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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-12-07, Page 20Page 4A roles Advocate December 7, 1988 • 4. Sports Spotlight by Wayne Proctor For years now I have fancied myself as an above average bowler. Not a great bowler mind you, but not just an average bowler either. I started bowling when I Was seven or eight years old and at that age 1 felt 1- was getting a late start in the sport because fricnds'ol mine who, at the same age, had already been -bowling for three years. I had nothing to do Saturday mornings, other than watch car- toons,. so I joined with them as a junior bowler. Bowling in -this area is different from where I grew up in Windsor. Thcrc is virtually not five -pin bowling to speak ol. Most of it is -ten pin and there is a lot of it. In Windsor there are a total of six howl- ingestablishments. Four are for ten pin bowling with a total of 198 lanes -and two are for five -pin bowers with a total of 24 lanes. When 1 moved to take the job here at the TA I was surprised to learn there arc only two bowling establishments in this area.with a total of six lanes in each serving this entire arca. But 1•found out I was out of luck when 1 learned that the.closest ten -pin howling alley was in London. 1 was hoping to keep up with my howling but .1 . guess I am out Of luck unless l take up live pin. 1 found out there was a bow ling alley in Exeter but it closed five years ago, after being in town since 1949. It was owned by the Far- quhars but they sold it to Darling's IGA. They do feel that Exeter. - co support another howling alley, without hurting business at the outer two places because most •of the people in Exeter_go to Lucan or Zurich to do their howling.- - I have bx wled five pin about ten times •in my life but never with very much luck. I mean after honw ling ten pin for so long it is hard to just pick up the smaller hall and think. 1 could do just as goxxl. After all there arc a number of dpi tcrences between the games: • Tho'. most obvious difference is there are twice as many pins in ten pin. howling. In ten pin jou can put your fingers in the •ball, where as in -five pin you put your fingers around the hall. You get one ex- tra shot to knock down half as many pins in fiVo pin. And scoring is different -in five pin. A perfect game in five pin is 450 and ten pin is 300. ' Ten pin howling is an American gang and I guess that is why it is so popular in Windsor. it .hasn't really made an impact this far north yet but it is popular in .some larger cities like London. Wind- sor, in fact, is the only Canadian stop on the Professional Bowlers Tour that travels around the United States. • . There arc a number of leagues at both local establishments. Zurich Town and Country Lanes. has leagues just about every day and for all age groups. The Youth. Bowling Congress bowls on Saturday mornings and there arc several senior citizens leagues. At Lucan Bowling Lanes Youth Bowling takes places during the week. I was a junioir howler when I first started so I know what that is like. Now. looking hack I can appreciate all the help my coaches have given me over the years. They gave of•their time to make me a better bowler and 1 can better appreciate their effirrst now that 1 am older and I ani sure that things arc the same at the local bow ling lanes with the junior howling. Sure you don't have to be the greatest athlete in the world, hut bowling is something you can do when you are -six or 96 and it is probably the world -largest indoi>r participatory sport in the world. It may in fact be the next Olympic sport in the very near future. - Bantams tie Forest 2-2 EXETER - The Exeter Lincoln Hawks Bantams travelled to Forest in a very exciting game that ended in a 2-2 tie. Teams were evenly matched but Forest scored first with 1:55 re- maining in the first period and again at 22 seconds of second period. • The Lincolns answered at 4:20, with nice passing play, set up by Brent Jesney, 15 and scored by Peter Gibson and again at 6:23 on- very good effort by Mike Clay 10,. as- sisted by Mark Macdonald 11. Unfortunate mishap to Brad Thompson whb fractured his left hand in the second: There was no.scoring in third per- iod despite very exciting play by good efforts on the part of Shawn McFalls in the pipes.- On Sunday afternoon in a league game, they hosted Strathroy and came away with a 8-2 victory. Nick Szabo scored from Al McFalls and the fourth goal was by Peter Gibson from good passing plays from Jamie Steeper and Tony Armstrong. Steve Campbell scored the fifth from Mark Lynn. Mark Lynn scorcd 35 seconds lat.- er on a pass from linemates Steve Campbell and Brent Jesney. • Pete Gibson, from Tony Arm- strong and Dick Szabo from Mark MacDonald and Al KieFails rounded out the scoring. Hawks get single point Continued from.pagc IA Dan Nairn had a pair for the lo- cals,Mark Morriscy, Jim Duplan- tis, Cousineau, Lewis and Jeff An- sems hit for single goals. Jim Lewis had three assists, Dan Nairn had it pair and David Dalrym- ple and Joel Campbell had one as- sist each. The Hawks played host to Sca- forth last night, Ttiesday,.-at the South Huron Rec Centre. They open a home -and -home ser- ies against the Wellesley Apple. Jacks, Friday night at the SHRC at 8:30 and return to Wellesley Satur- day night. The .Hawks will be having their annual Poor Boy Luncheon at the. SHRC on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Has Beans - The Zurich Has Beans Oltimers team won an oldtimers tournament at the Huron Park .Arena on Saturday. Grand Bend Mariners,were the B champions. Front row (left to right), Rick Schilbe, `Bob Merner. Ray- Weido, Joe Arnold, Bob Johnston, Ron Desjardine,. Ken Clarke, Paul Bedard coach, Bob. Brown... Back row. (1-r), Kevin McKinnon, Lloyd Moore. Don O'Brien, Eric Smale, Ron Watt; Bill Hoffman, Geo Supla, Glenn Thurman; Hubert Schilbe manager. Volleyball team - The Hensall Public School girl's- volleyball team were' co -champions of the public school title, along with Exeter. Front row, (left to right), Daniel Lambert, Heather Wood ;.Stephanie Thompson, Teresa Haugh, Tara Pepper, Lianna Goldsworthy, Cathy Corbett, Rosemarie Wiese. Back row, (1-r). Annie Packham. Crystal Hop: kins, Victoria Bisback, Mindy Bell, Melissa Van Belle, Lean CConsitt, Laurie Gould, -coach. • . Crunchers FOREST - The Exeter Atom Crunchers split their pair of Lamb - ton Middlesex hockey -League-: games on the weekend, both on the road, edging Forest 3-2 Friday night and they were beaten by Watford by the same score on. Sunday. :r.tlnoBJueS_ -foExeter eoff against t Fo sus she coring all did alleal thriegoals,-onetui i grea-cif,b-,-r Continued from page .1A Exeter was leading 2-0 after the.. .first period and increased the Icad to 4-1 after the second and hung on- for the win playing a solid 60 minutes •on all sides of their game,- Randerson scored the game's first • goal, just • 1:16 into the contest, from Sochncr.-Quincy Wilkcr made it 2-0 with under three minutes left in the first, with Jell Warren and Barton drawing assists. • In the second, Soehner mao t �- 0 with. hi. second goal "in two games, at 7:01, from Randerson, and Warren. Jcff Shipley made it4-0at 13:40 for the winners, with Randerson and Barton picking up assists. Don Bauman picked• up hi. first of two for, Elora, from Chet Cou- ture and Rod Martin, with 4:55 left in the second. Bauman struck quickly in • the third, at 27 seconds, .with a short handed goial, from Jeff Bauman.. to cut the Mohawks lead in half. But G)ovet gave the Mohawks an - insurance goal midway through the • final period, from Jell �Ic('1,►nal tan and Gates and that %. As the war it ended. ._. _ The Mohawks arc idle until Sun- Blues at the South Huron Rec C en- roil. Hann s first was unassisted, the day night when the Play hest to the trc at 7:30. unior Ringettes dump HENS;�l 1. - The Exeter Junior Ringcttc teani heat Goderich 9-3 in a game played at the flensall Arena on Saturday. Julia Merner hit the score sheet four times -tour the winners, Chris Chappel and -Becky Morgan each had a pair of goals, while the single goal was scorcd by Jane Rowe. t;.aa: N7urticy ieu with two assists and singles went to Etiizabeth Coates, Rowe and Memer. Godcrich got all three of their Goderich goals in the Irrst hall of Oily, by Tara Cornish, Allison Pare and Sta- cy Malik. Four of Exeter's goals cattle in the first half of play and the other five came in the second half. Molting Hawks win EXETER - The Molting Hawks won both games this wcck beating Lucan Flyers 7-4 and Lambeth Ca- nadians 9-6. In Lucan on Tuesday night, Bob Jones was the scoring star with three goals. Ernie Ahrens, Jack Chipchasc, Pete_ McFalls and Ron Moore each added single goals. Bob McDonald show'd thc way with three assists while Ernie Ah- rens had two. Jack Chipchasc, Brian Hogdins, Ken Bergmann and Ron Moore added singles. • . On Monday night, Kcn Bergmann led the Molting Hawks -with a 5 - point evening, notching three goals and two assists. Scott Burton added two goals and two assists while Walk Behind Snow Blowers C;99 .1O1411 VLSI% Big capacity two-stage snow blov • - ')avt, ve forward speeds and reverse. The 8 -hp clears a ca inch path. Pressure • - activated clutch for safety Ar optional walk -under catX is avail- able See them on display •'ties are limited see us today HURON Lais',, &Garden (ENTRE TRL A Division of Huron Ttactor Ltd. SALES DEPARTMENT 1.800.265.4220 Exeter 235-1115 Blyth. 523.4244 Ron Moore had two goals, and Bill Pincombe -and Ernie Ahrens each had one. Bob McDdnald had two assists and Ernie Ahrens, BIll Pin- combe, Al Flynn and Ron Moore each added onc. Midgots lose. Midget Bcars dropped a 7- 2 encounter with Strathroy on -Sat- urday at the Rcc Centre. Strathroy pulled away to a 4;0 first period lead and extended it to 5-0 before Exeter got on thc board twice This - wcck they play London Dour!hhovs on Wednesday (tonight) while on Monday they host the Clinton Colts. - Their record -now stands at 12 wins, eight losses and two ties. to Strathroy with a goal from Jeff McCurdy, as- sisted by Jamie McBride:' Jon Cooper scorcd Exeter's sec - ond goal on a breakaway • in the third before Strathroy salted . the game away with two late goals. 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