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TORS RRN I Curling becoming popular for students It is sometimes known as » the "roaring sport" and across North American it's popularity is said to be grow- ing by leaps and bounds. The game is curling and every week some 130 students from schools in Port 'Perry and area take part in intra-mural competition at the Port Perry Curling Club. The increased interest and enthusiasm among young people can be illustrated by the fact that just a few years ago there were scarcely enough students playing the winter sport to make up a- draw for games one night each week. Now, there are 32 rinks, and the curlers are hard at it five evenings each week. : Reg Phillip, a teacher at R.H. Cornish public school who is actively involved in the student curling program said last week that there are several reasons why the 5 ~ 38 popularity of the sport has taken off among young people over the last few years. One reason is that the students simply enjoy them- selves; they enjoy the sport .and the social activity that it generates. And curling as a winler activity is fairly cheap: $5 for playing privi- leges over the entire séason, a good pair of boots will cost about $25 and curling broom $10. Curling can be as compet- tive as the students want it to be. The intra-mural pro- gram offers casual games for relaxation and fun, and for these students who are a little more serious, there are several area and provincial competitons where the emphasis is on winning. Considerable interest was generated last year, for example, when a team of four girls from Port Perry High School captured the all-Ontario championships at Barrie. This rink is together again this year and will be taking part in bonspiels and play-downs. Students from grades 7 through to 13 take part in the intramural program with about 50 coming from Corn- and the first draw started November 21 with the play- offs to be held just before. exams in the middle of January. A second schedule will be drawn up and the play will wind up with the Mudcat Bonspiel just before .winter break in March. Skips are chosen for intra- 'mural play and then an effort is made to balance the rinks with students of all ages and degrees of exper- ience and skill. . There are a couple of competitions coming up in the next few weeks in which students from this area will be taking part. On Decem- ber 28, one rink will be taking part in the Schoolboy Bons- piel in Uxbridge, and Dec- ember 29, Port Perry will host the Junior Girls - Tankard of the Southern Ontario Ladies Curling Association. The winner of this event will go on to further competitions at the end of January in Leaming- ton, Ontario. The curling activity for students takes place each ~ i eT EYER: week-day from 4:00 p.m. . THE ish, the same number from until about 5:30. Organizers (o:\i[e0) CAT the high school, and 30 from say any student who is inter- Cartwright High School. The ested would be welcome to 118 Brock St., North, popularity of the sport drop in to the curling club to Whitby among Cartwright High find out what the game is all Domestic & Imported Yarns students is indicated by the apout. Needlework Supplies fact that almost one-third of Along with Mr. Phillip » Macrame supplies the total student population from -Gornish School, [YY YAIR] are active curlers. - teachers John Barton from The season got underway Port Perry High School and ipnkdie lis in the first week of Randy Scott from saturday. Ts i November with two weeks Cartwright are involved in T.F. instruction for new curlers, the curling program. y i rT - ' lan Griffen, a student at Port Perry High School, is just one of the more than 3 Mac's Elect on 1CS 130 students from the area who are taking part in the popular intra-mural curling 3 . program. lan has been curling for four seasons, and he enjoys the bonspiels and he Sales & Service competitions. eo i: MANCHESTER - ONTARIO - 985-8043 . o 3 (At Hwy. 7A & 12 - South-east Corner) Midgets suffer first loss by Scott Heard On December 17th Port Fellows and then took the D) Bay Ridges did it again. 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