Parents Night Out fundraiser
Pacific Top Team Martial Arts Penticton is having a Parents Night Out fundraiser Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. They will entertain kids aged four and over with games and a movie and feed them healthy snacks including free peanut granola bars (*if your child has a food allergy them know). After the snacks, they will watch a movie, then play more games. Bring your kids and invite more with all the proceeds going towards two members competing at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships in California on Nov. 22. (Proceeds pay for flight, food, hotel, etc). Reserve your spot by emailing: info@pttpenticton.com, text/calling 250-307-6667, or pre-paying and reserving at the Pacific Top Team Penticton location. Cost is $20 per kid for four hours.
Harlem Ambassadors charity game
The Penticton Lions and Habitat for Humanity-South Okanagan are pleased to present the Harlem Ambassadors Charity Basketball Game on Nov. 30 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. This is a fun-filled family event featuring slam dunks and alley oops. The mission of the Harlem Ambassadors is to deliver a quality basketball show to audiences throughout the U.S. and internationally. Proceeds will divided between the Penticton Lions and Habitat for Humanity to support their various community projects. The Harlem Ambassadors will be playing against the hometown Lions/Habitat Slam Dunk team featuring players/celebrities from Penticton at Pen High. Tickets: adults $10, students and seniors $8, children four and under are free. For tickets call: 250-770-8383 or 250-493-3499 or come down to Cherry Lane Shopping Centre on Nov. 1. Ticket sellers will be located right beside Save On Foods.
BC Hockey program changed
BC Hockey announced changes to the male high performance program. The changes include a restructuring of the male under 16 program and the introduction of a male under-15 program. The U15 high performance program will be introduced in April 2015 with open region camps. Players who are eligible to attend a BC Hockey Championship (Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4) are eligible to attend. Players will be evaluated at the region camps and the top 160 players will be selected to attend a provincial tournament in May. More details and region camp registration information will be released at a later date. BC Hockey has eliminated the region camps in the U16 program and will evaluate eligible players during the season with their club teams. The U16 BC Cup will continue to be held in April and the top 120 players will be invited to attend a jamboree style tournament. Players will be selected from the male U16 BC Cup to attend the camp in July.
“The changes to the male high performance program will really help develop players and prepare them for short-term competitions such as the Western Canada Challenge Cup, a regional event, and the Canada Winter Games, a national event,” said male high performance branch co-ordinator Russ Weber said is a release.
The changes are being made in response to the move of the U17 program to Hockey Canada’s jurisdiction. Players are now invited to attend a national development camp which led to selections for the World U17 Hockey Challenge. This year, five BC players were selected for the International Competition.
Twin Lakes event cancelled
The Halloween edition of Mudd, Sweat and Tears Twin Lakes on Nov. 1 has been cancelled.
John Reed of MST, confirmed the cancellation due to the unexpected death of his father on Sunday. Reed said those who had signed up for Saturday’s event have received a transfer for their event in Kelowna on May 9, 2015. Reed said that racers are encouraged to bring a friend for 50 per cent off.
As for the future of the race at Twin Lakes, Reed said it will be looked at for 2015.
“The Twin Lakes Family is sending John and The MST Family strength at this sad time,” said Twin Lakes resort manager Kate Swanson. “We regret the race having to be cancelled, but it is completely understandable. Please contact MST for refunds or race transfers.”
Swanson said they hope to hold their own race next year in October 2015.
“We have the track and the location so stay tuned,” said Swanson.
Indoor soccer kicks off
Action in the Bad Tattoo Brewery Masters Indoor Soccer League began on the weekend with a lot of goals. Rona doubled up Penticton Lock and key 14-7.
RONA
Zico Pescada (5), Joe Kandola (4), Dave Crompton (2), Venna Veselka (1), Don Russell and
Murray McMichael.
PLK
Paul Borba (2), Patrick Buchanan, Carlos Mendonca, Ron Dirksen, Darryl Pace and Duarte Francisco.
TC Auto Sales doubled up Midas 8-4.
MIDAS
Mike Beliveau (2), Eduardo Cacace and Veselka.
TC AUTO
Mike Weckel (3), Peter Toth (2), Brian Johnston (2) and Norman Peters.
Lucky Player of the Day was Duarte Francisco.
Penticton Men’s Rec Hockey League
Oct. 23
EcoDry Ice Dogs: 7
Mitch McMillan (5), Trevor Aubie and Mike Funk.
Red Wings: 1
Kyler Stinson
EcoDry Ice Dogs: 8
Funk (3), Mitch McMillan (2), Nick Riep, Kurt Goodjohn and Chad Deleeuw.
Hitmen: 6
Joel Post (2, Izzy Gudmondson, Len Charters, Marcus Lebler and Mark Petry.
