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Players of the Blyth No. 1 industrial league team swarm around the
Zilliax goal on their way to victory in the Blyth Minor Hockey
Tournament held at the Blyth arenaon the weekend. Blyth No. 1
defeated Blyth No. 2, 11-4, for the championship of the industrial
division while Flesherton topped Donnybrook 5-3 for the B
championship. In the oldtimers division Ripley defeated Grand Bend
3-2 for the championship while Wingham defeated Blyth Radford’s
Overloads 6-2 for the B championship.
Blyth oldtimers lose close games
On November 13 the Radford
Overloads Oldtimer team took part
in the Blyth Minor Sports Hockey
Tournament which has become an
annual event.
The Overloads saw their first
action on Friday evening at 8 p.m.
against the Ripley Oldtimers.
Ripley was the team who eventu
ally went on and won the A
championship of the Oldtimers
division of the Minor Sports
Tournament. Although Blyth was
not successful in beating Ripley,
Blyth skaters begin training
Another figure skating year has
begun and the Executive and
members are working hard to
ensure that it is a successful year.
Power skaters registered are:
Michael and Chad Haggitt, Jeff
Ferguson, Christopher Howson,
Jeff and Tim Cowan, David,
Steven, and Michael McBurney,
Aaron Sauve, Mike Salverda,
Darryl and April Bromley, Jason
Murray, Shawna Walker, Jill
Walden, Julie McNichol, Karen
Bromley, Kandice McNichol, Cal
vin Schmidt, Ronnie Abell-Rinn,
Danny Chamney, Trent Rich
mond, Ryan Cook, Luke Lockridge,
Greg Toll, Michael Ainsley, Allan
Gibbons, Joel Arthur, Matthew
Morrison, Matthew Armstrong,
Jeremy Van Amersfoort, Jeremy
Sallows, Sarah McNichol, Brent
Ripley did not skate away easily
with the game. The game was a
hard-fought contest that saw a 1-1
tie down to 44 seconds remaining in
the game when the Ripley Oldtim
ers scored what proved to be the
winning goal.
An extremely strong game was
played in goal by Harry Wilson as
well as exceptional play by Brian
Black and Gary Courtney. Al
though it was a tough game to lose
the Overloads were not dishearten-
and Justin Sauve, Ross Clark,
Michael Courtney, Chris Knox,
Jason Fidom, Michael Bailey.
Canskate Elementary and Basic
registered are: Christine Lapp,
Julie Cowan, Julie Ritchie, Kelly
Ann Dalton, Michael Scott, Ashley
Howson, Amelia Emkie, Jud Hak-
kers, Graham Worsell, Johnathon
Cucksey, Dairen Armstrong, Ken
ney and Colleen McCallum, Lori
Bailey.
Canskate Advance, Novice I, II,
III, IV and Proficiency registered
are: Rhonda Gibbons, Pamela and
Becky Morrison, Christina Black,
April Van Amersfoort, Capucine
and Zoellyn Onn, Katie Murray,
Wanda Emke, Kara Murray,
Crystal and Jennifer Cucksey,
Amanda Howson, Tina Burkhold-
e, Kim Ferguson, Courtney Sauve,
ed and came back on Saturday
afternoon against the eventual A
runnerup, Grand Bend Oldtimers
which saw the Radford Overloads
and Grand Bend play to a 4-4 tie at
the end of regulation time and
eventually enter a shoot out Blyth
losing to Grand Bend by one goal
through six shooters.
Again it was an extremely
hard-fought contest which saw
good hockey by both teams and
again an exceptional job was done
in the net by Harry Wilson. On
Erica Clark.
Seniors registered are: Sherri
Howson, Julia Shaddick, Angela
Nethery, Cathy Nesbitt, Andrea
Henry, Erin Bolger, Lisa Watson,
Lori Leibold, Kim Richmond,
Laurel Campbell, Angela McCool.
The Figure Skating Club will be
holding an Achievement Night on
February 5,1988. A test day will be
held in Blyth on March 15, 1988.
The Club will break for Christmas
after Friday, Dec. 18 and will
resume skating January 5, 1988,
with Tuesday’s Power Skaters.
The Club Executive for 87/88 are:
President, Fay Bolger, Vice-Presi
dent, Jeanette Harris, Secretary,
Connie Nesbitt, Treasurer, Bev
Shaddick, Jr. Test Person, Candice
Howson, Sr. Test Person, Jean
Nethery.
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987. PAGE 13.
Bly th Atoms
squeak out
Sunday Blyth was to play their final
game against the Wingham Good
timers. It appeared that the two
very hard fought contests between
the eventual A winner and A
runner-up had taken their toll on
the Blyth Oldtimers team as they
appeared tocome up somewhat flat
against the Wingham Goodtimers
and eventually lost to Wingham in
the final game on Sunday 6-2.
Blyth will now travel to Brussels
on November 21 where they will
take part in the Ministry of Natural
ResourcesTournamentandthen to
Mildmay on Demceber 4, 5, 6 to
take part in the Mildmay Oldtimers
Tournament.
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BY RUSTY BLADES
The Blyth Atoms had a light
schedule last week as Huron Park
came to Blyth for a match up. It was
a defensive struggle all the way
with the goal tenders coming up
with some fine saves as Blyth
shaded Huron Park 2-1.
The first two periods were
scoreless before Huron Park scor
ed their only goal of the game half
through the third frame. Blyth
evened the count less than a
minute later, however, on a crafty
goal by Jonathan Collins. Ryan
Chamney set up the goal on a
remarkable rink length rush, as the
smoke billowed from the jets that
must have been attached to his
skates. The goal made the save on
his individual effort but the puck
drifted back to defenceman Col
lins. Jonathan lifted a high back
hand shot that went behind the
goalie and into the net.
Thirty seconds later Blyth notch
ed the winner. Brian McNichol
gave the puck to Michael Bromley
in the Blyth zone. Michael scored
on a great solo effort as he weaved
his way down the ice and put a
couple of slick moves on the Huron
Park goalie. Blyth finished the
game strongly and held off a late
rally as Huron Park pulled their
goalie in the dying seconds.
Blyth has two games scheduled
this week. On Wednesday they
play host to Elma Logan at 7:15
p.m. whileon Friday, they travel to
Brussels for a 7 o’clock game.
Belgrave
ties Blyth
Houseleague
Atoms
BY SILVER SKATES
The Blyth Houseleague Atoms
were at home on Wednesday night,
November 1 1 with the visiting
team from Belgrave.
Blyth opened the first period
scoring in the first 15 seconds of
play scored by Marc Bricker,
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