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The Castlegar Sun

Wednesday, May 17, 1995

“Hockey Night In Castlegar's” newe

three rough years Lisa Blackwell has proved she can play with the boys. The question now is can she

play with the Europeans?

JEFF GABERT Sun Sports

Boys play with toy guns. Girls play with barbie dolls.

Boys wear blue. Girls wear pink.

Boys play hockey. Girls play ringette or figure skate,

Lisa Blackwell has heard all that mumbo-jumbo before. She's heard it from her friends, she's heard it from her family and she’s heard it from society.

And she doesn’t listen.

Blackwell is a 16-year-old Castlegar hockey player on-a mission. In just three short years she has proved to everyone she is a good solid hockey player and she has been rewarded with @ spot on the Vancouver Selects hockey team.

The Selects is a group of 17 young female hockey players from all over the province that will be taking part in two major competitions over the summer. The first is in Edmonton, June 29-July 2 for a tournament involving teams from all over Western Canada.

The tournament is billed as a warm-up tournament for the main event which is a huge tournament involving teams from alljover North America and Europe. It will be held in Minneapolis, Min- nesota July 28-Aug. 6.

The shock of being selected to the team is still setting in for Blackwell. She was just happy to be one of the 24 players invited to the camp. But she is part of the

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“IL was kinda shocked,” said Blackwell, a bumping and grind- ing type forward. “I didn't get too excited about it, because I was pretty tired after the 12-hour bus trip. But it does mean I've improved quite a bit since I start- ed and it’S something I've always dreamed about.”

Blackwell's rise to the top has been a quick one. She only start- ed playing organized hockey three years ago. ;

“I always wantéi to play,”’ said Blackwell, who used to play road hockey with her friends all the time. “But my parents got in my way for about six years.”

Her parents were against her playing since she would have to play with the boys plus the fact that she had never even learned how to skate properly. However, Blackwell was persistent and one day she made her mom a deal. If she could get her dad to let her play, then ‘she could play.

When she went to her dad, he told her she could play if she could get her mom to let her play. Since both parents technically said yes she quickly enrolled in Pee Wee.

“She said she would give up all her other sports to play hock- ey,” said Sherry Blackwell, Lisa’s mom. “So we thought we'd give her a year and maybe she'd get sick of it.”

But she didn’t get sick at all. In fact, her enthusiasm for the game had her mom running far the exits.

“The first year was really bad,”

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said Sherry Blackwell. “She'd get hit and'I'd run out of the arena. Then the second year she got taken out on a stretcher,”

The stretcher trip was courtesy of a twisted ankle and Lisa said she could've skated off ff they hadn't taken her skate off. Besides, it wasn't as bad as this past year when she got an ambu- lance ride in Osoyoos after dislo- cating her kneecap at the try-out for the B.C. Games team.

“I’ve thrown a couple punches and I've also teceived a couple, said Blackwell with a chuckle. “a, i fri

st star

last season and she hopes to move

a shrug, “you bounce right back and I kinda like it.”

It seems every time Blackwell bounces she bounces back even higher. The sport of hockey has certainly had a profound effect on her and her family as well.

“We never knew anything about hockey before Lisa started playing,” said Sherry Blackwell, “now it's Hockey Night In Cana- da at our house every night. We're really proud of her. She's worked hard to achieve her goal.”

BL 's dream is to be the

d and I

Just want to hit somebody. So I do.

It's funny though because they never know I'm a girl at first.””

Blackwell played in the Ban-

tam House division of the Cast!

gar Minor Hockey A iati

second girl to play in the NHL and the first to play forward. She also has a dream to play in the Olympics.

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Society

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formed

of British Columbia. In an earlier , the sports ser-

The Kootenay Regional Multi- sport Centre and its members have agreed to proceed with the establishment of a registere society responsible for the devel- opment of regional sports deliv- ry programs in the Kootenays.

The regional sports delivery plan was initiated by the Sports and Recreation Services Branch

CLUB

are looking for Head Coach, Assistant Coaches, General Manager, Trainers and Equipment Manager for the upcoming 95-96 season.

Please send application BEFORE June 15th, 1995 to:

SECRETARY Box 3451, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 3N8

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vices branch invited all regions in B.C. to plan and prepare propos- als for the development of sport at the regional level.

The Kootenay Regional Multi- sport Centre and its members have undertaken the initiative to invite sports agencies, municipal- ities, school districts, coaches, corporations and others to form a partnership in developing the Proposal for regional sports delivery.

At this time, various sports representatives and agencies have been actively involved in the preparation of a partnership Proposal, according to Bob Gur- ney, director of the Kootenay Regional Multisport Centre. Among the members of this part- nership are Athletics (track and field), Cross-country Skiing, Biathlon, Volleyball, Fencing, Soccer, Baseball, Freestyle Ski- ing, Luge, Golf, Baskerbatl, Castlegar Recreation Commis- sion, the City of Trail and Selkirk College.

Additional contacts are sought. For further information, contact the Director, Kootenay Regional Multisport Centre, c/o Selkirk College, P.O. Box 1200, Castle- gar, B.C. VIN 3J1 or telephone (604) 365-7292 ext. 286.

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Hamish Martin was just one of many climbers enjoy- ing the Kinnaird Bluffs last weekend. For more rock climbing see story on B1. SUN SPORTS PHOTO / Jeff Gabon

Ladies nip Trail

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The Castlegar/Trail Ladies Exchange Chall nge was held May;9 at the Castlegar and District Golf Course with 67 ladies competing. After six straight losses the Castlegar ladies finally won with a close score of 41.7 to Trail’s 42.1.

“We won the first time and they won the next six,” said Castlegar ladies player Maureen Fulcher. “There was nothing really different this time, we just had the right mixture that finally came through.”

The low gross score for Trail went to Loretta Bulfone with a 41 and Ginny Brown of Castlegar with a 48. Patty Morris of Castlegar and Violet Stewart of Trail won the low net with a 33 each. Least putts was won by Joan Command of Castlegar with 14 and Leona Pasacreta of Trail scored a retro 15.

The best ball competition was won by the team of Marie Prokop, Shelley Kirby, Pam Buckingham and Dawn St. Jean with an awesome 27. Second. went to Shauna Mills, Violet Stewart, Lisa Walker, and Judy.Largs witha28, ..,, ; ~

The. winner's trophy is being d in Ci gar and Trail will have an opportunity to win it back on their course on July 18.

The next major ladies event is the Castlegar Savings Credit Union Two Day Ladies Open which is scheduled for June 17-18. Call the pro shop for details.

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A record $3.7 million is being provided for 123 Habitat Conserva- tion Fund projects throughout the province.

“Funding is well above last year’s record $1.3 million,” said a

k for the Dep of Wildlife. “This makes it possible to Support more Conservation projects for key fish species such as salmon and steelhead, and endangered wildlife such as the Vancouver Island marmot, spotted owl and Pacific giant salamander.”

This year’s projects, recommended by the Habitat Conservation Fund public advisory board, include Projects to benefit Rocky Moun- tain bighom sheep in the East Kootenay, kokanee in the O! an, and black bear in the Nimpkish area. Funding of $450,000 will support studies of vulnerable white sturgeon in the Fraser and Columbia River watersheds. The fund is also providing $50,000 for voh conserva- tion projects through the Public Conservation Assistance Fund.

The Habitat Conservation Fund is supported primarily through sur- charges on angling and hunting licences, as well as through donations and bequests. “I’d like to thank B.C.’s anglers and hunters for their long tradition of support for habitat conservation,” said the spokesperson.

Since it was established in 1981, the Habitat Conservation Fund has Provided approximately $24 million to fund more than 1,500 Projects throughout the province.

REP COACHES NEEDED

Applications available from: Castlegar Rec Centre or Brian Bebelman at Kalawsky Pontiac

DEADLINE: June 7, 1995

For more information call Brian 365-2155 (days)

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SHSS wins W.K. Cham

JEFF GABERT Sun Sports

The Stanjey Humphries High School Golf team found them- selves in a familiar position last Wednesday as they won their another West Kootenay High School Championship in Nakusp.

Seven teams competed in the tournament from L.V.R., Trafal- gar, Rossland, J,L. Crowe, Salmo, Nakusp and SHSS. Stanley Humphries won the event thanks to strong play from Marty Carew who shot a 69, which turned out to be the low score of the day.

Jason Quiding had Castlegar’s second highest score with a 70 followed by Shawn Creighton with 72 and Cory Quidin, ig came in with a 77. In high school play only the top four scores count but teams consist of five players. Castlegar's fifth player was David Creighton who played weil despite being hampered by a hand injury.

Stanley Humphries had a com- bined score of 288 which gave them a three stroke victory over L.V. Rogers of Nelson and had them 12 strokes out in front of the host Nakusp team. Nakusp actu- ally finished first in regular league play but couldn’t continue their strong play in the playoffs.

The victory was a good confi- dence: builder for the Castlegar club who get an automatic bye into the Provincial High School Cham- pionships:since it is being held on their home course May 29-30.

“I was pleased,” said SHSS

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Despite the fact that they have an automatic bye into the Provincial Champioriship, the SHSS golf team still came out Strong in Nakusp last Wednésday. sun sPorTs PHOTO / Jett Gabert

coach Bill Lunn. “I think Nelson has a good team and we beat them. I’m not expecting us to be in the top three at the Provincials but you never know what's going to happen.”

Lunn said he expects Shawn Creighton, Carew and both Quid- ings to play in the tournament but hasn't picked his fifth player yet. He has seen a lot of improvement from a number of his players this season and he said he'll leave the Position open as long as possible

before making a decision. Meanwhile L.V.R. and Nakusp travelled to Fernie last Monday to compete in the Kootenay Cham- pionships against Fernie and Lau- tie from Cranbrook.,Two births in the Provincial ‘Championships were at stake in the one round tournament which was won by Fernie who-came up with a score of 302 on their home course. L.V.R. managed to come in second with a score of 306. They were led by Ryan Foxcroft who

led the field with a score of 73.

All teams now have two weeks to prepare for the big tournament and Lunn can see his team improving steadily.

“Even considering we haven't chosen a fifth I’d still say we're peaking at the right time,” said Lunn. “All of our players have Played well in at least one league match and if they come together you never know what will happen.

“I don’t think we've had our five best out yet.”

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