8-Trail Times-Friday, June 6, 1980 ·.

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The first thing I would like
to do this week is pay. tribute
to a pretty gutsy bunch of
girls. I wouldn't dare call
them by any other name;
there might be repercussions,
who for the purpose of . the
Beaver Valley tournament of
women's softball, go under
the name of the Fruitvale
Oldtimers.
Judging by the standards of
years of service to the game,
I guess you'd have to call
them veterans-, to say the
least, but by the standard of
their performance in the
aforementioned tourney, one
would have to say that they
are still able to stand up and
be -counted when compared to
the teams of today.
Playing six games in two
days against somewhat
younger competition, coming
out only second best and
duellin·g that right down to the
wire, is something a little
better than a mediocre
performance, wouldn't you
agree with me?
Among the girls who played
on that team, managed by
Bonnie Miller, are Judy
Thom:pson, Alta Eberts,
Donna
Bishop, Shirley
Williams, Ilene McDonald,
Terilyn Allen and last but by
no means least, the battery
which performed in every one
of the BV tourney games,
Carol " Punky" Clark and
Joan Ferguson.
·
Just imagine, if you will,
the amount of stamina and
iron willpower it must have
taken on the part of Carol and
J oanie to come up with a
performance like they did.
By this I don't mean to
belittle the performance of
the rest of the team; pitchers
and catchers have to have
. team support. I'll bet that
Carol and J oanie would be the
first to applaud the team's
effort.
·
Every one of the girls I
mention here I have watched
on numerous occasions in
the days when they were the
backbone of teams which
contested for the provincial
championship in their class
·and won it on one occasion up
in Kamloops too, I remember.
But I would bet that every
one of them put all the effort

l::>EPP-]ALK

with ·
H,1ry
Pepper

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- Fisher photo

The Fruitvale Oldtimers received the runner-up trophy at the Beaver Valley May Days
tournament recently from organizer Guylie Wilcox. Representing the team were
manager Bonnie MIiier (centre) and coach-catcher Joan Ferguson.

local citizenry and put on
another fine show. Seems as if
it gets better every year but
when you have a working
committee with the support
we got this year, it's really a
breeze to put on something
like this.
Lion members again owe a
debt of gratitude to a hardworking corps of wives who
seem to be in top form every
time Old Glory nite rolls
around. The club has been
hard at work in the trailer
park, getting it in shape for
the tourist trade. Everything
is almost ready now, another
work party or two should see.
us ready to welcome visitors
to avail themselves of the
facilities we have to offer out

winners and Wesley Mussio will have to be rescheduled.
got the other; Rossland
In lacrosse, the Redmen are
threatened on various occasions, hit goalposts and the establishing themselves as
crossbar and had one ex- the team to beat instead of
cellent chance tipped over the getting beaten as they did in
bar in a desperation move by the two years past. Their lone
the Warfield keeper.
loss of the season thus far
One incident as the game came in an exhibition game in
finished was not to my liking. Armstrong a week or so back,
The young coach of the but other than that their
Wolves with the vocal backing record reads six wins and an
of a number of his players, overtime tie in league and
harangued Referee John exhibition play.
Habicht about his conduct of
This past weekend they
the game. However, the travelled to the Okanagan and
teams both took part in the played three times, winning
traditional handshake later on two and tying one, the tie
being against an Armstrong
and all was forgiven.
' Incidents like this are not team bolstered by three
the general rule, but, I guess players signed from last
after an hour or so of year's Vernon team and was

The first thing I would like
to do this week is pay. tribute
to a pretty gutsy bunch of
girls. I wouldn't dare call
them by any other name;
there might be repercussions,
who for the purpose of the
Beaver Valley tournament of
women's softball, go under
the name of the Fruitvale
Oldtimers.
Judging by the standards of
years of service to the game,
I guess you'd have to call
them veterans-, to say the
least, but by the standard of
their performance in the
aforementioned tourney, one
would have to say that they
are still able to stand up and
be counted when compared to
the teams of today.
Playing six games in two
days against somewhat
younger competition, coming
out only second best and
duelling that right down to the
wire, is something a little
better than a mediocre
performance, wouldn't you
agree with me?
Among the girls who played
on that team, managed by
Bonnie Miller, are Judy
Thonwson, Alta Eberts,
Donna Bishop, Shirley
Williams, Ilene McDonald,
Terilyn Allen and last but by
no means least, the battery
which performed in every one
of the BV tourney games,
Carol "Punky" Clark and
Joan Ferguson.
·
Just imagine, if you will,
the amount of stamina and
iron willpower it must have
taken on the part of Carol and
Joanie to come up with a
performance like they did.
By this I don't mean to
belittle the performance of
the rest of the team; pitchers
and catchers have to have
. team support. I'll bet that
Carol and Joanie would be the
first to applaud the team's
effort.
·
Every one of the girls I
mention here I have watched
on numerous occasions in
the days when they were the
backbone of teams which
contested for the provincial
championship in their class
·and won it on one occasion up
in Kamloops too, I remember.
But I would bet that every
one of them put all the effort
into that weekend out ln the
Valley as they did in any
game they ever played.
Congratulations on your .MVP
award, Carol, I wish I had
been there to see that one.
Well, the local Lions club's
annual extravaganza for 1980
has come and gone. Last
Friday night at the Rossland
' High School the club got some
excellent support from the

-Fisher photo

The Fruitvale Oldtimers received the runner-up trophy at the Beaver Valley May Days
tournament recently from organizer Guylie Wilcox. Representing the team were
manager Bonnie MIiier (centre) and coach-catcher Joan Ferguson.

local citizenry and put on
another fine show. Seems as if
it gets better every year but
when you have a working
committee with the support
we got this year, it's really a
breeze to put on something
like this.
Lion members again owe a
debt of gratitude to a hardworking corps of wives who
seem to be in top form every
time Old Glory nite rolls
around. The club has been
hard at work in the trailer
park, getting it in shape for
the tourist trade. Everything
is almost ready now, another
work party or two should see
us ready to welcome visitors
to avail themselves of the
facilities we have to offer out
at Black Bear.
Minor soccer is now back in
full swing following the ban
imposed because of the ash
fallout after the eruption of
Mt. St. Helens. I just got to
see one game during last
week, when Jack McDonald's
Bantams were beaten 3-0 by
the Warfield Wolves on
Saturday at Jubilee. Daron
Ink scored twice for the

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winners and Wesley Mussio
got the other; Rossland
threatened on various occasions, hit goalposts and the
crossbar and had one excellent chance tipped over the
bar in a desperation move by
the Warfield keeper.
One incident as the game
finished was not to my liking.
The young coach of the
Wolves with the vocal backing
of a number of his players,
harangued Referee John
Habicht about his conduct of
the game. ' However, the
teams both took part in the
traditional handshake later on
and all was forgiven.
' Incidents like this are not
the general rule, but, I guess
after an hour or so of
strenuous effort out there on
the field, tempers get a little
frayed and it only takes one
unnecessary outburst by the
coach to get his players excited. We could get along
without it though.
Also on soccer, the Labatts
game scheduled for last
Saturday evening was cancelled because no referee was
available to handle the
contest against Creston, so it

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will have to be rescheduled.

In lacrosse, the Redmen are
establishing themselves as
the team to beat instead of
getting beaten as they did in
the two years past. Their lone
loss of the season thus far
came in an exhibition game in
Armstrong a week or so back,
but other than that their
record reads six wins and an
overtime tie in league and
exhibition play.
This past weekend they
travelled to the Okanagan and
played three times, winning
two and tying one, the tie
being against an Armstrong
team bolstered by three
players signed from last
year's Vernon team and was
earned by a goal from the
stick of Coach John Allen with
just six seconds remaining.
The team is champing at
the bit to get to the big
exhibition game against the
Australian All-Stars July 2.
Advance tickets are already
on sale for the evening gaQle.
Be sure you get yours. 1The
Aussies must be a world-<?lass
team and it should be a big
test for our Redmen.