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Whitby Free Press, 9 Dec 1971, p. 9

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, December 9th, 1971, Page 9 Whitby Women Curlers Wîn Attersley Open Scoring a total of 39½ points by win- ning both of their games in the early draw, the Whitby rink of Helen Smyth, Je an L aurence, Eleanor McBride and Lois Upham, skip, captured the Atter- sl ey Trophy, in the Whitby Curling Club's Annual Womens' Open Bonspiel, last week, over afull entry of 24 rinks. Runners-up A Po rt P e r ry entry, that of Joyce Howson, Helen Bathe, Norma Kenny and Ruth Mitchell, skip, had 38½ points for t h e i r t w o wins, as runners-up to the trophy-winners. Second pri ze on the 9 a. m. draw went to a U n i o n v i IlI e entry skipped by Joy Risebrough with 38 points and runners- up to second prize w as claimed by a W h i tby entry of Jan Kinsman, Dorothy Houghton, Betty Hollinger and Lee Mc- Luhan skip, also with 38 points. Inthe second draw Dori s Ames , Whitby rink had 34 3/4 points. High one-win prizes were claimed by Peg Sel lers and her rink from Avonlea, an d by t h e Lindsay e n t ry skipped by Shirley Moore. B o n s p iel convenor Tiny Sorichetti an d h e r committee arranged spaghetti and meat balls and chieken at noon for all rinks. Pizza and coffee were served after the second game. Mr. Bob Attersley wasonhand topresent the trophy and in- dividual awards to the bonspiel winners. Bill Kent Star Of Bonspiel Wrapup WHITBY-Bi Il Kent and his rink from the Mont real Heather Curling Club uspet defending champion Bruce Munro 6-5 in the final game of the Ontario Dunlop In- vitational Bonspiel. Kent's rink became the second team from outside the prov- i n c e of Ontario to capture the Dunlop in its six year history. Ron Northcott, fou r-time world champ from Calgary, Alber ta, was Dunlop Champion in 168. Kent, atwo-timeQuebec Brier skip, and his rink of Art Lobel, Don Aitken and M u r r y Gregga, have a $2, 000. 00 cash jackpot to divide. Defending champ M u nro, with a complete new team con- .sisting of Bob Holl ingshead, Gord Cav- anagh and Ray Burton had to settle for $ 1, 000. 00. Last rock scores Kent had a chance to end the game in t h e 11th end if he made a chip and stay for four points. Kent fanned leaving Mun- ro with shot rock and a 5 to 5 tie going home . Kent scored one point with his 1 a s t rock in the 12th to win the game. Earlier in the day, Kent defeated Mur- ray MacGregor of Guelph in the quarter f i n a I s 8-5 and Ken Rowan of Avonlea 7-1 in the semi final game. Munro downed clubmate Tom Cushing 10-7 and former Dunlop Champion Ted Brown of Kingston 10-4'i on his way to the finals. Clarke takes 2nd event Ted Clarke of Humber Highland won Hockey Equipment & Accessories Skates (new & used) RED'S CYCLE & SPORTS BLAIR PARK PLAZA 668-8471 First Heydenshore Pavilion DINNER Tickets New Years Eve Party $25.00 Lic. Bar Per Couple music by The Moxie Whitney Orchestra From The Royal YorkHotel Imperial Room For Further Information Cal 1: 725-8471 668-3025 728-1291 576-1753 985-7087 DUNLOP CANADA LTD. Wishes to Convey THEIR THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COMPETITORS AND ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE 1971 DUNLOP ONTARIO INVITATIONAL BONSPIEL 1971 WINNER BILL KENT THE 1971 WINNING RINK WITH TROPHY Front to Back- M. Gregga, D. Aitken, A. Lobel, Bill Kent. Exciting Dunlop the second event with an eleven to ten extra end victory over Paul Savage of Scarborough. Winner of the third event was BillîCreber of Royals,. and Jim C r e i g h t on of Boulevard captured the fourth event. Capacity crowds at Whitby Club Capacity crowds jammed the Whitby Cu rl1 in g Club on Saturday evening to watch the best of the 64 teams who com- peted, playing for their share of the al- most $10, 000. 00 in cash. BICYCLES (Including 10 Speeds) $15 Down (No Outside Financing)

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