A12 THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013 CHILLIWACK TIMES
Sports
Get pickled
Looking for fun and fitness? Check out pickleball at the new Yarrow community school gym. Runs every Monday evening from 6:30 to 9 p.m. starting Jan. 7. First visit free. Beginner instruction and equipment provided.
Winterfit Registration is now open for the Chilliwack Stingrays Swim Club’s Winterfit program, which starts Jan 6. Phone or visit www.chilliwackstingrays.com.
Indoor ultimate The Chilliwack Ultimate League offers a drop-in Indoor Ultimate season with all the same great fun, but in a dry, warm gym. The league plays Tuesday nights at the Landing Sports Centre on Spadina from 9 to 10:30 p.m beginning Jan. 8. The drop-in fee is $5. Contact iain_april@shaw.ca.
Drop-in hockey A drop-in hockey league
On deck
for women runs Tuesday nights, starting Jan. 8, from 9:15 to 10:15 p.m. at Prospera Centre. Cost is $20. To sign up in advance call 604-702-0062 or email Chilliwack@prosperacentre.com.
Fight Night The Chilliwack Rugby Club hosts a boxing fundraiser Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. at Tzeachten Hall. The night will feature seven fights, a bar, music and fun. Tickets are $20, doors open at 6 p.m.
Speedskating The Sardis Fliers Speedskating Club hosts its annual skate meet Jan. 19 at the Twin Rinks with skaters from across the Lower Mainland and B.C. and Washington State. Older skaters will be racing in the morning and younger skaters in the afternoon. The public is welcome to this fun event. ◗ Compiled by staff
Tyler Olsen
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Chiefs goalie nets goal BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com
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Mitch Gillam is just the second Chilliwack Chief ever to be credited with a goal after one went in against Surrey.
utes later, but Trevor Hills’s 10th of the year restored the Chiefs lead with 10 seconds to go in the first. The two teams traded power play markers in the second, but Alexandre Perron-Fontaine’s goal at 13:35 of the period was the last time the Chiefs would beat Santaguida over the weekend. The Eagles tied the game midway through the third, then scored what turned out to be the winner with 3:52 remaining on the clock. A late emptynetter made the score 5-3. The following evening, the teams reconvened at Prospera Centre for Fill the Rink for the Food Bank night.
But in front of the largest crowd of the year—3,369 fans—the Chiefs couldn’t find a way past Santaguida. Even though he didn’t score, Gillam was solid between the pipes. The two teams combined for 62 shots and no goals through 40 minutes. But in the third, the Eagles finally found a way past Gillam, with Trevor Cameron burying a rebound five minutes in for what turned out to be the game-winner. Brady Shaw added a second late in the third and Stenerson added an empty netter.
Filling the cupboard With help from Cooper’s and SaveOn Foods, the Salvation Army collected enough food to fill six pallets. Salvation Army food bank co-ordinator Don Armstrong said that works out to about $13,000 worth of food, or around 7,000 pounds. He said the donations will likely last for about a month. Marriage proposal on big screen Not everybody went home disappointed Saturday. Fan Steve Cameron used a break in the action and Prospera Centre’s big screen to propose to Mandie Raunkie. She said yes..