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The past week has seen us get small amounts
of snow most every day, but I don't know how it
has effected the downhill skiing at Red Mountain.
One thing I do know for sure is that the boys and
girls who revel in the cross-country type of the
sport are really having themselves a ball. Harvey
McKay told me yesterday it's really great on the
trails these days. He spends lots of time out there
and I actually believe he is starting to les.,en the
distance around his waistline which is bound to
give him a better outloo~ on life - at least he can
see the tips of his skis now. Atta boy, Harve, i'm
rootin' for you!
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I watched a game or two in the bantam tourney
in Rossland this weekend. I thought the game on
Sunday afternoon between Rossland and Cranbrook was a real good one. The Rossland kids built
a 3-0 lead with very little time left but those gutsy
Cranbrook kids came back to 3-2 with just seconds
on the time-clock. But the Rossland kids hung on to
take second place overall. The elson team went
undefeated throughout and won the whole thing.
Nelson is really concentrating on their minor
hockey these days. It has always been a good
hockey town and nowadays with expenses up and
income down, the youngsters are the ones they are
concentrating on and believe me they appear to be
going in the right direction.
Mind you, we cannot take anything away from
the Rossland people for the direction they are
going either. These tournaments make for a very
pleasant way to while away some weekend hours.
The only thing I found unpleasant about the whole
situation was Jhey told me the Warriors had.
refused to allow them the use of the lounge. For
people like me its much more pleasant to be able to
sit in the lounge with" a drink than on the benches
outside. There were not any big crowds for the
games I took in and I think they might have improved if there had been access to the more
hospitable areas of the lounge. That's what its for,
isn't it?
While on the subject of hockey, the Warriors
had two real close ones in the East Kootenay. Right
now they have a whole bunch of pretty good hockey
players that are cooling their heels because of
penalties. What this team needs every player
available on the firing line and the results are
showing it every time they play. They are in
second place right now but their standing will not
hold good without some wins, while the Rebels
keep drawing further ahead a lot of Rossland's
players have taken penalties that are really
beginning to be felt. You cannot win hockey games
in this league without your better players. Trail is
starting to make their move so the hold on second
place could very well be in jeopardy.
We hear every day of the officials mistakes.
There is no doubt this is a definite sore spot with
team management, but we must remember they
are only doing what they are told to do. Sure, some
of them tend to go a little bit overboard and it is
certainly the tendency of a coach and manager to
see it most clearly when it is his team that is taking
what he considers treatment that is unfair. When
you look at the whole situation we have to admit
that we have all sat in front of our TVs and said
what an awful job the officials are doing and those
guys are among the best-paid in their job around.
Now to curling, with the first competition now
over and a visit to Nelson finalized before we start
the second, I can now give you the final standings
of the first round. It was Russ Broughton who took
first with 16 points out of a possible 18. Next came
Dan Burnett and Phil Bateman each with 12 on six
wins and three losses. In third were Jake Lilburn,

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see the tips of his skis now. Atta
rootin' for you!
I watched a game or two in the bantam tourney
in Rossland this weekend. I thought the game on
Sunday afternoon between Rossland and Cranbrook was a real good one. The Rossland kids built
a 3-0 lead with very liWe time left but those gutsy
Cranbrook kids came back to 3-2 with just seconds
on the time-clock. But the Rossland kids hung on to
take second place overall. The ~Ison team went
undefeated throughout and won the whole thing.
Nelson is really concentrating on their minor
hockey these days. It has always been a good
hockey town and nowadays with expenses up and
income down, the youngsters are the ones they are
concentrating on and believe me they appear to be
going in the right direction.
Mind you, we cannot take anything away from
the Rossland people for the direction they are
going either. These tournaments make for a very
pleasant way to while away some weekend hours.
The only thing I found unpleasant about the whole
situation was _they told me the Warriors had.
refused to allow them the use of the lounge. For
people like me its much more pleasant to be able to
sit in the lounge with' a drink than on the benches
outside. There were not any big crowds for the
games I took in and I think they might have improved if there had been access to the more
hospitable areas of the lounge. That's what its for,
isn't it?
While on the subject of hockey, the Warriors
had two real close ones in the East Kootenay. Right
now they have a whole bunch of pretty good hockey
players that are cooling their heels because of
penalties. What this team needs every player
available on the firing line and the results are
showing it every time they play. They are in
second place right now but their standing will not
hold good without some wins, while the Rebels
keep drawing further ahead a lot of Rossland's
players have taken penalties that are really
beginning to be felt. You cannot win hockey games
in this league without your better players. Trail is
starting to make their move so the hold on second
place could very well be in jeopardy.
We hear every day of the officials mistakes.
There is no doubt this is a definite sore spot with
team management, but we must remember they
are only doing what they are told to do. Sure, some
of them tend to go a liWe bit overboard and it is
certainly the tendency of a coach and manager to
see it most clearly when it is his team that is taking
what he considers treatment that is unfair. When
you look at the whole situation we have to admit
that we have all sat in front of our TVs and said
what an awful job the officials are doing and those
guys are among the best-paid in their job around.
Now to curling, with the first competition now
over and a visit to Nelson finalized before we start
the second, I can now give you the final standings
of the first round. It was Russ Broughton who took
first with 16 points out of a possible 18. Next came
Dan Burnett and Phil Bateman each with 12 on six
wins and three losses. In third were Jake Lilburn,
Bert Morrow and Harry Pepper with five and four
for 10 points, Carl Seefeldt's quintet took fourth
with eight and Angus Popplewell and Fred Munro
with six each were in fifth spot and alone in sixth
was Bob Stevenson with two wins for four points.
Russ Broughton's winning rink had Spud Martin
at third, Jack McDonald, second, Hal McCormack,
lead and the fifth man was Jack Mitchell.
I'm told there was some excellent curling at
the Rossland rink on the weekend. I didn't get to
watch any but I see the Brian LeMoel rink of Trail
was the winner and will defend in Trail this
weekend against the best from the East on the way
to the mixed title. Good luck Brian, hope you go all
the way!
So,· 'til next time, then!