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Rugby trip a first in 101 years Lord Tweedsmuir players head Down Under for Spring Break
By Jennifer Lang To van Halst, a social studies Twenty four very excited athletes teacher and senior boys rugby coach, from Lord Tweedmuir Secondary the trip is a way of giving back to his boarded a school bus bound for the hometown. He was fortunate enough Vancouver Airport last week, where to go to New Zealand and Australia as they were poised to lift off on the rug- a player with Shawnigan Lake School in 1984. by road trip of a lifetime. “This is my chance to The senior boys rugby give the kids of Cloverteam is spending Spring Break in Australia and “This is my chance dale the opportunity that I had,” he said. New Zealand – half a to give the kids The trip – the most amworld away from Cloof Cloverdale the bitious sports trip in the verdale, but the centre of the universe when opportunity I had.” school’s 101-year-history – will be action-packed, it comes to rugby, now Lord Tweedsmuir’s larg- - Walter van Halst an athletic and cultural journey. est school sport. They’re meeting several The two-week trip is members of the legendthe culmination of nearly two years’ work, and represents the ary New Zealand All Blacks in Hamrealization of a vision hatched by head ilton, NZ, after attending a “Captains coach Walter van Halst when first he Run” held by Super 15 professional came to Lord Tweedsmuir five years champions, the Waikato Chiefs. In Auckland, the Panthers will tour ago from Clayton Heights Secondary. “The boys are extremely excited,” Eden Park, the home stadium of the van Halst said, just moments before All Blacks. It’s also where the team the bus pulled out of the school parkSee ITINERARY / Page 3 ing lot March 13.
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With moments to spare, the Panthers senior boys rugby team poses for a photo under the school’s sign before heading off last week on a sports trip to Australia and New Zealand.
Countdown begins to 2013 Cloverdale Rodeo Families with kids 12 and under to get a break on rodeo – and grounds admissions
A drill team at last year’s Cloverdale Rodeo Parade.
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By Jennifer Lang With less than two months to go until the 67th annual Cloverdale Rodeo and 125th Country Fair, organizers have announced a big discount for families with children. Children 12 and under will receive free admission to rodeo performances – and on gate admission to the country fair – provided they’re accompanied by an adult this May long weekend in Cloverdale. The move expands a discount for children’s gate admissions floated last year at Surrey’s biggest tourist attraction, which appeared poised to burst all previous attendance records until bad weather arrived, putting a damper on the final two days of
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the event. “We got off to a great start on Saturday and we would have had a world beater, probably one of the best weekends ever,” Claypool, president of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association told members at last week’s annual general meeting. “But the weather gods didn’t cooperate and it rained for three days,” Claypool said. “It wasn’t a great year.” Gate admission will be $12, down from $20 in 2012, and rodeo performances will be $20, a drop of $5. “Our rationale is we’d rather have mom and dad and two kids at 64 bucks come into the country fair, go to the rodeo, stay longer, and spend more money on the rides,” Claypool said.
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Despite the downpour, the association’s financial picture isn’t all gloom and doom, and the board is looking forward with optimism to this year’s rodeo and country fair. “The majority of our contracts are signed and things are working well for us,” second vice president and Rodeo Chair Penny Smythe said. “Now we just have to all pray here for nice weather.” Last year’s washout meant the association was forced to dip into next year’s operating grant from the city of Surrey for the second year in a row. That generous city support is solid, according to Coun. Marvin Hunt, one of the
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