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This week the Retirees Curling Club of
Rossland were out 55 strong to see bow the old
muscles responded to curling. After a summer of
swinging away at that little white ball, it's quite a
change to pick up a chunk of granite and deliver it to
the far end of a curling sheet. There is quite a difference, one from the other.
They didn't stay out there too long but I suppose
some of them will be feeling the effects during the
week. I didn't even get to test out the weight of one
rock because Joe Rosse and I were busy getting the
names of prospects and sorting them out. Phil
Bateman and Rich Watkinson, the other members
of our draw crew came in after they had tried out
their arms and legs, and gave us a hand to sort
players into categories. The first competition is on
Tuesday. We shall start with 10 rinks (five-man)
ready to get our season underway.
We have the same situation every fall when we
start up. Some of the men will still be away on trips
and won't be ready to start until later. Granted, it's
pretty nice to be able to turn one's back on the ice
and snow of B.C. for the likes of Arizona, California
and Florida. I might even do something like that
myself if I ever find myself supplied with enough of
the necessary medium of exchange, maybe in a few
years, or I might even win a sweepstakes, then I
could think up some pleasant way to spend my
winnings!
Incidentally, we now have an icemaker for the
curling rink. I didn't hear any squawks regarding
the ice so I would imagine that be is doing his job.
' Now you can expect to be kept abreast of all the
happenings in the Retirees club play and if I get the
information, I'll try to do the same for the other
clubs in town. Looks like it could be a very long
season for all of them coming up.
Now to Warrior hockey for awhile. As was
expected the power of the Colts was just too much
but our boys must have done a pretty fair job as the
5-3 score would indicate. They didn't fall over and
play dead for the team that are almost perennial
challengers for the Junior "8" crown in the
provincial playdowns. Tonight Grand Forks comes
to town before the Warriors go down the hill to take
on the Smoke Eaters. Two teams with whom they
have not had too much trouble so far in the young
season. The Warriors play only one afternoon game
at home according to my schedule and that is
Columbia Valley on Nov. 15. Game time is 2 p.m.
There are two late starts both on Fridays, Cranbrook on Dec. 4 and Grand Forks on Jan. 29, both
are 8:30 p.m. starts as compaed to 8 p.m. regularly.
If any changes to the schedule come up I'll try to
keep you up to date with them.
So, the World Series is history for another
season. It was a pretty good season and I don't think
too much fault could be found with the series except for a few bad calls by the men in blue. Of
course everyone can see them but with TV giving
you all the angles it would take a guy with really bad
eyesight to miss those ones in that final game. The
Twins were full value for their victory. They were
able to establish a record which it may take quite a
while to break again. That of winning every game in
the series that was played in their own park. I guess
they established themselves as a team that really
played well at home during the regular season and
they carried right on into the series. Good going,
Twins!
Now, that's a good time to say, 'til next time,
then!