- TrailTimes- Friday, December 11, 1981 •
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If the Rossland Warriors good

chances
by
replacement goalie Rick
Cbeveldave. He came on
after Brad Campeau bad
been victlnmed by five
Warrior scores and Rob
Martin's goal at 10:00 of the
second was the last Rossland
score of the game and the
only one to cross
Cbeveldave's doorstep.
last win was last
The winner was antibefore one of this climactic, everyone in the
s most exuberant rink except the Rossland
. The exuberance was goalie saw it coming, be was
ded at the end as the quite effectively screened on
contingent of Valley · thatplay.
celebrated their team's
The play throughout
from-behind victory.
featured a lot of heavy
The first peiiod of the checking and it wasn't
was fast, well played confined to the boards, there
with a minimum of were bodies flying all over
es but the penalties the rink, but most of it was
an to appear in the clean. A thought crossed my
d as Rossland took 10 mind as I watched. How can
nalties including two a referee sort the chippy
Jors, while BV took eight ones from the good ones
uding two big ones, these when a game is as physical
re worked out without too as this one was? I think be
trouble; the Hawks must do a lot of guesswork
naged a goal and and guessing can be a
110Sllan1d got two.
dangerous game.
' Going into the third up 8-2,
The play of the Warriors
Warriors looked like a deteriorated in the third, a
in, but they were in for lot of attempted passes
rude awakening. Penalties slithered a few feet from a
t down the Warrior stick only to be picked up by
and the Hawks the opposition and fired out
in four unanswered to someone waiting in the
while the heme team wings.
thwarted on some real
The future forbmes of the
the playoffs, they can
a lot of the blame at the
r of the Beaver Valley
Hawks. The Hawks
ve won Just nine games in
league thus far and four
those have been at the
of the Warriors.
o were in the Rossland

Warriors will depend on bow
they ccme back from twin
defeats on the weekend, an 83 loss to Nelson didn't help
any, in games against other
teams in the league they
have pretty well split the
points, but Castlegar appears to be stiffening and
Nelson and Trail aren't
going to give away any
freebies so. it looks quite
gloomy unless the Warriors
can start taking some points
out of the Valley.
While Grand Forks looks
like a happy bunting ground
this season, Creston and
Spokane, like Castlegar, are
improving their early-

season form.
So, ccme on you Warriors,

we have seen you play some
pretty good games this
season, it's a little early in
the season to quit .
The development of the
B.C. Winter Games
program, to be held in Trail
and district this year is going
well. A lot of volunteer work
is going to be needed and it
seems to be forthcoming.
In these days of inOated
prices _for everything from
labor to professional fees to
the alwa~needed grocery
and meat basket and even
the roof over one's bead, the
fact that people still
volunteer is to be appreciated.
I have not seen a program
of events so far, so I don't
know bow the games are
going to be distributed
around the country, I have
beard that Red Mountain
will come in for the major
share of the skiing events
and Rossland Arena will
bold some of the hockey,
along with the Castlegar
Comples: and probably
Beaver Valley.
Having the games in this
area is certainly a big boost
for Trail and district and we
can all hope they tum out
well, after some of the
horror stories that came out
of Prince George last year,
the powen-tba~ will be
looking for a way to freshen
up their image, a complete
turnaround this year would
be one sure way of doing
that
Reading the list of
volunteer organizations who
are~
t o ~ gives a

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pretty gooa idea of what we
can expect from the ~
mittee, most of them can be
counted upon to give until it
hurts for the cause and with
the right people in the right
places at the top, the 1982
Winter Games should go
over with a bang.
The Retirees Club of
Rossland
celebrates
Christmas in a manner in
wbicb we have beccme
accustomed. For our
Christmas party we team up
with the Ladies' Curling
Club and I don't think I
would get any argument
from any of our members if I
said, "I can't think of a
better way to spend the
holiday season!"
The big day is Dec. 15. Can
anyone think of a better way
to spend a few merry hours,

curling, eating a fine meal
and having a abort one or
two in the company of a very
bright bunch of ladies? I
can't!
The Retlreel finished their
first competition OD Tuesday
and Angus Popplewell won
out, but not without a hungry
bunch of curlers snapping at
bis heels; Phil Bateman,
Jack Mitcbell and Dick
Cotton were tied at 11 points
each, three behind Angus,
George Dyson bad 10, Russ
Broughton and Arnie
Vanness nine each, Norm
Barry bad seven and from
there on it was dog eat dog, J
wound up with five and Rieb
Watkinson bad three.
The new draws are out and
its a new ball game, you can
expect big things from the
newly-apointed skips, Gil
Besso and Bemie Ferrey.