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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1999-10-27, Page 2424 Exeter Tim..,Advocs.. Wednesday. October 27, 1999 Sports Lucan area girls and their ponies off to Royal Winter Fair Going to big show.These six girls along with their ponies have qualified for the Royal Winter Fair pony show held in Toronto on Nov. 4. From left Meghan Devlin, Mallory Myers, Katie Veinot (on Bayview Better B Sharpe),Vimy Henderson, Blair Myers and Jackie Henderson. By Craig Bradford TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF CLANDEBOYE -- Six pony -riding girls from the Granton, Lucan Clandeboye and Denfield areas are headed to the biggest and best event - they can qualify for. Denfield's Vimy Henderson, 13, and. sis- ter Jackie, 10, Granton's Mallory Myers, 13, and sister Blair, 11, Lucan's Meghan Devlin, 13, and Clandeboye's Katie Veinot, 11, will partici- pate in the Royal Winter Fair's pony competition in Toronto on Nov. 4. The five girls gathered at Clandeboye's Hearthstone Farm, the home of Veinot's mount,' a Welsh pony named Bayview Better B Sharpe, to be interviewed and photographed. Veinot's mom, Donna Nelles, said only the top 12 small ponies. (12.2 hands tall and.under) and the top 12 medium ponies (12.2-13.2 hands) from the 'A' circuit are invited to the Royal Winter, adding having so many qualifiers from the area is extraordinary. Nelles said all five girls are excited at the oppor- tunity. "This is the biggest indoor fair in Canada," she said, adding the Royal Winter show is far as the girls can go at this age in pony competition. Judges at the Royal Winter will evaluate only the ponies, not the rid- ers, on their form over fences (jumping), on the flat and way of going. There will be three over fences classes and one flat class. To qualify for the Royal Winter, each rider and their pony had to attend about 12 major horse shows where they accu- mulated points based on the rating of the show and how many competi- tors in each chess. Veinot and her mount finished 11th in Ontario in small ponies; Vimy Henderson and Tinkerbell placed fourth in small; Jackie Henderson on Flirt fifth; Devlin on Webster sec- ond in small; Mallory Myers on Absolute Eden iOth in medium; Blair Myers on R Little Celebrity seventh in small. Veinot is leasing Bayview till her own pony, Cinnamon, is ready to show. She said she likes jumping best of all about showing ponies and just loves to ride. "They're good compan- ions," she said. "They're sort of like dogs. You can play with them." Mallory Myers said competing in shows is "a lot of fun. "You're like the only person there," she said. All of the young riders admitted they'd love to grow up and have careers involving ponies or horses. Veinot is a Gr. 6 stu- dent at Biddulph Central School; Vimy Henderson and- Meghan Devlin are in Gr. 9 at Medway High School in Arva; Jackie Henderson is in Gr. 6 at Ilderton's Oxbow Public School (she'll be 11 on Halloween); . Mallory Myers is in Gr. 8 at St. Marys' South Perth Centennial School and Blair is in Gr. "fit the same school. Hawks/Irish rivalry off to ornery Continued from page 22 While the Hawks are fly- ing high, the Irish didn't appreciate Exeter's exu- berant after game celebra- tion or claims the Hawks have proven they will be a force come the playoffs. In fact, co -coach Jason Bukala was left with such a sour taste in his mouth he decided to stir the pot on Monday in an interview with the T -A. He said Exeter didn't face a com- plete Irish team that was short several regulars for a number of reasons. "The Exeter Hawks have a long way to go before they contend with our hockey team at the end of the season," Bukala said. "You (meaning Friyia) haven't got a clue what it takes to get there (to an all -Ontario Jr. D champi- onship)." In all, 11 Irish rookies including several affiliated players cracked the lineup versus Exeter. An injury to captain Chad Greenlee during the Mount Brydges game on Oct. 20 (knee, out for a month) also found the team short up front. Despite the loss to their hot rivals* Bukala said he wasn't disappointed with his team's play. "The kids worked as hard as they could," he said. Earlier in the week Lucan lost at home to Mount Brydges 6-4. The Irish couldn't get going in the first period and found themselves down 3-0 at the intermission. The Irish regrouped to play better in the second and dominate the third period but could- refea ch up. Scott Phillips scored the first and last goals for Lucan, the first assisted by Wagner and Darryl Parsons, the second from Scott Wheatley and Roy Davis. Chad Lambourn (from Smith) and Burns (from Wheatley and Parsons) also scored for Lucan. Both teams had only 20 shots and Bukala said its tough to win with so few shots and so many goals against. The game had an ugly ending with Wheatley and Phillips both involved in fights with less than a minute left in the game. The Irish traded defence - man Adrian Capra for Parkhill -North Middlesex rightwinger Ed Etheridge on the weekend. Etheridge promises to be an impact player with Lucan since he scored 25 goals last season for the Stars and was named the a division first team all-star. The Irish record stands at5-4. The Hawks host L' ambeth on Friday, an 8:$0 p.m. start, and the Irish host Thamesford tonight (Oct. 27) at 8:15 p.m. and head to Parkhill on Oct. 30. The H.P champs The South Huron District High School field hockey team were crowned the Huron -Perth champions after beating Mitchell 1-0 at home last week. Front left Stacy Snow,TracyWilson, Shauna Koehler,Anna Pryde, Megan Preszcator, Sarah Workman; middle left Beth I-lundey, Heidi Muller,)enalyn Baker, Jenna Dayman, Jill McCann, Karly Pinder, Jillian Koehler,Ann Marie Parsons; back left coach Unda Farquhar, Jo -Dee Regier, Sarah Neevel, Lindsey Jean, Leeanne Erb. Kelli Fulton, Brianne Webber, Carrie Prout, Brittany Caldwell and coach Jim Workman. Both South Huron and Mitchell, move on to the WOSSA championship tournament in Parkhill Oct 29-30.(photolCraig Bradford) e Exeter Moor 6asebaM would NM to say Thank You! To all our sponsors Burcon Construction, Robert Caldwell, Canadian Tire UM Lund Enterprises Ltd.), Darling's Foodland, Huron Motor Products, K&L Reinforcing, Little and Associates, Raymond & McLean, RSD Sports Den, Fred Smith Livestock Trucking, State Farm (Exeter), Bill Steciuk, Tim Horton's, Westlake Farmers and Zodiac. -amid Hockey at it's best Exeter Junior D Hawks vs Lucan Oct. 22 8:30 p.m. vs Pt. Stanley Sun. Oct. 24 8:30 p.m. ,1 at the South Huron Rec Centre