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KCI student Russ Mitchell is a study in concentration as he prepares to deliver a bell while Kitchener Lawn Bowling Club charter member George Vogt helps out with point- Rick Campbell Chronicle Staff Each morning last week, over 30 Kitchener-Waterloo colle- giate and vocational school stu- dents took to the lawns at the Kitchener Lawn Bowling Club at Woodside Park. “Well. uh, I don't think so, like, I mean thanks for asking man, but well, you know. it's that old age thing. know what I mean, well. like, it's lawn bowling. man, LAWN BOWL- While the above might have been the response of young, athletic, full-of-energy high school students several years ago to the invitation to try their hand at the generally geriatri- cally-oriented sport, such is no longer the case. The purpose - multilold - to learn the game. cultivate an appreciation of the required finesse, and most importantly, to first-hand help debunk the myth the sport is solely for the tts-and-over set. ING! " Mission - if Friday's session was any indication - accom- plished. "We want to sponsor young people into the sport of lawn bowling, most feel that it's an old men's game, but you look around, places like Brampton, London, they all have excellent lawn bowling programs for young people." said Kitchener Lawn Bowling past-presideht Henry Trickey. who now is the chairman of the membership committee. "That's what we're aiming for with this program, promotion is the big thing. and already it's working. last year They’re bowling over - an age-old conception The venture to expose the sport to high school students as an elective course in their physed programs was so highly thought of that a New Horizons grant was extended to the Kitchener club to support' the endeavor and help upgrade the facilities for their own blossom- ing mernbenhlp. ive hid 12 out and this year we're up to 32." "igonday, sdme 18 senior members were im hand to help Welcomed by club members "It's definitely a finesse sport," she said. "You can compare it to any leisure reere- ation sport, it's something you can pick up and do, but you can't do it well right away, it takes time to develop. "You could say it's a case of working with the young people keeps them (seniors) young," said KCI teacher/coordinator Joyce Hopkins, who taught the sport in Sarnia prior to coming to Kitchener three years ago. "And when you, look at the social nature, and the competi- tion aspect, you can travel around the world with this sport, you can go anywhere, to any lawn bowling club in the get the ball rolling, so to speak, and many stayed on during the week to continue offering point- Grade 1 2 etudent Shelleh Rowe eeye Iewn bowling Ie a good sport for all peopie. not Net old people. Understandably, there initial- ly was a reluctance on the part of the students to indulge in this elective, with the "old-age" stigma attached, but slowly, the hestitation is eroding away to the point of where next year. the course will be closed off at the upper limit of 36. In addition to helping the youngsters grasp the tech- nisLues of lawn bowling, the Kitchener club has graciously extended free memberships for a full year to those taking the elective. world and find immediate so- cial acceptance." "At first no one (students) wanted to take it, it was the last thing on the list," said grade 12 student Sheilah Rowe. "Even now when we go back to school, our friends say 'oh, you've been lawn bowling again. it must be so boring.' The reason is it's not really an active sport, and young people like a lot of action and excitement. but the more we find out about it, the more we like it. Ws a good relaxing sport, I've been asking my friends if they want to come up and try it, you really have to try it before you put it down. Once you try it and get the exposure to it, you find it's a good sport for all people, not just old peo- ple." Echoing those sentir'nents Friday was one who should know, tttNyear-old George Vogt, a retired 40-year worker at Waterloo Trust and so years and counting charter member of the Kitchener club. Nimbly nipping around the greens. he obviously revelled in the chance to pass on his knowledge of the sport. “I think this program is one of the best things that could hap- pen to the 'port around here. it creates an interst where the interest should be." said Vogt. "Every year we do this. the kids seem to get more interested. I've newer seen a more enthu- siastic group than this bunch. 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