Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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Basketball, One-onOne, Three-onThree. Get your own old friends to play against new ones, make up teams. Donna Marotta takes aim At the Universities and Junior Colleges throughout the country, Intramurals remain an intregal part of these institution ' s atheletic de- partments. JC ' s intramural pro- gram offers a variety of planned activities, individual and team, de- signed to give sportsminded stud- ents a chance to participate in or- ganized recreational events. The only requirement is the payment of the student activity fee. The program is headed by Roy E. Bell, physical education teacher E. Bell, a physical education teach- er, and sponsored by the Health and Physical Education depart- ments. Bell is assisted by the stu- dent Intramural and Recreation Board, which consists of Kathy Wilk, Student Director, Ed Richards, Amy Stimbu, Wayne Soldo, Dawn Miller, Karen Nystro ' Pat Hookstra, and Judy Staelgrave. Photos; Julie Clayton Flag-tag football is one of the many sports sponsored by the l R board at JC 14

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Right: Golf player Sue Fogleman Left: Tennis Team Captain Vicki Beggs Fun, finances and the future are the primary reasons for wo- men competing in intercollegiate sports at Palm Beach Junior Col- lege. Hopes of turning profession- al, travel and excitement are my main reasons for participating, reported top tennis player Vicki Beggs. And of course, the scholarships are very appealing. Golfer Coleen Walker says self-satisfaction plays an im- portant role in her game. Her teammate Sue Fogleman ex- plains, I enjoy the competition. The more experience you get, the more contacts you make. Linda Moore golfs because it ' s the best way, right now, to further my career in the sport. Desire is one of Sara Marsh ' s top reasons for competing in athletics. The organization and number of activities are grow- ing constantly and to be a part of it is very self -satisfying. I think women can gain a lot in the sports if they try. Intramural Student Director Kathy Wilk agrees. Women ' s participation in athletics is on the rise. I think they are coming out of their shell. ..doing more of what they want to do. All of the women think schol- arships should definitely be equal for themselves and their male counterparts. Both work just as hard, so why shouldn ' t they be the same,? Ms. Beggs asked. Ms Fogleman also agreed, but only if the calibre of the team is equal. I see no reason why women should not be given the same opportunity as men, Ms. Marsh reported. I think PBJC has im- proved 100 percent within the last year in this respect. The women ' s golf team is treated ex- tremely well and gets the utmost cooperation from everyone in the school. Dr. Reynolds and the coach, right down to our teachers. I ' m very satisfied with the situation. Dr. Howard Reynolds, Athletic Director, is also very optimistic . Yes, I ' m very pleased with the progress that ' s been made and I think we ' re on the right track, but I ' ll never be completely sat- isfied, just pleased. I ' m always looking for the best in every- Intramural Student Director, Kathy Wilk one, always looking for the pro- grams to improve. I ' m also very happy to see the men and women both work- ing side by side. It ' s a great achievement for them both. DEBBIE THOMPSON

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DNTRAMUBAL Left; Roy Bell, directing intramurals at JC since the program started in 1958. Below; Earline Pruitt, Physical Education major. I R activities include men and women ' s flag-tag football, coed vol- leyball and bowling. These are team play events with standings kept and tournaments held with trophies awarded to the winning outfits. For individuals I R offers an open gym program. This allows students to take advantage of the atheletic facilities at his or her leisure. The department has also set up a one mile jogging track and a place to record run- ning progress. In addition to just playing, instruction is offered in the form of an organized karate class conducted by Paul Ratanaprasith, a native of Thai- land and a black belt holder. These activities plus other reg- ularly scheduled games and cont- ests constitute a well-planned and responsibly administrated program that all students may enjoy. BRIEN BRUNET Karate is taught by a foreign student in the gym learn self-defense 15