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Huron Expositor, 2009-07-01, Page 12r Pais 12 The'Huron Expositor • July 1, 2009 • j'` y Eight Seaforth seniors win medals in Seniors' Gams Achterlonie gets gold in golf, Preszcators win solo and triathlon trio ties for first Susan Hundertmark Eight Seaforth seniors were medal winners at this/year's district Senior Games and three of them will go on to compete at the Regional Games in Chatham on Sept. 3. While winning was the last thing on her mind, Anne Auchterlonie came first in golf at the Mitchell golf course. "I .was really surprised to win. I can't even remember what I shot that . day - I just played golf. I went to have fun," sh”ays. A golfer for about 20 years, Anne says she's only competed hi the Se- niors' Games for two years. Because she'd never golfed in Mitchell before, she and some friends decided to play the 18 holes the Mon- day before the Seniors' Games event. and got soaked during a rainstorm. "But, it let's us know . where the holes were so it -helped a little bit," she says. Olave Little came third in the golf event. Both will be competing at the Regional Games in September. Ken and . Velma Preszcator came first in the Solo competition and "had a fun day" doing it. "We've done it for years and years and were surprised to win," says Vel- ma. Velma says this is the first time she and her husband have . won the Solo event but have won in the past in both crokinole and .bid euchre. "We're big card players and we see the same people every year," she says. Velma says it took her awhile to learn how to play Solo but not too many people in " Seaforth play the game. "The cards fell our way that day - if luck's with you, that's how you win. We had good scores but my husband did better than I did," she says. Tying for first in the triathlon event in St. Marys were a trio of Seaforth women - Ethel Walker, Joan Perrie and Elsie Beuermann. Ethel, who does the walking, Joan, who does the swimming and Drusil- la Leitch,'who does the cycling, have won the triathlon event several times in the past but because Drusil- la broke her anti, Elsie stepped in to do the cycling for her. "I knew I could do it but there was a long hill in St. Marys and that was the toughest part," says Elsie. Because of a complicated cy- ,eling route, 'Elsie and Joan drove the route before H URON COMMU Nil Y i'AM11Y H r.A1:T11 '1 F.APvf The Huron community Family Health Team is pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Datema M.D. Dr. Dan Eickmeier M.D. Dr. Heather Percival M.D. Dr: Dan Rooyakkers M.D. will be moving their practices to the Huron East Health Centre 32 B-1 Centennial Drive Seaforth Effective July 1, 2009. After July 1, Patients wishing to schedule appointments should call 519-600-2273 Laboratory facilities will be available at the Huron East Health Centre on July 2, 2009 Susan Hundertmark photo Anne Auchterlonie (at right), who won gold in the Seniors' Games golf event and Olave Little, who won bronze, pose with their golf clubs. The two will be competing in the Regional Games in golf In September. the event, which helped Elsie under- stand where she was going. "I never would have found the last part of the trail if we hadn't driven around with a map," says Elsie. While she cycles around the five - mile block by her Winthrop -area home with her grandchildren, Elsie says she didn't have time to do any training. "Plus, there was such miserable weather this year," she adds. So, when she had to predict how long it would take her to cycle the five kilometres, she decided to take Drusilla's guess of between 17 and 18 minutes and set a time of 17:37 minutes. "But, I was a little too fast. If I'd said 17:07, I would have been right on," she says. Ethel, who's been doing the predic- tion walk for five or six years, says it wasn't hard to repeat her winning performances for the three kilometre walk. "I keep track of the times each time and I hope for the best. I don't do any training - I just do a lot of walking and I walk at the same pace all the time," she says. Joan did her eight lengths of the Pyramid Centre pool in St. Marys with the breaststroke and was only five seconds off of her predicted time. Joan also came second in the pre- ,r' diction swim event, where she de- cided to challenge herself by swim- ming the front crawl instead of her preferred stroke - breaststroke. "It's harder to count strokes and to breathe with front crawl. It's always been a challenge to me," she says. As well, a torn cartilege in her knee provided some challenge, creating a little less strength in one leg. Still, she was only three seconds off her predicted time. Joan adds she's glad she came sec- ond in the prediction swim event because a man she's beaten for sev- eral years ended up beating her this year. "He was so excited. ft was worth it to see his reactipn when he won," she says. Joan will be going on to the Region- al Games for the prediction swim on Sept. 3. r SEARTH INSURANCE BR�KER LTD/HIMG • • Home • Commercial •Auto • Farm A • Out of Province Travel Insurance 41 Main St. S. Seaforth r 519.527-1610 1k Ken Cardno, Joanne Williamson, a #. Colleen Bromky Barb Wan and Chris Cardno H URON COMMU Nil Y i'AM11Y H r.A1:T11 '1 F.APvf The Huron community Family Health Team is pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Datema M.D. Dr. Dan Eickmeier M.D. Dr. Heather Percival M.D. Dr: Dan Rooyakkers M.D. will be moving their practices to the Huron East Health Centre 32 B-1 Centennial Drive Seaforth Effective July 1, 2009. After July 1, Patients wishing to schedule appointments should call 519-600-2273 Laboratory facilities will be available at the Huron East Health Centre on July 2, 2009 Susan Hundertmark photo Anne Auchterlonie (at right), who won gold in the Seniors' Games golf event and Olave Little, who won bronze, pose with their golf clubs. The two will be competing in the Regional Games in golf In September. the event, which helped Elsie under- stand where she was going. "I never would have found the last part of the trail if we hadn't driven around with a map," says Elsie. While she cycles around the five - mile block by her Winthrop -area home with her grandchildren, Elsie says she didn't have time to do any training. "Plus, there was such miserable weather this year," she adds. So, when she had to predict how long it would take her to cycle the five kilometres, she decided to take Drusilla's guess of between 17 and 18 minutes and set a time of 17:37 minutes. "But, I was a little too fast. If I'd said 17:07, I would have been right on," she says. Ethel, who's been doing the predic- tion walk for five or six years, says it wasn't hard to repeat her winning performances for the three kilometre walk. "I keep track of the times each time and I hope for the best. I don't do any training - I just do a lot of walking and I walk at the same pace all the time," she says. Joan did her eight lengths of the Pyramid Centre pool in St. Marys with the breaststroke and was only five seconds off of her predicted time. Joan also came second in the pre- ,r' diction swim event, where she de- cided to challenge herself by swim- ming the front crawl instead of her preferred stroke - breaststroke. "It's harder to count strokes and to breathe with front crawl. It's always been a challenge to me," she says. As well, a torn cartilege in her knee provided some challenge, creating a little less strength in one leg. Still, she was only three seconds off her predicted time. Joan adds she's glad she came sec- ond in the prediction swim event because a man she's beaten for sev- eral years ended up beating her this year. "He was so excited. ft was worth it to see his reactipn when he won," she says. Joan will be going on to the Region- al Games for the prediction swim on Sept. 3. r