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Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Salmon Arm Observer
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Hiking season begins The Shuswap Outdoors Club has begun its spring-through-fall schedule of hikes, with the next coming up Sunday, April 28, a hike to the Sunnybrae Bluffs and Margaret Falls, classified as an easy four-hour trek. Call 250-832-6522 for more information. On Sunday, May 12, the club will spend four to six hours canoe paddling the lower Eagle River. Moving water experience required. Call 250-832-1863.
time for tennis The Salmon Arm Tennis Club with host the third tournament of the Ladies Winter League on Saturday, April 24.
Flag football It’s time for Flag Football. Beginning Tuesday, April 30, students in grades four to seven are invited to the Sullivan campus of Salmon Arm Secondary at 6 p.m. Registration forms are available at www.shuswapfootball.com, or just show up. Drop-in touch football for grades eight to 11 begins at 7:30 p.m., also on April 30. No registration needed.
Interior selects take bronze The 2001 BC Interior Selects won bronze at the AAA Pacific Spring Showcase April 12-14. Mitchell Brown from Salmon Arm plays on the team. Players are chosen for their skill and dedication in their previous hockey endeavours and consist of youth from all over the Interior of British Columbia.
Lawn bowling begins The spring meeting of the Salmon Arm Lawn Bowling club will be held on Friday, April 26 at 2 p.m. at the greens next to the curling rink New members welcome.
Bocce block The BC Seniors Games to be held in Kamloops Aug. 20 to 24 will not include bocce, but will include dozens of other sports.
Winning bridge April 7: Sunday Duplicate - 1. Lynne Storey & John Parton, 2. Gerry Chatelain & Dan Quilty, 3. Sande & Milford Berger, 4. Vicki Coe & Doug Sinclair. April 9: Tied for 1. Barb Grier & Gene Demens and Nancy Blackburn & Jim McLean, 3. Vickie Coe & Michael Clayton. 4. Ruth Embree & Stephen Raffel. Have a sports event? Write to us at:
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D-man Alex Astaciewicz from Salmon Arm was one of three Shuswap players, including goalie Daniel Toews from Chase and forward Colby Sherlock from Sicamous, who were selected for the Male U16 BC Cup at Show Centre April 18 to 21. Those selected after the cup will be invited to a camp in Nanaimo in July.
Minor hockey honours players Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association Award and Trophy winners for 2012-13 were as follows: In the Initiation division, Most Sportsmanlike awards went to: Matthew Marino, Braxton Gervais and Tristan Verney. The Most Improved winners were Hailee Hunt, Blake Ruff and Colby Cadden, and the Most Dedicated awards went to Carter Lawrence, Tristen Bailey and Ryan Perepolkin. The Novice division winners were: Most Sportsmanlike – Drayk Ekland, Jack Doray, Ryley Burden, Isaac Mitchell; Most Improved awards went to Connor Levins, Finn Rodwell, Owen Young and Tim Bolen; Most Dedicated winners were Aiden Lindblad, Rhys Turner, Taryk Flipuzzi, Matteo Bordin. In the Atom Rec division, Most Sportsmanlike awards went to Teagan Webster-Locke and Brooklyn Davidson; Most Improved winners were Brandon Jacobsen and Dominic Gouger, while Most Dedicated winners were Coby Jagt and Cole McTavish. Atom Dev A and B division winners were: Most Sportsmanlike - Cole Menzies, Atom B and Connor Kociuba of Atom A; Most Im-
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receiving recognition: Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association awards were presented to division winners Friday night at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre. proved winners were Kai Fazan of Atom B and Connor McKee of Atom A; Most Dedicated winners were Aidan Chan of Atom B and Colby Feist of Atom A. Pee Wee Rec Most Sportsmanlike awards went to: Garrett Mitchell and Jackson Mount; Most Improved winners were Dylan Eckland and Hanna Mitchell and Most Dedicated winners were August Thomson and Kira Makela. In the Pee Wee Rep Tier 2, Most Sportsmanlike went to Aaron Plessis, Most Improved went to Tyler Chartier and Most Dedicated to Riley Keyes. Pee Wee Rep Tier 3
Most Sportsmanlike went to Schannie Watson; Most Improved went to Jackson Fitt and Most Dedicated went to Jordan Fournier. The Bantam Rec division Most Sportsmanlike winners were Miguel Jones and Sam Curdyk; Most Improved winners were Riley Chmilar and Mikayla Stirling, and Most Dedicated winners were Eric Bruce and Curtis Bannister. Bantam Rep Tier 2 Most Sportsmanlike winner was Jaden Hay; Most Improved was Dawson Mayes and Most Dedicated was Jayden Jensen. Bantam Rep Tier 3 Most Sportsmanlike
was Harley Bootsma; Most Improved went to Austin Anthony-Jules, and Most Dedicated went to Evan Hughes. In the Midget Rec division, Most Sportsmanlike winners were Steven Kooistra and Chet Notenbomer; Most Improved were Dylan Dodge and Justin Downie-Starkell, and Most Dedicated winners were Cam Graham and Jorian Sandau. Third Year MSP was Adel El Gazzar while third year MIP was Peter Weicker. The Midget Rep division winners were: Most Sportsmanlike, Alex Fournier; Most Improved, Zac Fournier; and Most Dedicated,
Brad Whitehead. In the Midget Female Rep division, the Most Sportsmanlike winner was Cassidy Marshall; Most Improved was Sydney Castle and Most Dedicated was Lisa Campeau. The Most Promising Official award, given to referees, was won by Tyrel Foard. A special award for the Unsung Hero went to Phaedra Turner. The Dedicated Volunteer award went to Kim Dodge; the Dedicated Coach winners were Gregg Patterson and Tim Alstad, and the President’s Trophy went to Shawn Lund. The Safety Award was won by Rob Niewenhuizen.
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