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OMHA playoff series with St. Marys all tied up
More help for kids
With the fifth annual Sportsmen’s dinner now
history one of the final events of the winter season
which raises monies for crippled children comes up
this weekend.
It’s the ninth annual crippled kids weekend at the
Pineridge Chalet, near Hensall. The big two day affair
gets underway Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. with a
poker run for snowmobilers.
At the same time free snowmobile rides will be
provided for the children and entertainment is on tap
in the Chalet clubhouse.
In the evening the always popular Joe Overholt
and the Standbys will provide music for dancing of all
ages.
Sunday morning the doors of the Chalet will swing
open at 8:30 a.m. and the aroma of pancakes and
sausages will be flying through the air.
One of Western Ontario’s most celebrated
gourmet cooks will personally flip a lot of the pan
cakes.
Bill has been very dedicated in appearing each of
the eight previous years not only to help with the
kitchen duties but add his own style of humour.
It’s expected that Bill will again bring along
another fine supporter of crippled children in the Lon
don area. Ralph Duffus is an insurance executive and
a prime worker with the London Crippled Children’s
Treatment Centre.
Appearing sometime during the day Sunday will
be a number of crippled children from Western On
tario. Heading the contingent of those who will be
helped by the weekend will be London’s Timmy. He is
12 year-old Danny Ruthven.
Snowmobile events will continue throughout Sun
day including a poker run, races and free rides. Inside
the chalet will be a full program of top notch enter
tainment.
Food of various kinds including mooseburgers will
be on sale throughout the weekend. Admission to the
weekend is $1 or possession of a crippled kids button.
They are now on sale from various supporters and at
the Chalet.
The OMHA playoff series
between five Exeter teams
and their counterparts in St.
Marys continued this week
and at press time, the cen
tres were even with each
leading in two sets and one
being tied.
Exeter’s atoms lead their
set by a 2-0 margin, while the
bantam II crew have a one-
game lead in their best-of-
five series. The midget
teams are even at one game
each.
St. Marys leads the pee
wee division by a 2-0 margin
and the bantams have
Exeter’s backs to the wall
with a 2-1 series lead.
Four of the series con
tinued with two games in
each centre last night, while
the atoms travel to St. Marys
on Friday. There will be at
least two games at the rec
centre Sunday afternoon
starting at 4:00.
The Exeter atoms scored
back-to-back wins over St.
Marys on the weekend to
take* a two-game lead in
their best-of-five OMHA
playoff round.
Both games were played
as Shamrock league con
tests as well and pushed the
locals into second spot with
12 wins, two losses and two
ties.
In Saturday’s opener at St.
Marys, the two teams battl
ed on even terms through
regulation play and Exeter
then notched a pair in over
time to post a 3-1 win.
The team failed to score in
the first two periods and Ex
eter finally hit the board on
their first shift in the final
period when Steve Gould
finished off a play with Jeff
Pfaff and Scott Bogart.
After St. Marys evened
the count and sent the game
into overtime. Exeter
wasted little time in getting
the winner as John Wells
banged a shot into the top
corner on a play with Brett
Batten after fess than a
minute of play.
George Pratt picked up
the clincher two minutes
later. The play started in the
Exeter end where Batten
won a faceoff and flipped the
puck to Wells. The latter
flipped the puck to the point
where Pratt blocked a St.
Marys shot and went the
length of the ice to beat
Wayne Marsh on a
breakaway.
In Sunday’s game at the
rec centre, Exeter scored
three goals in the space of 20
seconds midway through the
second period to post their 4-
1 triumph.
George Pratt started the
Exeter outburst when he
picked up the puck at centre
ice and had only one
defender to beat. Using the
defenceman as a screen,
Pratt’s 25-footer found the
open corner.
The Bogart-Lovie-Gould
line then came out and
rapped in two quickies, with
Scott Lovie blinking the light
on the first one and Steve
Gould getting the second.
Scott Bogart helped on the
second tally.
St. Marys whittled the
lead to two goals at the 9:36
mark, but Sean Whiteford
got that one back when he
connected on a hard shot
from just inside the blueline.
Bogart drew an assist on
thatplay as well.
Second big event
The same weekend, the Kirkton athletic grounds
will be the scene of the annual Kirkton-Woodham
Winter Carnival.
This is another popular and well attended event. It
starts Friday night with the crowning of the Snow
Queen at approximately 9 p.m. A dance with music
supplied by the Desjardine’s orchestra will follow.
A number of snowmobile events will be held
Saturday at 2 p.m. These will include novelty races
and safety tests for youngsters.
The weekend will windup Sunday afternoon with a
poker rally, snow drag races and country skiing from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All appetites can be taken care of by a sausage
and pancake breakfast Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All proceeds will go to youth betterment in the
Kirkton-Woodham areas.
second round ofIN SENIOR CURLING PLAYOFFS — An area rink has advanced to the
playoffs in the Ontario Masters curling championship. Skipped by Bill Timmermans of Grand
Bend, the'foursome will be in Petrolia Sunday in further competition. From the left are Bill
Timmermans, George Busche, Hal Walsh and Gordon Hoggarth. T-A photo
South Huron advances in
Pepsi badminton tourney
Rick Gilfillan and Jim
Lewis worked one game
each in the nets.
Third game in the series
will be in St. Marys on Fri
day and the fourth, if
necessary, will be in Exeter
on Sunday.
Pee wees drubbed
The Exeter pee wees were
pushed to the wall in their
playoff series when they
were drubbed 7-0 in St.
Marys, Saturday. It was
their second straight loss.
The third game was played
in Exeter last night.
St. Marys took a 2-0 lead in
the first period and never
looked back as they added
two more in the second and
three in the third.
Captain John Rowland
scored his team’s first four
goals with some nifty stick
handling.
Bantams stay alive
The Exeter bantams
staved off elimination when
they posted a thrilling 6-4
win in St. Marys, Saturday,
after losing the first two
games in their best-of-five
set.
The locals came out flying
and looked as though they,
were going to blow St.
Marys right out of the rink
as they notched three goals
in the first five minutes of
the game.
However, St. Marys came
back in the second to even
the count and, the teams
traded early third period
goals before Exeter pulled
the game out of reach with
two tallies in the final
minutes.
Rick Lindenfield and Dave
Bell scored a pair for Exeter
to pace the attack, while
single tallies came off the
sticks of Allan Gaiser and
Pete Tuckey.
Lindenfield, Bell, Ed
Willis and Dave Jackson
drew two assists each.
Pete Parsons played an
outstanding game in the nets
for Exeter, filling in for
Rich Fletcher who was out
of the lineup.
In a game in St. Marys,
Wednesday, the locals beat
their hosts in every depart
ment except scoring as they
dropped a 2-1 decision.
The teams traded goals in
the first period and then St.
Marys scored the winner
with just under three
minutes to play in the final
period.
Exeter missed three
breakaways in the final
period and failed to
capitalize on several other
good scoring opportunities
throughout the game.
Dave Jackson fired the
only Exeter goal on a play
with Dave Bell.
The fourth game was
played in Exeter last night
and if a fifth is needed, it
will be in St. -Marys this
Saturday.
Midgets even
The St. Marys midgets
evened their series with Ex
eter at one game each when
they posted a 3-2 win on their
home ice, Saturday.
The third game was
played last night in St.
Marys and the fourth will be
in Exeter on Sunday. The
fifth, if necessary, is in St.
Marys on Monday.
St. Marys jumped into an
early lead in Saturday’s con
test when Bob Ravensberg
blinked the light after 40
seconds and B. McDonald
added another three minutes
later.
However, Exeter battled
back to even the count in the
first period when Jeff Fuller
and Dave Atthill hit the
score sheet. Doug Brooks
drew assists on both plays,
while helping on one each
were Preston Dearing and
Dave Bogart.
. The teams battled on even
terms until mid-way through
the final period when St.
Marys got a breakaway
while killing a penalty and
McDonald beat Exeter net-
minder Steve Wells with the
winner.
Exeter, playing without
three team members to
start the game, lost one due
to an injury and two others
were slowed down during
the contest due to minor in
juries.
Despite their lack of
reserves, they stuck with
the St. Marys crew and just
failed to connect on several
good scoring opportunities
in the final period.
Surprise victory
The Exeter bantam II, who
hadn’t won a league game all
season, picked an opportune
time to hit the right side of
the scoring column as they
posted a 4-3 win over St.
Marys in their OMHA
playoff opener at the rec
centre, Tuesday.
The locals scored three
goals within a 20-second
period of the second frame to
give them the win.
The teams played last
night in St. Marys and return
to the rec centre on Sunday
and Wednesday for the third
and fifth games.
and Jamie Chaffe blinked
the light with each assisting
on the other’s tally. Scott
Batten also drew an assist on
one.
St. Marys came out flying
in the third period and
whittled the lead to one goal,
but Peter Parsons shut them
out in the final nine minutes
to preserve the win.
The visitors opened the
scoring in the early minutes
of Tuesday’s game,but Mike
Clark evened the count on a
play with Mike Murray and
Rob DeKoker before the
period ended.
At the 4:58 mark, Steve
Prout started the three-goal
outburst on a play with Rob
Smith and then Trevor Boyle
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Young at heart
Curling is one sport which can be enjoyed by
persons of all ages and this weekend four (young or
older men) from Exeter and area showed their
superiority in the first round of the Ontario Curling
Association’s Masters tournament.
A rink composed of skip Bill Timmermans, vice
George Busche, second Hal Walsh and lead Gordon
Hoggarth was in Meaford Sunday and defeated Bill
Sam’s rink of Wiarton in two straight games to qualify
for the next round.
They will be back in action this Sunday at Petrolia
to vie with seven other foursomes for the right for two
rinks to advance to the finals which are scheduled for
February 24 and 25 at the Galt County Club.
To qualify for the Master’s each competitor must
be at least 60 years of age. George Busche who is
a regular at the Exeter curling club celebrated his
70th birthday early in December.
Bill Timmermans who holds the broom when
Busche is on the hack resides at Grand Coves Estates
at Grand Bend while Hal Walsh is from Huron Park
and Busche and Hoggarth are Exeter residents.
A consistent bowler
One of the most consistent performances of this
season at the Exeter bowling lanes was turned in
Monday night during the men’s “A” league action.
Dan Brintnell who has been one of the top
trundlers at the local lanes for several years turned in
three games of over 300 and ended with a triple of 927.
Well done, Dan.
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The local students
defeated Listowel to win the
round. Representing South
Huron were Dave Bogart.
Randy Parsons, Wayne Par
sons and Steve Paton.
Randy Parsons won two
singles matches, Dave
Bogart won one and Randy
and Dave combined to
defeat Listowel in two
doubles matches thus taking
the best five out of nine
matches.
They will play Banting of
London in the next round.
Pepsi sponsors school
team badminton cham
pionships for both boys and
girls each year with district
playdowns leading to provin-
cial and national cham
pionships.
Last year, Western On
tario won both national
titles; Woodstock Collegiate
took the girls’ division and
Kitchener Grand River won
the boys’ competition. Pepsi
pays for all the players
travelling expenses after
district winners a
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