The UPEI Thursday. Ami-11,1982,“ page‘l4

LOVE THATSFORTING

V In Search of the Big Brookie ' * By Hugh Johnston

"Ah yes, my little chick—a—dees"; or should I say pigeons. The streams and ponds of Prince Edward Island abound with Brookies every spring, and as everyone knows, it is the sworn and solemn duty to go out there and catch the little buggers. “

Since we do not have anything better to do, we shall run down some of the typical events in the Spring, of the typical fisherman of course. As April fast approaches, Fred (our friendly neighbour- hood fishing freak} drools every Sunday afternoon at 2:30 as he watches Virgil Ward on T.V. haul in the "Big Bass", and peddle every type of rod, rell, lure and boat imagineable.

Fred's brother Dick, is the typical fishing "dink". All he_ ever does is throw a line with a bobber on it into

Blanchard

Another Intramural season is over and Blanchard has cbntributed immensely to the UPEI sporting life. Blanchard did have its ups and down like George Nelson's 36 goals for the fourth place HOnkers and Spaz Taylor finding his skates.

The hockey team ended up lO—S—l in the second ternlseason. Goaltender Dwight Mac— Donald had a 4.17-goals. against average during

the regular season and a,'”'i'

3.75 mark in the playoffs.

By the way, Dwight is still Blanchard's House President after an ‘

”~ attempted coup last week, led by J .R. "Turnooat" Kelly,

"Red Scare" Palmer, and Blanchard's Person of the Year, Rose Whalen.

Blanchard took home its' share of the hardware although all on the female side. The girls' teans, which includes Pam "tooi tall“ Kelly, Cats Campbell, and the crazy Chaissons won in softball, broomball, and indoOr soccer, the latter in an exciting shootout,

Karen Whalen wrecked \havoc in every sport this

the water and lies along’ the shore like a fungus. Fred however is another breed of animal. He is a true sport for he aways

'carries his flyerod as

well as his spinning gear. HIs dedication “to upholding the sporting tradition is what makes Fred worthy of the title "lover of that sporting life."

In early April Fred beats a path to Sam's North River Mall where he acquires an angling license . He cuddles it lovingly as he dreams of warm spring days when he will catch his 20 limit of plump juicy brookies. He also chuckles at the

‘ thought of Dick onlyy

catching four trout, two , perch, one rock cobbler, and a head cold, all year.

On the fifteenth of April (opening day for you unsportsman—like types) Fred rises at 3:30 in the morning and heads out to the fishing grounds only to find fifty or so guasi—sinpletons

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term and has wrestled aWay the Eric Nesterinko Award from Jamie Campbell. Bob. Nicholson won the Good Housekeeping Medal, and Kevin MacNeil was given a bronze hockey stick. (Over the head).’ .

With the females so successful Julio Gillacutti is negotiating\with i women's sports rep, Janet; Braum, to coach the

‘girls' team next year.

In the recent ball

m hockey tourney Blanchard

Hall lost to the basketball team 6 to 3. Rickey Gallant was quoted as saying'goaltender,'Mao— Dougall, looked like he was playing goalball not

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Next year the main sporting event scheduled for September will,be the Gerald Arsenault vs. Bob Hicks title fight.

If you played for Blanchard and your name didn't appear in this column, too bad. But seriously, to all those who participated in Intra- murals, a toast to you, but we'll have to borrow Some bread franxuadzdoor.

And that's the way it is.

‘ foolish fishing gear.

I for his favorite fishing

Ithe breeze.

braving a snow storm in order to catch the

elusive brookie. »And what do you suppose he takes home with him"

for his troubles? ... two small trout, and a presCription for a one week Neo—Citron diet. That same evening, as

if he did not have enough problems, his ( ) (relative of your choice) jumps on his back over the hundred or so dollars he waSted on all of that

.As April showers bring May flowers, so too do Fred's fortunes' change. With Bessies, his trusty fishing rod, in hand he rises early‘ in the morning and heads

I. the,mouths of the two ‘five—pounders that got away). ' f

But-until the time that_Spring rolls aroundll. again, we all have to be satisfied with the rememberances of fishing days past.' like Fred we will have to hang our rods in the .closet, and watch Virgil‘ ward haul in the VBig

Bass" dreaming of how

we love that sporting life., ‘

spot, where.he casts to‘ ‘This fine‘ day does not go to waste, for he gets one bite, then another, until he has bagged his first ‘ limit. (we shall not mention the fifteen flies he left by the stream embedded in trees, _ thickets, reeds, and

e» S‘ENIORSH e » Photo ﬁnishing

If you would like to have personal coverage of the convocation cere—

mbnies in colour pictures, get in

touch with Augustine and make ar—

rangements for your snaps.

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