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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1981
Page
6
A stream of questions ponders sports figures, teams, and events from hockey to curling, touching on the Jets, Alouettes, the Brier, and figures like Banman and Axworthy. It blends debates over leagues, stadiums, media coverage, and rural readership in Manitoba sports culture.
The Parkettes from Russell Figure Skating Club placed second in Junior Precision at Portage la Prairie amid a field of 29 skaters. Parkette members Gaylene Jackson Jo-Anne Moran Shannon Cusitar Penni Haliuk Kerry Coulter Colleen Coulter Tracey Ruttar Lorene Wagner Janie Ing showed strong performance with Colleen placing seventh overall and securing a finals berth.
Major Pratt School District 2 sends Lois Parr Heather Tetzlaff Holly Keating Marcia Betscher and Cindy Thom to Winnipeg for the Manitoba Junior Ladies Provincial Championship at Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club February 2 to 11. They win opening game 11 4 against Darcy Kirkness, reach semi finals on the B side, then lose to Maureen Bonar Deloraine and finish their run.
Northwest District representatives will attend Westman Regional events in Shoal Lake for men’s basketball and Hamiota for gymnastics with hockey to be decided. Badminton clinic entries close March 13 for a March 21 session at 10 a.m. in Birtle Collegiate, fee ten dollars. Various fitness, badminton, and volleyball programs run by volunteers at Birtle Community Services and nearby towns, with Deb Gaytan as contact for adult badminton.
On February 13 grade 1 to 6 students witnessed a rhythmical gymnastics display by eight Pinawa Rhythmmettes Club members led by Judy Tamm. They performed floor routines with balls and ribbons and a 90 minute clinic covered basic movements of floor exercise, ribbons and balls for 27 students and staff.
Barley Kings secure a playoff spot in the NCHL by finish among top clubs. Foxwarren earns third place and Russell fourth, with Barley Kings drawing Angusville Flyers in round one while Foxwarren faces St. Lazare Outlaws. Eric Stainer sealed the late victory for Barley Kings.
The 8 and under team lost an exhibition to Rocanville 64 with Devin Zimmer scoring twice and Scott Klimack and Dean Zimmer adding one each. Zimmer led assists with Wishara two and Klimack one. In Grandview tourney they beat B side 58 while Dauphin 10 7 loss featured Zimmer six goals and Boscher two assists. B side final beat Grandview 58 with Zimmer four goals and Klimack one as team earned silver. Minor Pee Wees won Melville A side 7 4 over Regina Fire Fighters Theo Ren Fleury top two stars and Spurway two. Final game 13 6 vs Sega Y's saw Fleury first star Petz second. Theo Ren Fleury earned most outstanding forward trophy. Weekend ends with Swan River trip planned.
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