Page 8 October 1984 Cassiar Courier

Cassiar attends Western Canadian

The 1984 Western Canadian Fastball Championships
were held in Edmonton, Alberta, from August 31 — Sept.
3 and the Cassiar Athletics represented the Yukon. Ten
local players and seven players from other regional teams
competed. Preparation was then to raise the approximate-
ly $10,000 to send the team. The people and local com-
panies of Cassiar and Erickson should be commended for
their support and contributions to the team.

Upon arrival in Edmonton, the team was picked up
and driven to the hotel by the host team from Edmon-
ton. A team meeting at midnight set the strategy for the
next days games. The first game was against Manitoba and
John Drzimotta was the starting pitcher. Cassiar was the
first to score and led 1—O after the first inning. The Man-
itoba squad suddenly found their hitting groove and scor-
ed 7 runs in the second inning. Cassiar shut them down
the last five innings but one bad inning was the result of
an 8 —. 2 loss. Next that day were the Edmonton Play-
boys, the host club, who we felt we could have beaten
but the Playboys prevailed 7 — 2. Later that evening the
opening ceremonies were held. The Edmonton Eskimo
cheerleaders, the Sunshine Girls, led the teams into the
ball park. The Yukon squad kept the fans in laughter as
they tried to talk and dance with the Sunshine girls. They
(the Sunshine Girls) put on a good dance routine and were
loudly applauded. After a few beer to calm nerves an early
night was had by ‘most’ of the team.

The next day we started against the N.W.T. and the
starting. pitcher was John Hadiken, who had driven all
night from Creston to get to the early game. John pitched
very well, allowing only five hits and striking out six. Also
many fine plays were made in the field to push the Yukon
past the N.W.T. 2 — 1. The next game against a very pow-
erful Alberta squad proved that we shouldn‘t get too
cocky. Alberta pounded hit after hit out into the field and
soon were leading 7 — 0. A slightly bewildered Cassiar
team looked for a way to get some runs on the score-
board. Coaches Eldon Hardy and Rick Calloway made a
few changes and within two innings it was suddenly 7 — 4
for Alberta. The team was estatic! A few controversial
plays and calls by the umpire against Cassiar caused the
guys to give Alberta a few more runs. The final score was
13 — 4 for Alberta. To be noted is that this Alberta team
went through the round-robin undefeated. Later that
night British Columbia was the opponent. The Yukon
team (Cassiar) could and should have beaten this team,
thanks to superb pitching by our team. Yet B.C. scored
four runs on three errors and only got two hits in the en-
tire game! Cassiar also had two hits but could not score
a run. This was a good, hard fought game but the final
score was B.C. 4, Yukon 0. That night sorrows were
drowned at dinner and we ate a bit, too. The night was
time for some laughs, dancing and to calm the nerves.
Everyone had fun. checking out the local clubs and were
even treated to a floor show on the dance floor. Rumor
has it, it was a Yukon player!

The final game was against Saskatchewan and a red-
eyed crew showed up, not certain where they were. The
Saskatchewan team is a superb team and handily beat the
Yukon 7 — 0 in 5 innings. Despite the cold wind and one-

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sided score, we managed to keep our spirits up. With
Vince Gibson, break-dancing in left field, trying to reach
well-hit balls, and Jerry Gordon from Whitehorse yelling
obscenities at ‘our’ team from the bench, it was a fun
game. It should also be noted that Merv Prier makes a
pretty tall fielder in right field — some fans mistook him
for the flagpole! All in all, Cassiar played their hearts out
and showed pretty well and now know what it takes to
win consistently.

That night a free prime rib and beer night was held at
David's restaurant, who sponsor the host team and helped
sponsor the tournament. Bartenders were hard to find,

especially good ones, so the Yukon delegate was Jeff Hum.

Balancing fifteen beer on a tray and drinking your own at
the same time was his trademark until tragedy struck.
Three trays of beer were spilt, two weren’t his fault, but it
looked like a wet T-Shirt contest for awhile. Very much
later that night a quiet pool party was held at the hotel
for the team. Eldon Hardy was the lifeguard, so it seemed,
but he never saved too many (probably from not Watching
Rex Humbard enough). Rick Calloway and Bernd Guder-
jahn went on a guided tour (unexpected) of Edmonton
the next day, thanks to the Edmonton Transit System.
Our contingent of fans was very small but loud and we
applaud them for their support. Also, Phyllis Hardy had a
nice surprise, thanks to Eldon. Hope the women here
don’t call Eldon cheap anymore. There was also a player
who watched as many new movies at the theatre as he
could; probably because there are no theatres in trapping

On Saturday, August 25th, in conditions that can
only be classified as northern semi-winter, sixteen brave
individuals faced rain, high winds and for most of us
deep grass and buck brush to compete in the first Cassiar
Golf Club tournament.

It was good to see that all the individuals that indic-
ated they would play actually turned up despite the
conditions.

Mike Pennock as club Secretary/Treasurer performed
a sterling job at the makeshift clubhouse under canvas.
Forced to remain on the bench due to injury, Mike
provided financial and organisational control at ‘the
start of the tournament and plied players with coffee and
various liquid refreshments as they passed on each round.

As’ the course has only three holes at present, the
nine hole tournament required three rounds to be played.
Three different tee-off positions were used for the short
par 3 hole with one of these holes being sponsored by
Finning Tractor and Equipment Ltd. A prize of $3500
was being offered for a hole in one on the 160 yard hole,
unfortunately no one was successful in the attempt.

Also a cup was presented by Finning which was
awarded to the golfer with the lowest gross score for the
day. This cup together with Pro-Flite golf balls went to
Dave Gunning with a score of 44, which was a creditable
effort in view of the adverse weather conditions.

Dave Chappel and John Minnaar were the respective
Tunners up who received Pro-Flite golf balls as well. .
Consolation prizes of golf balls also went out to several
members for highest gross and highest score on an indiv-
idual hole.

season. Two other players went to the ‘run-through’ at
McDonalds at 2:00 a.m. for munchies. It seems that Cas-
siar liked Edmonton and showed them where they were
from. At the championship game where Manitoba played
Saskatchewan, the public announcer stopped the game a
few times for a special announcement. It seems that the
Yukon and B.C. teams were having a beer drinking contest
in the stands so the announcer would announce at certain
intervals the score. This went on like ‘‘Yukon 2 cases of
beer and B.C. 1 case until the Yukon was-ahead 4 — 2 and
someone lost count. The fans loved us anyway.

Cassiar Fastball would like to thank all the players for
their efforts and time involved, especially fund-raising.
The team would like to thank the people who bought raf-
fle tickets, came to the dance, and generally helped us
along. To Erickson, we thank you for all of your support,

it helps an awful lot. Thanks to Brinco, especially Frank
Buckley, for the support they gave us over the year, in-
cluding the field renovations. The Community Club really
helped us along and contributed a lot of their time and
donated plenty to create a better standard of softball in
Cassiar. Thanks to R&S Service, the Lions Club and P. &
W Services for their contributions and thanks to the
Union for their support. Thanks to Eldon Hardy, Vince
Gibson and Merv Prier for their organization of the whole
trip. Hopefully, next year we’ll gO again and win a few
more games (that’s if Vince can get the budget to balance
SO we can afford it).

by Paul Clarke

Dave Gunning receiving trophy from Pau! Clarke

It was a memorable inaugural tournament and the
club’s executive appreciated the determination of the
participants in continuing for the whole tournament
despite the conditions.

As a footnote it is expected the club will put ona
Final Fling Tournament to christen the clubhouse which
is expected to be set up in September. Members may be
called to provide assistance in moving the clubhouse
from its present location sometime during the month.

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FIRE CHIEF

Gordon Becket — 5 years

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Jay Lee — 8 years

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BUTE TOOUR LOCAL
FIRE DEPARTMENT

October 7 to 13 being Fire Prevention Week,
we feel it is an appropriate time to congratulate
our Volunteer Fire Dept. for the tremendous job
they do here in Cassiar.

The Cassiar Volunteer Fire Dept. consists of
fourteen members, headed by Fire Chief Gordon
Becket. These volunteers meet every Monday
evening for 2 hours for training.

We must remember, at this time, the tremen-
dous responsibility the Fire Dept. has, as a whole.
The firefighters are on call 24 hours a day, year
round and each time he is called to a fire, he does
not know whether or not he is being called to
save lives or even risk his own. It always seems as
if the public is unaware of the risks involved.

The public can best help the Fire Dept. by:

1) immediately reporting a fire

2) staying away from the scene of a fire.

Curiosity seekers are a danger to themselves, to
the victims of a fire and to the firefighters.

We are very fortunate to have a Fire Depart-
ment such as ours. In addition to fighting fires,
our volunteers conduct a fire safety program in
the town. Children’s groups such as the Brownies,
the Co-op Play Group, and some of the elemen-
tary school grades visit the Fire Hall each year to
view the fire truck and receive a talk on safety.

The department also stocks smoke detectors
which can be purchased at the Fire Hall.

A big Thank You to the Volunteer Fire De-
partment for all the good work they do in Cassiar.

Cyril Habjan — 2 years

Peter Howard — 2 years

Valdemar Isidoro — 3 years

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Gary Stratton — 1% years

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DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
Tony Coran — 17 years

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Bob Larocque — 3% years

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Scott Purdy — 1 year

Richard Rudkowsky — 4 years