The Similkameen News Leader
Sports Page - November 6, 2006
GOLF CLUB CHOOSES NEW EXECUTIVE
A total of 75 members represented 149 votes, including proxies, at the Princeton Golf Club's annual general meeting November 5th. Not a single vote was cast.
The club has $165,187.70 in total assets as of October 31, 2006 along with assets totaling $1,755,880.60. Liabilities, including four leases and a bank loan, come to $477,970.10 with equity worth $1,277,910.50. In the words of many members at the meeting, the club is in pretty good shape.
As for the election of officers, all members nominated for positions were elected unchallenged from the floor.
President is Larry Evans. Glenn Weissbach as Vice President joins him, Jim Jackson returns as Treasurer with Betty O'Hara as Secretary. Trevor Thompson, Mike Monteith and Al Dubuc will sit as Directors for two years.
They join Directors Wally Wallace, Keith Simpson and Richard White who all have one year remaining in their term.
Member discussion following the election included the paving of the parking lot and three cart paths. The quote received is $44,000.00 which would pave the majority of the parking lot along with cart paths around the Hole #2 tee box, from the #2 green to #3 tee box and a spot around Hole #14.
Discussion from the floor pointed out possible drainage issues in paving the parking lot and other cart path locations were also pointed out as needing work.
At one point, Vice President Glenn Weissbach stated the original paving locations would be part of an annual project. The membership will allow the Board members to proceed with the project, with recommendations.
The need for another roughs mower was also discussed and following suggestions and further recommendations from the floor, the membership chose to let the Board respond to the issue.
SHOOT OUT DECIDES WINNER
In the words of KIJHL President Bill Ohlhausen, "With nine points between top and bottom, it's still anyone's game."Ohlhausen was in Princeton Arena for last Saturday night's game against Summerland Sting and was referring to the current status of the standings in the Okanagan Shuswap Division of his hockey league.
He picked a good night to be in Princeton as he and about 250 others witnessed one of the most exciting hockey games played on Posse ice.
Ohlhausen, who was being interviewed during the first intermission on an internet hockey broadcast, told play-by-play broadcaster Tom Shields, "We have a great product, come and watch it."
The game against Summerland could not have been a better example of that.
Although play was a little sluggish in the first period, there was end-to-end action with both goaltenders getting their share of work.
Summerland managed to score first at 16:30 where Princeton goalie Evan Karambelas was beat on the rebound. He had just finished making a series of incredible saves when the rebounder caught him out of position.
Princeton came back with 3.6-seconds left on the clock in what appeared to be a puck rolling in to the Summerland goal after hitting the Sting netminder on the shoulder. The goal was disallowed and Referee Darren Harrold told the News Leader between periods why it was called a no goal.
"It was batted in."
The second period saw some more sluggish play mixed with amazing moments of brilliant and skillfully executed play making on both sides of the rink. But the period saw no scoring.
The third period saw a slightly different Posse on ice and at 4:20 Jeremy Wagner went in behind the Summerland goal, passed the puck in front and Michael Bunting fired it past Summerland's goalie when he was still watching Wagner. Alex Young received an assist on the goal.
Both teams battled to break the tie and didn't let up until time expired.
KIJHL regulations put a tie game into a 5-minute overtime period and although both teams kept pressuring one another, neither could get the winning goal.
Questionable calls by the officials added to the excitement of the overtime frame.
Still deadlocked at one apiece, the game format shifts to a shoot-out. After each team had sent out their first five shooters, two scored from Summerland and Princeton's Michael Bunting and Sean Carr were also able to score. This put the game into a position where extrashooters would take shots on goal, until one scored.
It took two more from each side before Summerland put another one in the net giving them the win 2 to 1 in a shoot-out.
The game saw very few penalties with Summerland taking most of them, 10 for 28-minutes, to Princeton's 6 penalties totalling 12-minutes.
The shots on goal saw Summerland pelt Princeton 25 to 15.
