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8 lhe Custor Review, April, 1982 Riser dies Wt Nee ea ike ed oe et SY Forty teams played broomball By J.C. Empey Russell's Second Annual Invita- tional Broomball Tournament got off to a roaring start on Friday evening, April 2, with an exhibi- tion broomball game between C.F.R.A.'s Happy Blunderers and the Russell Misfits. Just how tasty was that cream pie, Don? Shelley Emond from C.F.R.A. laughed so hard that Stephen Cherry and Roy Garbutt presented him with a cream pie of his own. Armed with hockey sticks, shovels and mops, our Russell Misfits sure showed C.F.R.A. 'the finer points of broomball.' The Misfits scored the winning goal -- of course the fact that Don Empey was tied to a stretcher (courtesy of John Tyo, Pat Shea and Doug Johnson) and shoved down the ice to end up in C.F.R.A.'s net backwards, didn't ruffle even the scorekeeper. Everyone enjoyed having C.F.R.A. help kick off our Tour- nament and we owe thanks to Shelley Emond: and the Happy Blunderers for coming out to Russell. Friday evening the Virtronics provided music for the disco dance. Our own Russell Group **60" Cycles entertained on Satur- day evening with a variety of the * 60's music. The Tournament itself was a terrific success with 40 hours of participation -- eight Women's Recreational, 24 Men's Recrea- tional and eight Men's Open Divi- sion. Games started on Friday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. with the last and final game being played at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 4. The calibre of play was top notch, especially the final game in the Men's Open Division where Pop Shoppe from Cornwall went up against Free Enterprise. These two teams will be the Ontario representatives competing in the Canadian National Broomball Championships to be held in Cor- nwall this month. Mr. Moe Racine, a former Ot- tawa Rough Rider, was on hand Sunday evening to help in the presentation of the following awards: Women's Recreational: Winner was Fitzroy; Finalist: Auberge Mony-Blanc. Men's Recreational: "A" Win- ner: Finch: Finalist: O.C. Con- argers; and, Semi-Finalist: Luskville; "B" Winner: Crysler: Finalist: Metcalfe; and Semi- Finalist; Russell Hazzards. Men's Open Division: Winner: Free Enterprise; Finalist: Pop Broomball referee Don Empey is escorted off the ice in grand style during the first game of the recent Russell Broomball Tournament at the Dr. Kinnaird Community Centre. Empey returned to complete his officiating duties in the game between the CFRA Happy Blunderers and the Russell Misfits. Helping Don on his way are (left to right) Norm Paquette, Doug Johnston, John Tyo and Pat Shea. Shoppe. Fifty per cent of the proceeds from this Tournament will be given to the Russell Recreational Association, while the rest will be disbursed by the Russell Broom- ball Tournament Committee to various Russell community pro- grammes, primarily youth- oriented. To put together a Tournament of this calibre, it takes a lot of ef- Dennis McGann photo fort and special dedication. Thanks are extended to the many people whose efforts ensured the immense success of the 2nd An- nual Russell Invitational Broom- ball Tournament. Moe Racine, former Ottawa Roughrider star, presents a trophy and che- que to Wayne Irven, captain of the Metcalfe broomball team -- runner- ups in the men's recreational division of Russell's Second Annual In- vitational Broomball Tournament. Ian Darragh photo To the Unfit Ramblings Play-offs are a new season By Jack McLaren I find it most amusing to hear all the negative reaction to the pre- sent NHL play off system. Un- doubtedly most of the criticism has surfaced as a result of three or four of the so-called top teams quick exit from the hockey scene. But isn't that what play offs are all about? In my view, upsets creat new in- terest by adding a new, and unex- pected, dimension to any sport. Quite often we get very tired of seeing the same faces in the finals. The impression left by a number of expert sportscasters is that without the Montreal Cana- diens, Edmonton Oilers,. Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets, Cana- dians will lose interest in the re- maining play off series. Not so -- there is plenty of good hockey left. Anyone who truly believes that this year's edi- tion of the Montreal Canadiens pOssesses anywhere near the awesome power of years past is dreaming. I believe upsets are good for any sport but then perhaps what many people view as an upset is not real- ly an upset at all... it is simply just another slightly better-than- average hockey team. The extra effort and pride appears to have vanished. Had the top teams eliminated their lowly opposition in three If you just sit You won't quit Being we cl CONTINENTAL a! | MUSHROOM FARM GROWERS OF SOME OF THE FINEST " MUSHROOMS IN THE WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY 106 MEADOW DR., GREELY, ONT KOA 1Z0 TEL. 613-821-2252 is happy to be part of the team that will help make Eastern Ontario prosperous by working hard and working together we will succeed -}... games straight the same critics would have said that the first round of play offs were merely a formality and a waste of time but it didn't turn out that way. Play offs are really an entire new season. Regular league play can be forgotten in most cases and upsets should be expected. 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