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Winter fun speeding down the hill Canora students on their week-long winter break from school had to contend with bitter cold during the early part of the week, but on February 20 the weather warmed up considerably so the young thrill-seekers got on their sleds and went rocketing down Canora’s Community Hill.
Canora duo takes top prize in Ted Palagian Memorial Two-Person Stick Bonspiel Sean Kolodziejski and Joey Palagian of Canora, grandsons of Ted Palagian, were the champions of the Ted Palagian Memorial Bonspiel at the Sylvia Fedoruk Centre on Family Day, February 17. In the final game, they defeated the team of Nick Woloschuk of Buchanan and Walter Ostoforoff of Good Spirit Lake. A total of 16 teams were entered in the bonspiel from Canora and the surrounding area, including: Good Spirit Lake, Buchanan, Endeavour, Sturgis, Burgis Beach and Good Spirit Acres. The two-person stick format has a number of unique rules. During the six-end games, the two players on each team alternate throwing six rocks per end. No takeouts are allowed in an end, including
rocks in the house, until each team has thrown two rocks. Sweeping is only allowed after a rock has passed the hog line. Each team gets one timeout per game, with teammates meeting in the middle of the ice. Players throw rocks with a stick, but those in high school or younger are exempt from this rule, since many of them are in the process of learning conventional curling and organizers didn’t want to negatively affect their development. Lane Zuravloff and Brody Harrison, who curl for the CCS senior mixed team, had the option of using their conventional deliveries, but decided they wanted to try the stick method. For the round robin portion of the bonspiel, the 16 teams were split into four pools, where each team played the
other three teams in the pool once. The teams in the blue pool were: Al and Jackson Palagian, Mark and Kelly McTavish, Patty Kolodziejski and Warren Gogol, and Sean Kolodziejski and Joey Palagian. The white pool was made up of: Darryl Stevenson and Ernie Gazdewich, Nick Wo l o s c h u k a n d Wa l t e r Ostoforoff, Blaine Medlang and Earl Pottle, and Lane Zuravloff and Brody Harrison. In the yellow pool the teams were: Kevin and Barb Coleridge, Peter Wiwchar and Natalie Trebick, Vern and Judy Schick, and Don Probe and Leona Wolkowski. The orange pool teams were: Ron Hoehn and Bob Roll, Bill Foreman and Rick Kozmanuik, Eleanor Murray and Maxine Stinka, and Robert Waselenko and Bob
Kolodziejski. The four group winners were: Kolodziejski and Palagian, Waselenko and Kolodziejski, Woloschuk and Ostoforoff, and Wiwchar and Trebick. In the semifinals, Kolodziejski and Palagian defeated Waselenko and Kolodziejski, while Woloschuk and Ostoforoff got by Wiwchar and Trebick, to set up the championship final. Vern Schick, one of the organizers, said it was nice to see players of such a wide range in ages enjoying their time on the ice. Upcoming curling action scheduled for Canora includes: the men’s open bonspiel from March 3 to 7, the ladies open bonspiel from March 13 to 15 and the mixed wind-up bonspiel from March 27 to 29. More Photos on Page 6
Del Palagian congratulated her grandsons Sean Kolodziejski, left, and Joey Palagian on their victory in the championship final game of the Ted Palagian Memorial Two-Person Stick Bonspiel in Canora on February 17.
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