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Ringette Champs In their second year of competi- tion in the Gloucester Ladies Ringette League, Marvelville Ladies have captured the Cham pionship Trophy. The team went through the 11 game schedule undefeated, finishing in first place. In the semi-final they defeated Blackburn and in the final met last year's champions, Beaconhill. Trailing 5-3 with less than two minutes remaining in the final game, star forward Jane Kingsbury went. to work and scored two goals to tie the score at five apiece. Marvelville by virtue RMHA Banquet The' Russell Minor Hockey Association is holding its annual banquet on May 6 starting at 7 p.m. at the Dr. F. Kinnaird Com- munity hall. All players will be treated to a chicken dinner, courtesy of the association. Parents and friends accompany- ing the players will be charged a fee of $3.00 each for their meal. Tickets will be available at the door but convenors are urged to get an estimate of the approximate number which will be attending from each team. Following the meal there will be presentation of awards. The Association's fund raising ac- tivities throughout the season have been quite successful, in- cluding the recent tournament, and the club as managed to cover operating costs incurred during the season. of scoring the first goal of the game was awarded the League Championship Trophy. The team is comprised of ladies from Marvelville, Metcalfe, Marionville and Russell. Home games were held on Sunday nights Curling Club wraps season The Russell Curling Club will conclude a successful season with a dinner-dance, Sat., April 19. The evening will get underway with a cocktail hour at 6 p.m. followed by a sit down dinner, presentation of awards and dance. This past curling season proved to be an active one. The club held three well attended open bonspiels; namely, the Gilbeys Mixed, Men's Cash and Molson Mixed. The Russell Club also hosted the Men's district playoff for the Merkley Trophy which was won this year by the Morrisburg Curling Club. The highlights of the curling season, however, was the Russell sweep of the 19th Annual In- terclub competition between Met- calfe and Russell. The Bill Gamble rink composed of Vina Stanley, Graham Robinson and Nancy Matthew won the "A'"' Event, try skiing. PRIVATE WILDERNESS CLUB e A limited number of memberships now being offered to per- sons interested in wilderness experience on their own terms, in- dividually or in groups at a private wilderness retreat. e Exclusive use of log cabin and over 700 acres of private wooded estate in Gatineau hills within 50 miles of Ottawa. e Isolated year round camping sites, foot trails and cross coun- ¢ Programs in wilderness skills development also available. e Regulated hunting and fishing. ¢ Membership fee $200 a year. For more information write: P.O. Box 585 Wakefield, Quebec, JOX 3G0 Metcalfe Figure Several hundred people crammed the Metcalfe arena March 31 to watch Winter Wonderland, the Metcalfe Figure Skating Club's season- ending show. About 100 participants performed in 17 acts. Among them, soloist Brenda James, bottom, and Dennis Dalgleish, right. Den- nis portrayed Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the junior winter wonderland segment of the show, which featured guest soloist Marc Charbonneau and pair Isobel and Paul Duchesnay, of the Minto Figure Skating Club. The colorful pageant was produced under the direction of Pat Berman, president of the Metcalfe club. (Paul Rodier Photos) Show Their Stuff while the Gord Saunders rink of Mable Gamble, Jamie Hicks and Deanne Saunders took the "B" Event. In the Men's Monday Night Draw, Ken Sullivans' rink of Bryan Cochrane, Steve Schroeter and Rene Jones won the cham- pionship event 7-6 in an extra end over Metcalfe's Adrian Ross. In the consolation event, the Russell rink skipped by Gord Saunders and composed of Graham Robin- son, Gord Quaille and Bernie Bouchard lost to Winston Belanger of Metcalfe, 8-5. The Annual General Meeting is scheduled for May 5 at 8 p.m. in the Curling Club. All members are urged to attend. Hockey Awards Seven Russell hockey players won awards recently at the League banquet held in Winchester. Richard Ris took the Atom "B"' trophy for most sport- smanlike player. Ron Geerts won the scoring championship trophy in Peewee "A". Peewee "A" goalie Wayne Pa- quette won the goaltender award as did Mike Rothenberger and Gordie Sheldrick in Peewee "B". Kevin O'Reilley won the sport- manship award in the midget divi- sion. Tom Harrison walked away with the-trophy for the league- leading scorer in the Juvenile divi- sion. Skaters With Garey Ris Brian Gunnell, coach of the Russell Boy's and Girls volleyball a has his players ready for the 10th Annual Russell Public School is 8:50 a.m. Six boys teams and five girls teams will be trying to win this annual event. The six boys teams are Russell, Metcalfe, St. Leonard, Pleasant Corners, and St. Gregoire from Vankleek Hill and Plantagenet Public School. The six teams. will be divided into two-3 team divisions and will play a split round-robin. Afterall the games, the team winning division No. 1 will play the third place team in division No. 2, the second place team from division No. 1 will playoff against the second place team in divi- sion No. 2 and the last place team goes against the winner of division No. 2. The team with the best record entering the second round of the playoffs receives an automatic bye into the final game with the two other teams fighting it out to determine the two finalists. The Russell boy's team has won five of the previous nine tour- naments. The girls will have five teams which are Russell, St. Leonard's, Pleasant Corners, St. Gregoire, and Plantagenet. They will play a full round-robin series and the two teams with the best records will play in the finals. 2 The Russell team, says Coach Brian Gunnell, will be stronger this year and the girls hope to win their second championship. oe KK Coach Bob Martin and assistant Emory Mead threw a party for their beloved Atom "B" Braves April 11. They really appreciated the play of the team during the past hockey season which finished with a record 10-10-4 for second place tie with Metcalfe Mor District Mustangs of the CDMHL. The players gobbled down sandwiches, 'chine and soft drinks, and topped the evening off with a big cake shaped like a hockey rink, com- plete with players, nets and even a puck! Coach Martin and assistant Mead deserve a great deal of credit for the strong finish of the Braves, a vast improvement over last year's poor showing. Bigger and better things are hoped for in 1981. ae eo KK The 1980 Osgoode Township High School Athletic Banquet is set for May 29 in Metcalfe, honoring the school's finest athletes. The banquet begins at 6 p.m. with a meal and awards will be given out beginning about 7:30. Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Ken "the General" Grant of CFRA who does an outstanding job keeping an evening runn- Volleyball tournament slated for May 3. Starting time for the first game] ing smoothly with jokes and comments about Osgoode athletes and Keachers. CDMHL Wrap-Up The local hockey season has championships. Eight of their drawn to a close for another year. The Russell minor hockey teams that made the play-offs were all eliminated in the first round. Met- calfe and District came out on top as the most successful association when it came to winning play-off nine competitive teams made it to the finals and of these eight, five won championship trophies. Win- chester teams won top spot in two divisions and Chesterville and Morrisburg, one each. List of win- ners is as follows: Atom A -- Chesterville defeated Metcalfe Atom B -- Metcalfe defeated Winchester 2 Peewee A -- Metcalfe defeated Chesterville Peewee B -- Morrisburg defeated Metcalfe. : Bantam A -- Winchester defeated Metcalfe Bantam B -- Winchester defeated Morrisburg Midget A -- Metcalfe defeated Chesterville Midget B -- Metcalfe defeated Winchester I Juvenile -- Metcalfe defeated Winchester Many thanks to league statistician Ed Vidal for being so prompt with league stats throughout the year. "Great" Curling Future The North Dundas girls curling team of Janice Saunders, skip, , Deanne Saunders, Liz Workman and Anne Adams made it to the On- tario Girls Curling Championship in Peterborough last month before falling to defeat. Coach John Wilson, a teacher at North Dundas, entered the team in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Playdown in Feb., which it won. Then the team won the Eastern Ontario Championship (E.0.S.S.A.) in Brockville on March 5, playing against teams from Smiths Falls, Leeds- Grenville and Prescott-Russell. The team then entered the 12-team Ontario Girls Curling Champion- ship-March 28 at the Peterborough Curling Club. The Stormont, Dun- das and Glengarry School Board sponsored the girls, buying new sweaters and providing funds for accommodation. The team competed in five games in two days. Coach Wilson said the experience gained by the team gives it a great future in junior and school curling. Leadership Course Written applications are needed for the summer leadership course held in Cornwall St. Lawrence College. Fees will be paid by the Russell R.A. This course lasts for one weekend. This course will lead to possible summer employment as a playground léader in' 1981 in Russell. Applicants must be 16-17 years of age. Deadline: April 30, 1980 z Address applications to: Paul Wylie, Recreation Director, P.O. Box 9, Russell, Ontario, KOA 3BO. Se oerga ames ee a eR IEE NTS Ey CRE EN Fe a) Wi ge" CR eRe a Ree Le. - 2 Te LA ee a