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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-01-15, Page 11• 411. • Sunday. January 19 CurIing Club to host Open House EXETER - In an attempt, to give its membership a shot in the ami, the Exeter Curling Club will be lutvm g=ar-OperrHouse `-on'Sunday, January 19 from 2 -5 p.m. According to club president Ar- nold Mathers, the day is designed to introduce people to the sport which uickly becoming popular among yo ng people. Last year we started junior curl- 7ng-fonre1ementary aged children," said Mathers. During the week, suatents front tlsbome, Hensall, McCurdy, Exeter and Mt. Carmel elementary schools as well as South Huron District High School will be spending time at the local club this winter. "This year we thought • we'd go one step further and bring in the parents. A lot haven't been in a curl- ing club. 11 Younger curlers from the Tuesday night league get down to business. There will be flee curling, coffee and hot chocolate at the open house. Mathers-; laud will be there to answer•questions .and lend a helping hand for begin- ners. . "A group of us will,Ke here but if a family wants to gd out and throw , S:$11Dat Although- eluting is for all ages, -blathers *Sys 12 is a good age to , start, membership dwindles quite a bit/luring the winter months. "With 'people going off to Flori- da, -you don't have a lot of curlers." There are about 175 men and 80 women members at the Exeter Curling Club. New curlers don't have to go out and buy aaot of equipment because the club has brooms available. Mathers said the club tries to keep the membership fee reasonable and .said it's $200 now which can get four nights of curling per week. There is also new lights above the four rinks which have made things a lot brighter. Bonspiels: There are several bon- -spiels scheduled at the Exeter Curl- ing Club: January 18 - Ladies Open spon- sored by MacLeans January 25 - Men's --Hayter- Lincoln Spiel February 22 - Ladies Open spon- sored by Ellison Travel and Tours Ltd. February 27 - Men's Kongskildc Farmers. Open March 7 - Big V Drug Store Mixed Open y -•gat shape tigelfaaytiti se who haveairead E3i�R-aatvar wa ;u>' in ?= _• _ � �, . _ .. Stretch:thosern 4.:apid>get.rid bf t ose few::extra hoiiihy parthds. "hverythe we use, it comesirenitheguYs40thomantifacturethem. ; by plai��• ' ! - g• - -•We've;bcen working argetting a squash court for a year-and-aitartd Roger Dougalibas>saitert:exira: ce.athis-business and with ahold we had somes, cernuh buildthg." naneialsupportof some.locai;players alas::built a court. For,those: do play, et:;sports, thedificrence between squash d the..gam ; rknows the game,:says it>plays >wdtacquetball.is c e. A squaask itnuch smaller with al- most nG botuice. It take :Cffort to„bit it than% racquetball ball. "Racguntbatl:' a.Jntle• ct4Jizs. S otel t is cr tce you get on.to•it. When 406 get an .turd;<a raliyaal: a while wid-you tend to get into the game more." Dou pm very enthused about the court and says he w to see leagieHeriiied. Member ,fee is $240 per year plus S4 for,.eacb court ' , king. What: Squasitgrerts Where: HigltWayl3, 190 Thames Road,, How: Fon` beeliiNpi call 235-2(70 "Everybody:chat's very,well, <said;Doi Behad .c�tls>irt Thoimetestneems 1 , but those wereclosed. about five years ago have returned and Dougall said in the future, he •: may evettlatikinnother court which could include -both squash and rac- quetball. 'Jf we put in a secondcowt, it may be one that is used for both.' The court: opened,Irwmontkruid since it :was. .the:htIbday m, Dougall.saiditherc4youtotAjotof members joining; ,r, he -ex- pects that 10`chasg a ne wsyear- "(he;cou rt i n Emeaaseasures .21 by.:32 with' n 18 -foot oeiling:end Hid like CanomeAer COLOR LASER - ER Enlarge family or team photos to 8 1/2 x 11 or even 11 x 17 instantly -with outstanding results. Ideal for business presentation materials... even Colour transparencies • Development League needs to take care of the details A(though • i t 'has tried, the Ontario Hockey Associa- tion's Development League has failed to change its image.. Formally called the Junior 'D' League, the OHA and team officials decided to change the name . in an at- tempt to show the rest of the hockey community in this pmv- ince, that 'D' doesn't mean a bunch of goons. Whether or not that happens, is not the topic of this week's 'Sidelines. From an observers eyes, the Development League seems a little bit disorganized. That's my opinion but 1'11 let you be the judge -with the followinpoints 1 pickc4up from the All-Star gats eIii B 1mont on Saturday night. • • .Exeter coach John Kernick, Lucan' coach Ken Needham and Lucan trainer Pat Riddell had their names spelled wrong its the program. All three were involved in last year's game so they are no strangers. Kemick was spelled Kerwick and in- itead-of-Ken Needham-tt-was-Kevin--Riddeti's tastmamc was .spelled Riddle. - . — To the trio it probably didn't matter but when Kemick was introduced as Kerwick and both he and Riddell had their names spelled wrongon their souycnir plaques, that leaves the league in an embarrassing position in my books. • Neither Needham or Kemick had any idea of who was on the West All-Star team they were coaching for the night. Less than an hour before the game they were handed a program and that's how they made their lineup. Not much time when you've got a lot of unfamiliar faces, some you have to convcn from defence to forward and you also have to name your cap- tain and assistants for the night. • When the game was over, organizer Bill Topping said the MVP's for each team were selected by the opposing coaches. I later found out that the coaches didn't make the selections. • The league did manage to spell Lucan goalie Bob Szabo's name right on his shin this year. That's nice considering he was one of the few players making back-to-back appearances at the game. After the meal, which was very good by the way, Topping who is the owncr of the Belmont Pests of the OHA Develop- ment, League said the colors of the all-stars sweaters were rhang-d to gold and green, this year because, "you're in my barrx and Minnesota is my team." Some may think this is all right, others may call.it a bad attitude. It should be noted, that at last summer's OHA convention, Belmont was named•the teatn of the century. A lot of heat: "We've taken a lot of heat for changing the nurse to Junior Development, but that's what this said league chairman Bill Billington. "Some go on to Junigr'C' sotne to Junior 'W. Some will stay on and help their home teams and that's what want," he added. 'The older players have leadership quail .which they are sharing with the younger ones." i jc,00w Saturdiiy's game wasJuppopeci the crop aryl it probably was pretty close, '**'• you dQ' and promote yourself as "development" you slitnild showcase the 16 year-olds. There were only five of theta. all from the West team who surprisingly only lost by two goals. With a reponed 12 hockey scouts from different leagues at tete game it would have been nice f it them tote able tO look at more than just five players. Hopefully, the Development League wiH eontinue not Only to have an all-star game as a reward for those young men who • continue to dominate but perhaps it will take a long hard look at having a game to showcase the younger players. Having two games would be expensive but it would certain- ly benefit the younger players. • If the Development League wants to shed its bad image, put it all behind, those running the league are going to have to pay more attention -to the details. Correct spelling of names, watching what it says and keep- ing statistics .better up to date. Nobody likes being in the low- er class. 11110. TRACTOR SERVICE INSPECTION - 63 POINT CHECK Including .. . / �• Dyno Test ./ 1. Hydraulics (flow rate, remote pressures) V__02- Electrical. System a Fluid Levels, Lubrication se a. Air Conditioning ./ 0. 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