagleap Park during control activity Using the old avalauncher equipment it was pos. sible for us to carry out avalanche control on the north side of the highway above Stagleap Park with out affecting back-country skiers at lower elevations This is no longer the case,” said John Tweedy, Dis {net Avalanche Control Technician. “The new 105 mm rifles’ which were installed over the summer have a longer range and deliver a larger payload of explosives into the start zones of avalanche paths. In order to protect back-country users we can no longer allow any skiers on the north side of the highway at the summit during avalanche control All back-country users departing on trips on the north side of the Salmo Creston highway at Koote nay Pass are advised to review updated information signs at Bridal lake parking lot prior to departure Back-country skiers are advised that the Caribou ross-country trails, and the slopes above Bridal Lake will be closed during avalanche control. Skiers using trails south of the highway ag this constfainit control staff are in Kootenay Pass 24 hours a day monitoring snow and weather conditions and assessing the aval that we have a rising hazard, and avalanche control measures are possible, skiers will be advised that they cannot ski in certain areas. 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