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Thursday, June 19, 2014 Summerland Review
Surowski honoured for baseball work A long-time Summerland baseball supporter was one of two people from the B.C. Interior recognized for dedication to the sport. On Friday, Derrick Surowski of Summerland was honoured with an induction into the B.C. Babe Ruth Hall of Fame. Peter Stoochnoff, the provincial commissioner for the league, was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Babe
Ruth/Cal Ripken Hall of Fame. Surowski has been involved with B.C. Babe Ruth/ Cal Ripkin Baseball for 28 years while Stoochnoff has spent 59 years with the league. For most of his life, Surowski has worked with minor baseball. “I’ve been on the ball diamonds since I was two years old,” he said. He is now the assistant provin-
cial commissioner for B.C. Babe Ruth/ Cal Ripken baseball and the district commissioner for the league’s OkanaganThompson zone. “It’s the passion for the sport,” Surowski said, explaining why he has continued to work with minor baseball. Over the years, while working as an umpire, he has watched many of the British Columbia players who are now in major league base-
ball. He has also seen many young baseball players earn scholarships to colleges with strong baseball teams. While there are top-level players within the league, Surowski said the league works to help all who are interested in the sport. “We never turn anyone away from playing baseball,” he said. From 1986 to 2007, Surowski was
involved with the Penticton Minor Baseball Association (Babe Ruth Program.) He served with the British Columbia Baseball Umpires Association from 1995 to 2008 and has been an umpire and the umpire in chief with the Summerland Minor Baseball Association from 2005 to 2008. Stoochnoff has worked with Babe Ruth baseball in numerous roles since 1956.
Dedicated to baseball
Derrick Surowski of Summerland, left, and Peter Stoochnoff of Grand Forks were recognized for their work with Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken Baseball.
SCOREBOARD Tennis Greenwood Cup
The 42nd annual Greenwood Cup tennis tournament was played at Lakeshore Racquets Club on June 14 and 15. The tournament featured men’s and ladies’ doubles draws and attracted 66 participants from Salmon Arm to Osoyoos. Greenwood Forestry Products has supported and sponsored the tournament for many years. SummerGate Winery donated prizes. Men’s A final: West Martin-Patterson and Alain Brunelle (Salmon Arm) defeated Dan Albrecht and Kevin Hillman (Kelowna) 6-1 6-4. Men’s B final: Daniel Andrews and Brandon Czaja (West Kelowna) defeated Bob Grant and Eric Hearle (Oliver) 6-4 6-3. Ladies A champion: Sharon Brownell and Leah Brownell (Penticton) Ladies B champion: Dawn Richards and Colleen Power (Summerland) Ladies C champion: Leslie Wiesner and Andrea Golin (Penticton).
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Tournament champions
The Summerland PeeWee baseball team finished as champions at a recent tournament. In the back row from left are Darren Wiebe, Bryan Moberg and Brad Hanley. In the middle row from left are Michael Wiebe, Jakob Stockman, James Ritchie, Riley Hanley, Reilly Noble, Akira Mori, Braeden Switzer, Kayden Cave and Quinn Ferguson-Moberg. In front from left are Andrew Rolston, Drake Reid, Spencer Bitte, Nash Bilenki and Jack Edwards.
PeeWees excel in tournaments
Summerland’s PeeWee baseball team played in a tournament in Rutland on the weekend of June 6 to 8 and ended up the tourna-
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Friday was a win against Rutland #3. The score was 11-6. On Saturday, the Summerland team defeated Vernon #3 with a score of 18-15.
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F I N A L S AT U R D AY S A L E
In the semifinals on Sunday, Summerland beat Kelowna #3 13-5. The championship game against Kelowna #2 was decided with a final score of 8-7. The Summerland players did not have to take their last at bat. At the beginning of the month, the team took part in another tournament, this one in West Kelowna. Summerland finished with four wins and one loss. The first game was against Penticton. Summerland won in a 12-5 decision. Riley Hanley was named most valuable player
for this game. In the next game, Summerland faced Keremeos and won 16-5. James Ritchie was the MVP. Summerland then played to a 9-7 win against West Kelowna #2. Michael Wiebe was the MVP. The sole loss was against Rutland #1, in a 9-8 game. Quinn Ferguson-Moberg was MVP for this game. The final game was against West Kelowna #1. Summerland won that game 10-7. Reilly Noble was the MVP in that game. Summerland placed third overall in the tournament.
Summerland Ladies Club
Summerland Golf and Country Ladies Club On Tuesday, June 10, the Summerland Golf and Country Ladies Club participated in the Zone 2 low net challenge. Money raised will help Zone 2 ladies to out-of-zone competitions. The Zone 2 Challenge best net score for the club was Liz Lawrence by Retrogression with a net 76. Her card will go to the Zone as Summerland’s representative in the challenge. First Flight: Low gross Doris Tower, 89; low net Lil Smith, 78 and Doreen Butterworth, 78. Second Flight: Low gross Fran Colussi, 100; low net Donna MacEwen, 77. Third Flight: Low gross Monique Sadler, 103; low net Liz Lawrence, 76.
Summerland Senior Men’s Club
The Summerland Senior Men’s Club played an all net scores event on June 12. Garth Humphries was the overall winner with a two under 70 and Al Thomas led the second flight with a 71. Garth and Don Michiel shared the deuce pot. First Flight: First low net Garth Humphries, 70; second low net Andy Webster, 71; third low net Greg Flook, 72, fourth low net Dwain Sandrelli, 73. Second Flight: First low net Al Thomas, 71; second low net Per Jensen, 75; third low net Dave Hellard, 78; fourth low net Bob Tamblyn, 79.