&.:; Trail Times- Friday, December 4, 1981
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1be annual Legion West
ootenay zone bonspiel will
be held in Rosaland. Dates
an Marcb~"8, 1982.

Al bu been stated here
Fiolllly it bas been
~ by the zone sports
1CIIIIIUDittee the format which
rinkl on to provincial
'iJiela u a reward for
fmmz the zone event has
far too costly a

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venture to continue. This
winter's even will be a
return to play-for-fun.and-

prizea.
Jim Markle, preadient of
the KIJBL bas pused along
the minutes of the league's
last meeting held in Creston
Nov. 18. All teams were

represented except Elk
Valley and Nelson and
considerable business was

dealt with.
A total of $395 in fines were
levied against five team in
the league for various infractions of the rules,
Beaver Valley, Creston,
Nelson, Colmnbia Valley-and
Spokane were cited for
waiving the rules regarding
fighting, associate players
not being on a club players
card, failing to . forward
copies of players certificates
to the league president prior
to mailing them to BCAHA,
playing players before
receiving releases from
BCAHA and using ineligible
players.
BCAHA representative,
Tom Shaw, reported there
will be Junior "B" hockey in
northwest B.C. next season
with teams from Kitimat,
Prince Rupert and Terrace.
Spokane representatives
reported their games are
televised and the president
said be will contact Community Video to see if they

are

interested

games.

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local

goals too.
Grant Soukro bas rejoined

The Westem Canada the club and the big
Junior "B" champions from Castlegar boy is going to
Saskatchewan, the Hudson make bis presence felt, the
Bay Saints, will be playing other new faces on the club
some ezbibition games this year, Doug Pbllllps, Tim
against teams from the McNulty, Murray Walters,
KIJHL during the holidays. Scott Armour, Roger:
They are scheduled for Woodhouse and Kevin
Cranbrook and Kimberley McMaster are all Rossland
Dec. 28-27 after which they boys. Also playing heads-~
will leave for the coast and hockey are Les Martendale
some games down there. and Marty Lizotte.
Back to curling for
Then they return here to
play in Beaver Valley Jan. 1 moment, Jack Mitchell's
and Rosaland Jan. 3. It is not string of unbeaten gam ,
known at present if the was halted for a moment~
teams opposing them will be week in the Retirees club as
regular teams or all-stars Dick Cotton solved ~ puzzle. Angus Popplewell
from the two divisions.
If memory serves me mo-1ed to the top of ~
correctly, Hudson's Bay standings as be defeated
Junction is a small town east Jack's shorthanded rink bi
of Melfort in northeastern an afternoon game on
Saskatchewan and is in a Tuesday.
The Rossland Mize
part of the country that takes
its hockey pretty seriously.
CUrling Club bas started
something new this ~
The Warriors have bad . they do not play in comquite a layoff, it will be petition, all games are for
almost a week since their fun and rm told it is being
trip to Cranbrook where they enjoyed by all participants,
lost to the East Division a few of us were out on
leaders 3-2 in quite a hockey Sunday for a couple of hours
game. People who saw it and it was real fun.
claim it was one of the best
The bonspiel for the OVer-i
seen on Cranbrook ice for 80 group will be played in
some time. Tonight they Rosaland this season and the
take on the Beaver Valley date is Feb. 1~18. Last Ye&lj
Nite Hawks who lost a couple in Grand Forts the event
of biglHcoring games last was won by the Stone ~
weekend, 10-4 to Trail and 11- from Trail and they will
7 to Creston and were probably be on band tci
bounced 6-3 by Nelson defend their title this coming
Tuesday.
year too, there was a lot of
I'm told that · Bart excellent cutling in the
Camaratta, a member of games a year ago and we
last season's Warriors may look forward to the chance to
be coming back to Rossland take part again this season.
in the near future, Bart was
Some of the members of
a colorful and competitive the Retirees have taken OIi
player on last year's team the job of coaching the girls
who bas been injured from the High School bl
through the early part of the Rosaland in the fine art of
season.
curling. Fnm what we saJ
Looking at this year's • Tuesday morning there is
team, several of the young quite a lot of interes!
players who have joined the displayed by these yoq
team are local products and girls. Some of them have
are showing very well. Two never tried the game before.
'that ccme to mind right Angus Popplewell, Hanj
away are Peter McLellan Douglas and your truly
and Kenny Davis, these are on the job Tuesday and we
not big boys but neither ever hope there will be otbel
quits digging, they take the volunteers u time goes by.
rough stuff in stride and
That's all for now, see you
keep going, both can score next week!