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Slo-Pitch Seniors claim bronze at Ont. 55+ gamesThe Londesborough Slo-pitchSeniors team played amazingly wellat the Ontario 55+ Summer Gamesin Brampton, from August 14-16.
Seven teams competed from all
across Ontario. On the first day,
Londesborough defeated Etobicoke
by a score of 12-8, then lost to
Simcoe in a heartbreaker, with a final
score of 11-10. After too much
lunch, Londesborough was soundly
defeated 12-1 by London, but
bounced right back with a mercy win
over Brampton of 16-5.
The second day of games saw
Londesborough soar with two mercy
wins: first, over Lanark by a score of
16-5 followed by a win over
Stormont by a score of 11-1. This
qualified Londesborough to move on
to play for the bronze medal against
Simcoe. They got their revenge on
Simcoe by shutting them out until
the fifth inning and defeated them
13-4 to claim the bronze.This fantastic team, which isassociated with the LondesboroughSeniors Club, represented District
29, Huron/Perth/Middlesex in the
slo-pitch division and was made up
of players from the Londesborough
area. The team, while on the field,
had to consist of two female players
over the age of 55 and two male
players over the age of 65. The team
was made eligible for the Ontario
Games by having won the District 29
regional tournament in Stratford, this
past June. Although Nora Eckert,
Bill Roper, Bob Armstrong, Dudley
Paulton and Marlene Holman played
in Stratford and helped the team to
qualify for the summer games, they
were unable to attend in Brampton.
The team extends their sincere
thanks to the firm of Elliott Nixon
Brokers Inc. for supplying the team
uniforms.
Champions
After winning bronze at the Ontario 55+ Summer Games in Brampton, the Londesborough
Slo-Pitch Seniors team was all smiles. The team had their ups and downs during the
tournament but eventually beat Simcoe 13-4 to claim the third place prize. Shown are, back
row, from left: Doc Miller, Gord Machan, Phil Beard, Ken Scott, Ken Balzer, Doug Scrimgeour
and Glen Webster. Front row, from left, are Gloria Dorner, Carol Ackersviller, Joanne O’Neil,
Dave Sleightholm, John Elliott and Nancy Barrett (Photo submitted)
Tigers top Fullarton A’s 2-1
The Brussels Tigers scored a 2-1
decision over the Fullarton A’s in
Huron County Fastball League play
on Aug. 15, scoring the winning run
in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Gene Johnston led off the inning
with a single. He was followed to the
plate by Brian McArter. McArter
laid down a bunt, and the throw to
first was off the mark, with Johnston
able to score on the overthrow and
come across the plate with the
winning run.
Jamie Hickling gave the Tigers a
1-0 lead in the first inning as he led
off with a home run. Fullarton tied
the game in the top of the second
inning. Shawn Daw went the
distance on the mound for the Tigers
to record the victory.
Wade Stephenson, Johnston and
McArter each rapped out a pair of
singles. Jason Kellington
and Adam Corbett had one single
apiece.
Veteran player Doug Shaw said it
was a sloppy game. He indicated
that the Fullarton pitcher threw a
good game, with the Brussels
players unable to get any good hits.
“We left a lot of players on base,” he
said. Shaw said Brussels pitcher
Shawn Daw also threw a good game.
Brussels travelled to Zurich on
Sunday for a game against the
Rangers. Next home game for the
Tigers is Friday when they host the
Sebringville Sting, beginning at 8:30
p.m. at the Optimist ball park in
Brussels. The Tigers host the
Wingham Hitmen on Wednesday,
beginning at 8:30 p.m.
The Walton Brewers hosted the
Zurich Rangers on Aug. 14 and
travelled to Goderich on
Tuesday for a game against the
Grizzlies.
The Blyth Barons were in
Belmore on Aug. 17 and then host
the Walton Brewers on Friday,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Blyth
ball park. The Barons host the
Goderich Grizzlies on Sunday,
beginning at 2 p.m. Blyth travels to
Sebringville on Wednesday for a
7:30 p.m. contest against the Sting.
By Jim Brown
The Citizen
The Wingham Golf and Curling
Club enjoyed a busy past week. The
Tuesday night ladies kicked the
week off in style holding their
monthly fun night and the girls had
tons of fun. The theme for the night
was the Olympics and the opening
ceremony saw the torch lit by Ann
Ross followed by a speech from the
Queen (Joyce Adams) to officially
open the games. The gals played
nine holes of golf with some special
twists involved. The par threes had
the ladies putt with miniature hockey
sticks, oven mitts and even
blindfolded. The team of Shirley
Godfrey, Eve Rich and Linda Walker
passed the drug test and were
presented the gold medals with
Luanne Kerr, Joanne Harrison and
Gayle Neil claiming the silver and
Shirley O’Malley, Bonnie Gamble
and Patti Nixon taking home bronze
medals. Debbie Currie, Peg
Lockridge, Joyce Adams and Ann
Ross did a fantastic job of putting
the night together. Luanne Kerr had
the dining lounge looking great with
the Olympic flag and special
centrepieces and the gals enjoyed
a cold plate supper following the
golf.
The Wednesday morning senior
men had 25 golfers on a sunny
morning. Glenn McMichael was
first-place winner followed by Gerry
Edwards, second and Wayne
Gordon, third. The longest putt
prizes went to Steve Nixon and Bill
Brown while Brian Skinn claimed
closest to the pin. Don Bone and
Doug Vanderwoude shared low
gross both with 38.
The Thursday night men again
played with rain in the forecast but
all 55 golfers managed to get their
rounds in without any rain. The prize
winners were Corey Hayter for
longest drive, Mike Piliarik, Dan
McBurney and Dan McPherson
were closest to the pin winners with
Jason Goodall, Grant Currie, Bill
Kerr and Brian Carr with the longest
putts. Gerald Coghlin was the
hidden score winner with Ryan
Chambers taking home low gross
with a 38.
Saturday, August 18 the club
hosted the Bailey Cup. Over 20
friends and family joined together in
the golfers’ lounge for breakfast
followed by a nine-hole scramble.
Bernie Bailey does a super job of
organizing this event. This coming
Saturday is the annual lefty/righty
tournament with the club
championship scheduled for Sept. 1
and 2.
Chip and a Putt
– By Bruce Skinn
Walkerton Squirts win
provincial championship
The Walkerton Capitals Squirt
OASA team are 2012 All-Ontario
Fastball Champions. Earlier this
month the boys travelled to
Stouffville for the 2012 OASA
Squirt A Provincial Championship
to compete against teams from
Napanee, Belleville, Cobourg,
Stouffville, Caledonia, Belmore and
Kitchener-Waterloo.
It was a wet, soggy weekend at the
ball park for the players and fans,
but all of the games on the schedule
were eventually played.
Walkerton started the tournament
against their neighbours from
Belmore and after a couple of lead
changes, some mental errors and a
two-hour rain delay, the Capitals
came from behind in the later stages
to win 9-8.
Game two was against their arch
rivals from the twin cities of
Kitchener-Waterloo. The Capitals
scored five runs in the first inning
and carried that lead into the sixth
inning before giving up three runs to
the Kolts in the bottom half of the
sixth inning. Walkerton would shut
the K-W offence down in the last
inning to win the game 5-3.
With the two wins, Walkerton now
faced Caledonia in the game of
undefeated teams on Sunday
morning. The Capitals’ bats came
alive against the Comets as they
scored three runs in the second, four
runs in the third, one in the fourth
and six runs in the fiftht to win the
game 14-4 and advance to the
championship game on Sunday
afternoon.
On the other side of the
tournament bracket, Kitchener-
Waterloo would beat both Belmore
and Caledonia to earn a re-match
with the Capitals in the
Championship game. With the
tournament format being double
knock-out, Kitchener-Waterloo
would have to beat Walkerton twice,
but the boys from the country had no
intentions of playing two games.
Right from the word go, the
Capitals’ defence shut the door and
their powerful offence sparked a
flurry of hits. Walkerton
would score five runs in the bottom
half of the first inning and never
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