Trail Times- Friday, December 3, 1982 - 7

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It was rather unfortunate
that two events held in
Rossland this past weekend
had to clash but it happened
and one of them had to
suffer.
For the past five or six
years the Canadian Legion
Branch No. 14 has held a
Grey Cup breakfast. It has
always been quite a drawing
card for · football-minded
members and their guests.
Held in the downstairs
banquet room, the early
morning meal consists of
bacon, eggs, pancakes and
sausage and of course the
inevitable coffee. It is attended by the male members
of the branch and it has often
seen as many as 80 guests
assembled for the big game
which is watched on two TVs
supplied by a dealermember free of charge.
This time around however,
the attendance was limited
to less than 35 as there was a
mixed bonspiel held in the
arena with draws starting at
9 a.m. This one-day event is
also quite popular with local
people since the resurgence

of the mixed game in
Rossland.
We have been assured
however that this will not
happen again. We have been
told that a date prior to the
big football extravaganza
has already been booked for
next season. We must
remember, however, that
next year's Grey Cup will be
played in British Columbia's
magnificent new domed
stadium in downtown
Vancouver and I have heard
that some fans from this
area are already contacting
friends and-or relatives at
the coast to get tickets.
On behalf of those who
enjoyed the breakfast and
the game I would like to
thank those who helped me
in the kitchen, Jim Brown,
Toby Ed worthy, Herb
Castle, Angus Popplewell,
John McFarland Jr., Jack
Hook, Charlie Cholak and
Chuck Harkness who along
with organizers Carl Osing
and Joe Thalman did a
helluva job, also we must
thank Jim Dunlop for the
sets which I understand

perfomed real well, and
Ralph Berry and Joe Gyte
for the table setup
arrangements.
. Yes, I was one who signed
up for the bonspiel when it
was organized and I
managed a 10:30 draw so
that I could help with the
breakfast. It was a good day,
each rink played three sixend games and the rinks of
Jim Schuck and Mike
Kraftchick came out winners in the "A" and "B"
events. Jim had Helen
Blackie as third, Frank
Harris, second and Harry
Douglas was his lead to take
the "A" with 16 points while
Mike and Nellie Moll at
third, Bernie Ferrey, second
and his lead was Edile
Habicht. Mike garnered 17
points to take the "B".
Points were awarded thusly:
one for each end won and two
for a victory.
I played with Ivan "the
Terrible" Bell and after a
rather shaky start we
managed 11 points in the
"B" side, we opened against
Angus Popplewaell's rink,

then beat Gil Besso and
wound up giving Mike
Kraftchick a tough battle
before losing to the ultimate
winner of the "B". Ivan and
I had Cindy Bateman at
third and Ev Pengelly as
lead.
Jack McDonald and his
wife Eileen along with Jim
and Phil Bateman were the
organizers and the Eagles
Ladies supplied the bar and
concession help. The
organizers got help from
Steve and Brenda and Cindy
as ticket takers. Steve, John
and Bob cooked the· steaks
and Dave Smith arranged
the prizes.
There was plenty of time
between games for everyone
to get together and socialize
which is what makes these
one-day 'spiels so popular.
I talked to Jack Malchow
on Wednesday regarding the
money 'spiel they had
planned for this coming
weekend. He told me those
plans went awry when the
lack of out-of-town rinks
entered forced a post-

ponement. Jack says they
may try to do something in
the form of a mixed. From a
standpoint of the Retirees I
think something like this
would be welcome, quite a
lot of the old boys took part
in Sunday's event.
The Retirees club is
winding down their first
competition. It will end
either Thursday or carry
over until next Tuesday.
Angus Popplewell's rink
looks like the team to beat.
When it's over we will redraw the rinks and go into
another round.
Despite three ·games over
the weekend, the Warriors
failed to break the drought
they have been suffering, a
heartbreaking loss to the
division-leading Smokies 5-4
in overtime started another
round of losses, a 6-1 loss to
the Nite ·Hawks in a game
they were never really in
and then another close one
that saw the Rebels score
four goals in the third to take
an 8-4 win in Castlegar on
Tuesday night.