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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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No consoling necessary
The Goderich Lions Peewee team celebrates after taking the 'B' Division consolation championship at Young Canada Week March 16, The boys defeated
Wallaceburg by a score of 5-2 Monday night at the Maitland Recreation Centre. For opening night and division results see pages 21-25,
Photo by Denny Scott
Young Week legacy
openingday
Thsv o' ka! _ of play, club president, Bill Vanstone ac- and community volunteers," Carol Mitch- Curdy, Jim Thompson, George Maxwell and
signal -star publisherknowledged the work of community volun- ell, Huron -Bruce Liberal MPP said, adding Ross Martin of Chesley.
Nostalgia was the appropriate theme for teers alongside the diligent efforts of his club thanks to the people who support the tourna- For .the Chesley quartet, their 1950 hockey
the opening of the 60th edition of Goderich's members. ment and ensure that young people continue odyssey to Goderich represented the first
Young Canada Week Peewee Hockey Tour- From humble beginnings, this tourna- to participate in the sport of hockey. time any of them had played on an artificial
nament here Friday evening. ment has come a long way," he said. "I have Mayor Deb Shewfelt drew the crowd's at- ice surface.
Drawing on its humble roots from 1950, to thank Lions members and their helpers tention to a plaque in the Memorial Arena, "We had four teams in town that played
tournament organizers introduced 20 play- who have worked for months on this tourna- site of the first YCW, which acknowledges against each other but you had to have good
ers who participated in the first tournament, ment." the "boys back from overseas who helped weather for the outdoor ice," one player said.
a one -day affair that offered 12 local pee- Tournament co-chairs, Ray Allin and Teny build, the arena" in 1949. Since the organi- "The equipment was a lot different then
wee teams a day of friendly competition on Worsell also cited the work of community ration of the first peewee tournament in the too."
the newly -minted artificial Ice surface of the volunteers, Kevin Meriam, Paul Kelly, Ken world in 1950, the Lions Club just "kept giv- The team played only one game in that in-
Goderich Memorial Arena, Crawford, Greg Gordon and Dirk and Maty ing" and continues to do so today. augural tournament and lost 3-0 to Wingham
The Ooderiich Celtic Blue, Highlanders Wolterbeek for the success of the tourna- The highlight of the Opening ceremonies in the single -knockout format.
pipedin local dignitaries, Lions tournatnent ment. ; was the introduction of players from, that Audrey McCabe received a rousing recep-
organ izers and politicians b,.tfore a large, ap- Acknowledging that he played in the 40th first tournament, won by Lucknow with an tion as her introduction rekindled memories
Ceniative crowd at the Maitland Recreation and 41st tournament, Huron -Bruce "notMP Ben impressive four wins, sparked by the 1 1 -goal of the first female to play in the tournament.
tre. Lobb admitted that his team was -
too performance of Jack Chin, one of the famed The Saltford goaltender acquitted herself well
The opening ceremonies drew on the nos- successful," in its tournament outings. hockey playing Chin brothers. in the tournament, allowing only two goals in
talg,ic theme and YCW veteran announcer, He extended greetings on behalf of the Players returning for the event included; her team's two games.
Giem Wolterbeek, who has, Minister of Sport and added thathe, Lobb, Jack Hicks, Goderich Township; Norm Stew- Saltford defeated Leeburn and the Buchan -
hockey games at the tomriament for about formally ftcognized the 60th anniversary of art, Dungannon; Fred and John Buchanan an brothers, 2-1 in the tournament's historic
40 years, welcomed the crowd to the towns- Young Canada Week in the House of Com- and Art Freeman, L.eebum; Ken Wilson, Au- opening game. Later in the day, Saltford was
meat opening, calling the 60th a major ac. mons Friday, commending the Lions Club drey McCabe, Bill Worsell and Jerry Rich', eliminated after dropping a 1-0 decision to
HP for their work over all those years. Saltford; Rey Emberlin, Dr. Ken McNay and Goderich Township,
the Lions Club has been the tour -Th
�` e dOth anniversary of the t is Bob Mowbray, Lucknow;Ken Thompson
a testament to the work of the Lions Club and Bill Robertson, Seaforth and Dave Mc-
nainent organizer for most of the 60 years
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