News photo Aquanauts veteran coaches Tom Carew and Wendy Pilla have over 25 years ex- perience combined with the club as swimmers and coaches. Resting on laurels not in club’s plan i But Castlegar’s swim club may be hard pressed to re- peat last year’s successes. NEWS STAFF Coming off one of the club’s most successful seasons in recent memory, the Castlegar Aquanauts have every right to rest on their laurels a little longer. ; But with their first meet less than three weeks away, club members are aware the pressure will soon mount to repeat past glory. And both head coach Tom Carew and assistant Wendy Pilla know rest- ing now won’t win them any medals. So the club has already conducted dry land training and is in the pool in preparation for what could be its most challenging season in some time., Both Pilla and Carew say repeating last year’s success could prove to be tough given a drop in registration and the loss of a few key veteran swim- mers. ~ “It’s going to be a lot tougher to win is year because of a lack of A history major at the University of Alberta returning for his sixth year as the Aquanauts’ head coach, Carew, 24, said he was expects this to be a re- building year for the club. Even last year when the club sent 26 swimmers to the provincial cham- pionship and won most of its meets during the season, Carew said he could tell he had a team in transition. He said the club still has a good group of older swimmers, but most of its talent is in the younger age groups now. The goal is to at least match what the club did last season, he said. “I just want the kids to make sure they’re getting the most out of them- selves and, of course I want to qualify as many kids for provincials as last year,” Carew said. Pilla, 21, a physical education ma- jor at UBC, said the Aquanauts still have the potential to be the best again. “With the older kids coming back and the new, young blood on the team, we're looking really promising. I think we could be just as successful as last year,” said Pilla, who is in her third year as assistant coach. The season opens June 13-14 with a meet in Nelson. ey s photo kathy Verigin Robson River Otters’ head coach Marie Seghers (left) is joined this season by Tara Paulhus of Prince George, who will assist Seghers. It’s a great day for swimming Wl River Otters’ head coach Marie Seghers is the embodi- ment of positive thinking. NEWS STAFF Marie Seghers is the Bob Johnson of swimming in this area. Like the late coach of the defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, Seghers is Ms. Positive At- titude personified. Get her talking about the Robson River Otters and it’s easy to see why, like Johnson, the third-year coach is extremely popular with her charges. “I know the goals for some of the older swimmers are definitely to make provincials, but the goals for the chub are basically the same as last year — stroke improvement, time improve- ment and having a lot of fun. That’s what summer swimming is all about,” said the 23 year old. It’s that kind of attitude that Seghers hopes rubs off on her team and allows the swimmers to perform without the pressure there is in some clubs. With the Otters just back in the wa- ter this week, Seghers said it’s diffi- cult to gauge the club’s talent at this point. But she does have a couple of goals she will be shooting for as the season progresses. Seghers said she would at least like to qualify as many swimmers for the provincials at the club did last year when it sent seven. And in the immediate future, she wants the club to win its own meet, which is set for the Coralea Schuepfer Memorial Pool June 20. Seghers, who graduated this spring with an education degree from UBC, is joined this season by first-year as- sistant coach Tara Paulhus of Prince George. ‘As is her style, Seghers is full of praise for her new partner. “She’s going to be great. She’s expe- rienced she’s great with the kids, they rally like her and she knows her stuff,” Seghers said. Paulhus, a physical education ma- jor at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, said she’s looking for- ward to a positive season. “I just want to get to know the swimmers and sort of set goals ac- cordingly along with the head coach.” she said. The Otters open their season with a meet in Nelson June 13-14. @ Wednesday, May 20, 1992 Mother Nature steps up to plate in fastball tourney NEWS STAFF The game was called in the eighth with Ban- When the two finalists couldn’t make up jo’s at the plate and a runner on third with one their minds who would win, Mother Nature out. stepped in to decide the outcome of the Valley Banjo’s assistant playing coach Mike Royals Fastball Tournament in Winlaw last Callaghan said there was no way the game weekend. Her decision was to let go with a torrential dowripour in the first extra inning of the cham- pionship game forcing organizers to call the game a draw. Banjo’s just managed to beat Mother Na- ture’s wrath when they got solo home runs from Jim Nazaroff and Guy Bertrand in the seventh inning to tie the score 2-2. , Merchants hosting fastball tourney Wi Prize money could reach $1,000 for first place in local men’s ball tournament NEWS STAFF Four of five Castlegar Men’s Commercial Fastball League teams will leave the league be- hind in search of cash prizes in the second of back to back weekend fastball tourna- ments. The Castlegar Merchants serve as host of a seven- or eight-team tourney at Kin- naird Park this weekend. Depending on the number of teams, which wasn’t final- ized at press time, prize mon- ey in the tourney could reach as high as $1,000 for first place. could have been played out. “The water was just pouring into the dugouts and the field was basically a mud ball,” Callaghan said. The two teams each took home $750 after deciding to split the first and second place prize money in the six-team tourney. 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