Times Advocate, 1989-09-06, Page 151
Sports Spotlight
by Wayne Proctor
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As I pointed out in last week's column my golf game has been
taking a real beating lately but other area golfers will have their fill
of golf soon as most courses will be offennome big tournaments
to wrap up the season.
Bayview Golf Course at St. Joseph will be holding their Men's In-
vitationalon Saturday with tee off time between 10 a.m. and noon.
Cost for the tournament will be $42 and golfers paid before August
20 saved $4.
Entries will be limited to the first 120 paid players. There are still
a few openings left. Prizes will be given for low net and gross, long-
est drive, and closest to the pin. Prizes will also be drawn on the day
of the tournament.
Ontario Golf Association handicap cards are required to qualify for
the prizes. The rice includes 18 holes of golf, dinners, prizes and a
dance.
Ironwood Golf Course, near Exeter will be holding its Invitational
Sunday, September 16. Entry fee in the Ironwood Invitational is $40
and those that paid before yesterday picked up a $3 savings.
The Ironwood Invitational includes a feature prize of $5,000 for a
hole in one on the seventh hole on the first nine. If more than one
player achieves that feat, of which I would love to be included, a
draw will be held to determine the winner. There will also be a regu-
lar $1,500 prize table. The price also includes a free practice round
between September 11 and 14, tournament golf, prizes, and dinner.
Tee off time for this tournament is 8 a.m. and handicap cards must
be presented at the first tee.
Men's League wrap-up tournament at Ironwood is scheduled for
Sunday.
The only major tournament still scheduled for Oakwood Golf Club
in Grand Bend is the Second Annual Grand Bend Chamber of Com-
merce Tournament, which is scheduled for Wednesday, September
13. Call the Grand Bend Chamber of comrnerce for more information
on that tournament at 238-2001.
New owner of Exeter Golf Course Bob Mason said he was pleased
with the business there and reported a good summer so far with his
course.
The wrap-up night Tor the Exeter Ladies Golf League is Tuesday,
September, 19 and the Men's League will wind up Suniy, Septem-
ber 24. _
No more major tournaments were planed for the Exeter Golf
Course for the rest of this season.
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*
Congratulations to Joe Fulop and the rest of the Exeter Express for
putting up a -good fight in defending their provincial Senior D base-
ball title in Milton and Campbellville on the weekend. -
Eoxeter lost their first game of the double knockout tournament to
Wheatley Saturday 8-1, which put pressure on them to do well in the
rest of their games. The Express had beaten Wheatley four times al-
ready this season but left too many runners on base during the game
and Wheatley scored eight times in their last at bat to take the gamq:
In their next game, Exeter put an early end to Glanbrook's tourna-
ment hopes when the locals pounded them -6-2 thanks to a fine pitch-
ing performance from Paul Elston.
The win put Exeter into the next round- but their tournament hopes
went up in smoke early Sunday when they were doubled by Tilison-
burg 8-4, again leaving too many runners stranded.
But the unexpected opening -game loss proved to be their ultimate
downfall.
The team is still alive however in league playoffs. They received a
bye into the league championships against the winner of the Strath-
roy-Lakeside series which will be decided this weekend. The finals
should start the following weekend according to Fulop.
Good luck in the playoffs guys.
* *
The Exeter Junior Hawks started tryouts at the Stephen Township
Arena yesterday and will be holding another tomorrow from 9-10
p.m.
Their rivals the Lucan Irish also. started tryouts yesterday at the Il-
derton Arena.
The Mohawks will start skating next week at the Lucan Arena as
they get ready for the new Senior A League at the Lucan Arena. The
team will have one of its biggest executives ever this year as nearly
20 people attUnded the last two meetings at the South Huron Rec
Centre.
* * *
Exeter's Joel Campbell survived a week and a half with the St.
Marys Lincolns Junior B team even though he is only 14 years -old.
He made it through the first few days of training camp but the ax fell
on Campbell Saturday after an exhibition game against St. Thomas.
He was expected to be back in the Hawks camp at yesterday's
tryouts.
Another member of last year's Hawk team, Steve DuBarry, will ap-
parently be playing for the Georgetown Junior B team and living in
Georgetown as well according to Hawk manager Al Quinn.
Quinn also said the London knights Junior A team has also been
inquiring about DuBarry.
Curtis jumps
Continued from page 13
Although parachuting is known
for being quite a hazardous sport,
Curtis says, "I think it is impor-
tant that people know that it is
very safe."
Besides being fitted with a very
comfortable triangle chute, one
also has a safety chute. If for any
reason there is a problem with it,
one is equipped with a device
which measures altitude and speed.
If one, is descending too great a dis-
tancre.at rta.inA%ypir.h
the case if the chute doesn't open,
the chute opens automatically.
This jump is not the first enter-
prising endeavor for Curtis. He at -
Nick Curtis
tempted to drive to Costa Rica, but
had to return home after he filled
his vehicle with the wrong type of
gas in Mexico. '{I liked the sound of
the place and thought I'd like to
spend a few months there," reasoned
Curtis.
The closest Curtis came to pursu-
ing anything close to parachuting
was parasailing in Mexico in 1955.
Curtis' ventures seem to be in-
trinsically motivated and he says
the reason he takes on such tasks is
that he wants to stay "involved".
Curtis also encourages a youngcr
generation to try parachuting. He
has managed to gain the interest of
his niece and nephew. Unfortunate-
ly, they are still too young to try
the sport just yet.
Curtis' brief parachuting career
had to end after only three jumps.
The small door of the plane and the
landing were too painful on his
knees.
►:,;veva, some~ ttng is sure to.
come up in the future that will
catch the young dare -devil's eye. He
says hang-gliding or piloting a
small plane are a couple of possi-
bilities.
f'iietis' advetlt utit on
a motiva-
tion for people of all ages to live.
ifc to. tbe. ftellEst -.-- - . - — - w
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ble pastime for people my age. I'm
sure they would enjoy it."says Cur-
tis. "I challenge my co -residents in
the Cove to beat my record," he
adds.
Stephen Township
- Minor Hockey
Registration
Fri., Sept. 8 - 7 - 9 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 9
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Stephen Township, Arena
Late registration
$10.00 extra
For more information
contact Ray Mills
Times -Advocate, September 6, 1989
Page 15
Mohawk executive - This year the Exeter Mohawks will have one
of their bi st executives. Front row, (left to right) Dave Reving-
ton, Stew Ta r, Mike Soldan, John Pryde, Gabby Mol, Lori Ker-
slake, Don Keeping, Mark Cronyn. Back row, (I -r), Joan Finkbe+rr,
Ron Cornish, Paul Mason, Bill Soldan, Dave Dettmer, Bob Rowe,
_George Herron, Wayne Parkinson, Bill Farquhar, Jim Guenther.
Missing, John Pym, Ralph Batten, Jim VanTright.
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