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DOUGLAS COLLEGE
CURLING TEAM
CLAIMS VICTORY

The Douglas College Curling Team
returned from The Totem College
Athletic Association Championship
Bonspiel held in Nelson with a victory
in the mixed division.

The mixed team, led by skip Norm
McCallan, defeated Selkirk College
two games to zero in a best of three
match-up by scores of 9-8 and 9-6.
McCallan’s take-out strategy on the
heavy Nelson ice worked perfectly as
the team took the early lead in both
james and held on to defeat Selkirk at
their home club. Veteran third Penny
Leake outcurled the opposing third to
give Douglas a further advantage.
Second Dominic Brooks and lead
Leanne Caillier curled and swept con-
sistently throughout the bonspiel.

The team will continue to practice in
order to represent B.C. at the
Canadian Colleges Athletic Associa-
tion Championships to be held March
25 - 28 at Assiniboine College in
Brandon, Manitoba. The team will also
begin a fundraising campaign to cover
the expenses of the championship
bonspiel.

The Douglas College men’s team,
skipped by second year student Scott

allace, curled well, but were defea-
ed by Selkirk and Cariboo College in
close games.

The Douglas College Squad lost all of
their games in the last rock of the last
end. Third John Ritter, second Craig
Newsom and lead Ron Downey curled ~
five intensive games along with their
skip only to lose four of the five by one
point. The team was disappointed but
not frustrated as their opponents were
excellent curlers and on another day
Douglas could easily have finished
with five wins instead of five losses.
The men’s championship was won by
Selkirk College for the second time in
as mony years.

The Douglas College Curling Team
will be organizing a College bonspiel.
Details will be published shortly.

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THE WINNING TEAM —

i i ixed division at the
The Douglas College Curling Team placed first in the mixe
Totem College Athletic Association Championship in Nelson. The mixed
team consists of Tim Frick, coach and Leanne Caillier (back); Norm McCallan,
Dominic Brooks and Penny Leake (from left to right - front row).