Sports
Sports in C.B.S. is a big part of community life. Rugby and soccer are perhaps the most popular as the town is home to the Bayman Rugby Club. Swimming, tennis, ice hockey, baseball, softball and volleyball are also played by many residents. Curling has been adapted by many residents who in the past have played in St. John's. There are currently 5 soccer fields, a rugby field, 25m swimming pool, a hockey stadium, 6 ball fields as well as many gyms, and courts. The outdoor tennis court by Villanova Jr. High has been converted into a skatepark, with the removal of the nets and addition of 4 permanent (but movable) pieces of skatepark equipment.
There is also a large minor hockey association in CBS with over 900 Children involved aged from 5 until age 18. The children involved travel all the way from Paradise to Avondale to play in the CBS minor hockey association. The association is divided up into six divisions according to age. there is Pre-Novice, Novice, Atom, Peewee, Bantam, and Midget. Each division is also divided into A, B and C teams based on skill level of the people who participate in the try-outs each year.
There is also an annual competition between the two high school hockey teams each year called the Fred Squires shield. This best of three game series is dedicated to Fred Squires who was a former CBS stadium manager and later died in an automobile accident while employed with the Canadian Red Cross, NL division.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“In the end, I think you really only get as far as you’re allowed to get.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)