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Base softball team is N.European champs
Members of the NATO Base softball team who represented the base in
the Northern European Softball Tournament were: Chuck Gallagher,
Franco Garcia, Bill Currier, Randy Raiden, Mic O'Connell, Paul
Duncan, David Williams, Mike Keane, Tony Powers, Charlie Kamindo,
Bob Letoumeau, Rick Beancardi, Carlos McCallister, Mike Flowers,
Tom Priest, Carl Wiebrech and Rick Jones. The coach was Phil Ryan
By J01 Howard Watters
"It was no contest!"
That's how Chief Warrant Of-
ficer Phil Ryan, coach of the
1985 Northern European Regional
Softball Tournament's Champion-
ship team from the NATO Base de-
scribed the team's victory. The
team had recently returned to
Iceland from Mildenhall, England,
where the tournament was held.
"We didn't go there (to Eng-
land) to have fun, we went to
play softball and that's what we
did," beamed Ryan, during an in-
terview with The White Falcon.
"Our guys played with a lot of
ispirit and that made the differ-
ence. We weren't looking for
the fence, we just played darned
tood ball and it paid off."
Coach Ryan stated that during
one of the final games his team
went up against a team which had
placed second in the Navy's In-
terservice competition "and we
beat them solidly."
"I think, and so do most of
the players, that the support of
everyone here on the NATO Base
gave us that winning determin-
ation, without it things might
have gone the other way," ex-
plained Coach 'Rj'an. "Our goal
was to bring home the 1st place
trophy and keep ogr base's win-
ning streak going--we want to
win it three years in a row."
This is the second year that
the NATO Base has taken the Nor-
thern Regional championship but
the first year that they have
gone undefeated throughout the
entire tournament.
"Two of our players, Joe Kel-
ley and Randy Raiden, were sel-
ected to play on the tournaments
All-Star Team. This showed we
had some real talent," he said.
Navy women win Armed Forces tourney
Barstow, Calif. (NNS) — Navy
women won the 1985 Armed Forces
Women's Softball Championship
held here Aug. 13-15.
The All-Navy Women's Softball
Team began the tournament by
beating the Marine Corps team 8
to 1 and the Army team 2 to 0 on
opening day. Navy continued its
winning ways day two of tourna-
ment play with a 2 to 0 victory
over Air Force and a 5 to 3 win
over the Marine Corps. Off to a
slow start on day three, Navy
suffered its only tournament loss
to Army with a final score of 9
to 3. Coming back strongly the
Navy women went on to the finals
and beat Air Force 4 to 0 for the
championship title.
Eight Navy players were among
the 22 women selected to try out
for the Interservice team: FN
Debbie Helmick, Surface Warfare
OfficerSchool, Coronado, Calif.;
SN Aimee Shelton, Naval Hospital,
Millington, Tenn.; PC 'Lorraine
Griggs, Naval Communications Sta-
tion, Rota, Spain; SK3 Jill Jac-
obs, Naval Air Station, Jackson-
ville, Fla.; SARM Isabel Capo-
rale (USCG), U.S. Coast Guard
Communications Station, Guam;
PR2 Kristine MacCauley, Recruit
Training Command, Orlando, Fla.;
P03 Rhonds Evans, Naval Air Sta-
tion, Norfolk, Va.
The in;erservice team will
compete at the American Softball
Associatioi Women's Class "A"
Slowpitch National Tournament in
Austin, Minn., over Labor Day
Weekend.
Arctic Sportsman's Club
• Free archery on Tues. and
Fri in the High School multi-
purpose room from 8-10p.m. Some
equipment is provided. Info
from Steve at 7967.
• Deep sea fishing will con-
tinue through Sept. Call Walt
at 7231 for information.
• On Sept. 13 most lakes
close for the season. On Sept.
20 the rivers are closed.
a Goose hunting season is
now open through the new year.
The Arctic Sportsmen's Club
is located in bldg. 2306. Call
4640 for hours and information.
Reykjavik Marathon
results next week
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August 30, 1985 The White Falcon