The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 15

Hie Province Friday, February 19, 1993 A63 EIHil ti. fmrnmammmm Canadian Press CALGARY You won't see any pot-bellied skips calling shots with cigarettes hanging out of their mouths and beer in their hands at the Seagram's VO Cup World Curling Tour championship this week. But curling's image could use further polishing, says two-time world champion Ed Werenich. "People ask me all the time if curling is an old man's sport, a country club sport, and is it expensive," said the Toronto firefighter who beat Norway's Tormod Andreassen 3 in Thursday morning's draw at the $120,000, triple-knockout event. "That's something the Canadian Curling Association has never bothered to change the perception of.

They tried to sell (curling) as physical fitness, which doesn't work." Russ Howard of Penetanguishene, agreed curling needs flash and flair to attract young blood. "Junior curlers don't relate to a 75-year-old guy with a cigar and a fisherman knit sweater," said Howard, who lost 6-5 to Calgary's Harold Breckenridge to fall from the ranks of the undefeated. "They relate to the guys with flashy sweaters and the kids that throw a billion miles an hour and yell a lot." Breckenridge and three Saskatchewan rinks Rob Ewen of Jansen, Mark Dacey of Saskatoon and Brian Derbowka of Yorkton all moved to within one game of qualifying for Saturday's playoffs while four others were eliminated. Jeff Ryan of Winnipeg, Rick Lang of Thunder Bay, Don Walchuk of Edmonton and Arnold Anderson of Shellbrook, are gone. World champion Markus Eggler of Switzerland stayed alive by beating Anderson 9-2.

B.C.'s lone entrant, the Brent Giles rink from the Marpole Curling Club in Vancouver, was eliminated Thursday. Giles, the 1982 B.C. men's championship skip, dropped a 9-5 decision in the morning to former world champion and World Tour organizer Ed Lukowich of Calgary. Giles followed with a 9-6 loss to Calgary's Adrian Bakker to finish 1-3. tClllllllltllllll, Staff tile photo by Les Bazso Al Roemer's rink is looking to repeat as B.C.

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Offer expires Feb. 26, 1993. T.J. Perepolkin of Vernon is the other Interior rink to face two-time defending champ Grant Dezura of Maple Ridge and Coast No. 2 seed Bart Sawyer of Naniamo.

Dezura, who's topped Labatt Super League standings at Royal City all season, is favored to hoist his third straight provincial junior trophy Saturday in Victoria. WORLDS Kamloops is trying to land the 1996 Brier, but maybe there's a bigger fish to fry. Oberstdorf, Germany, this week withdrew as host for the 1994 world championships. Is Kamloops interested? "We haven't contemplated it," said Clare Rein, Brier committee chairman. "If we're asked to do it, we'd definitely do it." With two-time champ Maclnnes (Richard was her lead in '91) having graduated, two-time runner-up Patti Thompson was hoping for her first provincial title.

But by Thursday night, the Shelley MacDonald foursome from Delta was the team to catch. It might come down to Mac-Donald's match Saturday morning with the Sue Desrochers rink from Nakusp. A Desrochers win could force a first-place tie between the three rinks and a championship playoff. SON SHINES: Richard isn't the only SuperRink offspring to chase a junior title. Kevin Folk, the 12-year-old son of the men's champ, curls for Dean Woodward of Kelowna, No.

1 seeded Interior team at the junior men's provincials. again this weekend in defence of his B.C. mixed title. really don't think too much about that," Lynda Roemer, the skip's wife and third, said of pressure to defend their title Friday-Sunday in INITIATION FEES REDUCED For a Limited Time NOW $3000 HILLIWACK HAIR SUCCESS story X.x'COLFSCOUNTRYCl.UB we are hungry for another shot at a national title." Gary Robillard and Heather Mockford who curled with Lynda Roemer this month in provincials and played for B.C. junior champ Allison Maclnnes last year join the Roemers, who finished third at mixed nationals last year.

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