Over the past weekend a
mixed bonspiel was held at
the Rossland Curling Club.
It was sponsored by the
Rossland Curling Club and
had 22 rinks from Trail,
Nelson and Rossland
taking part. A lot of good
curling on real good ice
was the order of the day
and there was time between games to enjoy the
liquid amenities that go
along with most bonspiels
today.
The Rossland Mixed club
is one of the larger
organizations in town and
the spiel was very well
administered and the
prizes were split almost
exactly between the local
rinks and the visitors.
In the "A" final it was
the Kevin Oliver rink of
Trail over the Jim Albo
foursome of the host club.
Kevin, whom I remember
more for his baseball
prowess than his curling,
had Susie Granstrom as his
third,
Terry Bublitz
second, and Janis Tarbett
lead. Jim had his mother
Fanny as third, Bob
Sherwood second, and
Carol Albo as lead.
The "B" final was a
family affair with the
youngsters coming out on
top. The Ken Fines rink of
Trail winning out over dad,
Roy of the Rossland club
who had his wife Dorothy
third, Joe Rosse second
and Marg Rosse lead. Ken
played second and Carolyn
Fines was lead, Grant

Fines played as skip and
Gail Fines was third.
In the "C" final it was
David Jones of the host
club over the Red Koehle
rink from Nelson. Red had
last rock in a close game
but his short picked up
something and detoured
enough to give Dave the
victory. David had wife
Dianna at third, Pat
LaFreniere and wife Patti
were at second and lead
respectively. Red had
Marg Salekin third, son
Derek second and
definitely the youngest
player in the tourney, and
daughter Joy Romeo lead.
In the "D" final the Arnie
Sherwood rink of Rossland
triumphed over the Bob
McLachlan rink of Trail.
Arnie had Enza Boutry
third, Terry Vickers as
second, and Phyllis
Sherwood lead. A spare,
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the final game. The
McLachlan rink had Gary
Bjorgen as skip and Joyce
Bjorgen third. Bob played
second and his wife Faye
lead. This game was quite
an easy win for the
Rossland rink.
As we go down through
this curling season, it is
becoming more apparent
that these hair brooms in
use today leave something
to be desired. With the
older, straw brooms at
least you could see
anything that was left on
the ice. With these hair
brooms, the particles are
pretty small, but what they
can do to a medimn weight
delivery can be eart&
shattering. The brooms
I've seen with a carpet
covering seem to be the
answer. But, I guess, if
your sweepers stay with
the rock when it is
delivered as the Brier
curlers do, one shouldn't
have that trouble. Anyway,
I'm still in favor of the old

style

straw,

if anyone

cares.
Well, Tuesday and
Thursday of this week saw
the end of our Retirees
curling for this season.
Thursday we shall )Mlve our
windup lunch and meeting
and all that will be left will
be the Legion's one-day
annual, for men only. At
last reading we had 53
names on the board and we
would like to have 64. We
shall leave it open until the
last possible moment to
take in more names. So if
something happens give
me a call at 362-6205, or
Angus Popplewell at 3825535, or, you can even call
the Legion at 362-5535 on
Saturday. It's possible we
can fit you in if you are a
Legion member from
anywhere in the zone.

All right, ail, right, let's
get away from curling for a
while. I got some interesting
newspaper
clippings handed to me the
other day by Cleve
Cowland. Cleve is an oldtime hockey player from
way, way back and he is
one guy who doesn't hang
his bead when he tells you
be came from the Prairies.
He still get copies of the
Regina Leader-Post sent to
him and if he gets
something in them be likes
he passes it along. His
favorite sportswriter and
analyst is Bob Hughes of
that paper and the articles
Cleve gave me are all very
typical of his style. They
were on subjects like
Wayne Gretzky, Guy
LaFleur's retirement and
the coming season of the
Blue Jays. If there is
anyone who would like to
read them, let me know
and I'll pass 'em on.
They're really good
reading!
And with that we'll say,
'Till next time, then!