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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, November 18th, 1971, Page 9 EXCITEMENT BONSPIEL Bonspiel favourites qualify Two pre-bonspeil favourites, Ted Brown of the C.A. T.A.R.A.Q. U. T. Golf and Country Club, and Ted Clarke of Toronto, have qualified for the main event finals of the $10, 000 Dunlop Invi- tational Bonspiel. Br ow n-, 1969 Dunlop Champion and recent winner of Ontario's Ist Car Bon- s p i e I e a s i ly defeated Rich Vassey of Oshawa 9-3 i n the morning game. B r o w n 's sharp-shooting team of Cliff Atkin , lead; Tom Miller 2nd and Alex Scott3rd, werenearlyeliminated in the se c o n d round by veteran skip Harvey Acton of Uxbridge. Acton was inches heavy with hisl1st rock and an extra end Ie av i ng Brown with shot rock and the vi ctory. In the 3rd run 12 end final, Brown s c o red three points in the 8th end and c o a s t e d to an I I - 7 victory over Bob Dickson of St. Georges. Dickson qualified for the 3rd event final. He won his f i r s t 2 games defeating Jack Murphy of Ottawa Il to 6, and Ken Buchan of London 8-7. Ted Clarke, Toronto wi th Chris John- son, Peter Phillips 2nd, and John Cush- ing Ie ad, survived sometimes erratic play to defeat Hank Byzinski of London Forest Club 6-2, Jim Fraser of Bramp- ton 10-6 and Clair Peacock of Oshawa Curling Club 8-7 in the 12th end final. Clarke'srink scoredabigfive points in the Ist end against Fraser, but were struggl ing to hold the lead six ends later. In the final game against Peacock, the C 1 a r k e f oursome failed to count on 4 successive ends, allowing the local Oshawa team to build up a 5-2 lead after 8 ends. Clarke four-sone victors On the last four ends, however Clarke outscored Peacock by 4 to salvage an 8 7 victory. Clarke's team mates won the Dunlop Bon sp iel last year, when they played w i t h Bruce Munro. After a slow star t th i s year, the rink with Clarke at the h e I m might have a chance of retaining the title. To reach the 3rd round, Clair Pea- c ock ups e tBob Harris ofUnionville 7 -6 i n an extra end and then defeated B ob Woods of Toronto Royals 7-6 with a great comeback. Peacock was trailIing Woods 7-2 after 7 ends. He took 2 in the Bth, stole 2 in -Hockey Bquipment & Accessories MOUNTS IN STAR-STUDDED DUNLOP t h e 9 t h, and completed the victory by stealing I and a 10th. Rich Vessey of Oshawa and Jim Creighton of Toronto Boulevard quali- fied for the 4th event. Charlebois out-of-play Creighton downed Hank Byzinski of London 10-7 and Vessey upset defeated Provincial Champion Bob Charlebois of Avonleal2-9. Thatwas Charlebois' 2nd d e f eat of the day which eliminated him from further play in this tournament. The bon spiel was officially opened at I I a . m. Saturday morning by Mayor Desmond Newman, Brian E. James President of Dunlop Canada Ltd. , Wm. Newman local M. P. P. for On tar io Ri d- i n g S o uth; Leon Sykes, Secretary of the Ontario Curling Association;Claire Ri ch, Bonspiel Chairman and Bill Le- gr os, Ajax Mayor and Bonspiel Draw- master. AIlI gentlemen showed enthusiasm for the 6th Annual Bonspiel and were highly impressed wi th the calibre of teams en- tered in this bonspiel. On Saturday, November 20th another 16 teams will1 be competing for qual ifying p o s i t i o n s. The field is headed by Al Ph i 11ips Jr. , 1967 Canadian Champion and former Dunlop winner; 1968 Ontario Br.i e r Representative Jim Waite from St. Thomas; B11l Dickson of Brampton, w ho I a st year won the Ontario SilIver T an kard; 1971 Ontario Colts Champion Bill Denny of Stroud and B11l Creber of Toronto Royals, another former Dunlop winner. Curlers compete for $10,000 in cold cash Curlers are competing for $10, 000 in c a s h w i th the winning team receiving $2, 000. 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