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The Citizen, 2003-12-03, Page 9THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2003. PAGE 9. Brussels Bantams lose A championship game Brussels Bantams had a great weekend placing runner-up for the A championship division during a WOAA tournament in Ayton, Nov. 29. Brussels tied their first game 2-2 against Normanby. The first goal was scored by Jordan Campbell assisted by Christopher Jutzi and Zachary Hoegy. The second was scored by Wade Stephenson assisted by Nathan Prior. Game two was a 7-4 victory for Brussels against Drayton. Stephenson scored the first assisted by Hoegy and Ryan Jutzi. He also scored the last goal assisted by Chase Chapman and Tyler Deitner. Christopher Jutzi played a great game scoring the remaining five goals. Assisting him were Campbell, Danny Dwyer and Andrew Baker. Although Brussels lost their final game 3-1 against Blyth, they played hard and did well to come in runner- up. Stephenson scored the goal assisted by Prior and Dwyer. Blyth Bantam Bulldogs suffer defeat against Zurich, Drayton G Auto Parts ■ Auto Parts Plus The Blyth Bantam Bulldogs had a slow start to the week suffering defeat at the hands of Zurich and Drayton. As the week progressed, the Dogs gained momentum and edged an old rival, the Brussels Bulls, to capture the A title at the Ayton Bantam tournament on Saturday. Leading scorers for the week included Johnathon McDowell, Roman Sturzenegger, Richard (aka Dickie) Gregg, Curtis Robertson, Derek Youngblut, and Trevor McArter. Always steady on the front line were Thomas LeComte and John Bokhout. Rounding out the defensive zone were Tony Bean, Lee Watkins, Devin Jenkins and Blake Hesselwood. Solid between the pipes was Sean Cook. There's a better way to move that old furniture... We stock a full line of snowmobile parts & accessories See us for your snowmobiling needs! ’’Quality Parts plus Personal Service” Turnberry St., Brussels 887-8002 fax 887-8004 Dashina Through $ * £''' ■ ■ ■ • - * A new approach to trail signs By Craig Nicholson (©2003 by Craig Nicholson. All rights reserved.) “SLOW” sign prior to the bend, followed by a simple arrow indicating the direction of the upcoming turn. In this way, snowmobilers know that there is an alteration in the trail ahead that requires them to take preparatory action, and which direction they should slow to be prepared to turn. No familiar highway sign lulls them into thinking that the turn ahead is an engineered, measured, graded and uniform corner. For snowmobilers, this change means less signage confusion. If a sign has a red background, regardless of its specific message, that means the preparatory action should involve stopping. If a sign has a yellow background, it means that the rider should prepare to accommodate a variation in the trail ahead. A sign with any other colour background is strictly informational, relating to destinations, services or items of interest. The bottom line of this alternative approach to trail signing is that the onus for safe riding is on the snowmobiler whose thumb is on the throttle, not on anyone else. Snowmobilers use the trails at their own risk and, during each minute of riding, make the personal choices that will determine their own safe survival. No one else can or should take that responsibility. No rider should expect to transfer that responsibility to a third party. So when as this new signage protocol is adopted, snowmobilers have to decide whether they want to ride within the safety envelope defined by Ontario's snowmobile laws and supported by OFSC trail signs, or not. If not. then the snow­ mobiler has no one else to blame but him or herself when things go wrong. To me. this seems like a fair way to operate snowmobile trails. Until next lune remember that snowmobilers care about the environment too For the lout Planner and frail Condition Reports check out www otsc.on.ca and look under Trails. Crait> Nu liolson is a reipdat contributor to Snow (>oer. ( anada s Snowtnobilint> Magazine. I lie Intrepid Snowmobiler also appears on radio and on Snow mohiler Television. The opinions expressed are sol el v those of the author are suing snowmobile unfair If it comes to a choice between a groomed trail and good signage. I'd choose signs. Think about it. Would you rather ride a bumpy trail to a known destination, or a smooth one to nowhere — if you don’t run out of gas first. But signs are a two-edged sword and their placement can come back to haunt us. All riders must clearly understand that the presence of signs is a convenience provided to those who are snowmobiling safely and prudently, but cannot be taken to mean that any part of the signs, trail or other infrastructure is up to highway standards. If it were, it would be a road, not a trail. So remember that snowmobiling is an off-road experience in which each rider engages at his or her own risk, signs or no signs. Some snowmobilers, whose own actions have gotten them into trouble, associations based on an expectation of highway standards. Sq some organizations, including the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs, are changing their signing protocols. This transformation is premised on a series of basic assumptions about the responsibili­ ties and obligations of operating a snowmobile that all riders should know before riding. They are also based on signing to support what is legal in that jurisdiction. So for instance, if the approved speed limit is 50 km, then all trail signage would assume that each rider is obeying that law. and a corner would be marked for safe passage at that speed, not more The new protocols also mean new signs for trails, ones that do noi duplicate official highway signs. This change is intended to send a clear reminder to snowmobilers that trail signs are different, because this off-road experience is not intended to replicate driving on a road or its highly designed and maintained infrastructure. Nor is a snowmobile trail intended to be driven the same way one would operate a car on a highway. In the unpredictable, uncontrollable natural setting where snowmobile trails occur, that would be foolish and dangerous. One good example is the replacement of highway-style chevron signs at trail corners with a is TM Snowmobile Products ADVERTISE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS! 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