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i ------ Te Howard rink recounts Scotland trip Tues. March 24 Met at Thornhill (boys team and Bayview Girls team and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Toronto Curling Association representative). Pic- tures taken by Sun Life. Limousined to the airport. 45 minute delav. Final departure al 8:50 p.m. March 24. Uneventful flight - but no sleep. Wed. Mar. 25 Arrived Prestwick 7:50 a.m. Scotland time. (six hour flight). Met by four Scottish boys who transported us to Stranraer Ice Rink. Met here the 1980 World Junior Champions (skipped by Andrew McQuistin). Luncheon North West Castle Hotel. Remainder of dav spent with McQuistin team showing us the sights of Stranraer. (A com- munitv roughly the size of Midland, completely surrounded by lush farmland. Glenn and Peter Billeted with the McQuistin family. Paul and Tim with President of Junior Curling. Hospitality incomparable. Thurs. March 26 Breakfast 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. Stranraer Ice Rink. First game at 10 a.m. versus Andrew MeQuistin (1980 World Champs). Fortunately won the game decisively. Lunch at the ice rink. Second game same rink against another Stranraer representative and we lost on the last rock. Back to billets for dinner. First in- troduction to Scottish pubs. This could be,a storv in itself. Fri. March 27 Hillv winding roads - drive opposite side of road and drive very fast Drove to Hamilton Ice rink early morning (approx. 30 miles), enroute visited Robbie Burns cottage and toured Andrew Kay and Co.. manufacturers of curling stones. We witnessed all stages of making a stone from a rough square block of granite to the finished product. Met Hamilton reps at Ayr Ice Rink at 12:30 Lunched at Lanarkshire Ice Rink at 1:30. Played Hamilion reps at 3. Another decisive victory. Dined at ice rink and then returned to various Hamilton billets. Sat. March 28 Left Hamilton 9:15 a.m. Drove about 20 miles. Arrived in Stirling (still hilly and winding roads) in time for 10a.m. draw. Played a Stirling rink and hada fairly easy win. Lun- cheon at Stirling Ice Rink 1 p.m. Left for Perth at 2:30 p.m. a distance of ap- proximately 50 miles. Now on a four-lane high- wav. more densely populated. At 5:30 p.m. plaved the two sons of Chuck Hay, the Scottish National Curling Coach - at one time a world champion. Mr. Hay was in Canada at the time, coaching the Scottish Team at the Silver Broom in London, Ont. It was in Perth where the Scots scored their been March Break. Life Insurance decisive victory. All four of us_ billeted separately on large lush farms. High Tea at the Perth rink -- we loved their system of four meals a day. That night we took in a Scottish Disco. Very much the same as ours at home. Sun. March 29 Left Perth 10 a.m. travelled to Edinburgh - roughly 50 minutes. Plaved Murrayfield Rink and due to a bell system (teams alloted a specific time limit to plav. when the bell rings you can only complete the end you are in). We finished with a tie. Lunch at Murrayfield rink. Back to home of one of the Edinburgh hosts who opened his home to all eight curlers and Mr. and Mrs. Palmer. Unable to adequately describe their hospitality. Mon. March 30 Breakfast at 9 a.m. Shortlv after we had a 2% hour tour of Edin- burgh. Beautiful city. At the end of tour we had 3 hours to shop on Princess Street. Left for Gogar Park, Edinburgh for our 3 p.m. game - another win for us. Dined at Gogar Park. About 7:30 that evening we denarted for about a 30 mile jaunt to Glasgow. Most of the trip was through built up areas. Overnight with Glasgow billets who we met at the Corssmyloof Ice Rink. Tue. March 31 Breakfast with billets. Curled at 10 a.m. at Crossmyloof. Lost the game on the last shot. Ice conditions quite different from Canadian standards. Sheets not level and very un- predictable. Lunch at ice rink. Second game of the dav was mixed. Both Canadian rinks won their games. Back to the billets for "high tea". At 7:30 dined on Italian food in a Scottish restaurant, Returned to billets for our last overnight in Scotland. Glenn Howard, Peter Mount, Harbottle and Tim Tully of Midland have recuperating from Wed. April 1 Arrived Glasgow successful trip to Scotland where they plaved Scottish curling rinks on the The four boys won the trip in the Sun Curling Association Invitational Junior Men's Curling Bonspiel early this year. We asked the boys to give us a brief account of their trip, that following. airport 9:30 a.m. Paul their very Company-Toronto Departed 10:15 for London (Heathrow airport). While awaiting our departure from London, we met the Gammell. family from Midland returning from an overseas visit on the same aircraft we were on. Left London 1:30 p.m. Arrived in Mon- treal about 3:45 p.m. Departed at 4:15 p.m. Shortlv after lift off, our plane was struck by lightning and for- tunately no injuries or damage was sustained. Arrived safely at Toronto International at 5:15n.m. By the time we reached home and got to bed. we had been up for 21 hours. Despite total fatigue. it waS an ex- perience that we will remember forever. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate in having had the support of many merchants in the community as well as the members of our Club. The friendships we have made with our Scottish counterparts will stay, with us_ for manv vears to come. We are grateful to the Sun Life Company and the Toronto Curling Association for ac- cepting our entry into the Bonspiel and sin- Ball hockey draft open to residents If vou wish to play senior bali hockey in the Midland-Penetangui- shene Ball Hockey League, you are asked to call Bill Puddicombe, Jr. at 549-7914 between 5 and 8 p.m. weeknights. To be eligible for the draft for the league you must be over 18 years of age The league games are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays r e. 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In manv places they curl from Monday to Friday and skate on the same ice surface from Friday night until Sunday evening, when they begin to prepare the ices once again for the week's curling. To a curler this will indicate the conditions one might meet in the way of ice surfaces. It was tricky, but intere- sting. It might also be a reason why the last two world Junior Cham- following ° a) International tillage © equipment Price if parts bought separately Package Deal 3 *"§ Oia NW ih Highway 26, East of Stayner 705-428-3132 i Cultivator air Kit No pions have been Scot- tish. They can curl under any conditions. None of us could be considered seasoned world travellers, but we would have to say the Scottish people have to be among the world's most hospitable and generous people. Because Peter Wilson, the current World Junior Cham- pion. had missed so much work while he was in France this year, he was unable to give us a game. but after each dav's work he would motor us to wherever we were to spend the evenings with us. We spent many _ hours discussing curling, Canada and Scotland. Fortunately, we just missed a_ bout of weather and we enjoyed similar weather there as vou were having here Glenn, Paul, Peter and Tim (Granada gnn m@ . Hwy 27 & Balm y 'Beach Rd., Midland | so ariable living room type atmosphere ~Thurs., Fri. and Sat. evens featuring the Hammond organ on Fridays and Saturdays 926-2797 SHAPE UP YOUR SHANKS Save big on repair kits. 811868C91 *56. 7" LtO . ee ee TEN ai