The Castlégar Sun Wednesday, April 7, 1993 , Page 10A Cross-country skiing in Norway JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports A recent trip to Geilo, Norway for the Cross-country Masters + World Cup earned a Castlegar esident a Silver and Bronze ' medal, and a fifth place finish from the three events she entered Olwyn Ringheim, a long time member of the Castlegar Nordic Ski club, was in the competition along with representatives from 21 other countries. It was her fifth time at the World Masters. According to Ringheim, B.C was well represented at the event. There were skiers from Rossland, Castlegar, Kamloops. Vancouver and other parts of the province as well I just love it. It (Geilo) is a beautiful area, we skied a differ ent course each day went through small towns and vil lages in the area,” Ringheim said. Competing in the 10 km and 20 km Classic and 15 km Freestyle events, Ringheim was one of four skiers from our area, but the only one from Castlegar. The other three-competitors were from the Blackjack Ski Club in Rossland. The two styles (Classic and Freestyle) differ greatly in the meth. ods the skiers use during the race. The courses LATE FRENCH IMMERSION (crac: 7) Kinnaird Middle Schootis now registering students who wish to enter Grade 7 LATE FRENCH IMMERSION for the 1993-1994 school year. For further information contact Kinnaird Middle School at 365-7727 and speak to Bill Sang - Vice-Principal or Bruce Gerrand - Principal. “Freestyle is shating on your skis. You can skate or Classic ski in the event, you can do what you want to get to the finish line.” Placing third in broken down into different age groups of five years each. To qualify, participants must be over the age of 30. From there, according- «40 the 1s km Freestyle earned her the Bronze Ringheim added a Silver medal to her collection of hardware follow ing the 10 km Classic race. The longest race in which Ringheim was entered was the 20 km Classic Where she earned a fifth place finish ‘I just love it. it (Geilo) is a beautiful ‘area...the courses went through small towns and villages in the area.’ — OLWYN RINGHEIM International cross-country competitor commenting on her trip to Norway. age, they are Separated into their respective divisions. Ringheim was in the women's 65-69 class. The old- est female competitor was 78 and the old- est male was an incredible 85. Training for the winter ski season for There were over 800 international competi tors at the Masters Cup, which is Swimmer JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports Soe? rs Draw Date June 1, 1993 This feature-fitled 2,087 sq. ft. home is located in the award winning Westwood Plateau. 1 0 + Yes! piease send me and Property pri the home of your dream 81. PAUL'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SHOWCASE © 3 bedrooms © 10’ ceilings © Hot tub * 2 fireplaces . age © Ravine lot in 1 £ A ¥ Westwood Plateau at $420,000 Castlegar’s Seniors Swim Club, the Cocoons received appropriate and successful representation at the Masters swim meet held at the Sun God Pool in Delta. Cocoon member, Bill Deklerk, who competed in the 64-69 age class, returned home with four first place:finishes in the four events he entered at the meet Ringheim starts in November and continues throughout the winter at both the Blackjack Ski Club in Rossland and at the Paulson Trails operated by the Castlegar Nordic Ski Club Hitting the trails and covering 20 km three or four days per week prepares her for the season full of races. Training to cover distancés longer than the usual race helps Ringheim build up her endurance level. “Ten kilometers per hour is the usual pace depending on the ter- rain,” Ringheim’said. With this years’ Masters Cup now history, Ringheim is already looking forward to the 1995 Masters, which will be held in Canmore, Alberta and the 1996 Masters which Finland will be hosting Although Ringheim says it's unfortunate she is unable to make the trip each year, when she does, they “make a holiday out of it.” ‘Wednesday, April7; 1993 Glance eso cme ce amine han i Midget Championships This Saturday Selkirk College will be hosting. the B.C Midget Volleyball Champi- onships from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Come out a see some top qual- ity volleyball. Family swimming There will bé a family swim at the Castlegar and District Community Complex this weekend. It runs Friday, Satur- day and Sunday from 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m., The cost for a fami: ly of four is $ 6.42 ublic Swim The Pool at the Recreation Cen- tre is open for a public swim Monday, Wedhesday and Fri- day at 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Also during the week (Mon. and Wed.) from 7 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Weekend public swimming is Friday and Saturday night starting at 6:30 p.m. and con- tinuing until 9:30 p.m. strokes his way to four firsts “I feel really good lately, it (swimming) makes me feel bet- Deklerk placed first in the 50 m Breaststroke (47:04), 50 m Back- stroke (54:15), 100 m Breaststroke (1:48:90) and the 100 m Individu- al Medley (1:54:16). All of the times were improve- ments on Deklerk’s previous per- sonal best times. Fi The remainder of April will” be as busy month for Deklerk. Lightning struck this team Submitted ticket(s) at $100/ticket. Enclosed please find my J Cheque/money order (payable to St. Paul's Hospital Foundation) —J Visa/Mastercard # 1 ! Expiry Signature Name Address City Phone # (home) Province Postal Code (office) Castlegar Lighting (Atom Development) hockey team Silver Rattle Antiques 301-11 Ave. Castlegar, (in Tulips Building) 365-5191 Firat Avenue Financial Services Complete accounting and bookkeeping services for small and medium size business PERSONAL TAX RETURNS 365-3225 competed a very successful weekend by placing second in the annual Spokane Atom Spring Thaw hockey tournament this past week. Castlegar played their best hockey of the season in defeat- ing Kelowna, the Westbank Reps, and Wenatchee. The Wenatchee team is the 1993 B ‘Washington State Champions, In the semi-final game against Westbank, Castlegar completely dominated the play and won by a score of 4-0. The final featured a game against the AAA Calgary Rep team. The Castlegar team gave Calgary a very exciting and challenging game, as the score was 4-3 well into the late stages of the game. However, Castlegar fell short on the score sheet, eventually losing this final game Castlegar Lightning is now Preparing very hard for the unofficial provincial Atom windup in Osoyoos. This will be held on April 8-11 in Osoyoos and is known as the Atom Fiesta Hockey Tournament. This 19th Annual Atom Red tournament will feature AA and AAA teams from around British Columbia, Alberta, and United States He and two other swimmers will be going ee April 17-48, to-take-pi m-a seniors swim meet at the University of Calgary pool. This meet will be a good warm-up for the B.C Masters at the end of the month. “We have never measured our- selves against another provinces swimmers. I am looking forward to it.” He is also in training for the B.C. Masters Provincial Champi onships to be held in North Van- couver April 30-May 2. Swimmers preparing for the B.C. Masters JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports The starters pistol fires and they're off, to splash, bubble, gurgle, breath by breath and stroke by stoke the swimmers make their way towards the fin. ish line That will be the scenario as 11 Castlegar swimmers will be attending the B.C Masters Provincial Championships in North Vancouver. April 30 to May 2. “The competition will be tough, there will be some ex Canadian National team mem bers and other high calibre swimmers,” said Marg Van Yzerloo, who is one of the swimmers attending the Masters Championship The Castlegar swimmers range in age from 20-77. Jodi Young is the youngest swimmer attending the Masters and Chuck Woolls takes in the other end of the age spectrum The 11 swimmers cover seven different age groups and are entered in many events. Van Yzerloo said on average each of the Castlegar swimmers are entered in six individual events and four relay events. “The events range in length from 50 m-1500 m.” With a couple hundred swim- mers expected at the meet, the competition will be tough “There will be some ex- Canadian National team mem- bers and other high calibre swimmers,” Van Yzerloo said In: preparation for the provin- cial meet members of the mas. ters swim club in Castlegar have been practicing throughout the winter. As the competition closes in on the swimmers they increase the frequency of their training “Most of the club"meémbers Practice 3-4 times per week and for a couple of hours each ses- sion. When it gets close to the competition we start to increase our training.” Last year six area swimmers made the trip to the provincial gasters in Duncan, and accord- ing to Van Yzerloo fared quite well: She is hoping to better last years performance, and with 11 swimmers attending this year they may have to rent a separate truck to bring home their collec- tion of hardware Sell it quick - in the Sun classifieds Call 365-7848 Introducing | Pee Wee’s gain intem JOHN VAN PUTTEN Sun Sports International experience is something the local Pee Wee B team, The Stars will have fresh in their memories for years to come, They attended a week-long tournament called Friendship '93 which was held in Cranbrook score Meeting up against the team from New Zealand for their sixth game in three days Castlegar took the game 7-2, They fol- lowed that win with another vic- tory, 11-7 against the Tomakomai team from Japan The high number of games over the short period and featured 16 teams. Included in the tourney were teams from Ger- many, New Zealand, United States and two Japanese teams. “The emphasis was just as the name said, Friend- ship "93. It was to get the kids playing against other play- ers from the other Pee Wee B Assistant coach f time ‘The emphasis was be gan to just as the name sald, Friendship '93. it was to get the kids playing against other players from the other countries ’ catch up with the = team, they lost their next two games, Cranbrook beat them 10-5 and Fernie took the other game 8-3 “Basically every. game — RICH DAVIS countries. It (the tournament) defi- nitely accomplished the goal,” said Castlegar Pee Wee B team Assistant Coach, Rich Davis. Castlegar came out of the tourney sporting a respectable record of four wins, five losses and one tie Castlegar opened the tourney with three games on the open- ing day. A 6-4 win over the Triple A Cranbrook Legion Rams followed by a 4-4 tie with an Elk Valley team. The team then beat another Cranbrook team 10-3. On day two of the tourney, the team started with a game against the German team from Berlin. Castlegar started off keeping the game close, it was the third peri- od that proved to be the deciding factor. Berlin skated away during the final frame taking a.10-3 win The Berlin team made it through the entire tourney without a sin- gle loss. “The Berlin team’s bench had depth, they were a tremendous team,” Davis said Another Cranbrook team handed The Stars their second loss of the event, with a 5-1 |Found! by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club Castlegar’s 1992 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 18 Colin Pryce Join the celebration on Tuesday April 13, 1993 at the Fireside Banquet Room 6:00 pm cocktails we lost was in the third period, we just ran out of steam,” Davis said. Castlegar closed the tourna- ment off with a-game against the Japanese team from H “It was the best game of the tour hament, superb end to end action, a tremendous game. It could not have ended up better,” Davis said: Castfegar won the game 2-1 The Tomakomai team was voted the most sportsmanlike team at the tourney with the low est number of penalty minutes. “Tt was a good final to the sea son for the boys, This is some- thing the boys should remember for the rest of their lives,” The theme of the tourney was brought to the foreground when, Castlegar had two players from the German team join their line- up for the final three games. CRIMINAL PARDON: permanently seals a Confidential applications in person, by phone or by mall. CALL PARDON SERVICES CANADA 1-800-66 ‘914-510 WEST HASTINGS ST., V; ices: Vancouver «Toronto e After the final game all the teams came together on the ice to exchange pins Sweaters, hats and “Some of our boys exchanged ball hats and pins with the New Zealand and Japanese.teams. 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