Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 03, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hijii Himli on the Ortw we Mai to left Corner new Mega Page s Stfort you buy any car drive i Volvo Matthon motors pages 5160 Pidzarko a by Barbara muck Sault stes the first thing Cathy Pidzarko has to do when she gets Back Home to Manitoba is Send out her than you i feel like Ive said than you a lot More than Ive curled she said As she accepted the Victor spoils in the 1978 Canad an women Curling championships Here thursday Pidzarko and her team of twin sister Iris Armstrong and Patti had just won Lassie title in unprecedented Fash Ion while sitting on the the 24yearoid Stony Mountain skip wound up the 11team round Robin with a record of seven wins and three losses and the last round from the she watched As British Columbia and Nova the Only two teams in the Competition that could have equalled her record and forced a committed Karikari on the Heather Haywood lost on a last Rock decision to Prince Edward islands Gloria Basha 87 while Penny Larocque of Nova Scotia fell to new Brunswick Karen Mcdermott i Tell i lived and died with every especially in that Cathy i still cant believe How everything fell into Pidzarko has reason to be in the lassies 18year history a team with three losses in the round Robin had never before won without a if it was a testament to the Quality of the teams Pidzarko was Given Little Hope of bringing the title Back to the Keystone province when she suffered her third loss to British Columbia in the seventh she was bewildered by her first encounter with the unfamiliar Arena ice at the Sault memorial gardens and found herself fighting every then she found the key to vie her which had ebbed to its lowest returned and she swept through the remaining shooting in the 80 and 90 per cent Range she whipped the territories thumped Quebec 93 and finished with a 122 win Over new but it appeared to be too too the Leader for five had losing one game after Nova Scotia Larocque and had come on like going into the final Day of play the Halifax foursome could have wrapped up the National title with victories in its remaining a single win world have forced a still very much in the Lassie race As were Albertas Betty Haywood and Sueanne the Veteran from Labrador two wins by any of those teams would have created a logjam at Ajjie but Manitoba Star was Larocque ran out of losing to Carole Topp of Quebec 84 and Haywood eliminated Bartlett from Conten Tion in the afternoon with a 70 while Albertas Hopes were dashed by Bashas giants laying entry setting up the showdown in the with the Pidzarko becomes Only the third Manitoba skip to claim the top prize in women Peggy Casselman won in 1965 while Betty Duguid accomplished the feat in be coming at the same time the last skip to go through the championship it was the third National title for the pid Zarko who won the Canadian Junior Crown in 1972 and who getting married next sum has announced her intention to move to Alberta while who skipped the twins Junior entry has been casting glances at opportunities on the West i really dont know whats going to Hap said 1 Hope my team will stay together even without More coverage Page 58 Cathy Pidzarko right and her rink of Patti Iris Armstrong and Chris Pidzarko tracked Down the Lassie trophy wha has a Friend in Lona Ottawa up sport minister Lona Campagnolo has asked sever Al limes that three Canadian teams be accepted into the National hockey a spokesman for the minister said the requests were made to John president of the National hockey in talks about the future of he however there had been no for Mal request for help fron Quebec Winnipeg jets and Edmonton oilers and the government could offer Only moral the three world hockey association teams have league permission to seek nil they were among a number of wha teams turned Down by the nil a year Only Edmonton has an no sized the minister wants to be helpful in moral the spokesman but it is unlikely she would make any further representations until asked by the was in Toronto thursday on private in formed nil governors of the approaches from Campagnolo and added that he had told her nothing had changed since last year when the nil rejected a proposal to admit a number of wha Ziegler said that at no time in his discussions with the minister did she make any statement that could be interpreted in any Way that indicated that the government or the minister were seeking to express any position with respect to the mutter of the world hockey association and the Ziegler said he and Campagnolo have discussed various matters re lating to including International and Amateur the minister has consistently shown an interest on behalf of the Canadian people to see with its special Canadian be improved in All scout looking the wrong Way go South by Reyn Davis a National hockey league scout spent a month following Winnipeg and in his report he concluded Anders Hedberg would be one of the six Best forwards in his and Ulf Nilsson Nilsson is just another hockey play he their ability to take heavy checking is also just another hockey player the contents of the report appeared in Stan Fischler column in the sport ing in yesterdays free press another nil official was Only 12 players in the entire world hockey association could make it in his the arrogance of the nil has not slipped like some one is caused to wonder if the nil is any Wiser today than it was in 1972 when it smugly ignored the wha raid ing the that whoever he should watch what he said Jacques stoutly defending his league and a couple of players who have made a habit of beating this is Demers fifth season in the six Earold Only he now coaches Cincinnati a team fighting to make the tonight the stingers face the jets in the Arena at 8 and Bobby Hull needs Only two goals for his the people in Winnipeg Arent Stu said nobody is going to convince that those two Guys Arent and that Only a dozen could play in the who kidding who Demers believes the Whas forwards compare favourably with the but he concedes the older league an Edge in goal ending and Nilsson is terribly continued in the nil hed be near 100 Points every season and hed Berg would get at least 50 Ulf is definitely the key to that line with Anders and Bobby if Youj can Stop half the Battle is but How do you Stop him the scout seems to think like a lot of coaches thought in 197175 when Nilsson and Hedberg were no hockey players in either league have been subjected to the abuse Nilsson and hed Berg faced As fearful there were dozens of hed bergs and Nilsson in and that they could Cost canadians their Andre Lacroix and Harry then of san Diego tried to con Vince the wha players association to take Steps to Force owners to refrain from hiring the abuse was totally racially Orient wha players literally Wor ship at the shrine of Hedberg and Nils and when one is rapped unkindly by someone in the it is interesting to j see How quickly management and owners in the wha Rush to their defence in the no one is going to Knock their Southwood big inventory prices reduced Robertson accepts Post in Ottawa Nancy Robertson Ottawa up diver Nancy Robertson of who won a Gold medal in the Tower event at the 1971 pan american games in and competed in the 1972 olympics in Munich before retiring to become a has been named to the new Post of technical program coordinator by the Canadian Amateur diving her appointment takes effect april a native of Saskatoon and physical Educa Tion graduate of the University of Manito Robertson will be responsible for implementation of All diving technical programs in she took part in the and 1972 olympics and won a Silver medal at the 1970 common wealth games in 1973 Monte Carlo Chev Caprice air to Rideau 500 2 v8 air v8 radio w 4 new tires Malibu classic 4 tilt steering Chev v2 ton Short Box f o 1978 Chev 2 it Monte Carlo f Nova 1978 Malibu Camaro fq8780q1 Vega Hatch Back at 19002b 9 9 9 6 on the spot ;