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Big show
One of the premier events in Western Ontario in
the horse show field will be held Saturday, June 9 at
the Exeter saddle club grounds at Huron Park.
It will be the 12th annual edition of the Mid
Western Quarter Horse Show with Kenneth
Copenhaver of Ohio handling the judging duties.
The show begins at 9 a.m. at the club grounds,
located just south of Huron Industrial Park and is ex
pected to draw hundreds of entrants from, not only
Ontario but from many parts of the United States.
The local quarter horse show has gained recogni
tion as one of the better and bigger shows next to
Quarterama which is held at the CNE grounds in
Toronto.
The morning portion of the show is devoted to
showing quarter horses at halter. In the afternoon
many of the exciting events will be held. These include
western pleasure, barrel race, pole beding, reining
and hunt seat equitation.
Over the past 11 years the Mid-Western Quarter
Horse Show has consistently received a Class A rating
from the American Quarter Horse Association.
The 1978 show attracted a total of 381 entries. Of
these 242 adult and 139 in the youth category.
This year’s show is expected to feature many in
ternational exhibitors from the American Quarter
Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio and Quarterama in
Toronto.
The sponsoring body, the Exeter saddle club was
incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1977 when
it erected its excellent new facilities which were
built with the assistance of Wintario grants.
For the past 22 years the club has been en
couraging fellowship, sportsmanship and
horsemanship amongst its members, particularly
with the youth members who are also involved with
area 4-H horse clubs.
Admission for the June 9 quarter horse show is
only $1 per person with children under 12 years of age
admitted free.
Jack Malone is chairman of the show and contest
committee of the Exeter saddle club and Brenda
Jackson, RR1, Lucan is corresponding secretary.
Rumours are flying
Despite the fact the 1978-79 big league hockey
season is over plenty of rumours persist about
coaching and player changes for next season. It will be
the first time for a few years that we can talk about
the NHL and forget about saying the big leagues in
hockey.
Probably the best hockey topic at the moment is
the fate of recently deposed Boston Bruins coach Don
Cherry. It’s our guess that Cherry will be the next
coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Cherry is by far the most entertaining coach in the
NHL and is good for comments to reporters at any
time. If he isn’t talking about hockey he is willing to
chat about his mother or his dog Blue.
Cherry appears to be the only coach that realizes
what business he is in and that’s entertainment. For
ming a good hockey team is an important part of a
coach’s job, but, generating publicity for the team and
the game has to be valuable, too.
Cherry has the perfect attitude about his coaching
career. He has said on many occasions, “I’m serious
about coaching and winning because that’s what it is
all about, but, where does it say you can’t have a little
fun along the way.” And he sure knows how to do that.
According to the former Boston coach his mother
is his biggest critic. She apparently called after a re
cent televised game and said, “Don’t talk like that
toward the referees I can read your lips.”
It would be a great change at Maple Leaf Gardens
to have a coach get some of the ink instead of hefty
Harold. Should put new blood into the Leaf organiza
tion.
Ballard has said recently he would still keep
Roger Nielson around, but it’s doubtful there is room
for two persons of the distinct opposite personalities
of Cherry and Nielson.
Maybe Harold Ballard could trade Roger Nielson
to Boston for Don Cherry and throw in the Hamilton
Tiger Cats as additional compensation.
Should be fun for the next couple of months
watching the Toronto coaching situation get tangled or
untangled.
A very distinct coaching possibility has former
NHL goalie Ed Johnston going to Chicago to take over
the Black Hawks duties from Bob Pulford who is ex
pected to stay on as general manager.
Fred Creighton recently fired as the ice boss at
Atlanta appears to be the likely choice to takeover for
the Colorado Rockies.
On the playing scene Bobby Hull should return to
the Chicago Black Hawks in a special deal arranged
by the Chicago club and Winnipeg Jets general
manager John Ferguson.
The Hawks are expected to claim the Golden Jet
on June 6 and give Winnipeg compensation in the form
of future considerations.
Time to exercise
With the weather turning better very soon, we
hope, it’s time for most of us and this writer is includ
ed to get more exercise and get rid of those few extra
pounds picked up over the winter.
Our problem has been the many, many banquets
over the past six weeks,
When one is overweight and out of condition or
tense and under strain it’s easier to sit at home than to
get out and exercise.
It shouldn’t be that way, but. in a lot of Cases it is.
We Would like to suggest that all should be encouraged
to engage in some form of activity. This could range
from walking to' jogging, playing tennis, golf, bowling
or whatever you prefer in the interest of physical
fitness.
There’s no question that all of us feel the need to
unwind from the pressures of our daily lives. But,
rather than watch television you can do yourself more
good by such a simple thing as taking a walk.
Gained over three years
Pinder, lovie get most awards
Two veteran? of the Exeter
Hawks walked off with the
majority of trophies at the
annual awards banquet held
at the rec centre, Friday.
The two had been
responsible for helping the
team to outstanding per
formances over the past
three years. During that
time, they won an Ontario
title, were beaten by a single
goal in their quest to win
another title and then went to
the semi-finals this year.
Winning the armful of
trophies were Ken Pinder
and Randy Lovie.
Lovie, who returned to the
lineup after sitting out much
of last year with a knee in
jury, was judged the most
valuable over the season and
also during the playoff. He
also ended up with die most
points in the three star
selection made by Derry
Boyle and Wally Burton at
the home games over the
season.
Pinder, who moved to
defence this year, won the
team scoring race and was
also the recipient of the team
leadership award, which is
voted upon by the players.
“I don’t know what
would have done without
him,” coach Ron Bogart
commented in making the
presentation to Lovie. He
said that while the veteran
goalie may have had a few
bad periods during
season, he never had
entire bad game.
Gord Kirk presented
team scoring award
Pinder and termed him a
‘‘real gentleman on and off
the ice”.
Lanky Phil Knight won the
best defenceman award for
the fourth straight year,
while Fred Mommersteeg
repeated as the winner of the
most gentlemanly player.
Despite missing many of
the early season games due
to a football injury, Brian
Mercer won the rookie of the
year award and Dave Bogart
was judged the most im
proved player.
In his comments, coach
Bogart said he was ex
tremely proud of this year’s
team “because they did
something no one expected
us to do”.
He noted that while they
failed to
feats of
seasons
the
an
the
to
achieve the same
the two previous
still very
gratified with the team’s
showing and the fact they
overcame several early
season problems to make it
to the semi-finals.
(‘With a little luck we
might even have done
better,” he concluded.
He paid tribute to those
who had assisted with the
team throughout the year.
Also honored at the Friday
night banquet were the
Exeter bantams, who were
ousted in the seventh game
of the Ontario “B” final this
season.
They received medallions
from RSD Sports Den.
Manager Bruce Shaw said
the team's season was filled
with excitement and noted
the team did everything the
hard way. “If the series was
five games, we took six,” he
explained.
Shaw extended thanks to
the team’s sponsor, the
Exeter Legion, Tuckey
Beverages, the EMHA and
the team parents and fans
for their support.
At the banquet, Dave Shaw
and Bill Glover were an
nounced as co-winners of the
most valuable player award,
Also honored at the
banquet were the winners of
the Hawk awards. These go
to players on all the all-star
teams who display
dedication, perserverance
and sportsmanship
throughout the season.
Winners were: novice,
Steve Lingard; atom 1, Sean
Whiteford; atom 2, Bob
Sims; pee wee 1, Mike
Tiedeman; pee wee 2, Steve
Coates; bantam 1, Dave
Underwood; bantam 2, Ted
Oke; midget 1, Larry
Dawson; midget 2, Rob
Smith; Hawks, Kerry
Bedard.
In his remarks, Mayor
Derry Boyle extended
congratulations to both the
Hawks and bantams, saying
he was proud of the way the
players performed and
conducted themselves while
away from home.
He said they were a tribute
to the community-
He singled out the seven
retiring members of the
Hawks for special
recognition, These were
Randy Lovie, Steve Jen-
nison, Don McKeilar, Jamie
Caldwell, Fred Mom
mersteeg, Ken Pinder and
Phil Knight,
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CAPTURE HOCKEY AWARDS — Two veterans and a pair of rookies were among the award winners at Friday night's Hawk
banquet. From the left are: Fred Mommersteeg, most gentlemanly player; Dave Bogart, most improved; Brian Mercer, rookie
of the year; and Phil Knight, best defenceman. Staff photo
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ARMS LOADED — Goalie Randy Lovie and defenceman Ken Pinder took five of the honors at
this year's Exeter Hawks banquet and are shown with their silverware and coach Ron Bogart.
Lovie won the MVP for the regular season and the playoffs and was the top point getter in the
three star voting at each home game over the season. Pinder won the scoring title and was
voted by his team mates for the leadership award. Staff photo
Swim registration set
By DEBI WOODEN
Registration for swim
ming lessons at the Exeter
Swimming Pool will take
place next Tuesday and
Wednesday at the South (
Huron Recreation Centre '
from 7:00-10:00 p.m. The I
cost of swimming lessons
has not risen from last year
and free passes to public ,
swimming have again been
included in an effort to
promote practise of the test
items.
Last year the Exeter pool
had its most successful
season in terms of
registration, passing rates
and budgets. Consequently,
few major changes will
occur this season.
However, the intermediate
and senior classes have been
altered to three week
sessions while most other
courses are two weeks long.
A new lunch hour program
has been introducedthis year
which will include a noon
hour fitness class, survival
swimming, synchronized
swimming, water polo and
junior artificial respiration. For more information about
The season promises to be any of the programs contact
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