The Citizen, 2010-03-18, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010. PAGE 9.
Young Canada Week winners
Blyth-Brussels captain, Ashley Higgins, and assistants Mackenzie Nesbitt and Taylor Higgins
accept the M&M Meat Consolation Championship Trophy from owner and Lion member, Jim
Gilchrist. Blyth defeated Mount Forest in the Girls ‘C’ Division consolation championship played
at the Maitland Recreation Centre in Goderich as part of the Lions Young Canada Week
PeeWee Hockey Tournament. (Photo courtesy of The Signal-Star/Dave Sykes)
In Brussels Curling Action at the
February/March Draw, first place
went to Mike Alexander’s team with
44 points.
Skipped by Alexander, viced by
Mary Bernard, and with second
Melinda Exel and lead Steve Steiss,
the team edged out their closest
competitors by one point.
Skip Stew Steiss, vice Dona
Knight, second Catherine Thomet
and lead Norm Dobson took second
with 43 points.
Skip Steve Knight, Vice Sandra
Josling, second Ray Vinnicombe and
lead Bob Alexander took third place
with 39 points.
The Brussels Curling Club end-of-
season banquet will be held on
Friday March 26 at 7 p.m. at the
Brussels Morris Grey community
complex.
Alexander skips team to
win Brussels curling draw
The action was rockin’last week
at the Wingham Golf and Curling
Club. Many of the leagues have
started their playoffs and the
curling has been great.
On Monday, March 8 the
daytime curlers winning skips
were Irving Elliott, Les Shaw,
Barry Simpson, Mac Inglis, Bill
Tolton and John Nixon. Monday
night men saw Barry Elliott and
John Nixon come out on top.
The Tuesday night ladies’
winning teams were Kelsie Eadie,
Sandra Morrison and Jill Eadie
while the Tuesday night
competitive action had Kyle
Forster, Aart Devos, Russ Taylor
and Calvin Ruttan curl their way to
wins. Wednesday mixed team
winners were Karen Burke, Wayne
Horton and Rob Middleton.
The Thursday daytime teams
picking up wins were Les Shaw,
Ron McMichael, Al Webster, Mac
Inglis, Wendell Stamper and John
Nixon. The Thursday family
winners were Phil Eadie, Doug
Miller, Matt Cottrill and Kabrina
Bishop.
The Belgrave mixed league saw
Larry Johnston, Niel Edgar, Don
Shiell and Larry Robinson skip
their teams to wins. Friday mixed
curling action saw Brian Potter,
Wayne Horton and Barry Simpson
come away with victories.
Saturday the club held the
Country Mixed Bonspiel. The
winning team of the first draw was
John Nixon, Larry Johnston, Joe
Nicholson, Doreen and Karen
Marks.The second draw saw Fred
Meier, Kerry Meier, Nicole Meier,
Mel Coultes and Murray Shiell
pick up the win. A special thanks
to super volunteers Marg Moffat
and Ross Peacock who put a lot of
time organizing and running the
bonspiel for the club. The two of
them are a great team.
This coming Saturday the club is
having a Fun Spiel. Around 50 of
the 64 curlers are curling for the
first time so we hope they have lots
of laughs and enjoy the day.
OUT OF THE HACK
This great weather has brought
smiles to our golf members who
hope to get out soon to the driving
range. A dry and sunny spring
would be great news to everyone at
the Wingham Golf and Curling
Club.
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Tough play
The Blyth-Brussels Atom Girls took on Stratford on March 4
at home, winning by a score of 5-0, shutting out the
competition at home. (Vicky Bremner photo)
HOW MANY CANADIANS HAVE ASTHMA?
More than 2.5 million Canadians suffer from asthma. Statistics show that:
• It is the leading cause of hospital admissions among children and one
of the leading causes of school and work absenteeism
• Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions in Canada
• Approximately 1 in 5 children and 1 in 10 adults has asthma
• In Ontario, this disease affects almost 12 per cent of children.