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Photos by Denny Scott
Goderich's Don Johnston Memorial Tournament brought 26 teams.to three diamonds in Goderich on the weekend. Top honours went to Fred Up (top left) in the women's divi-
sion while local boys Goderich Tim Hortons took the men's 'C' division. Don Johnston's grandchildren Andy and Kate threw out the first pitches of the tournament (right).
Don Johnston tournament champions crowned Sunday
Donny Scott
signal -star staff
The Don Johnston Memorial Slo-Pitch
Tournament was a huge success, accord-
ing to organizer and Goderich Senior 'A'
Pirates general manager Trevor Bazi-
net. The tournament serves as one of the
team's major fundraisers.
"Given the way everything went, I
think it'll be a record year for us for fund-
raising," Bazinet said. "And that's great,
given that we're down four teams from
last year.
In its fifth incarnation, the tournament
brought 26 teams to three ball fields in
Goderich, and the action was non-stop, as
well as fair, according to Bazinet.
"I think the one nice thing about this
was that there wasn't any really stacked
teams," Bazinet said. "They were basi-
cally rec teams. For the most part, it was
good baseball."
At the end of the tournament, there were
six big winners; in the Women's division,
Fired Up took top honours with their 9-6
win over the local ladies Got2Dxine team,
London Havoc won the 'B' division with
their win over Pinnacle Quality Homes,
and The Old Go4ers took 'C' division
honours by beating the Jokhers.
In the men's division, The . Drunkin'
Douchebags turned one good inning into
a 10-2 championship win over local fa-
vourites the Park House Dirt Devils, while
The Hurricanes beat out Kingsbridge for
the 'B' division, and the Goderich Tim
Hortons team took the 'C' division with a
win over The Rangers.
Many teams have already committed to
coming back next year, Bazinet said.