46 THURSDAY October 15, 2015 • New Westminster RECORD
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A messy race: Cyclists in the intermediate B men, women and seniors category competed in a combined cyclocross race on Saturday. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW
Racers get messy Barn yard fun: The Pigs on Tour curlers take on the Meat Brothers during the Royal City Curling Club’s Barn Yard Brew Ha Ha. From left, Pigs’ skips Rob Rempel, Mike Munsie and with second Greg wait to see where the Meat Brothers’ skip Mark Davis will place his rock. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW
Rowdy fun at curling club There was a lot of barnyard ruckus going on over at the Royal City Curling Club on Saturday. The Pigs on Tour Curling Club hosted the second annual BarnYard Brew Ha Ha invitational bonspiel at the local rink.The event saw 12 teams, including the Moose
Cyclists braved the elements for a muddy, off-road adventure race through Queen’s Park on Saturday. Riders from all over the Lower Mainland descended on the Royal City for the Queens CX – a competitive but fun bike race
put on by the Vancouver Cyclocross Coalition. The event had riders in various categories traverse muddy trails in Queen’s Park hoping to best their fellow competitors. For more photos, see www.newwestrecord.ca. – Cayley Dobie
New West native makes NHL debut
Knuckles, Pigs on Tour, Cup Cakes, Beavers, Sasakis and the Meat Brothers, square off in the just-for-fun tournament. The bonspiel ran all day and was followed by a party at the curling club.
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– Cayley Dobie
Moosing around: Above, Beavers’ second Donna Kirkham dressed for the occasion at the second annual Barn Yard Brew Ha Ha invitational bonspiel. Left, from left, Moose Knuckles’ Mike Nohr and Darren Patterson waiting for the cue to start sweeping in the Moose Knuckles’ game against the Beavers. PHOTOS CHUNG CHOW
Jake Virtanen played in his first National Hockey League game on Tuesday, joining the Vancouver Canucks against the LA Kings in Los Angeles. Virtanen, who was born in the Royal City but now calls Abbotsford home, was drafted sixth overall by the Canucks in the 2014 NHL entry draft. After playing 50 games with the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen and 10 with Vancouver’s AHL farm team the Utica Comets last season, Virtanen played his firstever NHL game on Oct. 13. The 208-pound right winger played 12 shifts against the Kings for a total of nine minutes and 18 seconds of ice time, and he even managed to get one shot on net in his inaugural game. A STRONG START FOR
OTTAWA SENATOR Across the country, another New Westminster native is having a hot start to his third NHL season with the Ottawa Senators. Kyle Turris scored two goals in last week’s first regular season game against the Buffalo Sabres. The 26-year-old started things off early, getting his first goal in within the first minute of play giving Ottawa a 1-0 lead over the Sabres. At about the 10-minute mark of the second period,Turris got another goal past the opposing net minder to make it 2-0 Senators. Ottawa would go on to win the game 3-1. Two days later, against Toronto,Turris helped the Senators to a 5-4 win with a power play goal in the second period. He also assisted on the team’s third power play goal of the game, scored by Milan Michalek.