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ended a three-year tenure by White,

“I felt it. was time for a change,” says White from his home in South Slocan. “I recom-

was little. money in- the bank and a growing apathy, among the Players,

But, he says the league's ‘Cot

fers are fuller now and the game

‘month but the task of for the season is officially under- way, is Players | from! the ‘local lengue—known as the Trail Flag ‘Football League but with teams in Nelson and Castlegar—met in Trail last week to elect new exec- ‘uutives for the 1991 season.

‘+ Dwayne McDonnell will suc- eed Bob White as president and ‘Ken Lankin steps in as vice-pres- ident.

White will coach the Dam-Inn {Mates while McDonnell will ease out of his role as rep of the Crown Point Bi

Besides electing 2 an exccutive ‘Commitee, the meeting intro- (duced Al Krause as the represen- tative of an expansion team from. Nelson, and dicussed ideas for h to the scheduling time-

ded Dwayne b : he’s m1 ized and it izing

“It was disap- pointing to let go of something ! worked awfully hard on.”

— Bob White Outgoing league president

the league) is an awful strain.” But relinquishing power is never an easy thing to do. “It was disappointing to let go of hing I worked awfully

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hard on,” he says. When White took over there

has regained some of its lost Pop- ularity.

“Tt was a pleasure and a priv lege to be the Ieague president,” commented White, “I'm comfort- able with the knowledge I've helped people out.”

He says besides playing foot- ball, every player had the oppor- tunity to make friends in the league.

“One of our goals was to make it more recreational and enjoy- able," he says. ‘‘So players could go to work the day after the game and not, have to worry about injuries.”

White says one of the most Positive things that came to be under his administration was the creation of Super Sunday—a one- day tournament that brings every team in the league together. , ,..

“It’s a showcase. of all the teams playing together in one

area," * he says. Last year it was held. in Warfield in October, ; And even though the weather

»: was cold, the tournie attracted'a

number of fans by including a beer garden and concession stand. For this year, there was

talk of South Slocan hosting the

tournament in September. Another change White is Proud of is an anti-swearing poli- cy adopted by the league, Since it was instituted, it has eased some pressure on the

always difficult job of officiat-

“One of the things that bothers me about other sports is the abuse that goes toward the offi- cials,” he says. “It’s a tough Job to officiate in football but we're working on it. Because of our policy teams have begun to knock off the swearing.”

A change in attitude toward the refs, hopes the league, will get more people interested in Officiating. :

Last year and in previous sea-

sons the league has paid some players $15 to officiate games not involving their teams,

This year, the new president says he hopes to find someone who isn’t on a league team to act asahead-ref.

McDonnell and Lankin also hope to attract more officials by holding a workshop on the rules of the

“We're going to clamp down on abuse,” says McDonnell of his ideas for helping this year's offi- cials, “We're going to hold a ref- eree Clinic in August. I'd like to find a ref who doesn’t play in the

‘The creation of a second team in Nelson, sponsored by Chiller’s Pub, brings the league total to eight clubs,

The inclusion will cause a cou- ple of changes to the league for- mat. There will be two divisions this year instead of only one. .

The South Division with the four Trail based teams, and the North Division with clubs in Castlegar, South Slocan and two

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McDonnell says he is encour- aged by ‘expansion. ‘The more teams the better," he says, “I'd like to get up to at Icast 10 teams. All it takes to stait a team is for 3 or 4 guys to get organized.”

Another major goal of the executive is bringing the Provin- cial Flag Football championships to the West Kootenay. “We're working on getting the BCs here for next year,” says McDonnell. “T think if we present a good port- folio they’ (the ‘British Columbia Flag Football Association) would be interested.”

Another open meeting will be held in the evening on August 15, at the Rex:Hotel. Toh executive hopes to unveil ‘com mittee members, this year’s schedule, player reps, and uni- form colours for the expansion team.

McDonnell says that although the, schedule hasn’t been announced, the season will prob- ably start the weekend before the Labour Day holiday.

15-year-old makes the final cut at _ -C. Junior Men's Open in Cranbrook

JIM ZEEBEN

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At the B.C Junior Men’s Championships held in Cran- brook last Thursday and Friday, two teenagers from Castlegar competed against the best young golfers in the province.

Todd Archambault, a 15- year-old golfer in Grade 11 at Stanley Humphries High School, earned a ‘spot.at the National under-16 golf champi- onships in Ontario.

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The two men often golf together during the summer and last year Carew edged his buddy to win the Castlegar Golf Club's Junior Championship.

At Cranbrook, Archambault

made the final cut of fifty in great from. After placing 17th over-all out of 143, he ended up placing in the top forty after the last round.

Taking Alm - Todd Archambault concentrates on a short putt out at the Castlegar Golf Course where he is spending his summer vacation on the links trying to improve his game for a Junior Men's tournament in Castlegar and the National Championships.

as make all the rounds,” said hamb “After the first

After Thursday, Archambaul shared the lead with the eventual winner, Andrew Smeeth of. ‘Abbotsford, and he was second overall—including the 17- and 18-year-olds.

“AIL I really wanted to do

iy my hopes got higher. On the

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The 15-year-old has been

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“I took a couple of lessons because my mom told me to,” he said. “I didn’t really like it at first. I thought it was boring.”

But now he says he's learned how to play the game.

And, after spending $100 on @ season's golf pass, he spends every day working on his

. putting or irons at the Castlegar

Club.

“T like golfing now,” he said. “I ‘d like to stay in the sport but I'd have to get pretty good before tuming pro.”

Archambault said the club pros in Castlegar have really helped him.

He points out assistant pros Steve Johnston and Kevin Biln as giving him a lot of time and advi

“Tp play against them and they give me free lessons,” he said.

Archambault’s showing at the BCs doesn’t necessarily mean he’ make it to the Nationals,

Although he’s qualified, only a limited number of golfers can compete—and before he flies off to the east, he has to talk to the folks.

“I don’t know if I’m going to go to Ontario yet,”-he says. “I haven’ t discussed it with my par- ents.”

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The Castlegar Aquanauts are petting intense.

Last weekend, the season's third swim meet was held in Trail

:The. host club; ‘the Stingrays, came in second with 798 points. to The Robson River Otters, with j, only a fraction of the number of ; swimmers used by. other clubs, | ended up seventh out of nine

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“They* ‘re getting more aggres- sive in the finals,” says Pilla. “If they make a mistake. in a heat they can adjust for the finals.”

Castlegar’ 's head coach, Tom Carew, is gearing the squad up for the coming weekend’s meet in Colville.

“We're trying 1 to get the crew

be little more intense" tie says.* °

son'and so: the final} wind-up toumament is the only measure of where each team stands:

But calling the: rears division

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have fun and socialize:!}*{;

One of. the: ‘toumament’s orga- nizers, Tom Campbell; said; ‘The tournament isn’t really highlight- ed:(in the media as'a big draw event) but a lot of people come jQut to watch and support the beer . gardens and concession stands,”

. He says they tried to organize

f the event so every team was given

8 fair chance.

When we. made the:schedule

up we went to a double knock-out their first

SO that a team could Io: : ‘Game and still come back”

‘And that’ ’s what hhappened— almost.

In ‘the end, Woodland Park

: Shell staged‘a late-inning 1 ly to ‘* fend off a determined ‘Amigos’

club and win the title of top team. ‘The Amigos, ha i Jost in the.

meet |

added Carew.

Sry etait dy fa at :

Robson River Otters over. the weekend. Many of their swim- mers swam well—but the'club

just doesn’t have many swim-

mers, Otters’ coach Marie Seghers

was happy with her teams

* mance but-a little frustrated by

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about ‘what they: have to.do. to“

accomplish the goals they want to achieve.” -

Winning three in a row won't be easy for the Aquanauts. Colville finished fourth in Trail and will have the advantage of home territory, and lots of avail-

this

“We didn't ‘have as many . Swimmers there as I would have liked but we did really well,” she says adding a few kids were side- lined by injuries.

“People are here for the fun of ie she says. “Although it’s a lit-

He disappointing not to be able to

; oo The A have ‘to improve all year and have been. ' dominant in every meet they’ve | appearedin 6 oe ion SWe're ing for the end } Tesult,”. says Castlegar coach i. Wendy Pilla. “Every meet is . working 0 our way to the Provin- * cials.

&... Nine swimmers won aggregate ‘medals for the Aquanauts. Castle- ) ax also broke three meet records: two by relay teams and one by Mario. Fehrenberg in the 100 meter back stroke.

Aimie Chemoff, Jen Small, Wende Gouk and Trevor Havi- sland earned gold medals, with a “silver ‘going to Chris Cook, and bronzes.to. Michelle Streich, Adam Kristian, Chris Chemoff,

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“Winning the Trail-meet really psyched the club up,” said Pilla. Both coaches say they’re more concemed with where they are at the end of the season but the early wins help.

“We're just trying to get as

many swimmers out as we can,” -

with larger teams,” ‘Noné ‘of the Otters ‘Managed medals, however, quite a few for finals. .. “We had a lot of ribbons,” she says—10 of the 18 Robson swim-

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Bi Spirit was running high on the ‘Amigos’ bench as they won the hoe game and led late in the sec- on

Then, one inning of hitting by ‘Woodland Park, and the game and toumament were over,

| A few ‘darns* and ‘oh wells’

‘were. heard from the losing dugout. i

But, before the dust settled from the last ‘runner to cross the ‘plate, the teams shook hands and

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“Wei were: too ‘hot and too ptired,” joked Amigo’: 's coach Kris

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spend much time soaking up the victory either. “It felt good to win,” she said ‘tuming to ask other players as the whole team migrated toward the food and drink. “Didn’t it guys?” She said the team hasn’ 't decid-

August 23, tournament: ‘/ ; Sixteen teams will be coming to compete for money and prizes.

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