Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Saturday, June 27, the Legislative Assembly Sharks, a group of athletic MLAs, staff and family members, participated in the second annual Curley Cup slow pitch ball tournament. This prestigious tournament put the Sharks up against teams made up of media personnel. There were five teams of media dignitaries from newspapers, radio and TV. As usual, the Legislative Assembly Sharks showed their sportsmanship, sense of fair play, respect and gratitude toward the media by being hospitable guests and letting them win, but not without a fight
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The six teams competing were divided into an A and B pool. The Sharks were thrown into the scrum with teams from CBC TV and CBC Radio. The Sharks demonstrated their superiority in game one and destroyed the CBC Radio team by a score of 12 to five. I am sure this loss totally deflated the team because they went into the next game with no confidence and got wiped out by the TV crew.
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In game two the Sharks played the CBC TV All Stars, and the TV crew showed that they meant business when they put out the first three Sharks sluggers. It was all downhill from there,
and the Sharks lost this epic battle eight to six.
The TV crew had a little help from the umpires from Northern News Services who had trouble interpreting and exercising the rules. I am sure their judgment was affected by the hot sun and the few bugs.
By winning one game, the Sharks advanced to the semi-finals and played the first place team from pool A. Unfortunately for us, this was a team from Northern News Services. After a quick caucus meeting, the Sharks decided that discretion was a better part of valour, and to ensure some good future press, the Sharks decided to take it easy and lost 12 to nine.
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In any group performance, there are participants who deserve mention, not all "honourable." Before the games started, the Sharks team was in...