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Times-Advocate, 1981-07-22, Page 9Bring home six medals ARC athletes win in Special Olympics Two silver and four bronze medals. That's the loot brought home by the Dashwood ARC Industries athletes from the weekend Special Olympics Pfaff, army Islanders each win in hockey The second week of the summer hockey league at the Stephen township arena was played. Sunday. Pfaff Electric downed the Canabas 8-2, the Islanders swamped the Flyers 9-2 and the Exeter Red Army team blasted Crediton 11-3. Fred Campbell scored four times to lead Pfaff Electric's victory. Scoring single goals for the Canabas were Harold Borden and Dave Smith. Bill Gover with a five goal effort was tops for the Red Army in their win over Crediton. Paul Pooley was next on the scoring list with a pair of scores while single goals were notched by Dave Shaw. John Kernick, Jeff Lindenfield and Tom Coates. 'Getting a goal apiece for Crediton were Rick Ingram, Greg Campbell and Bill McGrath. Two goal performances from Gary Gravett, Paul Loutitt and Brad England paced the Islanders to their victory. Adding single scores were Stan McNeill and Martin Clarke. for the Handicapped held in Ottawa. With more than 650 athletes competing from every province in Canada, the second and third place finishes amassed by three ARC competitors is amaz- ing. Ga ry Stebbins led the medal winners with a silver for a second place finish and finishing third in track and field events. The other honour in track and field was taken by Brian Clarke who was a third place finisher. Dorothy Dakins who two bronze medals for resides in the John Street home in Exeter was second and third. respectively in two swimming events. In finishing third in the 1,- 500 metres run, Gary Steb- bins beat the existing Cana- dian record and recorded his personal best of 5.06.9 minutes. His previous best Dorothy Dakins Gary Stebbins Brian 'Clarke In every corner was live minutes and 31 seconds. He was second in the run- ning long jump with a leap of 3.69 metres and third in the 200 metres race. Brian Clarke was a third place finisher in the 400 metres run. In the ladies swimming division. Dorothy Dakins was second in the breaststroke event and third in backstroke. Arc Industries coach Paul Runnalls who accompanied the athletes said the Olym- pics were extremely well organized with more than 1,- 800 volunteers helping. Runnalls said the parade in which athletes marched to Parliment Hill in provincial units was very impressive. More than 1,500 persons attended the Saturday night banquet. One of the enter- tainers was John Allan Cameron. w number of professional athletes including hockey stars Darryl Sittler and Lan- ny Mcdonald, track star Dianne Jones-Konihowski and skiier Betsy Clifford attended the Olympics. Sports is theme at playground By Patti Down Sports fill every corner of the world. The competition between countries. schools and neighbourhoods happen Jim Becker Construction DASHWOOD 237-3526 Five Inch Steel Seamless Eavestroughing Now Available In 6 colors with all accessories every day in all kinds of sports. This past week at the senior Lions' playground the theme was 'Sports' and had all the participants in the program sit down and write what sports mean to them. Below are a few of their replies. Sports mean having a good time and playing your best. The word 'sports' is the first syllable of the word sportsmanship, which means being nice to the other players on your team and on the opposite team. Sports means just what it says SPORTS Mike Rankin & Daryl Coleman Sports means to us SPORTS such as hockey, soccer, baseball, tennis, basketball and football. Sports also means freedom to compete against each other. It means you can test your skills in your favorite sports. So if you have good skills or are interested start playing these super, super sports! Ron Loucks & Brent Mc- donald Sports is winning prizes, getting to know more people, learning the rules to these games. learning to get along with other people and the freedom to compete. Jeff Playfoot and Tim Campbell Sports means participa- tion. lots of fun and exercise. It gives us a chance to im- prove our skills and have fun. We Like_te.see good sportsmanship because win- ning isn't everything. Some of our favorite sports are golf. swimming, hockey, baseball, tennis and basket- ball. Karen Wells,Kathy Robbins and Marilyn Hamilton As the messages alone prove sports fill up a lot of their time. Besides in- troducing the idea of sportsmanship and sharing in sports. co-operative games were played. Co- operative. games are a new • concept in which no person loses in playing games. Laughterand fun dominate these games instead of the competitive nature. Special events last week included rollerskating. swimming, blind volleyball. baseball, crab basketball, and a 21 basketball tournament. Friday's special event was a special olympics. The senior playground travelled to Victoria park to be split up among the Juniors into six team countries. Russia, Canada. USA, Japan, Europe and Africa. Then the countries com- peted against each other in groups of similar age groups. Some of the events taking place were an obstacle course. high jump, javelin, water games. long jump. football toss and a tug of war. The Olympics took the whole day to complete and ended up with all countries tied. Thanks to all who came out to participate. We all truly learn the meaning of sharing and sports. Cowgirls win two games The only siding with the steel -plus -vinyl difference! to remain in first place The/`.vA.�.... r,....�._�_ The Crediton Cowgirls notched two more wins this week to stay ahead in their Huron -Middlesex Women's Fastball league. Wednesday night, they downed Ailsa Craig by a score of 21-20 and Monday night they beat Poplar Hill 12-4. The Cowgirls next league game is Monday night in East Williams. Thursday night they travel to Kirkton to play Usborne ladies in an exhibition game and this weekend they are in a tour- nament in Kirkton with their first game at 11 a.m. Satur- day morning. The Cowgirls gained a big lead in the first three innings in their Monday night game. They obtained 15 runs to Ailsa Craig's six. In the fourth inning Ailsa Craig kept their bats going and obtained a tie with the Cowgirls. The fifth and sixth i ing Take steel; add layers of zinc, chemicals and a thick polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coating. You've got Stelco Ultragard Siding. Siding supreme' There's never been a siding like new Stelco Ultragard Siding. It's the perfect protection to put between your home and the weather! NEW STELCO ULTRAGARD SIDING A product of Stelco Inc. For a free. no•obligation estimate contact. JIM BCONSiRUCTION 237-3526 (2.71 ELECTRIC CART $800 18 Holes tufte Huron saw the Cowgirls move ahead but Ailsa Craig tied it up again to make it 20-20. In the seventh inning Bren- da Wilds cracked out a home run to take the lead. The Cowgirls held Ailsa Craig back on their last bat by playing strategic ball and came home with the win. Debbie Lord led the win- ning team with her bat by slamming out two home runs. a triple and a single. Sandy O'Neill obtained one triple and three singles. Brenda Wilds banged two home runs. Carol Stuart had four singles and Tammy Regier and Barb Mitchell had a home run apiece. Margie Luther, Linda Wasnidge and Joanne Scott banged out a home run each for Ailsa Craig while Sherry Lee Pickering and Elaine McNair had three singles apiece. Deb Lord and Merna Scott shared pitching duties for INDIAN HILLS GOLF CLUB a Phone 519 873-5505 GREEN FEES $500 18 Holes the Cowgirls Monday night's game saw the Cowgirls play a great brand of ball by having five innings with three batters up three out. Poplar Hill moved ahead on the scoreboard by getting two runs compared to the Cowgirls one. The Cowgirls then moved ahead coming on strong in the second and third inning to take the win. Sandy O'Neill led the Cowgirls at the plate with a double and a single and hits were added by Tammy Regier. ('arol Stuart, Deb Lord. Brenda Wilds, Barb Mitchell. Shelley Weber and Wendy Schwindt. Brenda Wilds pitched a great game on the mound. Hillbillies on the loose Look nut Exeter, the sr. playground is all set for some hoedown fun this week special for hillbilly week. This week promises to be filled with various activities that will he centred around country living Already this week the members on the playground have enjoyed a visit to Pym Farms, a treasure hunt, building with toothpicks and swimming at the Exeter pool. Today the members will be having a pet show and they will he railer skating at the Rec ('entre. Thursday the highlight of the day will be a visit to the Public Library where the members will enjoy a magic show. Swimming will also be in- cluded in Thursdays ac- tivities This week will wind up on Friday with the making of homemade ire cream and a hayride and visit to Donald Dearing's farm. Doesn't this sound like a lot of fun. Next week will be Awareness week or Nature week and members will be out (ripping to the Pinery Park for an overnight cam - Pout. We hope that lots of members can enjoy this adventurous outing, so keep it in mind Till next week. SAFE AT FIRST -- Wendy Schwindt of the Crediton Cowgirls makes her way to first safely as CFPL's Ron Thomas waits for the ball in Saturday's exhibition game in Crediton.T-A photo Gunners in tie with Lucan club After two weeks of inac- tivity the Exeter Gunners got back into minor soccer Wednesday night when they travelled to Lucan. In the se- cond meeting of the season between the two teams the result was the same, a draw 1-1. Both teams opened strong- ly with the Gunners pressing the advantage with good run- ning by Jason Heywood, Jason Hern and Jeff Bertan. Good support play be Peter McAllister. Stephen Cregan and Jason Coolman kept the ball in the Lucan half for the first 10 minutes. The gradual see -saw of play saw five defensive efforts at both ends with Darryl Beaver and Ryan Lindenfield performing well for the Gunners. With about 10 minutes left in the first half Lucan got a break when the ball spun off a Gunner defender and a Lucan forward scored the rebound. The second half saw the use of substitutes Ryan Stewart. Steven Rankin, Richard Phillips and Fred Godbolt who maintained the strong Gunner presure. Whithin five minutes the Gunners had mounted such pressure that Ryan Linden - field. Stephen Cregan. Jason Heywood. .Jeff Bertan and Jason Hern all had shots on net in a sustained scramble. Just.as Lucan appeared to have weathered the storm a defender handed the ball and the Gunners were awarded a penalty kick. Captain Jason Hern coolly put the ball in the back of the net to tie the score at 1-1. Lucan seemed to wake up and mounted great pressure that saw every Gunner player in the penalty area protecting the goalkeeper. Unfortunately a Gunner returned the Lucan favour and handles the hall giving Lucan a penalty shot. Goalkeeper David Schwindt plated it perfectly by mov- ing to his right to catch the ball in mid air and make the save Soon afterward he was called on again to make an excellent stop when a goal seemed certain. Kits win in juvenile tilt The Exeter Kits defeated Ailsa Craig 16-8 in a girls juvenile softball game, Tuesday night. The Kits scored four times in the first inning on singles by Jane Sims and Brenda Pinder and home runs from the bats of Ronnalee Bogart and Peggy Inch. In the Exeter third singles by Becky Baker and Sue Campbell and Deb Taylor's. double sent three runs home. The Kits completed the scoring with six runs in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth. Peggy inch and Alice Dietrich shared pitching duties for the Kits. Their next game is on Wednesday night against Cromarty in l.ieury. Carpetbaggers take tourney The Exeter Carpetbaggers won the "11" division championship of a rec league fasthall tournament in Seaforth over the weekend. After losing their opening game Friday night by a score of 9-2 to the Seaforth Turf Club. the locals bounced back with convincing wins Saturday and Sunday to bring home the trophy. Saturday, the Car- petbaggers downed the Seaforth Villagers 4-2 with Richard Banks and Steve Johns sharing the pitching duties while Steve Johns pitched a fine game Sun- day as his club edged the Zurich Deejays 2-0. Every player gave 110 per- cent but the player of the game award this week was shared by Jason Hern and David Schwindt. Times -Advocate, July 22, 1981 Page 9 Five win at Kippen Five competitors each recorded scores of 25 to lead the regular Tuesday shooting competition at the Kippen gun club. Deadlocked for the spot were Bill Weber, Jim Butcher. Jack Mills, Bert Mahaffey and I)an Crerar. Tied in the next spot with 24's each were Harrison Schoch. Edwin Miller, Sonja Gunderson. Lloyd Venner, John Smallman and John Hessels. Checking in with 23 apiece were Bill Cochrane, Paul Johnson. Ray Geddes, Mery Batkin and Jamie Caldwell while Rick Schroeder, Wayne Riddell and Paul Middleton scored 22 apiece. Next with 21 hits were Al Bell. 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