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During the past weekend half-a-dozen plus of
the Rossland Legion members travelled to New
Denver where our Legion Zone Golf tournament
, was being held this year. The weather was ideal all
day and the course was in fine shape. We had a fine
supper {an excellent cold plate) and ate in the open
with refreshments on the side. It was indeed a fine
weekend outing. Amie Sherwood, Jon Holm, Rob
Harasin and Bart Dudley played in one foursome
and I was an odd ball so I had to play in the following
•. group. It so happened that I've known all my part.ners for some time and played a number of different
games with them. Take George Beaudry, for instance, I've played poker with him, curled with him
and various other activities, but this was my first
golf game with him. Then there was Mike Verzuh.
With him I have curled more than once and Jimmy
Moore of Castlegar with whom I have had a number
of memorable visits over the past few years. As I
said before, the course was good, company great
and I had a great time, but the storm we came
through coming down the valley was a dandy.
Winners in the ladies, low gross was Vi Turner
of 'Salmo with 98, while low net went to Joan
Boutilier along with the Calloway best score of 71.
~udy Brown won the hidden hole and was runner-up
in the Calloway. Pat Secco won the long drive the
leathy Tucker the hardest worker prize.
Among the men it was Larry Ferguson of
Nakusp who took home the trophy with an 81. Gary
McPherson and Al McAulay of Trail had a shootout
for the rvMer-up spot, which McAulay won and the
wiMer of the Calloway was Jim Moore, while Sam
Browne came second. Sam also took the hidden
hole, while Rossland's Bob Harasin won the long

<tnve with a monster of 300 plus yards and Norm
Blais of Castlegar was the hardest worker.
Let's hope our gang can win that Kootenay
trophy on August 9 in Creston.
This week's retirees at the upper course saw
some 44 golfers out and true to his word Sammy
Martin had bingo, bango, bongo, low net, hidden
holes, high and low and the longest putt on number
nine. When all the cards were in the wiMers in the
BBB were Wilf Woodhouse and Bruce McNichol tied
with 12 points each, the low net was won by Gil Page
with a 32 and the longest putt on number nine was
taken by Jim McDicken, with a neat 20-footer. The
hidden holes high was won by Gil Laycock with an
11 on number one, while Rich Watkinson and John
Piva were tied with fours on number four.
Watkinson won the draw to earn the ball.
Next week Watkinson and Percy Cutler will be
in charge and will play the blue tees, it will be
Honey Pot with any six clubs of your choice. The
categories are low gross, a hidden high hole and
closest to the pin on number three and after three
strokes on number nine.
Switching from golf to another sport for a
moment, I would like to pass along an item of interest to all Rosslanders, passed to me by Bob
Moffat. For the first time ever, there will be a
Rossland boy playing for the Trail Little League
team when they enter the district playdowns this
time around. This is indeed welcome news.
Bob tells me that they incorporated Rossland
into their area the past couple of years and Jason
Westbury is the first-ever Rossland boy to make the
team. Good work, Jason and thanks Bob.
So, till next time, then!