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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Nov 10, 1982
Page
4
The Minor Hockey League adopts Pee Wee Rep and House Teams after debates on player development. Doug Ennis explains the goal to coach players at their own level to boost both skill and sportsmanship, noting that the move aims to uplift all participants regardless of wins this year.
Annette Wood captains Chetwynd Blades, the town’s first all women’s hockey team with 24 players aged eighteen to thirty five. She serves in Bees age organization, chairs zone six of BCGIHA, coaches and referees at level one, and helped the team tour Victoria with Donna Thompson. The Blades aim for more games and tournaments. practices are Sundays at 8:45 and the next home game is November 27 at 1:45 p.m.
Eight skaters from the Little Giant Figure Skating Club attended a two day dance clinic in Dawson Creek on October 23 and 24. Attendees include Carla Teslyk and Lori Parmenter at Senior Bronze, Teena Berg Carmen Asleson Alison Thomas Cheryl Jobson at junior bronze, and Roger Sandborn Bonnie Horan on preliminary dances. The club plans a cash raffle with prizes of 250, 100, and 50 dollars. Tickets are sold by skaters and the executive.
The school year is well underway as CSS intramural sports begin run by the C R 12 class. Objectives include building school spirit boosting student participation and meeting diverse student needs.
Chetwynd offers a recreational volleyball league running since October 19 with a season end set for December 7. A nominal fee funds the program and any surplus buys new high school volleyballs. Sixteen players currently participate each Tuesday at the high school under organizer Jackie Havard who invites more players.
The Chetwynd Badminton Club meets Mondays and Thursdays with five to six courts available. Coordinator Pete Hrycyk says the relaxed atmosphere makes for fun exercise twice weekly or just occasional play. Games start at eight, bring your own racket. contact Peter Hrycyk at 788-2705 for details.
Chetwynd Senior Boys Volleyball beat South Peace Penguins in two straight sets to claim the division title for the second week in a row. Chetwynd finished 7-1 in the group with wins over Hudsons Hope Kelly Road Fraser Lake and Vanderhoof in semifinals where a dominant 15-3 first game preceded a tighter second game.
Recreation notices invite adults 19 and over to join a noncompetitive Old Timers Hockey Club. Contact Al Teeple at 788-2231 or 788-2427. Registration is 90 plus 10 vitiation fees. Games Thursdays 10 PM at the arena.
Chetwynd begins a busy winter of sports with an evening badminton league at C.S.S. on Monday and Thursday, a Wednesday men’s basketball practice at C.S.S., mixed recreational volleyball, ski club, skating clubs, hockey for seniors and women, curling in a new building, and bowling leagues. The town plans ongoing reports on activities and welcomes sport news and joining contacts via Echo.
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