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The U-15 boys’ year-end soccer
tournament was held July 23-28 at
various fields in Goderich. There
were 11 teams and three pools set up
for the tournament.
Blyth’s first opponent was
Goderich I at the Ag Field on July
23. Goderich played strong and
aggressive first half scoring three
goals on keeper Kurtis Kolkman.
Blyth played a very impressive
second half taking many shots on
their opponent’s net. They worked
hard as a team to pass the ball up the
field and take some amazing shots
on net. Goderich’s goalie kept his
team in the game making several
beautiful saves.
Austin Sjaarda passed the ball up
to Brendon Boven for a shot, but the
ball connected with the corner post.
Brandon Schaffe picked up the loose
ball and shot it at the net.
With Goderich’s goalie caught at
the opposite end of the net, a
Goderich defensive player
instinctively stopped the ball with
his hand. The ball would have gone
into the net if the defensive player
hadn’t stopped it, so the referee
called it a goal and Goderich was
given a red card for this illegal play.
Goderich still walked away with a
3-1 win.
Kolkman was named Man of the
Match for standing up in net against
this aggressive team. Schaffe and
Matt Steele earned honourable
mention for their excellent team
effort.
Blyth’s next match was against St.
Columban II on July 24 again at the
Ag field. This was an exciting game
to watch and coach. Forward
Brandon Schaffe got Blyth on the
scoreboard with an excellent shot on
net. Sjaarda and Brent Drost earned
the assist.
Then Schaffe made a beautiful
cross to Jessie Pot, who scored.
St. Columban was able to head the
ball into the net before the half-time
whistle blew to narrow the lead to 2-
1 for Blyth.
St. Columban tied the game on a
free kick.
Blyth made many shots on net, but
couldn’t seem to get the ball to
connect. Steele crossed the ball up
to his teammate and Sjaarda scored
to put Blyth ahead once again. With
only minutes left in the game Blyth
wanted to protect their lead and
played a very defensive game with
most players taking a cautious
approach and staying back to stop
their opponents from shooting on
net. The final whistle blew and
Blyth slid by with a 3-2 victory.
Greg Roetcisoender did a great
job covering the net for Blyth,
earning Man-of-the-Match. Sjaarda
and Pot earned honourable mention
for their excellent positioning and
endless energy.
The team met with
disappointment as they learned they
were not able to advance in the
tournament. With one win and one
loss they tied with Goderich I for
second place in their pool. So to
break the tie, as per tournament
rules, goals for and against were
looked at and Blyth was down by
one point, ending their stay in the
tournament.
Blyth U-15 boys had a very small
On the run
This Brussels player spends some precious time with the
ball, something Brussels wouldn’t have very much of in
their contest against Blyth last week. Blyth came out hard,
scoring several times against their neighbours to kick off
the girls U-18 tournament in Blyth at Sparling Field. (Shawn
Loughlin photo)
U-15s end year at tournament
Summer Sports Pages
Hullett Mixed Pre-Mites
Back row, from left:Coach Wilma Ellis, Rodney Rozendal, Steven Ellis, Jamie Plaetzer,
Monica Bakelaar, Gregory Roetcisoender, Assistant Coach David Salverda.Middle row:Kyle
Pollard, Janette Plaetzer, Jason Salverda, Tyler Berry, Jonathan Atkinson.Front row:
Courtney Middegaal, Kelsey Falconer.
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The ladies held their play for the
McKinney Trophy 18-hole
competition with handicaps at the
Wingham golf course. Although
the numbers were small the scores
were certainly close. When the last
putt hit the bottom of the cup there
were three tied with identical
scores, Linda Walker, Carol Oriold
and Fern Wylie. By retrogression
rules Linda Walker was declared
the winner.
***
On Wednesday the seniors
played host to 11 golfers from
Somerhill Golf Club of Tiverton.
Twenty-five local golfers played a
Happy Face four-man scramble
with a shotgun start. The winner of
the closest to the pin on number
two award was Tiverton’s Gary
Harrigan. Wroxeter’s Bill Brown
won the award for the longest putt
on number nine.
The team scores were close with
only five strokes separating the best
and the worst.
Winning top honours with a
score of 35 was the foursome of
Tiverton’s Tony Dunn and Jeremy
Selwyn and the Wingham pair of
Bob Johnston and Dave
Montgomery.
In second spot with 36 was
Tiverton’s Gary Harrigan and Dick
Picard and Wingham’s Ed Daer and
Gerry Edwards.
Taking the final award with a
score of 38 were Bill Brown,
Wayne Gordon, Jamie Sanderson
and Gary Ford, all of Wingham.
Golf action was followed by
lunch and a social hour. Wingham
seniors will journey to Somerhill
Golf Club on Thursday, Aug. 2
with golf action with the Tiverton
crew to start at 10 a.m.
***
Wednesday men’s night was
steak night with 10 teams of three
playing a three-man scramble.
Top in the A flight was the team
of Corey McKee, Chris Michie and
Jim Ross with a score of 30. Right
on their heels with a 31 was a team
with hockey knowledge – coach
Mike Henry, Justin Peters goalie
for the AHL Albany River Rats and
Cal O’Reilly member of the AHL
Milwaukee Admirals. Third award
with a 32 was the team of John
Dailleboust, Kevin Green and Dan
McPherson.
In the B flight top honours with a
32 went to the team of Terry
Armstrong, Steve Nixon and Dan
McBurney. Neil Bieman, Mark
Foxton and Jack McPherson had
33. In third spot was Bob Johnston,
Doug VanderWoude and Jason Le
Roux.
Closest to the pin awards were
won by Cal O’Rielly on number
two, Doug VanderWoude on
number four and Dan McPherson
on number eight.
There was one skin and that was
by the team of Bob Johnston, Jason
LeRoux and Doug VanderWoude
with a birdie two on number four.
***
Thursday’s Buff’s Gang
continues to grow with 33 out for
golf action. Top low gross with a 35
was won by Kent McPherson
followed by Shawn Walker with a
36 and Ed Daer with a 38.
Doug Neil won the award for the
longest putt on number seven and
Shawn Walker was closest to the
pin on number four. Two hidden
score awards were won by Larry
Pellett and Bob Foxton.
***
Noticed four girls from the
Walton area, Brenda Linton, Mary
Bernard, Val Shortreed and Jo-Ann
McDonald out on the course taking
advantage of the free round of golf
they won at the ladies’ curling
bonspiel. Was disappointed the
girls were not wearing the
Holstein-winning outfits that won
the award for them. Guess they
have put them out to pasture for the
summer.
It looks as if the girls had a lot of
fun, a lot of laughs and covered a
lot of miles following their
anything-but-straight shots.
Wonder when the Libro prize
winning Hillbillys will be out to
cash in on their curling prize of a
round of golf?
***
The Wingham Golf Club played
host to the “potty cup” with 68
golfers on hand to participate in the
four-man scramble with a shotgun
start. Winning the cup for the third
consecutive year were Joel Riley,
Eric and Brett Skinn and a new
member this year Mark Hackett.
The team came in with a score of
nine under beating the Teeswater
rookie team of Bill Hayes, Jeremy
Johnston, Mark Beitz and Lance
Leslie by one stroke.
Winning the award for the
longest drive was Mark Hackett.
Closest to the pin awards were won
by Terry Powell on number four,
Teeswater’s Jeremy Johnston on
number eight, and Formosa’s Ron
Kroeplin on number two.
Short Putts – By Bill Johnston
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