Over The Edge Page 14 SPORTS March 24, 1998 Player Feature: Chelton vanGeloven by Jeremy Fung My conversation with Chelton began with his cheerful recol- lection of the rugby football CHELTON vanGELOVEN club’s recent trip to Vancouver. He cheerfully described the weekend: The team traveled to the coast in two vans. They arrived late Friday night, and their first game was early Saturday morning. Their first game was against Trinity. Unfortunately they lost. Chelton believes that they lost because they hadn't played as a team since October. UNBC came back strong on Sunday morning, winning the first ever intercollegiate match in the _ Universities history. Apparently Douglas College even tried a little subterfuge on Saturday night, forcing the righteous Feature Club: Fencing by Jeremy Fung The fencing club was started by Jo DeLeronde, during the first year UNBC was open. Last semester it consisted of 18 members, this semester there are 8 to 10 people at the regular practices. The club meets Mondays from 8:30 - 10:00 PM and on Saturday from 1:00-4:00 . PM. The fencing club provides both physical exercise and an environment to meet new friends as the members go for a bite to eat, or for a drink after practices. The group is also involved with the community in Prince George. During. the summer they put on demonstrations for children. Actually the club has several youths practicing with them. Zach, the club’s organizer, spends time with the children. He recently put on a children’s movie event to help build the team spirit. The club put on an epee demonstration in September, and they are plan- ning another one for the 1998- 99 school year. They also talk to Thrust and parry UNBC players to consume massive amounts of alcohol till the wee hours of the morning. By the time Western Washington faced UNBC some of our players had been on the pitch for 160 minutes in less then two days. This is not uncommon during tourna- ments, however, in those cases both teams will be tired. UNBC set the pace in the first half, but the fatigue overcame them in the second half. Chelton began his rugby career in grade 8 at Blackburn Jr. Secondary, throughout his stay at Blackburn his team dominated the central interior. Members of the fencing club practice in the Fitness © Centre. photo by Jeremy Fung high-schools to promote the sport. One of the main goals of the club is to have fencing become more popular in BC. Fencing requires incredible physical fitness, and the partici- pants must work out with their off side, as there is a tendency to overdevelop the dominant side. The equipment includes The fencing club shows off the different types of fencing foils: Epee, sabre and rapier. photo by Jeremy Fung gloves, body armour, a helmet and a sword. For a complete set of new gear the price can run upwards of 400$, however the club has plenty of gear for beginners to come try out. Fencing is actuelly three sepa- rate sports: foil, epee, and sabre. In the foil event the target is only the torso,. Sabre adds the arms and the head and it is a slashing weapon. Epee is another stabbing weapon, how- ever the entire body becomes a target. Zach says “Foil is a good sport, it develops physical ability and it challenges your brain.” He encourages people to come try the sport, everyone is welcome. Many of the members’ first experience with fencing has been with this club. Contrary to popular belief, fencing is not solely for males, the club has some women who practice regu- larly. Anyone interested in join- ing can contact Zach at 564- 0560. He moved to Prince George Senior Secondary in grade 11 and his team came 11th in the province in the AA category. That was in 1992. He joined the Prince George gnats in 1994 and after doing two years of college, he transferred to UNBC. This is his first year at the university, but he is in third year forestry. Chelton says that UNBC is better then the col- lege, as the professors are wonderful and the social atmosphere is to his liking. The only sports that distract Chelton from rugby are moun- tain biking and snowboarding. He encourages people to come practice with the team. He also praised the coach Bob Ormond, and the President Michael Speakman. He made a special point of mentioning the Women’s team as well. They have played several games against local high- schools, and they are heading to a 7’s tournament in Jasper, this April. They practice hard every Friday night, and they are always looking for more girls. This ever-smiling forward is looking forward to next sea- son. Look for him on the pitch next fall, or at the bar. 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