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: Now that the local golf season is well widerway, my
partners and I have arowid 150-200 holes played over at
the Birchbank course. We are awaiting the promised
opening of the Upper Course, which we are told will
happen this week. It will be good to get things like
Retiree's Day and Men's Night widerway.
I have not walked the course yet-but Rich Watkinson
and Percy Cutler have and they report that the greens
leave something to be desired, but the fairways are in
great shape. No doubt the greens will respond when the
recent cool, damp weather changes to something a little
more like summer.
One of the first jobs on our hands will be to get the
Retiree's Day widerway for the summer. There doesn't
seem to be much reason to change the day of the week. It
was Tuesday last year and it looks like it will be in that
slot again. We hear that Men's Night will be on Thursday
at the Upper Course this year so as not to collide with the
one now established at Birchbank.
Most of the Retirees will miss Mwiroe and Debbie in
charge of the clubhouse last year, but I widerstand that
Chris Cross is going to be given the chance to do that job
and we wish her all the luck in the world in her new post.
Last night I got a look at junior rugby at close quarters as I visited Jubilee Park in Rossland and watched
Rich Chobanuk's Rossland 15 take a~ win over a Trail
team. Rugby is a game I have never had a great deal of
time for, mainly I suppose, because there is a lot that goes
on that I don't follow because I am not up on the rules. U
I'm going to watch the games I shall have to have a long
talk with Paddy Flood, Rossland's oldest and premier
rugby enthusiast..
For my first look at the sport, it would appear that it is
certainly a very robust type of sport. The yowigsters that
are playing it in this area certainly go at it in that fashion.
I had a notion after watching the last 45 minutes that a guy
could get his head yanked out of its socket on some of the
tackles. I saw, however, that there didn't seem to be any
ill will between the players after it was all over.
From what I widerstand, Jubilee Park is going to be a
hive of activity this summer what with minor soccer,
oldtimers soccer, and rugby and I suppose we shall see
some slow-pitch games up there. Centennial Park will be
home turf to Rossland's only Fastball team which will
play Wednesday evenings out there. The main arena for
slow-pitch will be the little Cook Avenue Park.
We also have the makings of a new park for. minor
soccer down below the area where Thompson Avenue
coMects with the Trail highway. It was ~rtially graded
last summer but it looks like it will take another summer's
work to be put in shape for soccer.
I often wonder if we shall ever get another soccer
team in Rossland. The demise of the Labatts in the local
league leaves a big gap in the lives of soccer lovers in this
town. Maybe we shall all become rugby fans now that it
has got its start.
The Rossland Legion has acquired another pool table
and now is going to be hosting pool and snooker tournaments. Jim Schuck and Bert Pengelly head up a
copunittee in charge of this sort of thing and have lots of
P1'ns for the future.
· Dennis Hirons, our darts impressario, is back from an
extended trip East and with the news that Rossland will
h~t Zone darts championships later this year. The dart
will start to pick up steam as Dennis makes his plans. '
· The-Legion's West Kootenay Zone Golf Tourney will
be hosted by the Grand Forks branch on Jwie 8th and the
deadline for entries is May 10. This year there will be a
special event for ladies.
The Christina Lake Golf Club has specified at least 80
players must sign up or they caMot close the course for
us. It would appear that the numbers are not impossible to
meet but time is running out. So any of you who read this
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the Birchbank course. We are awaiting the promised
opening of the Upper Course, which we are told will
happen this week. It will be good to get things like
Retiree's Day and Men's Night underway.
I have not walked the course yet.but Rich Watkinson
and Percy Cutler have and they report that the greens
leave something to be desired, but the fairways are in
great shape. No doubt the greens will respond when the
recent cool, damp weather changes to something a little
more like swnmer.
One of the first jobs on our hands will be to get the
Retiree's Day underway for the swnmer. There doesn't
seem to be much reason to change the day of the week. It
was Tuesday last year and it looks like it will be in that
slot again. We hear that Men's Night will be on Thursday
at the Upper Course this year so as not to collide with the
one now established at Birchbank.
Most of the Retirees will miss Munroe and Debbie in
charge of the clubhouse last year, but I understand that
Chris Cross is going to be given the chance to do that job
and we wish her all the luck in the world in her new post.
Last night I got a look at junior rugby at close quarters as I visited Jubilee Park in Rossland and watched
Rich Chobanuk's Rossland 15 take a W win over a Trail
team. Rugby is a game I have never had a great deal of
time for, mainly I suppose, because there is a lot that goes
on that I don't follow because I am not up on the rules. li
I'm going to watch the games I shall have to have a long
talk with Paddy Flood, Rossland's oldest and premier
rugby enthusiast..
For my first look at the sport, it would appear that it is
certainly a very robust type of sport. The youngsters that
are playing it in this area certainly go at it in that fashion.
I had a notion after watching the last 45 minutes that a guy
could get his head yanked out of its socket on some of the
tackles. I saw, however, that there didn't seem to be any
ill will between the players after it was all over.
From what I understand, Jubilee Park is going to be a
hive of activity this swnmer what with minor soccer,
oldtimers soccer, and rugby and I suppose we shall see
some slow-pitch games up there. Centennial Park will be
home turf to Rossland's only Fastball team which will
play Wednesday evenings out there. The main arena for
slow-pitch will be the little Cook Avenue Park.
We also have the makings of a new park for minor
soccer down below the area where Thompson Avenue
coMects with the Trail highway. It was ~rtially graded
last summer but it looks like it will take another swnmer's
work to be put in shape for soccer.
I often wonder if we shall ever get another soccer
team in Rossland. The demise of the Labatts in the local
league leaves a big gap in the lives of soccer lovers in this
to'fVll. Maybe we shall all become rugby fans now that it
has got its start.
The Rossland Legion has acquired another pool table
and now is going to be hosting pool and snooker tournaments. Jim Schuck and Bert Pengelly head up a
committee in charge of this sort of thing and have lots of
P1'ns for the future.
- Dennis Hirons, our darts impressario, is back from an
extended trip East and with the news that Rossland will
h~ Zone darts championships later this year. The dart
will start to pick up steam as Dennis makes his plans.
· The-Legion's West Kootenay Zone Golf Tourney will
be hosted by the Grand Forks branch on June 8th and the
deadline for entries is May 10. This year there will be a
special event for ladies.
The Christina Lake Golf Club has specified at least 80
players must sign up or they cannot close the course for
us. It would appear that the numbers are not impossible to
meet but time is running out. So any of you who read this
and are interested in playing, get down to your branch and
sign up. I would imagine that there will be some latitude
allowed on that closing date.
Well, the weather is starting to look like it's time to
start doing some gardening so, I'll just say, 'til next time,
then!