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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2005-06-02, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2005. U-13 Flames edged by Clinton The Bly th Flames U-13 soccer team played another home game at Sparling’s field on Thursday, May 26, against Clinton I. The Flames game captain was halfback Larissa Jenkins and the co-captain was Chantel Warwick who plays defence. The first half of the game was evenly matched with play and scoring opportunities at both ends of the field. Clinton managed to score one goal against Blyth goalie Jacob VanDorp, before the half-time whistle blew. During the second half of the game, forward Jordon Rinn made a nice pass to forward Brendon Boven, who got the ball around several Clinton players obtaining a breakaway, and successfully taking a shot to score Blyth’s first goal of the night. Unfortunately, Blyth had some bad luck and two goals were scored against first-time _ goalie Ross MacDonald. The first goal for Clinton occurred when a Blyth defensive player attempted to stop the ball, but it deflected off the Blyth player and into Blyth’s net. A penalty shot was awarded to Clinton Brussels Bantam champion Evan Ducharme of Brussels was the bantam division champion of the Optimist golf tournament held May 21 at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club. Ducharme scored a 41 over nine holes to outlast four other golfers in the division. A total of 12 young golfers competed the Optimist Junior gold champ-ionship. Ducharme ad-vances to the next level of play set for St. Marys. (Jim Brown photo) U-9s play Wingham The Brussels U-9 I soccer team travelled to Wingham May 25 to play Wingham Purple. Wingham played a hard defence, but the Brussels team played harder, winning the game 6-0. Wyatt Ducharme scored all six goals although Lexi Smith, Matt McNichol, Mitch Kellington, Mackenzie McGavin each made great attempts. Assists went to Kellington, Smith, Ben Hruska, Ducharme, Tim Waechter, Charity Nonkes and Alyssa Cronin. Matt McNichol played goal the first half with only two shots on the net. Waechter took over for the second half but the ball never went near him. This brings the season total to one win and two ties. The next game is June 2 against Brussels II behind the arena starting at 7 p.m. BUY? SELL? TRY CLASSIFIED WINGHAM & DISTRICT HOSPITAL CORPORATION Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Corpo­ ration will be held at the North Huron Wescast Community Complex, Knights of Columbus Lounge, 99 Kerr Drive, Wingham, Ontario on Thursday, June 16, 2005 at the hour of seven p.m. (7:00 p.m.) for the election of Directors; for the appointment of Auditors; and for the transaction of other such things as may properly come before the meeting. Copies of the Annual Report, Hospital Foundation statements and amended Bylaws may be obtained at the front desk of the Wingham & District Hospital, effective June 9, 2005 and at the Annual Meeting. Memberships granting voting privileges may be purchased at the front desk of the hospital for five dol ars ($5.00) prior to five o'clock p.m., Wednesday, June 1,2005. No membership sold after that time will entitle the purchaser to vote. Dated at Wingham, Ontario this 1 Oth day of May, 2005. By order of the Board of Directors. MEETING NOTICE MUNICIPALITY OF MORRIS-TURNBERRY The Council meetings scheduled for the month of June, 2005 for the Municipality of Morris- Turnberry will be held: Tuesday, June 7 at 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 21 at 7:30 pm after Blyth accidentally had a handball in the crease. Blyth did not give up and Boven made a pass to the game Captain Larissa Jenkins. She gave a terrific Jim Brown Memorial Cup provided hockey fix The Memorial Cup tournament was played last week at the John Labatt Centre in London. From the very first game, when Sidney Crosby and the rest of the QMJHL champion Rimouski Ocea- nics took to the ice against Corey Perry and the host London Knights, hockey fans got what they’ve wanted all season, some exciting hockey action. The OHL-champion Knights prevailed in the first game, downing the Oceanic in overtime, with defensive defenceman Mark Methot netting the winner. Game two of the tourney, pitted the OHL-runner-up, Ottawa 67s, against the WHL and defending- Memorial Cup champions, Kelowna Rockets. The 67s surprised the Rockets, winning in double overtime. London downed the Rockets in game three, with the Oceanics evening their round-robin record in game four with a hard-fought 4-3 decision over Ottawa. Fans got their money’s worth just watching Crosby in action. In a four-team, round-robin tournament, it is unfortunate that one team has to be eliminated from the playoffs. I realize time is a factor, and the CHL awards the first-place team with an extra day of rest, but perhaps a double round-robin format could be tried. Goaltenders learned that they can make a difference in the outcome of a garne, as demonstrated by Ottawa’s Danny Battochio’s 62-save effort in the 67s decision over Kelowna. And, there were some unlikely offensive heroes in the tournament. Like London’s Methot. After scoring six goals all season, he scores two in the opening game of the tournament, including the overtime winner. long and hard kick toward the net and Jenkins scored for the Flames.. The final score was a 3-2 victory for Clinton. ” Jim Class While players like Crosby and Perry and their linemates were expected to dominate the offensive department of the tourney, the play of the goaltenders was also outstanding. Without the superb play of netminders Battochio, London’s Adam Dennis, Rimouski’s Cedrick Desjardins and Kelowna’s Christopher Westblom, the scores could have been a lot higher. The Memorial Cup concludes an excellent two months of hockey action. From the women’s and men’s world championships to the world Under 18 tournament and the Memorial Cup, some top-notch hockey was witnessed and fans were able to forget that the Stanley cup playoffs were not in progress. It’s unfortunate that a winner has to be decided in a tournament like the Memorial Cup. But, no matter who ended up winning the Cup, the real winners were the fans who went to the JLC to see the games and also the fans who watched the games on television. It was top-notch hockey, perhaps even better than anything the NHL could have provided at this time of year. Maybe the NHL and the NHLPA should wake up and learn their labour dispute is only hurting themselves. All levels of junior hockey has enjoyed an increase in attendance. If and when the NHL does resume, they are going to have to work extra hard to get their fans back. It may be easier in the six Canadian cities, but for teams like the Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Nashville Predators, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, and other teams in the American south, it may be more difficult, especially if they have teams in other professional sports leagues.