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Before you read . this
column three gents from
the Rossland-Trall area
will be Dying off to take
part in a bike ride along the
east and south coasts of
Australia and up the length
of the North and South
Islands of New Zealand.
Two of these gents, Jack
Hook of Rossland and Gino
Pagnan of Trail, could
almost be called veterans
of this sort of thing as they
both participated in the
Cross-Canada ride last
year and both came
through with Dying colors.
This time they will be
joined
by
Renato
Colbachini, whom I
remember as something of
a boxer during my early

years in the Trail district.
It seems to me that Renato
does not belong in the
retired category, but then I
could easily be mistaken.
Anyway, he is going along
and I certainly wish him
well as he tackles this
challenge.
According to word form
Jack Hook, they will land
at the coastal town of
Cairns in Queensland and
for the first part of their
journey south they will be
bused as the roads for a
ways are not compatible
with bike riding. I think
Jack said the name of the
place the real road work
begins is called Innisfail,
from there they head south
for Canberra, ·the Aussie

capital city and then go
cross-country to Melbourne
and on to Adelaide where
that part of the ride ends.
Then its on to New
Zealand, and, starting in
the extreme south of the
South Island between Invercargll and Dunedin,
they proceed north to Cook
Strait, cross over to
Wellington and north to
Auckland on the northern
tip of the North Island. This
will terminate the riding
and the boys will head for
home sometime in late
November or early
December.
When you think about
this for awhile you have to
realize that for fellows in
these chaps' age category
this is a rather awesome

undertaking, when they did clubs with the best of them
that monumental ride and enjoying every minute
across Canada they were in of il Chris was followed by
a part of the world they Archie McCannel's 34 and
understood. Probably both Reg White's 35, two others
Jack and Gino had were in at 35 but in a draw
travelled a lot of the roads Reg won the ball. Joe Bielli
they were riding on and Bill Dobbs were the
previous occasions; in this unlucky ones in the draw.
In the closest to the pin
one they have no idea what
they are in for. I'm not on numbers three and five,
sure, but I believe that the Bill Limacher put one
Aussies, like the British, within seven feet on
drive on the wrong side of number three and Bob
Walley's tee shot on
the road.
There's not much doubt number five stopped five
but that they will make a feet short of a hole-in-one,
success of the venture they it was right on line.
Number eight was the
are embarking on and add
another page to the annals hidden hole high, and Willy
of Canadian bike-riding Scott had the misfortune to
chalk up a nine on that
history.
We wish them all the luck particular hole. Maybe
Willy had tree trouble, I
in the world.
· Another day of perfect know when I try to go that
weather for the retirees' way I have a terrible time.
And next week we are
weekly round at the upper
course and 53 golfers hoping to recruit Romeo
participated. Keep coming, DeBiasio to dream up a
you guys, it sure is lots of program and run things.
fun. Joe Bielli and Davy He claims to have some
Nicol were in command revolutionary ideas to
this past week and their brighten things up so we
program changed slightly shall have to give him a
from their proposed one. chance.
This seems like a good
Joe said he forgot to put out
the marker for the long way to end up, with an
putt on number nine so they election in the offing, it
substituted a hidden hole seems since Pierre
for it, you don't hear many · Trudeau lost his good job
complaints from these he no longer has his private
guys on minor items such pool One day he took his
sons to swim in a public
as this.
Anyway, in the low gross pool and one of the boys
• category it was Bill Batiuk, was having a problem.
with a 40, who took the When he failed to surface,
prize. In the low net area Trudeau asked the
there is a little story to be lifeguard to help him. The
~Id: Chris Christiansen, man said he was sorry but
who came in with a net 33, he couldn't swim. When
best of ~ day, suffered Trudeau asked how he
from arthritis for years, came to have a lifeguard's
lost many hours from work job when he couldn't swim
because of it, now is he said "I'm bilingual."
Till next week, then!
beginning to swing those