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We Afrfl wide enjoyed sport It is in countries crowds especially in England Europe and South America It is a simple skillful and exciting game which somehow has never large extent in North America In South America soccer draws crowds of up to fans for a single game with soccers pop- equally great in Europe Soccer itself is a simple game There is no equipment necessary Just a ball and a field of some kind on which to play protective equipment is worn no special footwear or apparatus is needed mak es easy- to play and relatively easy to real lack of popularity of the game in North America is hard to explain But the fact is undeniable The game has very limited acceptance which explains the fail ure of in Canada and the United Newmarket there has been an active soccer club for quite some time and due in no small measure to one man Cole who is the current president of the club He has been the moving spirit behind the club which will include close to boys this year in the house league and divisions He also compiles the results for The Era and his house serves as the storehouse for the soccer jerseys that the boys wear AH in ail he seems to be the man-on-the- spot whenever anything involving soccer is happening So to some extent Newmarket is rather a hotbed of soccer activity When you realize that soccer shares the summer sports scene with baseball and as well as summer vacations the boys involved represents a large group in the town The soccer club has been active all win practising indoors in preparation for the outdoor session that is fast approaching I dropped in on the in their practice at J Bell School Thursday even ing and was pleasantly surprised to see a large number of boys busily learning and the fundamentals of the game The culmination of the year is the large Day Tournament held in Newmarket vtfth teams from all over the area playing ijf a three day tour Carolyn Bates a grade nine student at Huron Heights Sec ondary School shows some of her winning form which helped her win the novice girls balance beam competition in the Georgian Bay Regional gymnastics meet held at Secondary School last week Miss Bates also had the second highest mark amongst novice girls competing White Photo ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NEWMARKET MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION to be held May 4th 1971 at pm Newmarket Arena lot he Soccer Club has provided exercise and for many for a form Baseball regis trations are still be- big accepted as well but the deadline Is May 1 Registration forms may be obtain ed from the Recrea tion office at the I neglected some thing that should cot he allowed to go by The Beaver Lum ber team coached by Ken Havens won the Newmarket Novice Championship 1 I PRESCRIPTIONS Datsun announces the 1971 economy drive Sedan ore lost functional easy offend So if youre plannng an 1200 Sedan J 1975 Mote space inside anything in its clou More nocost extras too bucket seats podded do whitewalls locking gos cop and lock front brakes independent type front column and unitbody corslruciion And you get Dunn 1200 miles from a everybody know And if yonre driving ickets carpets and a fold nisoa money but 1 Fostback they ANTHONYS FOR DATSUN Holland Road Bradford Ontario Tol TlnMimAnlOWDiaincfcdniasBCMBfcadlkUA HELP US TO HELP YOU ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE FIRST ANNUAL WALKATHOM Saturday May 8th Starts and finishes at Huron Heights Secondary School from 9 am to 11 am For sponsor sheets and more information Please Call 8952995 or 8957075