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FISHING DERBY RESULTS
Otter Valley Fish & Game Club hosted their 14th Annual Fishing Derby on Pike Mountain lakes and it was a great success.
The weather was good, although a little windy on the Saturday. A total of 47 entrants participated in the event and fishing was tough with adults outfishing youth this year.
The results are as follows:
Children
1) Cody Rice - 1 lb. 8 oz.
2) Justin Powell - 1 lb. 5 oz.
3) Colby Williams - 1 lb. 3 oz.
4) Brett Herrick - 1 lb.
5) Adrien Robinson - 14 oz.
6) Alex Robinson - 7 oz.
7) Craig Thompson - 6 oz.
Women
1) Carrie Kassa - 6 lb. 10 oz. (2 fish total)
2) Lynda Martindale - 1 lb. 12 oz. (2 fish)
3) Sherri Robinson - 1 lb. (1 fish)
Mens
1) Albert Mogge - 6 lb. 6 oz. (3 fish total)
2) Larry Robinson - 5 lb. 2 oz. (2 fish)
3) Ed White - 5 lb. (3 fish)
4) Ron White - 4 lb. 4 oz. (1 fish)
Womens Biggest - 4 lb. 2 oz. (Carrie Kassa)
Mens Biggest - 4 lb. 4 oz. (Ron White)
Cooler Raffle Winner - Rylan Mogge
Family Hidden Weight - Kelly Herrick (2 lb. 10 oz.)
There were also lots of other hidden weight prizes and goodies for all children who participated. A great weekend for the whole family!
The next club outing is the Harmon Lake Camp Out set for the weekend of July 7th, 8th and 9th.
For more information on this and other activities of the Otter Valley Fish & Game Club call Ron or Kim at (250) 295-7384 or Ron or Anne at (250) 295-3642.
We'll love to have you join us!
PANTHERS EARN SOME RESPECT
The Princeton Pink Panthers, sponsored by FortisBC, recently had the opportunity to travel to Penticton for the Squirt District Playdowns on June 17th and 18th. We took 13 girls with us, most of whom had never played organized ball before this year.
First game Saturday morning was against Vernon Black Diamonds, and, after a rough start, our girls rallied to make a game of it, to lose by only 4 runs. The next game was against Vernon Bulldogs. We again, had a rough start, but rallied to take a late lead and almost held it. We ended up losing by only 1 run this time.
Our last game Saturday, pitted us against the District Champs from Rutland.
Their pitcher was very fast and very wild. We definitely took our lumps in this one, on the scoreboard and in the batters box. Sunday morning we played Sicamous. It was a back and forth battle and our girls delivered the knockout blow in the bottom of the final inning, scoring 4 runs to win by 3.
We ended up in 8th place out of 12, on the strength of a solid plus/minus.
The girls and our coaching staff had a blast in Penticton and have even made plans to play games with Penticton and Merritt through the summer!
