HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2011-03-03, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2011.Sports
A sure sign of spring being just
around the corner is the winding
down of the season for Blyth Junior
broomball. The provincial
broomball tournament was held in
Stroud and Barclay arenas, just
outside of Barrie, Feb. 11-13.
This was a very competitive
tournament where all Blyth teams
proudly represented their hometown
with some excellent games of
broomball.
There were some well-deserved
wins and some heartbreaking losses,
but each team can be proud of how
well they played at the provincial
tournament. The Blyth Silver
PeeWee team ended up in fourth
place out of 17 teams, narrowly
missing out on a medal.
On Feb. 18 and 19 Blyth finished
its final ice time with some parents
and siblings playing against the
teams. This is always an enjoyable
way to end the season. On Sunday,
Feb. 20, families gathered upstairs at
the Blyth arena to celebrate the
season with a tasty potluck supper.
This was a well-attended event and
no one went away hungry.
After the potluck meal, a short
awards ceremony was held. All the
coaches were thanked for making
Blyth junior broomball such a fun
and exciting sport. The league
cannot exist without the help of all
these coaches and assistant coaches
donating their time, effort and
enthusiasm. Hayter’s Excavating
was thanked for donating a set of
new team jerseys for a PeeWee
team. Several more thank yous were
mentioned before the awards were
handed out.
The individual awards handed out
were voted on by the coaches, for
the most improved (MI) and most
dedicated (MD) for each team.
Midget girls had Sarah Cook win
the MI and Kelsey Kerr the MD.
Midget Boys had goalie Bryce
Glousher earn MI and Murray Dale
the MD. Bantam girls awards were
won by Monique Sluys for MI and
Rachel Pryce MD. Bantam Boys MI
was won by Dylan Walton and MD
by Henri Frischknecht. PeeWee
level is co-ed so boys and girls
awards were handed out for each
team. The Peewee Silver winners
were MI, Rebecca Frawley and
Dean Hayter; Jamie-Lee Eckert
and Matt Colquhoun won MD.
The PeeWee Ice winners were:
MI Kaitlin Hoggart and Hayden
Diebold; while Ashley Falconer
and Reece Potter won the MD
awards.
After the awards ceremony the
evening ended with a reminder that
next year’s registration will be held
on Aug. 27 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and
Aug. 31 from 7-9 p.m. at the Blyth
arena.
Individual awards
given to Blyth
Broomball players
Most improved, valuable awards
Members of Blyth Junior Broomball teams were awarded most improved and most valuable
awards at their Feb. 20 season banquet. Shown is, from left: Back row, Dylan Walton, Rachel
Pryce, Sarah Cook, Monique Sluys, Bryce Glousher and Murray Dale. Middle row, Kaitlin
Hoggart, Hayden Diebold, Reece Potter, Jamie-Lee Eckert, and Rebecca Frawley. Front row,
Ashley Falconer, Dean Hayter, Matt Colquhoun, and Henri Frischknecht. Absent for the photo
was Kelsey Kerr. (photo submitted)
Changes coming for local soccer players, referees and coaches
Skips and Stones
– By Bruce Skinn
On Saturday, Feb. 19, the
Wingham Golf and Curling Club
held its ladies’ bonspiel. The Elston
sisters, Emily and Leanne teamed up
with Keisha Bishop and Brittany
Horton to curl their way to victory in
the first draw. The team of Amy
Miller, Carolyn Fear, Cathy
Waechter and Donna Prior captured
first place in the second draw.
In regular league action, the
Monday daytime winners were:
Wendell Stamper, Norm Fairles, Bob
Foxton, Wayne Forster, Mac Inglis
and Irving Elliott. The Tuesday night
ladies saw Kelsie Eadie, Amy Miller
and Emily Elston take home
victories. The Tuesday competitive
winning teams were Earl Fitch, Jim
Ross and Shawn Cottrill.
The Wednesday mixed league
winning skips were Karen Burke,
Sue Fair and Wayne Horton. The
Thursday daytime curling action had
four-out-of-six games come down to
the final end with Bruce Robertson,
Wayne Forster, Clayton Ruppel, Mac
Inglis, Irving Elliot and Barry
Simpson coming away with wins.
The Thursday Belgrave winners
were Fred Meier, Murray McNichol,
Niel Edgar and Tim Coultes. Friday
night saw Brian Potter, Barry
Simpson and Bill McDonald teams
finish the week on top.
This Saturday, March 5, the
Belgrave Mixed Bonspiel is being
held at the club with the Country
Mixed Bonspiel scheduled to run on
March 12. Bonspiel organizers Marg
Moffatt and Ross Peacock are still
looking for team, so if interested
please contact them or the curling
club.
OUT OF THE HACK NEWS
The Wingham Golf and Curling
Club are looking forward to a busy
March curling bonspiel month and
are starting to gear up for the
upcoming golf season. Come out and
check out the early bird golf
membership deals.
Although the snow still sits on the
ground, planning for the 2011 soccer
season is well underway. Perhaps
some people have heard the buzz
concerning new and exciting
improvements that are happening
with soccer.
This season marks something new
and promising for the organization.
Blyth Soccer has joined membership
in the Elgin-Middlesex Soccer
Association (EMSA) at the U14,
U16 and U18 divisions. The league
of nine towns, which includes
Bayfield, Blyth, Brussels, Clinton,
Goderich, Lucknow, Seaforth, St.
Columban and Wingham have voted
to go with EMSA; which makes
Blyth a part of the Ontario and
Canadian Soccer Associations and
brings with it a number of changes.
Among the benefits are referee
and coach development and
capabilities for the teams to join
Ontario Soccer Association (OSA)
tournaments. This also means having
OSA referees controlling and
supporting local referees. The
referees will be carding players that
have not shown proper soccer
etiquette or sportsmanship. These
actions will be recorded and there
will now be a discipline body that
will take care of suspensions for
player, coaching and parenting
issues. Another benefit of EMSA is
that each town is allowed to have a
free coaching and referee clinic,
which is a great benefit to Blyth’s
soccer league.
The change would be that the
referees could be coming from
Stratford, London, Kincardine, etc.
However, parents and players will
not be travelling any further than
they did last year. Local teams will
be playing with the same league as
in previous years within the nine
towns mentioned above. As part of
EMSA, parents and players will not
have to travel any further as a U14 to
U18 player than to the nine towns
within the league.
Also new to the league are the
individual passbooks for the U14,
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Coaches and parents
~ we need your team’s picture
and players’ names
• Hockey • Broomball
1. Please submit team photo
A.S.A.P.
2. Please include players’ and
coaches’ names for under
the photo.
Please help us get ALL the
Winter Sports teams published.
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