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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-02-16, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, February 16, 1983 Sports Irish Spotlight The Exeter Lions are to be congratulated on hitting a milestone with their annual Sportsmen's Dinner and their help to crippled children. Tuesday's dinner marked the 10th anniversary of the popular event which was established in 1974 through the hard work and enthusiasm of the late Don Taylor. At that time the executive of the Lions club was divided on the subject of a dinner similar to the one held in London and Taylor's idea was passed by only one vote. The dinner has grown considerably from the initial event when close to 200 people filled the Legion hall to the most recent dinner,which attracted more than 600 persons to the South Huron Rec Centre. - We don't know the exact amount of money now rais- ed for the Thames Valley Treatment Centre over the 10 years but would guess it could be in excess of $35,000. It's great to say that this year's dinner profit was probably close to $7,000, but, that's only the end result. In between is a lot of hard work by the dinner com- mittee and the chairman in particular. This year we know the committee worked for 10 months in getting things lined up and for the last couple of months chair- man elarence McDowell was,involved every day of the week in getting things organized. The day of the dinner, every member of the club and most of their wives are busilyengagedinpreparing for the big night. A number of Lions wives are called on to prepare the edible goodies for a press conference which is held each year prior to the dinner. For the last number of years this press reception has been held at the River- view Estates rec hall thanks tO the kindness of Len and. Noel Veri. • This is where we have a chance to get to talk to some of the celebrities and this year was no exception. • The first we encountered was master of ceremonies Lord Athol Layton. We remember attending wrestling matches at the old London arena on Bathurst street when Layton was one of the premier combatants along with Whipper Billy Watson, Sky Hi Lee, Gene Kiniski and the Sharpe brother, Ben and Mike from Hamilton'. Layton said he enjoyed the barn like surroundings of the old arena which was located pretty well in the heart of the city. at that time. He said he remembered a couple of true blue fans in those days and when we described Exeter's top fan at that time, the late George Rether who was always in the front row at ringside, Layton said, "I remember one very enthusiastic gentleman and that's likely who it was." He remembers the most excited female fan as Ma Pickles and, added, "She celebrated -hex 90th birthday just a short while ago and I rang her up and she was delighted to talk to me." Layton participated in more than 3,500 bouts in his 30 year ring career which was followed by a number of years as a television commentator. He now lives in Mississauga. Headline speaker Bobby Hull who now is a com- mentator on the Saturday afternoon Ontario junior hockey games on Global television told us he was im- pressed by the play of Dave Shaw with the Kitchener Rangers. He suggested Ranger coach Joe Crozier should pair Shaw and Al McInnis together on defence saying, "They would make a great combination". • Hull calls for a return to the teaching of the basics of hockey as the start in regaining Canada's dominance in world hockey circles. He is against intense teaching to boys when They first start playing hockey in minor ranks. He said, "In their early days let some nice fellow govern over them and let the more serious teaching come later on and in junior ranks." Hull called the surgence of Wayne Gretzky on the NHL scene as the arrival of a champion. Ile added, "We need more players of the type of Gretzky and fellows like Guy Lafleur, Gil Perrault and Mark Messier." Conqueror of Mount Everest, Laurie Skreslet of Calgary was a big hit with the dinner audience. We asked him about the atmosphere at the top of the 29,800 foot peak and he said, "We were at the top for only 33 minutes. We had to get down alive to make it all worthwhile. The noise from the strong winds at the top made it sound as if hundreds of freight trains were flying by". Skreslet in trying to play down his hero image said, "Anybody who gives his best is a hero and the crippled children are a great example of that theory. The actual climbing of Mount Everest was only the culmination of a long training period. They spent 21 days walking 260 kilometers across the grain of the land as Skreslet said, "The walk got us fitter and helped get us prepared mentally." • The mountain climber said, "Seeing 600 at the din- ner from a town of 3,600 residents is a breath of fresh air, a breath of sanity in an insane world." The appearance at the dinner of Ontario Lieutenant Governor John Aird was a highlight of the event. It was the first time trig Queen's representative in the province had been in theirea.Aird commended the local Lions on their "caring and serving". Local representative for crippled children was Christine Easterbrook for the fourth straight year. Christine again captured the hearts of the audience with her sincere and well delivered speech. It was announced at the dinner that Christine was close to being chosen Ontario's Tammy for 1983. She was the first runnerup in the annual competition. Stapleton to visit Former Chicago Black 'hawk star Pat Stapleton will be in town Monday, February 21 to meet with of- ficials of the Exeter Minor Hockey Association. Stapleton will be discussing with the EMIIA and any other interested persons his hockey training program which is now in operation in Nova Scotia sponsored by Pepsi Cola. . Play in Lucan tonight and Friday lead Hawks in opening junior 'D' playoff The Exeter Hawks succeed- ed in their incredible fighbto make the playoffs this week, but quickly put themselves behind the eight -ball again when they lost their series opener to the Lucan Irish. The Hawks scored a 6-3 win over Belmont on home ice, Friday, togain the fourth and final playoff spot. They ac - 4. tually tied Seaforth in points, but got the nod due to their better won -lost record over the Centenaires. However, they dropped a 5-4 decision to the Irish in the opener played at the rec cen- tre, Sunday, and now must travel to Lucan for the next two games in the best -of seven. �yCETEq w►: .Unless they win in Lucan, ' they will find themselves in' another "do or die" situation . when they return home for the fourth game on Sunday. Second game of the series is planned for tonight (Wednes- day) in Lucan and the third game will be there on Friday. Both gam -eget. underway at 8:15. Sunday's game at the k tEJ 4t #1•••••allmlo *No pc, alb •'1 9 4 0 7) f.. 1 1 ,94 •firsue. `., ICG`' BRONCOS WIN TWO TITLES - The Exeter Broncos have won two atom tourna- ment championships this year. They won the Forest Silver Stick "B" Consolation and the recent Lucan Leprechaun "C" consolation. Back, Tett, coaches Tom McCann, Simon van Dam and Aubrey Bedard. Centre, Craig Soldan, David O'Connor, Tim van Dam, David Dalrymple, Harlen Tinney and Jamie Bedard. Front; Todd McCann, Mark Bur- ton, Steve Sillery, Al Blommaert and Brett Lommie: Missing were Rob McLelland. Shannon Hrudka and Jason Hern. .T -A photo Sherwoods: edge Exeter in South Ninon honker Four third period goals allowed the Hensall Sher - woods to score a 9-6 victory • over the Exeter Mohawks in South Huron league action Thursday night. The Sherwoods who lead 1>♦he league outscored the se- cond place Mohawks by three goals to two in the first period. In the second period scoring was reversed with, the Mohawks taking a one goal margin to tie the score. The game was three minutes old when Brad Daters converted a pass from Mike Desjardine to put Ex- eter in front. At the 11 minute mark Terry Caldwell evened the score for Hensall on a pass from Jamie Caldwell on a power play. The Mohawks took advan- • tage of a similar power play situation at 15:16 with Jim Guenther firing the successful shot.with the assist going to Barry Baynham. In the final four minutes Bryan Maher scored for Hen- sall on a pass from Brian 'Baker and Ken Varley registered on an unassisted effort for. the S erwoods. The. third Ex ter sere at c30 df the ddle frame. ame lin another power jtl y attempt. Jeff Fuller hit the Ilensall net on a pass from Barry Baynham. ' Only 20 seconds later, the Sherwoods were out in front again as captain Dave Kinsman tallied on a solo dash. Next came a two goal Ex- eter scoring splurge as Mike Desjardine and Tom Ryan were successful. Getting assists were Brad Deters and Barry Baynham. With a little over a minute left to the second intermis- sion, Terry Caldwell tied the score of Hensall on a pass from Jamie Caldwell with the Mohawks playing a man shdrt. At -1:06 of the third period, MikelOesjardine notched his second Raj lith the last of the night for qhawks with assists goi ' )oug Fletcher and Brad Daters. Only a minute later, Rick Ingram converted a pass from Dave Kinsman to tie the score and at 7:0:3 Alf Taylor scored what proved to be the winner on an unassisted effort. • . Insurance goals for Hensall were notched by Ken Varley on a solo dash and Lloyd Allen on a pass from Bryan Maher. BASEBALL BANTER -- Talking about baseball prior to Tuesday's Sportsmen's Din- ner were local ball enthusiasts Lorry Wein, Jim Pfaff and Larry Taylor with Ernie Whitt of the Toronto Blue Jo s. T -A photo All, in the Family weeps darts' All in the Family was the only team to sweep five points in Friday's regular action of the Exeter mixed dart league. • This week's scores were: AII in the Family 5 Out of Space 0 Evil Eyes 4 Outlaws 1 Itchy Niters 4 Canscotts 1 CB'er's 3..laams 2 4 W's 3 Shiphunters'2 Swat 3 Scotties 2 Wubbu 3 Crusaders 2 Friday's schedule is as follows: 8 p.m. 4 W's vs Scotties Out of Space vs Wubbu Crusaders vs Jaams Outlaws vs Shiphunters 9:30 p.m. Canscotts vs All in the Family CB'ers vs Itchy Niters Rowdy Ones vs Evil Eyes Swat vs Winkers Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half -sorrow. ,, rec centre will be played at 2:00 p.m. Costly penalty Hawks super -star Bill Glover took only one rest dur- ing the third period of Sun- day's opener with the Irish, and it turned out to be costly as the Lucan crew scored on a powerplay as he sat in the penalty box and that marker turned out to be the winner. Glover was fingered for hooking at the 13:44 mark and Paul Wraith broke a 4-4 draw as he converted pass from Doug Latta and Jamie Shipley to score the winner at the 15:08 mark. The Irish also scored on a powerplay in the second period with Glover in the penalty box, as he took two of the three minors served by the Hawks in the close check- ing opener. .1 The locals started off quick- ly as Tony Jones flipped a high shot at the net after only 33 seconds had been played. The puck hit Paul Creighton on the shoulder and drgpped into the net behind him. Glover and Mike Clark pick- ed up assists on the bleu. The Irish evened the count midway through the gtanza when John Medd's shot took a crazy bounce into tine net behind Mike Tadgel) and they took a 2-1 lead late in the period when Dave P4tton's blistering drive was rpjed a goal by referee Charlie Roach. Tadgell got his glove on the shot as he reached into the net to snare it. Lucan opened a 3-1 lead early in the second on a goal by Steve Glenn, only tp have the Hawks get one back when Jones connnected on a powerplay with Steve Prout and Glover at the 8:11 mark. Meddscored his second of the game three minutes later on a powerplay and Pete Novice victorious The Exeter novice hockey team scored .a 10-1 victory over Hensall in an exhibition game Sunday at the South Huron Rec Centre. Jason Heywood led the Ex- eter scoring attack with a four goal effort. Two came on unassisted dashes,while Ryan Lindenfield and Tony Arm- strong provided passes for the The lone Hensall score was other socres. shot by' Rob Consitt on a solo Next with a .pair ofsuc- dash. cessful shots each were Lindenfield and Ryan Stuart. Assisting on these goals were Steve Rankin, Allan McFalis, Heywood and Stuart. The only Exeter goals were registered by Steve Farquha- and Fred Godbolt on unassisted efforts. A GUEST SPORTSMAN - Former Toronto Argonaut Gene Clark Was one of the speakers of Tuesday's Ex- eter Lions Sportsmen's Dinner. Above, Clark\talks with Lion Doug Knowles. T -A photo OMHA playoffs at arena tonight. The Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs involving teams from Exeter and Sl. Marys resume tonight, Wednesday at the South Huron Rec Centre with a tripleheader. The two pee wee clubs start the night off with a game at 6:30 p.m. followed by the ban- tams and midgets. St. 'Marys leads the pee wee series one game to none as the result of an 8-1 victory Wednesday in St. Marys. The Exeter bantams find themselves down two games in the best -of -five series. They lost 5-3 in St. Marys, Wednes- day. The midget set is tied at a game apiece. The only Exeter pee wee goal in Wednesday's loss to St. Marys was fired by Steve Anderson on a three-way combination with Rob McKnight and Larry Lewis. Bob Yearn, Scott Hossack and Brett Seguin led the St. Marys scoring attack with two goals each. Scoring in single fashion were Mike Craig and Oren Lessard. .Juveniles ousted The Exeter juveniles were eliminated two straight in their OMHA playoff with St. Marys, although the locals managed to put up a better showing than anticipated. While the league leading Stoneiowners were picking up players from their Junior "B" Lincolns, the cellar -dwelling locals had to dip deeper into the ranks of the midgets to ice q squad for the first game. St. Marys look the opener on thei • ice by a 6-1 count. r • Wednelay breaking the game open late in the second period with three goals in a span of less then three minutes. , Eric Tadgell scored Ex - WELCOME TO DINNER - Montreal Concorde lineman Glenn Weir is welcomed to Tuesday's. Exeter Sport- smen's Dinner by o former Lions president Don Mousseau. T -A photo eter's lone tally on a play with Ian Munroe and Scott Batten. In the return game the following night in Exeter, St. Marys had to rally late in the third to post a 6-2 win after the localshad staged their own rally in the final period to wipe out a 2-0 lead by the visitors. Alter battling to a scoreless draw in the first; St. Marys scored two early in the se-' cond, only to have Exeter get the equalizers in the third. Eric Tadgell wait the sniper on the first and Scott Batten came back shortly after to, even the count 'With Brian Blackburn and Dave Rowcliffe picking up the assists. However, St. Marys popped two quickies at the mid -way mark and added two more late in the game which ended on a sour note as fisticuffs broke out on two occasions. Molting Hawks Tile Exeter Molting Hawks dropped two close decisions this week in pldtimers hockey action. Saturday, the Hawks travelled. to the Thompson arena in London and lost 5-4 to the Londdn Old indians. Monday in Efteter,.the North London Old Devils were win- ners 4-3. In the Saturday loss, the Exeter goal scorers were Keith Ahrens, Mike Cushman, Jim Russell and Bill Pincombe. Bill Pindombe with a twc goal perfdrmance was the leading Wilting liawk In the. scoring Parade, Monday night. Scoring in single fashion Were Pete MieFall$ and Keith Ahrens. Attention Car Intisiglasito A club has been formed in the are* for those interested in the preservationand restordtion of older and special interest autot. If interest - reply to Exeter Times- Advoeit , Sox No. 20P stating name, address, »one and vehicles) you may eln edy hew*. Tucke) pulled theHawks back to a 4.: deficit shortly after with Ed Willis and Jeff Rowe drawing the assists. The Irish maintained their one -goal margin until the 11:24 mark of the third when Dean Armstrong deflected a point shot by Glover into the cage and then Wraith scored the winner. - The Irish served seven minors in the game, which featured strong goal tending at both ends. Creighton recorded 38 saves, while Tadgell had 29. Jump to early lead The Hawks wasted little time in assuring themselves j( a playoff berth as they umped intoa 4-1 first period lead against Belmont on Fri- day and then answered both second period tallies by the visitors is an entertaining contest . Despite the fact they had nothing to gain from the con- test, the Bombers put up a stiff struggle and made the locals earn the win. Pete Tuckey paced the scoring attack with a pair of markers, while singles were recorded by Ed Willis, Dean Armstrong. Steve Prput and Bill Glover. ' Tuckey. Armstrong and Jeff Rowe picked up two assists each and singles were added by Tony Underhill. Scott Brintnell, Tony Jones. Mike Clark, Dave Jackson and Steve Prout. Mike Tadgell played a stetjar role as he blocked 32 shots, while Belmont's Bob Crawford recorded 31 saves. Both teams took five minors and the Hawks scored on two powerplay attempts while the Bombers'conn- ected on one. 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