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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1991-08-07, Page 14, Page 14 Times -Advocate, August 7, 1991 Grand Bend to London tour Cyclists to raise $50,000 for MS GRAND BEND - Hundreds of cyclists from across Ontario will become 'pedal pushers' this weekend when they take part in the Noranda Forest Multiple Sclerosis 150 Bike Tour. Beginning Saturday morning at 8 a.m. the cyclists will leave in groups of 50 from the Lambton Heritage Museum. Making their way through Huron and Middles- ex counties, they will conclude their 75 mile -route at the Univer- sity of Western Ontario. The following day, they will mount up early in the morning once again and make their way back to the museum. (see at- tached map for route). "There are check points along the way, there will be a long Grand Bend orbett _ string Of riders," said regional co- ordinator Kevin Smith. He said nearly 300 riders are expected and they have spent several weeks getting pledges and Smith said they will raise close to $50,000. "It's going so well we're going to have two tours in Southwest- ern Ontario next year," said Smith. There are 13 MS tours across Canada this year and Smith said they will raise close to $2 mil- lion. This year's co -chairpersons are Mary -Anne Elie and Ann Hutchi- son. Elie was first told she had MS in 1982 and although she relies on a wheelchair for mobility, is Mount Carmel Start/Finish Lambton Museum Nairn Exeter OCentralla active in volunteer work. In 1985 she was elected Chairman of the London -Middlesex Chapter of the MS Society and held that po- sition for two years. Her brother Michael will be riding on her be- half this weekend. Hutchison is well-known for her open -line radio show, 'Talk - back'. Her volunteer work in- cludes sitting on the Board of Di- rectors of several agencies including Canadian Club of Lon- don, Epilepsy London and Belton House for teen girls. She was the Honourary Chair- man for the Carnation Campaign for the London -Middlesex Chap- ter of the MS Society for three years and that is where she met, and became friends with Elie. Multiple Sclerosis 150k bicycle tour route Clandeboye\ (,Lucan Denfield Saturday, day one ittammonaM Sunday, day two Times Advocate Graphix Skydivers not scared off by recent deaths GRAND BEND - Despite the deaths of four skydiv- ers in two separate incidents recently, parachutists coming to Grand Bend don't seem to be scared by the accidents. "I think most people are aware there are risks in- volved in parachuting," said Bob Wright of the Grand Bend Sport Parachuting Centre. "It may sound a little crude but perhaps that's the at- traction some people have for it. I think if they knew it was 100 percent safe a lot of people wouldn't do it be- cause it wouldn't be quite so exciting." He said the accident in Wellesley was a fluke. Three men from the Adventure Skydiving Club died on July 27 while on the same day in Gananoque another jump- er was killed. Wright explained that he received reports of the Wellesley accident and said the men there were not do- ing anything reckless or dangerous. "They were doing a tandem jump which means an in- structor was jumping with a beginner attached to him. It's relatively common way to do it, but we don't do it here." He said the tandem jump is done all over the Wotld but in this case the parachute deployed accidently and they could not get their emergency chute open. The instructor was Steve West who competed in the Canadian Nationals held in Grand Bend last summer. A photographer, Kelvin Brundrett, who was jumping with them, tried to untangle there parachutes and he was also killed. Minor soccer scoreboard July 30 St. Columban 0 at Exeter 4 Goalkeeper: Matt Glavin Goals: Viengxay Inthavong (2), Jeff Sararas, Mar- ty DeBruyn Jeremy Janke and Matt Glavin played excellent, and Captain Bryan McAllisterlayed his best game of the seaMon._A coach could not have asked fbr a better game from his players. Offense and de- fense were brilliant, and the goaltending slick. Congratulations on a well-earned league champi- onship. y�+c s 13 and, under. August 1 Exeter I - 2 vs. Exeter II - 1 Goalkeeper for Exeter 1: Kate Farwell Goals for Exeter 1: Janice Beecroft, Kara Farwell Outstanding goaltending by Kate Farwell. Janice Beecroft, Carrie Cleave, Laura Cook, Adriana De- Bont, Carrie DeBont, Kara Farwell, Sarah McAl- lister, Amber Oakes, Kerian ORourke, Kim Palsa and Katie Webber all played excellent. ONE ANA • August 1 Exeter 1 at Ilderton 6 Goalkeepers: Henry Pfaff, Justin Muller, Maggie Steciuk Goals: Darren Marziali on a penalty shot. They lost a hard fought game to a strong side. July 29 Exeter 1 at Coldstream 0 Goalkeeper: Robert DeVries Goal: Ryan Sullivan The team finished regular season with a great team effort resulting with the win. Goalkeeper Robert DeVries stopped two penalty kicks in the game to get the shutout. IIII'1p1f11I111IIIII11''llplllllll &ague champs - e xeter eewee soccer team, sponsorret e ' g is o o embus, captured first place Tuesday night, with a 4-0 victory over St. Columban. Back row: Chad Gilfillan (left), Marty DeBruyn, Rob Lynn, coach Ray Lewis, Mathew Wurm, Sayasine Chansamone, Phillip Ingram, and Khanxay Chantharath. Second row: Eric Hundey (left), Adam Hem, Jeremy Janke, Jeff Sararas, Mi- chael Coolman and Viengxay Inthavong. Front row: Matt Glavin, Bryan McAllister and Bryon Ellering- ` ton. Steve Nell ...key double Fastball roundup Derwyn Hodgins -..11 strikeouts Mike Nell ...home run First inning keys win EXETER - Five hits in the first inning spelled victory for the Exet- er Royals on Thursday as they han- dled the Mitchell Mets 6-1, improv- ing their South Perth Men's Fastball League record to 13-8. The Royals tagged Mitchell start- ing pitcher Bob Harris for all six runs in the opening inning. But Harris settled down and after that went head-to-head with Exeter hurler Derwyn Hodgins. It appeared as though Thursday's game was a blow out when Royals' leadoff batter Dan Heywood walked and went to second on a perfect bunt by Darren Neil. Mitchell got their defensive sig- nals crossed up and Neil was safe at first. Catcher Brian Noyes also bunted to load the bases. Graham Nesbitt stepped to the plate and connected with a base hit that scored two runs. The rally continued when Steve Neil doubled to make it 4-0. Brother Mike tagged a home run and the Royals were well on their way to their 13th win of the sea- son. Hodgins pitched five innings and had 11 strikeouts before giv- ing way to Dennis Carty. Carty had a good outing striking out five and retired the side in order in both the eighth and ninth innings. Mitchell's only run came in the seventh when John Taylor_hit, a solo home run. Exeter Royals set to host 10th Annual tournament EXETER - Defending champion Oakville Express return to Exeter this weekend to compete in the 10th Annual Exeter Royals Fastball Tournament at the South Huron Recreation Centre. It took the Express two games to beat Palermo for the championship during the double -elimination tour- nament. The first game was a slim 7-6 margin while the clincher was 7-1. "They are the champions until someone beats them. We've got as good a chance as anyone," said Royals coach Fred Cook. "We've got Jeff Shipley playing with us and he'll probably be a designated hitter." Last year, the Royals were eliminated in a 3-2 game against St. Pauls. They beat Strathroy 6-0 and Fullar- ton 5-2. Exeter lost its opener 3-2 to Petrolia. Exeter, vying for a spot in the 'A' divisional playoffs of their own South Perth Men's Fastball League, will meet London's Bonnie's Dugout Friday night on dia- mond two at 8 p.m. Also kicking off the 16 -team tournament will be Fullarton and Cambridge also at 8 p.m. on diamond one. Fullarton, Exeter, St. Agatha, Milverton, St. Pauls and St. Marys Selects all belong to the South Perth league. "Milverton, St. Pauls and St. Marys,they're pretty strong, they're in the top five in our league," said Cook. Surprisingly, only six teams are returning from last year. "There were at least two or three more that wanted in," said Cook of the tournament's popularity. Although there are 16 teams, 10 of them newcomers and more do want in, Cook said the possibility of ex- panding is slim. "Not unless we went to a long weekend. We're the only tournament during this weekend." Tournament schedule: Friday - Fullarton vs. Cambridge, diamond one, 8 p.m.; Exeter vs. Bonnie's Dugout, diamond two, 8 p.m; Belmore vs. St. Agatha, diamond one, 9:30 p.m.; Mil- verton vs. Petrolia, diamond two, 9:30 p.m. Saturday - Bloomingdale vs. St. Pauls, diamond one, 9 a.m.; Oakville vs. Merlin, diamond two, 9 a.m.; Wa- terford vs. Ingersoll, diamond one, 10:30 a.m.; St. Mar- ys vs. Scarborough, diamond two, 10:30 a.m. Bright's golfers shine in Ramage tourney LONDON - One hundred and fifty-two golfers took to Greenhills in Lambeth on Wednesday, to par -1 i ticipate in the Rob Ramage Make - A -Wish Golf Classic. Various foursomes were padded with NHL stars, but when all was said and done, a team comprised of some of our own local talent came out on top. Garry Kline, Ken Tapper, Jim Bedard and Richard Schilbe seemed pretty much at home amongst players such as Toronto Maple Leafs' Wendal Clark and Vincent Damphousse, and John McIntyre of the LA Kings, shoot- ing an impressive 14 -under par during the Texas Scramble. Their score of 58 was good enough for a first place tie with a team which in- cluded former Hartford Whaler Steve Stoyanovich, The tie was eventually broken by retrogretion, with the Stoyanovich team win- ning due to a better score on the 18th hole. "There was some really good golf out there," said Kline. And every- body had a good time raising mon- ey for a very worthy cause." Organizers reported a total of 527,000 raised, 59,000 of which came through a charity auction of sports memorabilia, held Tuesday evening. The money will be donat- ed to the Make -A -Wish Founda- tion, a charitable group which grants wishes to children inflicted with incurable disease and not ex- pected to live past age 18. "We did fairly well," said Kline modestly. "But 1 thought we had it when we cagled our last hole." The team, sponsored by Bright's Wines, had to endure some last minute changes, as Jim Bedard was called in to replace regular Phil Overholt, who was unable to at- tend. Kline lives in Exeter while Bedard, Schilbe and Overholt hail from Zurich. i Make-A-WIsh - The team representing Bright's Wines shone during the Rob Ramage Make -A -Wish Golf Classic at Greenhills in Lambeth on Wednesday, as they finished tied for first place. Shown here are: Jim Bedard (left), Richard Schilbe, Ken Tapper and Garry Kline. Missing Is Phil Overholt. Golf roundup Tuesday Morning Ladies Exeter Golf Club Low scores H. Burton 49 H. Webber 52 D. Kipfer 53 S. Passmore 55 Low Putts T. Browning 16 A. Armstrong 17 H. Burton 17 E ceter' it el ub Wed. NI {t. Ladies Jul 31 A Fight Low Gross Wanda Reynolds Chris Turner B Flight Jean Crerar Linda Webber C Flight Diane Pavlick Dianne Gcrstenkorn D Flight Marg Upshall Liz Bell Door prize: Cathy Batten Sponsor: Exeter Insurance 49 51 53 55 63 65 69 71