Times-Advocate, 1987-10-28, Page 18Page 2A Times -Advocate October 28 1987
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I decided to put aside all the pressing little things in life Sunday
afternoon and devote myself to extensive research for this column.
The NFL was back in business and then of course, the final game
of the World Series would follow.
Resigning myself -to a full day's work. I made a huge bowl of
popcorn and headed for the couch.
Minutes into the first quarter of the Tampa Bay -Chicago game.
i was faced with the first set -back of the day. One of the legs on
my couch broke and 1 sagged down dangerously close to the floor.
1 dismissed the problem. making a mental note to use a smaller
bowl for popcorn for the World Series. and continued with niy
research- .
When Buccaneers made it 20-0, something worse happened. \1'
remote control refused to flick.
There I was; stranded on a leaning -couch. completely flickless
- and the Bears were losing.
Well. not completely flickless. I've used a little poetic licence
at this point to illustrate my feelings of helplessness. The remote
control would mow up the list of channels but refused to come.
down.
Cruel irony- For the first time in weeks, the television was fill -
ed with football and 1 was going ty have to watch just one game.
The Bears -Buccaneers match took on an element of drama when
Chicago quarterback Jim McMahon trotted onto the field in the
second half of the game, after almost a year's absence.
I watched his first series fitfully, afraid that his million dollar
Sports Spotlight
h\ \l:u 1. Iti,.,•,
shoulder %yould be mangled again. plunging North America into
another year of dumb Taco Bell commercials. But it didn't hap-
pen. Ile kept getting hit. He kept getting up.
Ile handed Chicago a 27-26 win on a plastic fast-food tray.
I changed the direction of my research after the Chicago win,
mulling over what I had seen on a more subconscious level.
When I woke up, I addressed the subject of supper and then
'research'
returned to my work: game seven of the World - Series.
I wasn't particularly excited about that final game, or the en-
tire series for that matter. i couldn't help thinkingabout the
superior quality of the Jays -'Tigers conflict which eded at the
beginning of this month. The epic battle of the 1987 baseball season
played itself out that first weekend in October. After consuming
Toronto, Detroit entered the Minnesota series with nothing left.
Minnesota and the Cards just seemed to be trotting through that
"gigantic game -nothing's more important -greatest feeling in the
world" routine.
The sportscasters were mercifully quiet during the initial
celebrations on the field but once they got inside the club house,
the same scene played itself out -- champagne covered players tell-
ing us.we can't imagine what it's like unless we've actually been
there.
Thanks for the insight guys.
ended my day of labour with a charitable thought. As 1 crawl-
ed off my listing couch, stretched and headed off to bed, I thought
of the line i would use to finish this column.
"Aw, it wasn't nucha bad game." And with that profound state-
:aent rattling around in my head, I drifted off.
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Exeter Peewees pick up .two ties, win
Exeter Legion Peewees have manag-
ed two ties and a win in their last
three regular season Shamrock
games. They recovered from a 2-0
deficit in the second period Friday to
force a 3-3 lie in Lucan. Earlier in the
week they pulled out a 2-1 win over
Dorchester. A 5-5 tie yas the best they
could manage October 16 when they -
came up against Parkhill.
Lucan opened the scoring just 11
seconds into the first period Fric)i�
night hut Exeter settled down and
played good end-to-end hockey and
went into the second trailing 1-0.
Again Lucan opened the period w ilh
a quick goal but this time Exeter had
an answer. ,left Lingard scored -an
unassisted goal at 9:16. giving his
team something to work with and
then at 10:27. Jason Heywood con-
nected with Ryan Stuart to score. ty-
ing the game 2-2.
Lucan re -took the lead at 8:32 of the
third but at 12:277 Mark ('r-itchton
pickeo up a pass from Heywood and
Mark Lynn to score, giving his team
the tie.
Strong ilelensive play from both
teams left Exeter and Dorchesfer
scoreless in the first pi;riod Wednes-
day night. Exeter:s Richard Phillips
and Dorchester's Tint .Rice turned in
good performances in net. holding oil
hungry forwards. -
Joel Campbell opened the scoring
for Exeter at the mid -way mark of the
second. Heywood and Steve Farquhar
eter tell behind Parkhill 5-3 in the se-
cond but managed to pull of a 5-5 tie
with a strong third period. effort when
the two teams niet October 16.
I.int:ard opened the scoring for Ex -
Minor '�'
Honker
?ituations, taking a 5-3 lead..
Exeter came on strong in the third,
however.
Campbell pumped in his second
goal of the night with the help of Lin-
gard to bring Exeter within one goal
of a tie and then Lindenfield scored an
unassisted starker for the tie.
'-Lucan Atoms
Lucan Atoms trounced Thamesford
4-0 in Shamrock league action this
week. extending their undefeated
':-.14istreak to five games. • -
Rob Hillis recorded the shut -out for
the team, though'he faced only seven
shots. Lucan peppered - the
Thamesford goal.. with 27 shots.
Steve Dame egan. the scoring
drew assists on the plar. eter after he was set up by Al McFalls when he found the mark on a pass
Dorchester was quick to answer and Campbell. Campbell then added • from Shaun Fairweather at 9:48 of the
and lhe..two learns headed into the to the score with an unassisted goal. first period.
third, locked'into a 1-1 tie. Parkhill matched thdse,goals and .Lucan carried_ the one goal lead in -
,lust two minutes into the third. E`- the two teams entered the second in . to the second and then Dame scored
eters Fred Godbold found the mark a 2-2 dead -lock. . • again with the help of Fairweather.
and pushed his team into, the lead. Mark Lynn gave Exeter the lead' Dylan England also -assisted on the
Assists went to Ryan Lindenfield and -with a goal earl hi the second. Camp- play. Tillie of -the goal was 8:34. `
('ritchtow bell drew the assist on the play.,Matt Munro added an unassisted
Exeter then closed ranks and held Exeter fell behind after a rash f goal just 1:34 into the third to make
011 Dorchester for a 2-1 win.. penalties left them short-handed in the- score 3-0.
Exeter 5 - Parkhill ; four separate instances. Parkhill was At 13:43. Chris llaskett potted
Tied 2 2 at "the end of the first. Ex- able to capitalize on three power play Luc•an's fourth goal unassisted:
Karate attracts
There is a strange feeling of ancient
mysticism in the gym at South Huron
high school. About 30 people. dressed
in identical white outfits and
distinguished only by coloured belts.
- follow the quiet. explicit directions of
. Bruce Henderson.
They range in age from 10 to 40 and
they are there for different reasons.
but for the moment the group is mov-
ing acting and thinking as one.
They are students of the Ron Tyn-
dall Karate school and they are in the
process of learning Okanawan Shorin
Ryu Karate.
The Tyndall school got its Exeter
i
Bell Atoms on a roll
Exeter Bell Atoms are riding
a five game winning streak after
sweeping through this weekend's
action with three wins, beating
Watford 4-2 Friday, defeating
Forest 5-1 .Saturday and then
humiliating Mount Brydges 111-1
Sunday.
Exeter took a one goal lead
Friday night against Watford on
a goal by Brent Urlin from Jason
Clay.
They increased the lead to 2-0
when Ted Ifoffman scored from.
Bart Harmon near the niid .'ay.
mark of the second.
• Watford retaliated with a j ual
early in the third but Exeter mat-.
ched it when Ben Guenther
scored on a pass from Adam
Jean.
Watford added a goal at 14:1)1
but Exeter again compensated
when Craig Schwartzent•uber
scored. Roffman drew the assist
on the play.
Goaltender Ken Ilines held off
all but one shot Saturday, allow-
ing his tears to build up a four
goal, read and win their game
against !Forest 5-1. .
Jeff DeBlock put the first mark
on the board with a goal at 4:58
of the first. Urlin drew the assist.
Forest matched thegoal, but it
was to be their only goal of the
game. -
Iloffman and Adam Wallis
scored in the second and Urlin
bagged two more in the third to
secure the win.
Sunday. Bell Atoms travelled
to Mount Brydges where they
pummeled their hosts 10-1.
Hoffman and Urlin each pick-
ed up hat tricks over the course
of the evening. Urlin also amass -
'.ed three assists for a six point
night.
in the first period, Urlin put the
machine in motion with a goal
from DeBlock and Guenther.
That goal was followed by Hoff-
man's first of the night. Clay
drew an assist on the goal. .
Guenther scored with 1:27 re-
maining in the first to make it
:3=0. Assists went to Urlin and
Kevin Ross.
An unassisted goal by Harmon
at 8:08 of the second made it 4-0
and then Mount Brydges made
their single goal response.
Goals by Urlin, DeBlock, Hoff-
man and Harmon followed to
complete the rout..
Matt' Graham was in goal for
Exeter.
locals for a number of reasons
start in April of 1986 when Ron ran an
eight week course. to gauge the level
of interest in -town t The response was'
great and the schbol grew. •
"We got a huge response, really,''
Tyndall says: "We got about 50
students i in the initial eight week -
course). It just seems to have
SERIOUS FOOT -WORK - Kathy Hodgins gives Bruce Henderson an example of what she has learned
in Ron Tyndall's Karate class. Henderson, a black belt, wos'putting Hodgson and a number of other
orange belts through the paces Thursday night.
Lucan bowling statistics
Ladies Inter -Town - Lucan I - 20,
Mitchell 10 - Audrey Walt 275 - 707.
Helen Hardy 256. Lucan Ii - 16. Zurich
II - 14 - Liz Dale 207-606. Deb Pearce
235.
Men's Inter -Town ; Lucan '25' .. SI
Marys 22' - Jim Burt 298-1191, Ray
Hands 330-1180. .
Monday Ladies - Liz Dale 258-717.
Diane Williams 292-678. Marg Elson
287-676, Heather Smith 224-636, May
Murphy 231-626. Audrey Watt 276-625,
_Sue Johnston 234-620, Luanne Herbert
219-615, Hazel Williants 227.605, Don-
na Overholt 235-604, Janet Ankers 242,
Lorraine Mosurinjohn 228, Dona
Hodgins 226, Shirley Noyes 225.
Tuesday Y.B.C. - Scott Smith 203..
Sarah Culbert 187, Chris Smith 183.
Colleen's - Linda Hibbert 253-628,
Diane Rummel 245-617, Diane
Fauber( 225-604, Deb McNair 248,
Alice Hodgins 241. Tanny Vanderhoek
236, Janice Dauncey 229.
Medway - Tom Barr 228, Cal Car -1
michael 223, Myrt Hastings 222, Jiri
1
Jelinek 218, Jane Dickerson 216,
Marion Here 201.
Senior Citizens -' Harry Noels
257-643, Helen McDonald 214, Frank
Delilock 212, Muriel Kennedy 212,
Edie Butt 213, Derwin Beatson 207.
.Aim Burt 197, Lillus Clatworthy 187, -
Stan Roth 180, Henry'DenOt(er 178,
Howard Dolan 177. .
Wednesday Y.B.C. - Jean Bryan
146, Chris Goddard 136, Jeffrey Butler
121, Sara -Lynn Dauncey 120, Nathan
Hollings 109, Amy Damen 111.
C.A.W. Local 1620 - Lynn Smith
298-766, Cheryl Smith 275-718, Rob
Riley 256-653, Larry Smith 230-638,
Gary Dunlop 257-628, Wayne Wilson
251-619, Mark Faubert 243-613, Clara
. Berdan 226-606, Mike Neil 266,
Wednesday Mixed - Gary Mel in
238-6.56, Ray VanGeel 252607, Da rel(
Carty 227, Deb Dorensh o , ..tan
Low 215, Connie Cornelissen 212, Tom
Dohinson 211.
Thursday Men - Karl Allison
291-709. Brian Ankers 265-711. Ray
1 -
Hands 256-706, Fred Allison :111-697,
Jeff Allison 255-689, Wayne Smith 28;
684, Mike Neil 236-684, Don Watt
260-663, Ron Dickey 280-662, Robt.
Ileckman 2887-658, Jack Currie
237-655, Brian Jones 266.651, Orval
Rinn 251-641. Fred Cowdrey 224-638,
Sandy Hyde 255.635, Tom McLellan
241-617.
Friday Y.B.C. - Steven Smith 110,
Lisa Gjbson 109, Dan Gibson 106, Wen-
dy Jansen 103, Bob Smith'100:
Friday Mixed - Wayne Smith
297-767, Bob Smith . 254-740, Dave
Smith 276-673, Marlyn Smith 260-633,
Ed Fox 222-630, Dan Rodgers 249-626,
Eve Smith 228, Doris Corless 223,
Carol Windsor 215, Barb Swartz 212.
Sunday Y.B.C. Mike Prevost 193,
Pieter Molenkamp 190,'Faul Smith
176, Art Hodgifs 174, Steve Snider 169,
Jason herd 169, Tahatha Perry 162.
Sunday Mixttd - Glena Tripp 294,
309,236-839, Gary Dunlop 303-738, Lin-
da Webber 310-720, Cheryl Smith
253-710. Jim Smith 261 -694. -
blossomed."
There are now 35 students enrolled
in the Exeter branch of the Tyndall
school, and interest seems to be on the
increase. Tyndall, a resident of Clin-
ton, also has a class -- traditionally
called a 'Dojo' -- in Ilomesville with
25 students on the roster.
"I'm still kind of shocked at how it's
going down there (in Exeter). There's
more young kids getting into it," Tyn-
dall says. explaining that Karate has
received a lot of publicity on televi-
sion and in the movies over the past
few years.
New students come into the Dojo
with the wrong ideas about Karate
because of the media attention, but if
they last, they soon begin to unders-
tand that the art is a defensive one
and not an offensive one.
Tyndall says people are attracted
to Karate for various reasons.
"I think the most obvious reason is
self defence. Some join to get in
shape, some join to lose weight. Then
there are some who go in for the men-
tal control."
Mental control. That plays as pro-
minent a part in the world of Karate
as physical control.
"i think a lot of people, when they
first hear 'Karate', they think right
away -- self defence, fighting. It's not.
A lot of it dwells on the mental
aspect," Tyndall explains.
Karate is a way, of life. he con-
tinues. it gives its students confidence
in the real world and it gives children
"something solid and concrete to•
work on".
The history. most of it ancient, is
taught to the students, explaining
where the art originated and how the
masters trained.
Ile stresses the fact that 'the
knowledge' shared among thoee in the
Dojo can never be used to start a fight
or intimidate someone. if it is used
in such a way, the guilty party is im-
mediately thrown out of the group and
cut off from the knowledge.
"Usually those with that sort of at-
titude, they don't last long anyway,"
Tyndall notes. "They don't want to
pay the price."
Philosophy important
Exeter resident Kathy Hodgins has
been in the Dojo for roughly one and
a half years. She recently graduated
from,a yellow belt +nto an orange belt.
"i had a friend who was in it and i
went with her for a couple of nights
and it just sort of grew on me,." she
explains. -"1 enjoyed -it so i stayed."
Ilodgins enjoys both the
philosophical and the physical
aspects of Karate. She has found that
it applies to every aspect of her life.
"Once you start getting into the
way of thinking, it becomes a way of
!fie. You could say it becomes addic-
tive. It's like a religion or something
-- it's just something you do."
A Grade 13 student at South !furor),
she finds that Karatehelps her deal.
with teachers, other students and
frustrating situations.
"ln stuff like school, it seems to
have made me more tolerant, more
patient," she adds.
"You get more tolerant of people --
you learn that they have a right to
believe in what they want."
She finds that the physical aspect
of the art heightens her Thought
processes.
"Even working out -- it tends to
make you think a lot clearer. 11 gets
rid of all the had stuff in your body."
Ilodgins noted the relationship bet-
ween the knowledge and the technical
skill of . Karate. She says they are
taught that the art begins and ends
with defence and that nothing should
be done out of anger.
"If someone knows the moves
without knowing the philosophy, it's
going to become dangerous."
Bruce Hendersonis a 26 -year-old
black belt student of Tyndall. He
became involved in Karate seven• •
years ago mainly for the physical ad-
vantages it offers.
"It's a great way to get in shape --
one of the best 1 would say. It involves
your everyday life. You do it every
day," he says. "You apply it to
everything you do every day. You
keep yourself motivated."
Henderson says that it takes
roughly five years to establish an im-
pressive Dojo, adding that the Exeter
club is doing extremely well for its se-
cond year.
Dan Bell, a green belt With the Do-
jo. was also motivated by the physical
aspects of the sport. Like the others.
Bell finds that Karate encompasses
his entire life.
"You learn to work out your
frustrations; you learn to control your
emotions," he says, noting that his
training helps him cope with
pressure.
Ile stresses attitude more than
anything else.
"We don't want guys that come in-
to the Dojo who want to learn to fight
really well but don't want to learn the
philosophy tlehind it. You've got to
have the mental knowledge," he says.
"You have to want to do it; you
have •-to want to enjoy it. You do
everything at 50 percent and you're
only going to get 50 percent out of it."
"1t just makes you an over-all bet-
ter person. it gives you a better at-
titude in life. You show gratitude and
respect to other people."
The Tyndall Karate school holds
classes Tuesday and Thursday nights
at the South Huron Rec Centre or the
high school. Children's memberships
cost $130 per year. There is a student
rate of $175 per year and the adult
rate is $220 per year. For more infor-
mation, call 482-3634.
A GREAT WORKOUT Members of Ron Tyndall's Karate school go through a variety of stretching
exercises in unison Thursday night of South Huron' high school. Much of Karate is hosed on the repeti-
tion of movements.