John Forbes, Dianne Forbes, & Robert Duri, Gino Varnier, Natalie Olson, E. Serra. Peter Voss, Helen Billingsley, Hilda Voss, Karl Voss By Bill Pratt The 23rd Cassiar Annual Bonspiel was held from March 17th to 21st. The Curling Club extends thanks and appre- ciation to all the people who contributed their time and efforts to make the spiel a success. Curlers were treated to a free cocktail hour » Thursday evening. Saturday morning, Snap, Pop and Crackle (Ed Thirlwell, Gill Leathley and John Ellis) did the honors of serving a pancake breakfast accompanied with their special ‘‘As- bestos Squeeze’ (That green stuff with all the cherries that woke people up and made them curl better??). Thanks for .the well cooked breakfast, Chefs. Saturday evening a banquet and dance was held in the Rec Hall. The food was delicious and the band “Country Comfort’ kept people dancing til the wee hours. Marge Loverin won the door prize and Mr. M. Kowalski from Fort St. John won the round ‘trip for two to Vancouver. Sunday evening, following the finals of each event, the prizes were handed out to the various winners. Winners of the A Event was the J. Forbes team, Cassiar. Runners up was the C. Smith team, Cassiar. Third was the F. Nitti team, Cassiar and Fourth was the G. Berme!l team, Cassiar. The B Event was won by R. Duri team, nm siar; Second was K. Borsato team, Cassiar; Third was M. Gimmi team, Cassiar and Fourth was D. Demitri team, Cassiar. The C Event was won by P. Voss team, Cas- siar; Second was J. Gwilliam team, Cassiar; Third was G.E. team, Whitehorse; Fourth was the Lindstrom team from Watson Lake. The D Event was won by the L. Platz team, Cantung; Second was D. Baycroft team, Cas- siar; Third was the McArthur team, Whitehorse Copper and Fourth was the John Ellis team, Cassiar. The first team out prize went to the M. Dowdall rink. Sure nice towels you won Mike. The best dressed team was the ‘‘Stupid’’ (John Ellis) team. The Banana’s teams from Clinton Creek gave them a good run for their money. The best bonspielers. this year were Glen and Helen Billingsley from Cassiar and Blair Corley and Bob Dykstra from Clinton Creek. Helen and Glen sure made sure they each pulled their. own weight. | wonder -if- Blair had trouble explaining how he won his prize, to his wife? — Twente students from Cassiar travelled to Whitehorse for the 10th Annual Polar Games which were played from the 11th to the 13th of March, Joining the Cassiar students were athletes from Whitehorse, Inuvik, Watson Lake, Teslin, and Alaska. After the impressive opening ceremonies, the students were directed to various schools, each of which hosted one event. Our students were in Whitehorse to play badminton and indoor soccer and so were divided between Christ the King High Schoo! and Whitehorse Elementary School. The badminton team - sixteen-strong - ‘competed at Whitehorse Elementary against three Whitehorse schools, Watson Lake, and Inuvik. The end of the first day found the Cas- siar team in contention for several medals. The highlight of that day was David Quash’s two vic- tories in the Senior Boys singles event. By the end of the second day, Cassiar had managed to win a handful of gold medals against strong opposition. SOCCER REVIEW: JUNIOR GIRLS: The Junior girls were very de- jected when they lost their first game against Watson Lake. However, they managed to pull their team together as they won over Teslin and Jeckell. The last game was the decider — they had to face an unbeaten top Inuvik team. First blood was drawn when Donna Knowles managed to slip the ball past the Inuvik goalie. The glory was shortlived as Inuvik moments later scored. The score remained tied for most of the game. Finally Donna Knowles managed to blast the ball into the Inuvik goal only minutes before the final whistle and Cassiar Jr. Girls with this upset win took home the Silver Medal for Second Place!! The Cassiar Curling club gave a plaque of ap- preciation to Bob Bailey for his continuous sup- port of Cassiar spiels.: Imagine coming here for 20 continuous years and never winning a prize. Bob says. he enjoyed himself and intends to “comeback for another 20. See you next year Bob. OS ys GOU- / Connolly surpri- 1 © DY ‘solidly defeating the auc - the pre-tournament favourites. David Quash, Heather Joseph, and Earla Ander- son wrapped up a successful competition by re- ceiving a gold and silver on Sunday morning. The complete results were as follows: - Yvonne Inkster - bronze - Kathy Johnston - silver - Tracy Zemenchik - gold - Yvonne Inkster & Eileen McDougall - silver ate Mixed Doubles - Tracy Zemenchik & Glenn Cousins - gold Jr. Boys Doubles - Les Kurian & Olavo Santos silver - Xavier Nitti & Gordie Kam- lah - bronze - Ellen Knowles - gold - Earla Anderson - bronze - Earla Anderson & Heather Joseph - gold Sr. Mixed Doubles - David Quash & Heather Joseph - silver Sr. Boys Singles - David Quash - silver Sr. Boys Doubles - P.J. Connolly & Bernd Guderjahn - gold Jr. Girls Singles Jr. Girls Doubles Sr. Girls Singles Sr. Girls Doubles TOTALS: 5 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze In addition, the badminton team swept the awards winning the trophies for Junior Girls, Junior Boys, Senior Girls, Senior Boys. In all, a splendid effort. In addition to the sterling play on the courts, the players exhibited the high level of sportsmanship which is usually a feature of their play. SENIOR GIRLS: The Cassiar Senior girls tried very hard to stay in the competitions. However, they were out-played and out-classed by the strong senior teams from Watson Lake and Inu- vik. They did manage to overrun the Collins team to snatch the Bronze Medal and Third Place. Another bonspiel has come to an end and we must say farewell to Ed and Linda Hanley. Two very avid curlers, who were always fun to curl with and gave great support in many ways to our club. Remember Ed and Linda that you are al-. ways welcome to come back and curl here. See you all next year.