6 - Trail Times - Friday, November 20, 1981

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Harry

Qn Monday evening a curling was being lost to the stronger and more confident people who officiate at
each period, and walked out games like this are definitely
meeting was held in increasing commercialism
The, meeting passed a of the rink with a well- human and prone to miss
Castlegar to determine the
what looked like an open and
fut.Pre of Legion curling as motion to hold a West deserved 10-3 win.
f8l' as West Kootenay zone is Kootenay bonspiel for It seems like some of the shut case. It makes one
coiicemed. Ten concerned anyone interested, from any underdogs in the early going wonder if there was some
c,,ir)ing enthusiasts met in branch in the zone, in are starting to flex their sort of lack of attention to the
the, Cutlegar Legion to plan Rossland early in the New muscles. Beaver Valley took job, as if the official·took it
for this winter's Legion Year with rinks to make the Junior Smokies 6-4 in . for granted that Ford could
'spj.el which will be held in arrangements, if they so some kind of an upset in the not keep his balance when he
desire, to go on in com- Cominco Arena on Friday was pushed from behind by
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the findings of the petition at their own ex- evening, the same night that Waddell Smith in a last-ditch
meeting reversed a decision pense, in order to do this Rossland were taking one of attempt to push him out of
made at the Legion con- they would have to notify the their few victories in the bounds.
As it was, the Lions gave a
vention in Kaslo earlier this provincial command they Cutlegar Arena, seems like
fall · to hold branch would be the West Kootenay this Beaver Valley team is pretty good account of
playdowns, with winners in representative, before the going to be a very com- themselves, as they ex, petitive addition to the tended the Eskimos to the
the two categories, senior end of 1981.
To make the annual 'spiel league.
and junior, to advance to a
limit before going down to
playoff in Rossland to attractive to Legion curlers
The loss of Robbie Martin defeat at the hands of what
determine who would ad- it is hoped to arrange for is hurting the Warrior cause has to be one of the strongest
vallce to the provincial -some good prizes and keep and it is hoped he will be teams in the CFL for many
the cost of ' entries to a back.before long. Robbie is a years.
playoffs.
This fonnat was roundly reasonable level.
team leader and his absence
I guess Edmonton will be
Last Saturday evening I sure is noticeable.
criticized by quite a number
strong favorites to win the
of knowledgeable curlers watched the Rossland
Sometimes its pretty good big one on Sunday, but this
atound the district, mainly Warriors take their worst to see the replay of a certain Ottawa team looked pretty
because t'1e cost factor of trimming of the season. incident in sports events. strong as they took out the
111bsidizing rinks to go on to They had gone to Cutlegar Last Sunday was definitely Tiger-Cats after disposing of
tile provincial and national Friday and took a win from one of those times as we the · Alouettes in that mudplaydowns is growing by the Rebels, but the next watched the official pull a bath at Lansdowne Park the
lisps and bounds every year night Elk Valley Raiders, colossal boo-boo in the previous weekend.
and it was thought the idea of coached by a Rossland • football game at Edmonton.
Back to curling for a
~e comradeship of Legion native, Rick Grieve, grew It just goes to prove the

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moment, the Rossland
Retirees are now well under
way in our current campaign
and a few rinks are off to an
excellent start. Jack Mitchell's and Phil Bateman's
foursomes are among those
who are'sporting pretty nifty ·
records so far while some
are still looking for their first
win.
The season has started out
real well, with attendance on
the 10 rinks being almost
perfect, we have a spareboard but so far it has been
used only the odd time.
What a lift we retirees
have, get up when you feel
like it, do as you please all
day, eat well and have lots of
people to mix with. Some
people see retirement as a
pretty boring time but for
Iiiy~Jf ·and a lot of my ·
friends its a real ball, golf in
the summer, curling during
the wintm, hockey .games to
watch· and Legion and Lion
activities make it one con-.
tinuous round of pleasure.
That's if fdr now, be seeing
you next week.