Trail Times

Friday, April 8, 1983

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lla'ry

Pepper

There was no paper last
Friday so I held all the

goodies over for one week
and here they are.
Tuesday evening, it was
the Rossland Minor Hockey
banquet at the high school
cafeteria and with a team on
hand that came close to
winning a provincial
championship there was that
something in the air that
always follows a top-calibre
team wherever it goes.
President Gordon Turnbull opened the show with a
hearty welcome to all the
boys and their mentors as
well as the guests. President
Turnbull said that it had
been a very good season and
that he would look forward to
more of the same in the
future.
Among the guests were
long-time president of the
association Jim Markle,
Lions club president, Wayne
Ashley, representing the
Bantams sponsoring club,
Jim Drake, whose family
has been to the forefront in
helping in various ways to
advance the minor hockey
cause in our area. Roland
Lerose, who presented a
cheque to sponsor a Midget
t~am in Rossland next
season, Bobby Sherwood,
who presented an award to
Clyde Moore for his work in
an officiating role over the
past year or two, plus this
reporter, who always likes
being around when our kids
have something to celebrate.
, In the kitchen the women
who lend a lot of support to
every aspect of the minor
hockey movement in our
'town, were busy with the
preparation of a delightful
meal of spaghetti and the
trimmings. Joe Zanussi
reported one of his wee
novices packed in five plates
of spaghetti and meatballs.
This season there were
Iour divisions: the Novices,
ably handled by Joe and Bob
Z;inussi with an assist from
John Stanton, the \itoms
looked after by Lou DeRosa,
Bruce Manson and Bob
Johnson, the Pee Wees
where Geoff Chambers
handled the presentations,
'the Bantams and coach Rich
Chobanuk, he was assisted
by Jim Drake, manager Dan
Castle and Maurice
.MacArthur.
. Next year we shall have a
·Midget category to give the
:kids yet another peak to

ROLAND LE ROSE (RIGHT) of West Kootenay Wholesale proudly displays one of the
set of sweaters his company bought for next season's Rossland Midget ho~key club.
Rossland Minor Hockey Association president Gordon Turnbull accepts the gift.

hectic weekend for all
concerned and the young
people responsible for
running it deserve a lot of
credit for doing a good job.
The co-operation in all
sectors was excellent. I was
in
charge
of
the
scorekeeping for Firday and
Saturday and everything
went smoothly. The help I
got was top-notch and I'd
like to thank them all for
their effort and Dan Mailey
and Randy Emery of the
69ers.
Out on the ice we saw some
real good hockey. The
Rossland Labatts with an
excellent team effort went
on to the championship with
an unblemished record,
winning over a sharp
Castlegar team in the "A"
final. In the "B" it was an
equally sharp Outlaw team
from Grand Forks coming
out on top over the Rex Hotel
from Trail.
On Sunday it was a switch
over to the curling rink
where after a lot of nervewracking cancellations by

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vacant spots and the result
was a very pleasant days
curling and socializing for
all participating.
At the annual beef stew
supper the day wound down
with the presentations of
prizes and annual round of
jokes to liven the
proceedings. In competition
the Jim Bateman rink won
the "A" side with 19 points.
With him were Clyde
Nyman, Bernie Fourt and
Gene Mauriello. Second was
Ivan Bell (16) assisted by
Keith Woods, Herb Castle
and Otto Anderson. Low
score went to the Rolly
Gariepy rink with three
points. Jack Cox, Dick

Vermiere and Leo Bosse
helped Rolly.
In the "B" section the Carl
Seefeldt foursome was top
dog. Everett Hammel was
third, Jock Irvin, second,
and Doug Haines, lead. Next
was Angus Popplewell with
help from J obn Bruce and
Jake Hendricks. Carl's crew
had 18 and Angus' 16 while
Ted Leslie was low man with
eight points. Helping Ted
were Ray Scott, Ernie
Brown and Toby Edworthy.
So ended another good
season of curling for us in
Rossland. Next week I'll
detail the ladies' final
competition and their season
windup.
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There was no paper last
Friday so I held all the
goodies over for one week
and here they are.
Tuesday evening, it was
the Rossland Minor Hockey
banquet at the high school
cafeteria and with a team on
hand that came close to
winning a provincial
championship there was that
something in the air that
always follows a toJrCalibre
team wherever it goes.
President Gordon Turnbull opened the show with a
hearty welcome to all the
boys and their mentors as
well as the guests. President
Turnbull said that it had
been a very good season and
that he would look forward to
more of the same in the
future.
Among the guests were
long-time president of the
association Jim Markle,
Lions club president, Wayne
Ashley, representing the
Bantams sponsoring club,
Jim Drake, whose family
has been to the forefront in
helping in various ways to
advance the minor hockey
cause in our area. Roland
Lerose, who presented a
cheque to sponsor a Midget
t~am in Rossland next
season, Bobby Sherwood,
who presented an award to
Clyde Moore for his work in
an officiating role over the
past year or two, plus this
reporter, who always_likes
being around when our kids
have something to celebrate.
, In the kitchen the women
who lend a lot of support to
every aspect of the minor
hockey movement in our
town, were busy with the
preparation of a delightful
meal of spaghetti and the
trimmings. Joe Zanussi
reported one of his wee
novices packed in five plates
of spaghetti and meatballs.
This season there were
four divisions: the Novices,
ably handled by Joe and Bob
~nussi with an assist from
John Stanton, the ;Atoms
looked after by Lou DeRosa,
Bruce Manson and Bob
Johnson, the Pee Wees
where Geoff Chambers
handled the presentations,
the Bantams and coach Rich
Chobanuk, he was assisted
by Jim Drake, manager Dan
Castle and Maurice
,MacArthur.
Next year we shall have a
•Midget category to give the
:kids yet another peak to
·climb.
The second item on the
docket for this week is that
Fun Tournament held by the
Silver City 69ers. It was a

ROLAND LE ROSE (RIGHT) of West Kootenay Wholesale proudly displays one of the
set of sweaters his company bought for next season's Rossland Midget ho~key club.
Rossland Minor Hockey Association president Gordon Turnbull accepts the gift.

hectic weekend for all
concerned and the young
people responsible for
running it deserve a lot of
credit for doing a good job.
The co-operation in all
sectors was excellent. I was
in
charge
of
the
scorekeeping for Firday and
Saturday and everything
went smoothly. The help I
got was top-notch and I'd
like to thank them all for
their effort and Dan Mailey
and Randy Emery of the
69ers.
Out on the ice we saw some
real good hockey. The
Rossland Labatts with an
excellent team effort went
on to the championship with
an unblemished record,
winning over a sharp
Castlegar team in the "A"
final. In the "B" it was an
equally sharp Outlaw team
from Grand Forks coming
out on top over the Rex Hotel
from Trail.
On Sunday it was a switch
over to the curling rink
where after a lot of nervewracking cancellations by
local Legion members we
got some good support from
our friends of the Castlegar,
Fruitvale and Trail branches to fill in most of the

vacant spots and the result
was a very pleasant days
curling and socializing for
all participating.
At the annual beef stew
supper the day wound down
with the presentations of
prizes and annual round of
jokes to liven the
proceedings. In competition
the Jim Bateman rink won
the "A" side with 19 points.
With him were Clyde
Nyman, Bernie Fourt and
Gene Mauriello. Second was
Ivan Bell (16) assisted by
Keith Woods, Herb Castle
and Otto Anderson. Low
score went to the Rolly
Gariepy rink with three
points. Jack Cox, Dick

Vermiere and Leo Bosse
helped Rolly.
In the "B" section the Carl
Seefeldt foursome was top
dog. Everett Hammel was
third, Jock Irvin, second,
and Doug Haines, lead. Next
was Angus Popplewell with
help from John Bruce and
Jake Hendricks. Carl's crew
had 18 and Angus' 16 while
Ted Leslie was low man with
eight points. Helping Ted
were Ray Scott, Ernie
Brown and Toby Edworthy.
So ended another good
season of curling for us in
Rossland. Next week I'll
detail the ladies' final
competition and their season
windup.
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