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E. titiRON ,EXPOBITOR, MARCH 81919
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SPIKINGIHE BALL . -7 Susan McAlhster and Diane Wilson are ready tO
'spike the ball back across the net during the WOSSA lournarnent in
London. The SDHS senior giris.volleyball* team won four out of their 12 •
TrattheS in the tournament. , • (expositor Photo) 0.. • 0, •
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Busy brooms at
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6ontoone. 1134 told Plc
Iwo years age that I'd be.
seratching, around every
o,eck for smite -0440g neWS
tei write for the newspaper.,
hs -e laughted heartily. For
starters, 'did not cert.dititt't
know anyone wile -did, nod
hadn't 004 the vaguest
rnotatyieen4'.'Of how the Sante was
'flowerer, "Tempora
mutantur.noS et Mutattlitr
Ws'taS They say at the
LegiOnl.1 am now a member
of a curling club and an avid,
if somewhat indifferent,
curler. lr occurs to isle that
somewhere in this area'
there ttiky be OthetS. whit
would enjoy the game. het de
not play, Tis may be simply
because they, are new to the
district and, as yet not
familiar with the available
facilities; or don't have the
brass to break-in becallse,
perhaps, they !eta upon a.
club as a kind of "closed
$bor- Maybe, as 3 $0114
vearrookle,lcan help dispelt
the*" WO:Ms and entice a
"Pin
the clUtt"'‘.-
for a rank beginner. IOW
IllYself. the Only advice 1 can
Sive on learning to curl is Oil
have a go" (as 4i4y 4y
over 'mile). The the ory be-
hind curling is relatively
simple but I have Ino in
tendon of going into any
further explanation.
certainly am not qualified on,
that scere, and would tend to.
confuse the beginner even
ntore. flowerer, I do think it
fair to warn prospective
curlers of the weight of the
curling stone; some forty
pounds, which can cerne as
rather a shock to anyone aa
unprepared as 1 was), Also, at
the start, it is easy to become
overwhelmed by such terms
as: 'the hack', "heg
4T4ine', 'an out -turn', 'an,
inorn', 'off the broom'.s
'draw Weight', 'heavy`,.
'catch a wick', through the
•fwo: large 13onspiels nt
„'„...the--/Seaforth Curling Club
last week kept the Ladies
division. busy .organizinuthe
catering and the bottspiel
participants happy with the
fruits of their laboUts,
AVOW*, and ,stt. On. One Can
O nly reStIlre ;tot to waste too
• tint a trying to as-
similate what it all means. it
will siak time believe
me. Just get en With the
garnet
The awesome sight Of two.
maybe three. SemetimeS
•coot four frantieallY
SWeeping,...tearn members
sliding ahead of the rock can
b,e very disconcerting to a
new comer. I must $ay this in
itself all but stonted my early
enthusiasm for the sport. 1
was quite certain I would
never learn to sweep, slide or
stay out of the path of my
, fellow wo,eper, However,
much to my aMaZerne0t,
after SIPIrne advice and a little
per'Severence, I seen lost my,
initial nervousness. My
advice if you can't keep up,
keep clearl Get out of the
way - fastl It will come with!
'practice. It his -been pointed;
out to me. that it can take 5
years Or so to become a
curler of any note. I hope so..
I rely. on this vital piece of
information constantly .to;
justify my mistakes..
• Most beginners receive &
lot of help and encourage.
ment from fellow club mem-
bers. I know did and still
do. Curling is a, game of
etiquette as well as skill, and'
theres a high, degree of good
sportsmanship evident
amongst most participa .nts.
This can' overlap onto the -
social side of the proceedings'
too, Otie !off-icecustom
seems to be that of a winner
buying a loser a drink. Quite.
a consolation for losing a
different Styles, and have an,
enjoyable day out at the
same time. 'went on my first
bgnspiel last year butmade
the mistake of asking On
questions beforehand and
'flying blind', t will never
fergetthe feeling of utter
fatigue .on the 8th end of the
,firat game when 1 discovered
that we had two more end* to.
play. It hadn't occored-to.
that anyone ever played 10
ends. We always played 8,
ends' on crib time didn't we?
It might, then, be as well for
a prospective bonspieler to
enquire as to the length and:
number of games they will be
playing before rushing into
it, 1 most say, however, that 1
did enjoy the day immensely
(eventually) and was ex-
tremely grateful to the girls
wbn had !liken me along.
I was quite blas(when I went.
un my second bonspiel this
season!
I penned a few lines when I
got -back from that first
bonspiel, which may bring
.back a few memories of "the
first: throe" to others but
shoot nqt be taken too,
seriously by the new curter,
Bonsp•
lels here
expected to ,buy the second
I discovered the loser is
round! Something to- be
game 1 always thought until
The Farmers Open Spiel
sponsored by McGavin Farm
Equipment of Walton was a
great success -midweek with
•'' a full complement a 8 rinks
on each of the two draws.
Following the completion of
3-8 end games per draw
Neil McGavin was On hand,
to present prizes to those -
amassing the highest
number of points. First place
in the Early Drawwent to the
team skipped by Rev. Ken.
Innes, With Orville flOwer,
. vicel Jim Bowerman, second
and Doug Hemingway, lead.
Secoild place went to • Ken
IVIS\ore's team skipped by
Daie Tremeer with Eric
McIntosh second and Mert
KeYs and Ken, Smith who
took over as second on the
• final game, Third: , Gord
Pryce. Neil Dolmage, Paul,
Storey and Rieney, Van Loott.
The cons -Oration prize went to
Gerry Hetherington, Bob
Wilson. Brian Newnhare and
Gerry Lobb. '
The winning team of the
Second Draw were also dee-
clared Overall winners for
the day.
This was the ,Ross Lovett
team skipped by Bob Wilson
with Bill Lobb, vice and Bill
Fleming, second.
Prizes for second spot
• • went to. Roy Pennington,
Mery McKay. Keith Elston
and Bill'Sellars. Third: Ger-
ald Smith skip with Jim
Mulwhinney, Mac
and Paul Dixon. The ccrosol-
' ation went to Ray Beuertnall.
,Ray Hilebrecht. Maynard
Hoegy and Ralph SiernenS.
On Saturday the Toronto -
Dominion Flank. held their
(''19th' Annual BonSpiel host-
)''iltstk
1 ' sixty-four cutlers and
eles •n additional dinner
-guesti, Yearns were all made
.
up of Bank employees with
rinks from Winghatn, Mitch-
ell and St. Marys in attend-
ance as well as from ferther
afield. Dick Kirk skipped the
winning team with Ross
. "Frazer, Peter Wright and
Frank McDermott. A• good
day was enjoyed by all
curlers and no doubt they'll
all be back next year for the
'20th Anniversary. : •
A Ladies team skipped by
Ann Cunningham, Lorene
Dennorne, vice; Donna Wood
second. and Joyce flilderley,
lead travelled to 'Wingtrarn
on Feb, 28th, They recorded
a one win, one less game
score and enjoyed the sump- . •
tous surroundings tathe
Wingharn Club facilities, IHL standings.
Teams vvill be off 'aspiel-
ing' during the next week to Players T G Ass. Pts.
Bonspiels at Mitchell, St. Team w LD.Kennedy K 4, 9 13
Marys, Llatowel, Milverton Kings 3 U Buist 9 3 12
,Governor-Ceneral Tankard Flyers 2 2 oo
!. The first round of the Blues 4:
2; 3,McLeod W 6 3 9
t DL.I.3Brroontmee H 1 7 8K 5 5 10
all
and Ottawa. Good curling to WingS
play -downs be' held in Stars 1 2 2 p.tiulley H 4 2 6
Goderich on Sunday nett. Hawks 0 3 0 S.Wocks B 4 2 6
There is one and possibly • . ", • T.Stevenson H 3 3 6
two teams entered from the
1.11.L.PLAYOFrS SCORING: K.Hendeson K 3 3 6
Seaforth Club. LEADERS . B.Akker B 3 3. 6
The last major Bonspiel on •
upcoming this Saturday •
the Seaforth Calendar is I
10th. This ' is the popular P'
Mixed Open sponsored by
Fleming Feed.Mills of Clint-
on. Get your aprons out
again ladies!
'Mr. andMrs. A.Y. McLean, Mr. and Mrs. Tom C,onsitt
of Varna and Alice Gibb attended the Ontario Weekly
Newspaper Association convention held at the }Intel
Toronto on Friday and Saturday. The cotwention delegates
elected Jean Baker.. Pearce,' publisher of the Alliston
Herald. as president of the associatiOn the first time a
woman has headed up the organization. Highlights of the
convention included seminars on libel and slander
legislation; the election of the board of directora and a
• breakfast at top of the C.K. Tower. Best newspaper
awards in their classes were won by the Exter Times
Advocate, the Goderich 'Signal Star. the Winghani
Advance Times and the Clinton News Record,
Thelma Coleman and James Anderson, the Perth
County archivist. autographed copies '"of The Canada
Companya book outlining thehistory of the opening of
the Huron Tract, in Stratford im Monda'y. The book, which
waS started in 1973, is now available at the Huron
Expositor for SI 7'.50, a•copy." At the end of ,Aprit the price
goes up to S20.
• 'Walter Murray Of Sotnlyea visited many,of his friends in
town last week,
The family of Nits, Elliott F. Walters celebratred with
Mrs'. Walters of Huronview her 90th birthday on Sunday,
Her birthday is March 1th. 1979.
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' taken into consideration by a
newcomer to the district is
that curling is a good way to
make new friends as well as
getting a certain amount of
excercise at the same, time,
both of 'which we all need.
• Since most clubs have ladies,
mats or mixed teams, it is
just as easy for a single
person to join as a couple.
Sociability also extends to
the curling bonspieis. These
usually run for one or two
days, and are a great way to
get to meet curlers from
other clubs, watch a few
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ATTENDINGiongsr
10, PO fICMS.RIP,
.erack dawn be,. tree*
are
The air is crisp
shines bright
1 tun* and W/V,Slt I'd Slept all
oight.
My .body AntreS with ,sInth
and moans,
1, blame it o*,tim trillthg
stonesr
St. Marys 'bellea, are dresSetl
and ready,
The country club Makes one'
quite heady,
MtoMach's sick,. my,hamjs
unsteady,
Disaster' creeps through all
my bones,
I blame it on the rolling
stone!
By mice and men great plans
are, laid,
Our teams lacks fire - no
score we've made.
I'm quarter part in this
charade,
End six, our score now one
alone
We'll blame that on a rolling
stone!
My rnind'A, .•POYtt
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1 Wattle 11 0*1 .tho. ogling
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A drink,.1 peed That..
drink!
The horror now begins ,
shrink,
"Bonspiels are fun", I start'
to think.
The ice is slick, the rocks are
honed.
A few more sips - rm
stoned!
(apologies to Kris
KdstoferS410
So, if any of the foregoing
has caught your interest and
you'd like to find out more
aboutthe, world of curling ,
accept this as your -invitation
to "some on down" to the
club sometime. Any in-
formation you might need is
readily available. Look us
over and maybe next season
we'll be wishing you "Good
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