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Y'know, one of these days I'm going to clear the
shelves of back-dated stories concerning hockey,
etc., however, since the hockey season is still with
us around the country, this week's stories won't be
too far off the line.
It seems that Nelson Minor Hockey people put
on an Atom tournament in early April in which the
Rossland Atoms took second place. This team, a
combination of the Red and White Atom House
league teams, coached by Dan and John McFarland
and Don Brandt, won four out of five games played.
They outscored their opposition 37-16,, but because
they were tied in wins and losses the Nelson Cable
West team took first because they were the only
team to beat Rossland.
An interesting note on this tournament is that it
was organized by Bob Jeffs, who some Rossland
ball fans may remember having played on the
Capilano ball club in one season when they formed
an all-star team and did some barnstorming after
the regular season was over. Bob was working some
of the time and some of his fill-in personnel did not
read the rules too carefully as stop-time was used in
some games at the discretion of timekeeper and
referee. The coaches would like to thank the
Rossland fans who helped to cheer their team on for
a job well done.
Nelson tried a new format this year, owing to
the poor state of the economy. The Nelson Minor
Hockey people charged just a $5 fee for the hockey
players to sign up and got a good response.
A novice tournament in Beaver Valley in late
March saw Rossland's Senior Novice team, coached
by John Stanton and Scott Leyland, place fourth in a
four-game tourney, winning two and losing two.
Winning over Beaver Valley twice and losing to
Spokane and Castlegar. Goals for and against
decided their position in the standings. MVP's for
Rossland were Jarrett Zanussi, Eddie Levesque,
Jarrod Stanton and Scott McFarland.

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In the Junior Novice side of that tourney, the
Rossland team, coached by Bobby Williams and
Howie McMeekin, took first place, winning all four
games played and outscoring their opposition 24-8.
Five MVP's for Rossland were Darren Williams,
twice, two hat tricks; Dallas Stanton, hat trick;
Brian French, hat trick and.B.ian McMeekin.
So, a pretty successful season for the little guys
has come to an end. Now we have the usual combination of hockey playoffs plus the start of the
baseball season. In hockey our Canadian teams are
doing OK but in the baseball world we are not doing
that well right now but maybe they will wind up in a
blaze of glory.
What a start to the golf season at the upper
course. Our foursome of Frank Balckwell, Wilf
Woodhouse, Chris Christianson and me were the
first out on Friday morning but on Friday night the
world became white again and the clubs are cooling
off until we get something approaching more
summer-like weather. I guess some hardy types are
still rushing it but when I think of all those nice
warm days to come I don't feel too bad that I've only
played 45 holes to date.
How about that reat old chap that took the
Masters? I just love to watch the look on his face
when he sinks a long putt or watches a long drive
sailing out there, there must be thousands of others
that have said it before but I'll say it again. Great
show, Jack Nicklaus!
A late note just handed me says that a big
cribbage tournament will be held at 7:30 p.m. on
Saturday in the Lower Legion Hall in Rossland.
Play and refreshments will be available with the
tourney fee set at $1.00 per person. Apparently the
first one held a couple of weeks back was quite a
succesful venture and so it~ be repeated.
Now I think that's all so I'll say,
'Til next time, then!

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