July 2003 ill Sports e¢ the other press © Missing in Action — Golf and Baseball Flash Gordon Sports Editor When I began the position of Sports Editor with the Other Press, I knew my task to wrangle newsworthy college athletics material would be difficult. The last two sports that compete during the winter term were golf and baseball. I challenge the average student at Douglas to name a player from either team without scanning the Centre for Sport, Recreation and Wellness website. What makes this news more awk- ward to get, is that neither team plays anywhere near the college. Why doesn’t Douglas have a PGA tour worthy 18 holes of golf down Front Street in New Westminster? There is one heck of a water hazard nearby, the Fraser River. Anyone brave enough to chase after a lost ball is in for an adventure that not even Jacques Cousteau would bargain for. The Front Street fairway would pose very little golf skills since the road is very straight and the balls could be banked off of the Antique Market to add an extra degree of difficulty. Truck traf- fic brings an element of danger that Lou Rene Legge might find unreasonable. Our golf team might not be exactly thrilled about the change in venue. Their skills are much more honed to playing on the greens of BC and Washington State. The gents play in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges where they are matched up against schools from Washington State. The team’s home golf course is at the Swan-e-set Bay Resort and Country Club in Pitt Meadows. Golf coach Gert Van Niekerk believes the team had a very successful season. A number of their players scored well in the season’s tournaments. The baseball team played well, I think. That is I don’t really know. Coach Gehrig Merrit lives out in Maple Ridge and with his summer schedule, he’s not that easy to reach. The team plays out toward Coquitlam. Douglas scrounged a decent season with winning about as many times as they lost. Two play- ers made the all conference team: catcher Mike Dowsley and lefty pitcher Collyn Varnes. I truly wanted to bring a little more detail to their seasons. It’s important to give the players some recog- nition of their efforts in the name of Douglas College. Just to show that we are not at all heartless at the Other Press. We will try to bring some kind of closure to the issues. There shall be some closure! I insist on closure. I don’t want to sort through golf statistics any more than I have to. Until next month—this is Flash trying to bring a little vision and some carefully nur- tured warmth to the blind eye of apathy toward college sports. Classifieds Students advertise for free! For free student classifieds up to 30 words, email: submit@op.douglas.bc.ca with your name, student number, desired sec- tion, and put “classified” in the sub- ject line. 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