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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-07-26, Page 9THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007. PAGE 9. The Brussels Bantams played home to Seaforth on July 16. Brendon Stretton was the starting pitcher for Brussels. He sat two on strikeouts and one on a grounded out to second. Brussels left Cody Subject on third with a strikeout to Justin Pipe and groundouts to Stretton and Brianne Wheeler. Stretton again had two strikeouts in the second. However one runner scored on three walks and a long fly to centre. Brussels came out swinging in the bottom of the second. Brad Quesenberry waited a walk and advanced on a single by Evan Ducharme. All came home on a homerun by Andrew Lindsay. Ryan Smith kept the rally alive by taking advantage of the catcher’s error. Andrew Hess walked and both scored on a long single to centre by Robert Cronin. In the third Stretton faced four batters, striking out three and walking one. Brussels left runners in scoring position. Wheeler came in to close the game for Brussels. The final score was 5-1 for Brussels. Brussels was on the road to play Sebringville on July 18. They got off to a quick start scoring five runs in the first inning. All Brussels pitchers had a chance to play this game. Quesenberry, Stretton, Wheeler and Smith all struggled with getting the ball over the plate. The Brussels squad was plagued with errors in the field and the quick base running and heads- up play by Sebringville were too much for the defence. The final score was 16-6 for Sebringville. Teamwork was the name of the game when the Londesborough Mites played against Blyth. Blyth ended up defeating Londesborough but both teams played an outstanding game. Londesborough Mites play Blyth Making the grab Colton Hastings is in place for the play as his Brussels Mites enjoyed a romp over Ripley in recent baseball action. The hosts won 23-15. (Vicky Bremner photo) Brussels Bantams home to Seaforth Locals win silver at Summer Gold A local pitcher and catcher duo have brought home another silver medal, this time from the Summer Gold Tournament in Chatham. Lynn Boyer, Ethel, and Brianne Wheeler, Brussels, along with their Palmerston Marlins 91 teammates attended the tournament this past weekend. They were dealt a tough schedule – four games in one day, but did well. They were pleased to hear about the rain back home and thrilled about the ideal ball conditions that Chatham was having. They pulled off victories against Six Nations (12-4), Pickering (7-6) and Byron (8-1) as well as a 5-3 loss to Windsor in their first day of play. On Sunday they met Mississauga in the semi-finals and pulled out another 7-6 victory to send them into the gold/silver medal game against a tough Ancaster team. They have been battling Ancaster all season long for top spot in their Grand Valley League. Unfortunately they were on the losing end this time of a 6-3 game, but brought home silver. The girls attended the Kitchener Civitan Tournament two weeks earlier where ball did not go so well for them but with the singing and guitar talents of Paige Turton, Harriston and lyrics by Wheeler to the song “Wake me up when September Ends” and the rest of the team is backup, they won the first- ever Teen Idol Competition where they won their $375 tournament registration back. The last weekend in May the team attended the Waterloo Ghosts Tournament and made it to the gold/silver medal game but a downpour of rain ended the game after a couple of innings and showed no signs of letting up. Because they were a few runs down they were presented with the silver., The next big challenge is the Provincial Qualifying Tournament in Windsor July 27, 28 and 29. Good games Brianne Wheeler of Brussels, left, and Lynn Boyer of Ethel, along with their Palmerston Marlins 91 team brought home silver from the Summer Gold Tournament in Chatham recently. (Photo submitted) LAWN QUESTIONS? Organic Programs Available 524-2424 -Trust the Professionals - ACCREDITED The weatherman finally co-operated and 17 were out forWednesday’s men’s seniors at theWingham golf course. Bill Deans had his driver working and with pars on both par fives and a par on number two came in with a 43 to capture low- gross honours. There was a real battle for low net honours and a three-way tie for top honours with Gary Ford, Bill Brown and Clayton Ruppel all carding identical scores. Gary Ford birdied the fourth hole. Grant Currie and Clayton Ruppel both registered birdies on the eighth hole with Clayton’s drive stopping just inches from the cup. *** Wednesday night saw 14 men hitting the links. There was a tie for low gross honours as Doug Neil and Zack O’Krafka each came in with identical scores of 38. With retrogression rules applied, Neil won top honours. Jerrad Riley won low-net honours with Mark Hackett one stroke behind in second spot. Dan McBurney cleaned house as his three on number nine was the only skin recorded. Pin awards went to Jerrad Riley on number two and Dan McBurney on number nine. *** Nice to see one of the top lady golfers of yesteryear at the Wingham course. Dorothy Conron, along with daughter Brenda, enjoyed Monday lunch. Conron holds the honour of recording the first hole-in-one by a lady at theWingham course. Each year thelocal ladies play for the ConronRose Bowl and nine-hole tourney for ladies with handicaps of 36 plus a trophy donated by Dorothy Conron. *** Buff’s gang on Thursday saw 19 on hand and lo and behold at long last Bill “Buff” Kerr landed on the leader board sharing honours with Rob Gallaher both with 43s. Third spot went to Shawn Walker with a 44. Bob Foxton won the award for the hidden score and Shawn Walker recorded the longest putt on number eight. Once again those par threes at Wingham are tough as no one hit the green on number eight. *** It seems former members when home for holidays like to return for a round of golf. Last week George Lubbers was on hand to play 18 holes – two nines with lunch sandwiched in between. George, formerly in the kitchen renovation trade, is now a minister in Newmarket. On Friday Dave Carr now of Peterborough was on hand to play nine with kid brother Brian. Also on Friday Bruce Lott of Bracebridge played a quick nine with an old friend and two new friends. If you hit one of those huge maples on the third hole dog-leg you can blame Bruce as he helped plant them many years ago as a member of the Wingham Scout troop.***It’s every golfer’s dream to beable to record an 18-hole score equal to his age but few achieve this feat. In fact many of us have trouble in shooting nine holes under our age. Well a former member has achieved this feat not once but twice this year. Bud Lott, a former member now residing on Vancouver Island at the age of 73 has recorded a score of 73 twice this year. And to add to this feat this is just one year after having suffered a heart attack. Well done Bud. *** One of our seniors Lloyd Lamont of Teeswater is mighty proud of his grandson 17-year-old Joel McAllister. A member of the Saugeen Golf Club at Port Elgin, Joel qualified in the Optimist playoff in Port Elgin to advance to the next playdown at St. Marys. In competition with other district winners at St. Marys, Joel qualified to advance to the next playdowns to be held early August in Ingersoll. Joel and his younger brother joined grandpa Lloyd for 18 holes at Wingham last Tuesday. Lloyd said he was no competition for Joel, who played the front nine in 36 just one over par. 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