After a week off which I spent in the Trail
Hospital, I £eel much better and thought I should
make an attempt to catch up with some curling
news.
The big news is the Ladies' Winter Wonderland
'Spiel It will be held on the weekend of February 1315. The ladies always look forward to this one. It is
always an exciting weekend for the girls as they
always are very high on the decorations which
make the premises look very gay and wintry.
Really in the mood is what you get when you
prepare to join in this spiel It is without a doubt one
of the high spots of the ladies' season. So don't
forget hat phone number to get Dorothy Albo, 3625043, and get your rink in for this event.
Elsewhere in curling with the ladies, tlieir
George Smart Trophy was won by Marg Ro8Se's
rink. They are now in the position of having more
trophies than they have use for.
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Turning to the retirees, they completed play for
the legion trophy with the Dan Burnett rink winning and Phil Bateman, Angus Popplewell and Jake
Lllburn rinks in hot pursuit. Dan's group with Bart
Dudley third, Larry Prough second, Holly Ellis lead
and Don Zanussi fifth, captured 15 of 18 points with
Phil, Angus and Jake all getting 12 of 18 points.
Nelson visits this week and our boys are hungry
for a win over this group. All we can say is good
luck. I'll be there for lunch and to heckle "Lefty"
White. That old chap is still a real good curler. Our
boys did quite well in Trail at the over 60 'spiel
recently. Angus Popplewell was 4-2, Dan Burnett
and Fred Munro wece 3-3 and Phil Bateman 2-4 and
in the legion Fun 'Spiel, Jim Schuck took the "A"
event with Judy James, Jon and Gail Holm's support. Phil Bateman, Roy Fines and wives Corrie
and Dorothy took "B", "C" went to George
Beaudry's group from Nelson.
On the weekend of February 20-22, three rinks
from our club are scheduled to compete in Nelson at
the seniors' playoffs. One rink for each 20 club
members, and we have over 50 members.
Now to the Warriors for a look at the final few
games remaining of the schedule. They play
Cranbrook at the arena tonight. Then they have five
games in February. The Smokies, Nitehawks and
Spokane in that order at hoine and Beaver Valley
and Castlegar to wind up away. As it stands today
they have a 14 point bulge over Trail and there is no
way to catch the Rebels. The standings should
remain as is. I shall see Cranbrook tonight and if
I get the chance I may go to the BV game out there
on the 31st. From then on it will be the remainder of
the home schedule and maybe a trip to Castlegar for
the windup. Playoffs will come after and I hope to
see most of them.
Before I wind this one up I would like to say a
hello to all those girls who took care of my needs
while I was in the Trail Hospital They were all
wonderful and I would like to say a very real thank
you for all your efforts. All nurses are nice but those
that took care of me were something special. And a
very special word of thanks to Dr. Jenkins and Dr.
Wagner for their efforts on my behalf, thank you
gentlemen and God bless you all.
And with that I will say
, 'Til next time then!