Times-Advocate, 1981-08-06, Page 10Page 10
Times -Advocate, August 6, 1961
PINCH HITTER
By Recreation Administrator,
DON "BOOM" GRAVETT, R.D.M.R.
It certainly is a pleasure to fill in for our good
friend Ross Haugh, who happens to be on his annual
vacation. While Ross is sunning himself out in the flat-
lands of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, (eee-gads), kindly
bear with me as I wipe the dust off the o'l typewriter to
initiate on his behalf, a guest column.
Actually, it's like old home week to me, getting
behind typewriter keys once again. It just seems like
yesterday (actually its closer to 25 years ago) when
this humble public servant served as the initial Sports
Editor for the T -A with the baptism of this town's
original sports page.
Many changes have taken place since I left Exeter to
become Director of Recreation in a larger centre. Be-
ing away for some 17 years, I can proudly say that I
am happy to be back as your Recreation Ad-
ministrator and that the Town of Exeter and district is
undoubtedly something each and every citizen here
should be truly proud of.
[ have travelled over 96,000 air miles alone since
my departure. which included province to province
from coast to coast across Canada, plus throughout
seven different countries in Europe, and I can honestly
say. my heart still rests with the fine people here and
your lovely community. Be thankful for what you
have. Many other places don't truly realize what they
are missing!
It is most heart-warming for me to meet many old
friends and be welcomed back as I have been. I can
assure you that I will do my best for you as your
Recreation Administrator and trust that all kinds of
communication and co-operation. will flow freely
between you and your municipal recreation office in
order to make your leisure time more enjoyable and
worthwhile.
LADIES' SOFTBALL CHAMPS — The Exeter Greys ladies' softball team won the A championship at a tournament in Kirkton
recently. Shown are: (back, from left) cooch Bill Brock, Paula Sereda, Jayne Smith, Jill Tuckey, loes Etherington, Pam
Wolper, Elaine Gould, Lynn Farquhar; (front, from left) Donna Glanville, Joyce Morgan, ha Snell, Janice Brock, Julianne
Maclean and Bonnie Westlake. Missin. was Patti Sha ton.
Communication is vital
Whether it be in the public or private sector,
communication is the "Key" to making any program
or operation successful. Communication through the
proper channels can be most rewarding for all con-
cerned.
I personally invite you to make use of the
municipal recreation office for all your recreation
needs, right from programming, to clinics and govern-
ment grant information on physical, creative, intellec-
tual or the arts activities. '
My office door will always be open to any citizen,
group or organization who wishes help. I will be more
than happy to do my best to assist you in any fair way I
can. All you have to do is drop in at the South Huron
Rec Centre of phone 235-2833 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.fn., Monday through Friday. If I can't solve your
problem, further steps will be taken to help you.
Yes, communication and co-operation is vital, so
much so, that an unknown author once wrote in the
Reader's Digest after becoming so disgusted with the
lack of it: "The way people find fault these days,
you'd think there was some kind of reward!" How
about that!
Softball tourney August 15 & 16
President Clarence Ferguson of the Men's Rec
Fastball League informs us that their annual in-
vitational tournament will be bigger and better this
year.
Sixteen teams from Zurich, Clinton, Seaforth and
of course Exeter, will participate. Last year 12 clubs
were involved.
The Men's Rec League have also offered to sell
tickets and participate in the exhibition game here
August 31 between California Cuties and Exeter's
Finest on the Diamonds! Your support would be ap-
preciated.
Playground 8 pool going well
Exeter Lions summer playground, under the
direction of Patti Down is gaining momentum as the
weeks go by. Flanked by Marg Pym and Scott Batten
through a government grant program and coupled with
L.I.T.'s (leaders in training) John Wells, Susan Bir-
mingham, Marlene Winters and John Gravett, each
week the program offers a wide variety of events for
youngsters. Unfortunately, the program only has two
weeks to go before termination.
Brian Mercer heads the aquatic program at the
pool. Along with Becky Baker, Patti Shapton, Deb
Taylor, Sharon Rundle and Tammy Robinson, this
group of energetic youngsters are providing some ex-
cellent instruction for participants.
Besides Exeter and area residents taking advan-
tage of the program. we are pleased to advise that
Grand Bend are also part and parcel of our 1981
program and welcome them.
Debbie Taylor also directs the swim team, which I
might add has made very commendable showings in
their initial three meets to date.
Book ice time now
Anyone interested in using ice time this winter at
the Rec Centre is asked to contact this department as
soon as possible.
Times are being slotted in for the winter months
and we don't want anyone left out in the cold who nor-
mally has a program going.
For those who have already booked in, we ask you
to reconfirm your wishes as a double cheek.
Thanks for your co-operation'
Cuff cleaners
Congratulations to Coaches Bill Brock and Lynn
Farquhar, along with the rest of the Exeter Greys, on
winning the Ladies Invitational Softball Tournament in
Kirkton. Next year the Greys will be hosting the
tourney here on new diamonds (we hope! ).Q Plan to
attend California Cuties visit here Monday, August 31
for an 8:31 p.m. game. Men's Rec League "Ali -Stars",
plus a number of Town dignitaries will provide the op-
position.... Boom's Recreation Camp for girls and boys
8 to 15 years of age will materialize from August 9 to
15 ' This is the last call for campers. Information
available at the Rec Centre (235-2833). Camp is
celebrating its 20th anniversary' . Thank goodness
the baseball strike is over! It will be refreshing to
watch the Blue Jays lose again instead of the Argos
and Blizzards. They have more class! .... By the way,
many people have asked how the wrestling card turned
out at the Rec Centre recently. Well, nearly 500 people
turned out to watch it and seemed to enjoy themselves.
!lope to have them back in the future.
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COWGIRLS WIN 'B' TROPHY — The Crediton Cowgirls won the 'B' trophy for an Intermediate Ladies Softball Tournament
held in Kirkton on July 25 and 26. The team is shown above (back left to right) coach Robert Pertschy. Merna Scott, Wilma
logerwerf, Sandy O'Neill, Kate Steeper, Carol Stuart and coaches Bruce Smith and Darrel Finkbeiner. Front (left to right)
Barb Mitchell, Brenda Wilds, Debbie Lord, Wendy Schwindt, Shelley Weber and Tammy Regier. Missing was Michelle
Vandergunst, Liz Pertschy and statistician Marg Pertschy. Photo by Schwartzentruber
Rain hampers playground
Parade, penny event on tap
by Marg Pym and Patti Down
Rain interrupted part of
last week's Senior program.
It caused the cancellation of
the campout and moved the
program indoors at the
South Huron Rec Centre.
Highlights from last week
include Monday as Treeday,
making dried flower
arrangements. pencil
holders and a talk and slide
show from the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation
Authority about going on a
.nature hike and viewing at
close range the environment
at Riverview Park.
We went crayfish hunting,
but to no avail. A nature
scavenger hunt was more
successful and the
participants were made
more aware of how we are
destroying our environment
with garbage.
Safety and responsibility
is the theme for the present
week of August 4 to 7 at the
senior playground at the Rec
Centre. This week promises
to be both exciting and
worthwhile.
Already this week the
playground members have
visited the firehall and
hospital. The town police
visited the playground
yesterday and Friday the
ambulance will he visiting.
Also the members went
camping at the Pinery
Tuesday night.
The highlight of this week
will he the parade and penny
carnival on Thursday. The
parade will go from Victoria
Park to the Rec Centre.
When the paraders reach
the Rec Centre the penny
carnival will begin. Some
stations at the penny
carnival will be the haunted
house. a fortune teller, the
dunking machine, the cream
pie throw. the balloon and
dart throw, to name only a
few.
Safety week will close
tomorrow with a mini golf
tournament and a swim at
the pool.
Till next week, remember
be safe and let's share.
Last week at the Junior
Playground
Nature week finished up
quite well last week at the
junior playground. Some
attractions of the week were
a scavenger hunt, a
conservatiqn talk by an
employee from the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation
Authority. a peanut hunt, the
making of floral
arrangements on driftwood,
and a water balloon toss.
The highlight of the week
was the cookout campfire on
Thursday. The jr.
playground parents and
members were invited to the
Rec Centre for a cookout. A
campfire followed supper.
The playground members
put on skits and they turned
out to be quite humourous. A
hardy sing song was also
enjoyed by all.
Friday's special event was
a nature walk to Riverview
Park. Nature hikes and
games were the main events
at the park. Overall the
week was a success and this
week looks evf;n better.
The present week's theme
is Responsibility/Safety
week. The overall idea of this
week in to make the
playground participants
aware of their
responsibilities to the town
of Exeter and surrounding
towns and townships and
safety measures to follow.
The week is jammed packed
with fun ideas and events.
On Tuesday trips were
taken to the firehall and
hospital and ' Wednesday's
program includes a trip to
visit the town police.
Thursday is the day of our
special event this week. This
includes a parade which will
start at 2 p.m. from Victoria
Park with both playgrounds
(Jr. and Sr.) attending.
Thursday morning the
children will be bringing
their decorations to the
playgrounds to decorate
their bicycles for the parade
in the afternoon. Bicycles
will be judged and prizes
will be awarded for the best
decorated bicycle and the
most orginial. The parade
will go to the Rec Centre
where the children will play
games until the penny
carnival begins at 4 p.m.
The penny carnival is to
raise money for a planned
trip to the Children's
Regional Museum in
London. The penny carnival
is open to everyone to come
out and enjoy some good old
fashioned fun at low costs.
On Friday the ambulance
will be visiting to once again
SWIM TEAM - - Some of the members of the Exeter swim team are: (back, from left) Lynn
Stephen, Sandra Baarda, Joy Parent, Penny Parent, coach Deb Taylor; (front, from left)
Rob Rusell, Mike Berg, Dave Russell, Tim Campbell and Scott Bierling.
bring across the idea of
safety and responsibility.
Bantams blast Crediton
in first alavoff round
The Exeter bantams
emerged winners in the first
round of WOAA action this
week. as they sidelined
Crediton in two straight. The
locals won the opener 22-8
and then finished it off with
a 19-5 romp.
They'll now meet the
winner of the Dashwood-
Seaforth playoff.
Scott Lovie was the win-
ning pitcher in the first and
Ian Munroe earned the vic-
tory in the second and both
received plenty of aid from
their mates and the opposing
pitchers.
Exeter picked up 11 walks
in the opener and Rick
Gilfillan and George Pratt
banged out three hits each.
Adding a pair of safeties to
the cause were John Giffin,
Scott Lovie and Jeff Pfaff,
while Scott Bogart, Steve
Centennials
post win
Sunday afternoon, before
the largest crowd of the
season at the Canner's field,
the Exeter Centennials
soccer club scored a 2-0 win
over Grand Bend.
A -game that saw play go
from end to end started well
Tor -Exeter with the team
putting a lot of pressure on
the Grand Bend goal. Half
way through the first half,
centre half Dick Lord fed
centre forward Paul Van-
dewalle with a perfect pass
on which Paul made no
mistake to put the Cen-
tennials ahead 1-0.
Although Exeter
dominated most of the first
half they only managed to
score one goal.
The second half saw the
younger Grand Bend club
put more pressure on the
Exeter goal but failed to get
by the strong defensive play
of Bill White, Mike Janju,
John Rasenburg, Joe Laurie,
Dave Holmes and goalie
Blair Burbidge.
Before the half ended John
Muller kicked a corner kick
in which Gerald Weersink
relayed the ball to Paul
Vandewalle who in turn
scored to up the score to 2-0
for Exeter.
Exeter has the next two
weekends off with the next
game at West Williams on
Saturday August 22.
Merner and Ray Hamilton
had one each.
John Remple, Eugene
Glanville and Dean Allan
had one hit for the losers.
Losing pitcher Scott
Dinney served up 17 walks In
the 'second game. Gllfillan
had two hits to pace the at-
tack and adding one each
were Giffin, Lovie,
Hamilton and Merner.
Glanville and Renning had
two hits in the losing cause
and adding one each were
Lightfoot, McDonald,
Dinney and Dale Allan.
In league play, Exeter lost
11-3 to Seaforth on Wednes-
day with Munroe taking the
loss.
Hamilton had a pair of
doubles to lead the hitting in
that fray, while picking up
one safety each were Lovie,
Munroe and Alan Pym.
Juveniles streak
to three triumphs
The Exeter Juveniles
posted three wins this week,
taking a double-header from
Kincardine juniors by scores
of 8-3 and 5-3 and trouncing
Seaforth midgets by a 17-3
count.
In the first game in Kin-
cardine, the locals overcame
a two -run deficit to.post the
triumph with Jeff Fuller
pitching the win. Becker
topped the batting with three
hits. all singles.
Fuller aided his own cause
with a pair of safeties as did
Tuckey. Rounding out the
hits with one each were
Woodward, S. Prout, Dave
Shaw and Easterbrook.
Fuller limited Kincardine
to five hits.
Horner allowed just six
hits in going the distance for
the win in the second con-
test.
Fletcher paced the attack
at the plate with three hits
and Dave Shaw added a pair,
-one a double. Coming up
with one hit each were
Tuckey. Horner, Woodward
and Coombes.
The Exeter team had
things all their own way in
Sunday's win against
Seaforth. They took a three -
run lead in the first and were
never headed as Coombes
and Pearce toiled on the
mound, the former getting
the verdict.
Rick Lindenfield blasted a
homer in the first.
• Horner, Fuller and
Woodward contributed three
hits each, with Hoffman and
G. Prout adding a pair. Con-
tributing one safety each
were Becker, MacDonald
• and Pearce.
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is a penny the government
didn't manage to get,
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