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Huron Expositor, 2007-03-21, Page 11The Huron Expositor • March 21, 2007 Page 11 Seaforth ladies' broomballers win gold and silver in provincial tournament Seaforth's Snipers' men's broomball team wins bronze medal in tournament From Page 1 games of our lives" to come second in the tour- nament. "It was awesome and very unexpected. We were the wild card team after a team from the east dropped out and we were so happy just to be there," says Hunking. The Witches of Broom won their first game 7-0 against Firestorm, an Eastern Region team, won their second game against the Misfits, another Eastern Region team and lost their third game 1-0 to Parr Line. "That first game against Parr Line could have gone either way," says Hunking. The Witches then beat the defending champions, the Vipers 1-0 with Jolene Heffernan scoring the winning goal with 1:37 minutes left to go. "They could run like the wind but we held the line and kept them out," she says. Hunking says Parr Line scoring in the first shift of the final 4-0 game against the Witches "burst the bubble" for the Witches. "Before that, we just clicked. We were the Cinderella team and I'm so proud of them all," she says. In the intermediate men's divi- sion, coach Steve Gibbings says he's "elated" about the Seaforth Snipers' bronze medal finish. "I thought we'd do well but you never know how you'll do until you get to the tournament. We were beaten by older teams and we had comments that the future looks bright for the Snipers," he says. Gibbings adds the team "had a few issues with penalties" but over- all, played really well. The Snipers won their first game 2-1 in overtime against the Seaforth Cyclones. "That was the hard part - to put out one of our local teams right Mike Savage photo Parr Line's Susan Arts goes after the ball, followed by her teammate Beth Whitmore as she comes up behind a Rebels' player in Parr Line's first game of the tournament, which they won 2-1. submitted photo Provincial champs, the Seaforth's Parr Line ladies' broomball team, includes in the front from left, Marj Denstedt, Heather Dietz, Glenda Chaput, Cindy Carter, Jane McCutcheon, Robin Ross, Norah Eckert and Courtney Walters, in the middle, Tenna Larson, Nancy Hunter, Susan Arts, Beth Whitmore and Melanie Cronin and in the back, Colleen O'Reilly, Kim Eckert, Charolette Verbeek, Heidi Elliott, Jenna Rinn, Tanya Memer and Coach Cheryl Kruse. away," he says. The Snipers then won 2-1, again in over- time against the Wild Turkeys of Central Region, lost to West Carleton 4-1 and lost to the eventual gold medal winners Lacombe 3-1. Gibbings says the Snipers have never com- peted at the provincials before. The Seaforth Cyclones, won their first game 1-0 against the Vikings but lost the next two. Rob Dearing, one of the organizers of the tournament - which was sponsored by the Seaforth Broomball League, says the event went very smoothly "but it was a lot of work." "It was well-received by a lot of teams. The teams from Ottawa said they were glad they didn't have to travel all the way to Windsor and the teams from Windsor said they were glad they didn't have to travel all the way to Ottawa," he says. "There were excellent crowds and the facility was really nice - it was a great place to hold the provincials," says Dearing of the new twin -pad arena in Stratford. Other winners included Palmerston Guess Who in the elite men's division, McMillan Sand and Gravel in the elite women's divi- sion,Couvre Plancher in the mas- ters' division and Windsor Road Runners in the co-ed division. Correction A cutline in last week's Huron Expositor regarding the Tyke tour- nament in Seaforth on March 10 included incorrect information. Brussels won the tournament's 'B' division championship in double over time.