( JRLING CLUB NEWS

The 14th annual bonspiel will take place on
February 29th, March Ist, 2nd and 3rd. This
popular annual event is drawing teams from
all over the north and from as far away as
Vancouver and Dawson Creek. With 32 rinks
entered it promises to be a hotly contested
series of curling.

Several firsts are occurring this year. For the
first time high school rinks from the Cassiar
Elementary Secondary School will be par-
ticipating in our bonspiel. Teams skipped

by Norman Day and Jack Nitti should give
the other teams in the spiel a good run for
their money. And for the first time a new
“Snake Pit’ will be in use upstairs in the
community centre.

The spiel will consist of 3 events so that each
team will curl a minimum of 3 times. The
banquet will be held on Saturday, March 2nd,
at 8:00 p.m., and since the Snake Pit is
available for regular club members, junior
members (i.e. those under 21) will be
welcome at the banquet since no liquor

will be served during the meal.

The bonspiel and banquet are restricted to
paid up members of the Cassiar Curling Club
and to visiting rinks from outside the com-

( unity.

At press time the Matwick and MacQuarrie
rinks are battling for the Bell Asbestos trophy,
each team having won their sectional round-
robin events.

The ladies bonspiel for the fairer members of
the club will be held on Friday and Saturday,
February 23rd and 24th.

The social evening held on Saturday, Feb-

ruary 24th, featured games and prizes and

practice sessions for teams entering the big
bonspiel at the end of the month.

Coming events (weather permitting) include
the inter-departmental and the USW trophy
contests. At the latter, it is proposed that

a skip’s draw be used. This consists of all
the skips assembling together to draw the
rest of their rinks. This should be interesting
and could lead to some well balanced teams.

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HOCKEY NEWS

The Asbestos Kings are unbeaten in 4 games
against Watson Lake and one game against
Dawson City.

The Cassiar Pee Wee’s played the Watson
Lake Pee Wee team in Watson Lake on
February 18th. The game ended in a tie.

Our Bantam team played the Watson Lake
Bantam’s on February 11th at Cassiar. The
score was Watson Lake 4, Cassiar 3.

On February 25th the dedication ceremonies
were held at the arena.

Being considered is participation of the
Asbestos Kings in a tournament to be held
in Watson Lake on March 10th, which will
include teams from Ross River and Fort
Nelson, as well as Watson Lake.

Also, there is an international tournament
planned in Dawson City for the weekend
of March 15 — 17, with teams from Inuvik,
Fairbanks and Dawson City taking part. If
sufficient funds can be raised, Cassiar will
send a team.

Rattray’s Wolves won the first game of their
play-off series.

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POET’S CORNER
“If one thing is that, and two things are those
Then hat in the plural should always be hose
The masculine pronouns are he, his and him

But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim”

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When we were borrowing customs
from the older cultures, who passed
up the siesta?

We have a friend who hasn’t many
faults, but he makes the most of
what he has.

Those who complain the loudest
about how the ball bounces are
probably the ones who dropped it
in the first place.

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