8-Trail Times-Friday, April 18, 1980

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·After these many years I candidates as regards the our own annual Slo-Pitch
am going to be active in the various categories, but I do tourney, which this year will
soccer movement in our city know that there are
be played at an earlier date (I
and it gives me a good preponderance of youngsters haven't heard the reason for
feeling.
in the two pee wee categories. the change yet) plus the
Last week, on Thursday Bantams, I believe will be in various Slo-Pitch tourneys we
evening and again on adequate numbers and there send representatives to
Saturday morning, I attended are quite a bunch of around the province.
registration exercises at city Mosquitoes; Midget and
This arrangement has
hall for the movement and Juvenile are non-existent in apparently
proven
was well pleased with what I the present program, which ·satisfactory to the Fun
saw going on.
· we share with Trail and players and it seems to be
Thursday evening John Beaver Valley.
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working very well. It would
Habicht and I took the parOne tblng about the be quite a burden on any ,
ticulars of some 70 kids who program which we all agree group to handle U1e whole
came to join and Saturday upon is the urgent need for production, league schedule,
morning · I got help from monitoring
personnel. playoffs, etc. plus the everJohn's wife and his son Coaches, assistant coaches growing number of tourPierre. This time we ran the and referees, are needed naments.
count t.o some 123 kids over- urgenUy, in order to run the
all and th~re were one or two program satusfactorily. We
How did y,ou like. my
who took forms and .said .they really need these people, so, if forecasts of the preliminary
would turn them in at John's you are willing to give a hand round in the Stanley Clip
hoIQe.
to help your own kids and · playoffs? Seven out of eight
On our Saturday morning others enjoy themselves, give correct ain't bad! All aglow
session we had a visit from a either John or myself a over my success, I have to
Clyde Moore who signed up dingle. John's phone is 362- step out on the proverbial
his kids and told us he was 5637 and mine is 362-5205.
limb and call them the way I
living in Trail at the present
If you have rudimentary see 'em in the quarter-finals.
time but would be moving to knowledge of the mechanics
This time I'm not going to
Rossland in June. He and his of soccer, you could become
try
to explain my reasons for
·wife both have had con- very valuable to us; even if
siderable experience in the you haven't there are a my picks, just call 'em and let
soccer field up at Fort Mc- number of ways we could put the chips fall where they may.
Murray and other places in you to work helping out. This That way I may get my hair
B.C.
game does not require too full of sawdust, but anyhow,
Up there, from what Clyde much equipment but it can here goes.
Montreal over Minnesota
told us, they have initiated a . sure use the people to help
despite Lafieur's absence,
six-man system for the make it go.
We don't have a large Philadelphia over the
Mosquitos which allows the
wee ones to get in more field · executive but if we get the Rangers, this may be a tough
time. From what he explained help we need, it · will be series, Buffalo over Chicago,
the long series could work in
to us, this is one category in adequate and not unwieldy.
Schedules and · playing the Sabres' favor and if
which the rules regarding
coaching are fairly flexible as times should soon be for- Boston plays like they did in
the coach is allowed on the thcoming from the various the final game against Pittfield to act in any capacity he leagues we well be par- sburgh, they will advance
sees it, coach,-trainer, father- ticipating in, so watch for over the Islanders.
confessor, referee or general them in your schools or on the
From ove-r in the
morale-booster.
various billboards around
The kids play on a town. We'll get the message Okanagan, Chow Sdao has
sent me clippings from the
restricted field, Clyde tells us, to you one way or another.
Penticton Herald telling of the
so two games can proceed at
once on a regulation soccer
When you talk about ac- Knights series with the Red
field, ope in each half, playing tivity in sports on the local Deer Rustlers in which the
crossways.
scene, you don't have to look B.C.-Alberta section of the
From what we gathered on much further than the gent I Centennial Cup playoffs was
Saturday, the Moores will be have mentioned in my report decided in favor of the
, a welcome addition to on the soccer picture. John Alberta squad in four straight
, Rossland's soccer family. It's Habicht is also very active in games.
From what I read in the
not too often that we get an the fun softball movement, a
ofter of this kind ,of member of the executive of clippings the Red Deer squad
specialized help with ex- Rossland's super-active Fun didn't do anything to win
perience built in.
league. He seems to blossom friends or influence people in
Most of us might have had when the weather begins to the Penticton arena. From
soccer experience but we had look like spring, anything that coach John Chapman on down
to learn. the niceties of the smacks of fun in the sun is they showed very little that
would endear them to a losing
tecfinical aspects of running a
right up John'-s alley.
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program. Welcome, Moores,
He tells me that softball will club's fans. Chapman ap....__ _t
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·After these many years I candidates as regards the our own annual Slo-Pitch
am going to be active in the various categories, but I do tourney, which this year will
be played at an earlier date (I
soccer movement in our city know that there are
and it gives me a good preponderance of youngsters haven't heard the reason for
feeling.
in the two pee wee categories. the change yet) plus the
Last week, on Thursday Bantams, I believe will be in various Slo-Pitch tourneys we
evening and again on adequate numbers and there send representatives to
Saturday morning, I attended are quite a bunch of around the province.
registration exercises at city Mosquitoes; Midget and
This arrangement has
hall for the movement and Juvenile are non-existent in · apparently
proven
was well pleased with what I . the present program, which ·satisfactory to the Fun
saw going on.
we share with Trail and players and it seems to be
Thursday evening John Beaver Valley.
..
working very well. It would
One thlng about the be quite a burden on any ,
Habicht and I took the particulars of some 70 kids who program which we all agree group to handle llte whole
came to join and Saturday upon is the urgent need for production, league schedule,
personnel. playoffs, etc. plus the evermorning · I got help from monitoring
John's wife and his son Coaches, assistant coaches growing number of tourPierre. This time we ran the and referees, are needed naments.
count to some 123 kids over- urgently, in order to run the
How did you like. my
all and there were one or two program satusfactorily. We
who took forms and .said .they really need these people, so, if forecasts of the preliminary
would turn them in at John's you are willing to give a hand round in the Stanley Clip
to help your own kids and •playoffs? Seven out of eight
hollle.
On our Saturday morning others enjoy themselves, give correct ain't bad! All aglow
session we had a visit from a either John or myself a over my success, I have to
Clyde Moore who signed up dingle. John's phone is 362- step out on the proverbial
his kids and told us he was 5637 and mine is 362-5205.
limb and call them the way I
living in Trail at the present
If you have rudimentary see 'em in the quarter-finals.
time but would be moving to knowledge of the mechanics
This time I'm not going to
Rossland in June. He and his of soccer, you could become
wife both have had con- very valuable to us; even if try to explain my reasons for
siderable experience in the you haven't there are a my picks, just call 'em and let
soccer field up at Fort Mc- number of ways we could put the chips fall where they may.
Murray and other places in you to work helping out. This That way I may get my hair
game does not require too full of sawdust, but anyhow,
B.C.
Up there, from what Clyde much equipment but it can here goes.
Montreal over Minnesota
told us, they have initiated a . sure use the people to help
despite Lafleur's absence,
six-man system for the make it go.
We don't have a large Philadelphia over the
Mosquitos which allows the
executive
but if ·we get the Rangers, this may be a tough
wee ones to get in more field ·
time. From what he explained help we need, it · will be series, Buffalo over Chicago,
the long series could work in
to us, this is one category in adequate and not unwieldy.
Schedules and · playing the Sabres' favor and if
which the rules regarding
coaching are fairly flexible as times should soon be for- Boston plays like they did in
the coach is allowed on the thcoming from the various the final game against Pittfield to act in ~ capacity he leagues we well be par- sburgh, they will advance
sees it, coach, trainer, father- ticipating in, so watch for over the Islanders.
confessor, referee or general them in your schools or on the
From ove·r in the
morale-booster.
various billboards around
The kids play on a town. We'll get the message Okanagan, Chow Sdao has
sent me clippings from the
restricted field, Clyde tells us, to you one way or another.
Penticton Herald telling of the
so two games can proceed at
once on a regulation soccer
When you talk about ac- Knights series with the Red
field, ope in each half, playing tivity in sports on the local Deer Rustlers in which the
crossways.
scene, you don't have to look B.C.-Alberta section of the
From what we gathered on much further than the gent I Centennial Cup playoffs was
Saturday, th& Moores will be have mentioned in my report decided in favor of the
a welcome addition to on the soccer picture. John Alberta squad in four straight
, Rossland's soccer family. It's Habicht is also very active in games.
From what I read in the
not too often that we get an the fun softball movement, a
offer of this kind .of member of the executive of clippings the Red Deer squad
specialized help with ex- Rossland's super-active Fun didn't do anything to win
league. He seems to blossom friends or influence people in
perience built in.
Most of us might have had when the weather begins to the Penticton arena. From
soccer experience but we had look like spring, anything that coach John Chapman on down
to learn the niceties of the smacks of fun in the sun is they showed very little that
would endear them to a losing
·
tecfini~ aspects of running a right up John's alley.
program. Welcome, Moores,
He tells me that softball will club's fans. Chapman apto Rossland, I think .you'll be starting, like soccer, in parently hassled the officials
make a lot of friends here!
May, just as soon as the fields at every turn and his players
Word will go out through are in shape will determine did the same with the fans.
We who have seen 'Penthe schools as to our next the .exact date. The Fun
move on the soccer front. organization - looks again to ticton coach, Marc Pezzin, in
action, know that he isn't a
Once the snow goes we shall another big season.
be starting to move and with
This organization is unique model of decorum in the box,
the weather the way it has in one respect. There are two so I tend to think it was a
been for the past few days, separate executives, one runs pretty interesting series on
that should not be too long.
the league, while the other the whole.
I didn't go into detail with handles all the arrangements
John on the disposition of for tournament participation,

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