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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1984-08-15, Page 8Por 8 TImos,Advacoto, August 15, 1984 Sports Spotlight By Ross Haugh 4 When teaching youngsters the art of shooting and kicking, demonstrations by the coach are very impor- tant. It is only through observation and practice that a young . player can master the skills of shooting. Players must learn to become accurate with both feet, and continual practice at designated targets is the best way for a youngster to find a sense of accuracy. When shooting the soccer ball accurately along the ground, aplayershould usethe low-drivemethod of kick- ing. Thr istep of the foot is used, while keeping the toe pointing down and striking through the centre of the ball. The non -kicking foot is placed alongside the ball and the body is bent forward slightly. On impact, the shooting foot is carried through for added power. When forwards take a shot at goal after receiving a cross or pass through the air, they use the half -volley method of kicking. The body is made to lean away from the ball and the instep is again used with the toe poin- ting down. The position of the head should remain still and never raised up, while at the same time the player must concentrate and look at his target - the goal! The following exercise can involve all your players, including the goalkeeper, and emphasizes both good passing and accurate shooting. Divide your players in: to two groups and send them to the centre line, while your 'keeper takes up his position in goal. Line up your groups, one by the side line and the other group facing the goal. The first player in "A" group makes a forward pass towards the side line, while the first player in group "B" runs to the ball and passes it back to the first player from "A" group who has moved forward to fire a shot for goal. The two players thea return to the rear of their respective groups, while the exercise continues with the second players from each group performing. When everyone has performed twice, the groups can change around. Also the other side of the field can be used in order to force the passers to make use of their alter- nate foot. Proud to be Canadian Any Canadian whether they are a regular sports fan Dr not and watching any of the Olympic telecasts over the past two weeks should be proud to call Canada home. To say Canadian athletes did better than expected at the 23rd Olympiad is an absolute understatement. The 44 medals including 10 gold far surpass any mark our representatives have ever made at a world competition. No one will ever determine how much effect the boycott by some of the Communist Bloc countries had on the medal winnings for Canadians, but, the way our men and women performed we would have still put on an excellent show. Now that Canadians have set an excellent standard at the world level how do we maintain or surpass what has been accomplished at Los Angeles. Two ways will probably be to employ more full time coaches and use more federal monies to carry out more intense training programs. The just concluded Olympics appear to be the most successful of any ever undertaken, not only in a com- petitive manner, but, as far as dollars and cents are concerned. 1 Estimates on the amount of profits made at Los Angeles range from 15 to 50 million dollars. That's a far cry from the big deficit incurred only eight years ago in Montreal. The amount of controversies encountered by of- ficials was also very small when one considers the number of athletes from some 140 countries. The only controversies of any significance were the. win and Toss by Shawn O'Sullivan in boxing and the track incident involving Mary Decker and Zola Budd. One's reaction to the final bout for O'Sullivan could be swayed a bit depending on which network you were listening to. Doug Saunders of the CBC used some choice language when Tait was declared the winner over O'Sullivan. Meanwhile Howard Cosset was strong in his conviction that O'Sullivan should not have been in the final. Regardless of the decision, the way O'Sullivan handled himself in interviews following the fight was the mark of a true champion in the everyday world. Again congratulations to every one of the more than 400 Canadians in the Olympics. You are all champions for efforts far above the normal call of duty. A good tourney Members of the Exeter Royals fastball team ex- ecutive and coaching staff are to be congratulated in operating an excellent tournament on the weekend. . The calibre of play displayed by the 16 teams was excellent and the Wingham BP's proved they were "tourney tough" as they did almost the impossible by winning four times Sunday. Their last two victories came back-to-back against the favoured Verschoyles club whish was undefeated until they met the ultimate champions from Wigham in the last two games. The true double knockout system makes for an ex- . cellent tournament. Well done again to Brian i iodgins, Sam Skinner and Fred Cook and the rest of the Royals in providing an excellent weekend fastball entertainment. Express in playoffs The Exeter Express finished in first place in the Great Lakes senior baseball league and are quickly in- to OBA playdowns as they defeated the Clinton Colts in a first playoff series. The second game was last night Wednesday in Clinton with a third if necessary going tonight, also in Clinton. if the Express are successful in the first round they will likely be sent against Strathroy in the second round with weekend action assured. 1 Edge Nairn in league play Wingham wins Royals tourney in exciting comeback Wingham BPs captured the Exeter Royals' third annual intermediate fastball tourna- ment on the weekend. After losing to Verschoyle earlier in the day the BPs came back to beat them twice in the final. They won the first game 4-2 as Don Edgar spun a six -hitter and Dave Burns came on in the final game with a 4 -hitter as the BPs won 3-1. The BPs received $800 and Labatts awards for their win while Verschoyle picked up $450 for runnersup. Third place went to St. Marys Baird Lumber who came back on the losers side winning five games before Wingham eliminated them. Last year's champion Strat- ford Samsonite finished fourth. St. Marys pitcher Mike Shackleton won one mvp award as he pitched 31 innings including one 13 inn- ing game against St. Clements. Baird coach Doug Haycoch won tourney sport- smanlike individual. Don Edgar of Wingham picked up the other awards winning two games for his team. Saturday Mitchell pitcher Paul McClure threw a no- hitter against Lucan. Only one home run cleared the new fence on the main diamond as Ed Daer from Wingham hit one against Baird Lumber. The Exeter Royals would like to thank Ron Bogart and Gerry MacLean for donating the trophies, Doug Mann at Golden Harvest Farm Seeds for running our schedule, the wives for doing the cooking, Dave Atthill for doing the diamonds first thing Saturday and Sunday, the umpires who did a good job, Labatts for sponsoring us, and to anyone who helped make the tourna- ment a success. Special. thanks to Theo's Variety in Huron Park for supplying pop juice and cups and to Kongskildefor the use of their trailer. Tourney scores Lucan 5 Stonetown 1 Samsonite 7 Sylvan 1 Wingham 2 Lieury 0 West Corners 4 Mitchell 3 Verschoyle 3 Enzo's Pizza 1 Tavistock 4 Nairn 0 Windsor 1 St. Clements 0 Dorchester 2 Baird Lumber 1 Samsonite 5 Lucan 0 Wingham 8 West Corners 0 Verschoyle 1 Tavistock 0 Windsor 2 Dorchester I Sylvan 4 Stonetown 2 Mitchell 11 Lieury 5 Nairn 1 Enzon's Pizza 0 Baird Lumber 5 St. Clements 2 Wingham 4 Samsonite 1 Verschoyle 7 Windsor o Sylvan 6 West Corners 0 Mitchell 4 Lucan 0 Dorchester 3 Nairn 2 Baird Luniber 13 Tavistock 6 Verschoyle 3 Wingham 2 Mitchell 7 Sylvan 2 Baird Lumber 6 Dorchester 3 Samsonite 4 Mitchell 2 Baird Lumber 7 Windsor 0 Baird Lumber 6 Samsonite 0 Wingham 3 Baird Lumber 2 Wingham 4 Verschoyle 2 Wingham 3 Verschoyle 1, Royals 7 Nairn 6 Thursday in Southwestern Fastball Association play, the Exeter Royals travelled to Nairn and edged them 7-6 in nine innings. The Royals scored once in the first as Barry Baynham singled and scored on a single by Dan Heywood. Nairn came back to score two runs in the first and two in the second to go up 4-1. The Royals made it 4-2 in the third as Doug Pearson singled and scored on Baynhams grounder. They tied the score in the fourth as Paul McKnight and Mike Desjardine singled and came in to score. They went up 5-4 in the fifth as Jim Allison singled and scored on Dan Heywood's grounder. Nairn tied it in the bottonm of the seventh to force extra innings. The Royals scored two runs in the ninth as Paul McKnight singled, Rob Snell doubled and Will Lamb and Brian Hodgins both singled. Nairn pulled to within one as Brian Ropp homered in the bottom of the ninth. Brian Hodgins picked up the win in relief of Dan Heywood to run his record to 7-2. They combined to give up eight hits while striking out WINGHAM BP's WiN — Exeter Royals Sam Skinner, left, and Brian Hodgins at the right congratulate Box Fox - ton, Jim Tiffin and Grant Coultes of the Wingham BP's on winnning the weekend fastball tournament. TOURNEY RUNNERSUP — Exeter Royals officials Sam Skinner, left and Fred Cook at the right congratulate Wayne House and Kevin Paton of the Verschoyle Gun- ners, runnersup to the championship at the weekend fastball tournament.T-A photo Horse club planning more .summer activities A meeting of the Exeter 4-11 horse and pony club was held at the Pine Dale Hotel, July 30. The ride-a-thon money which was to be given to Cam Darling by July 31 was discussed. The next upcoming event was then taken up. It is to be a "rodeo" or fun day which parents will compete in. 11 will commence at 10 a.m. on Monday August 6 at the farm of September MacAlpine, which is found right beside the Iluron Country Playhouse at Grand Bend. Classes to be held are Showmanship at !falter, Equitation - Walk/Trot, Leadline, Pleasure - Walk/Trot, Obtacle Course, Mount -up Cloverleaf, Keyhole - Dismount and turn horse in key, Turtle Race, Musical Chairs, Steady Hand - "Toothpick in mouth - balance lifesaver on end" and Chocolate Pudding Eating Contest - Parent blindfolded - feed their child 4-11 member. The next issue discussed was the club's trip to Canada's Wonderland. Kelly Ryan had done some research into the matter of prices. Figures given were $15.95, without bus or food, but Kel- ly could easily gain access to a discount of $4.00. Price with bus was $27.95. it also includ- ed a chitken dinner with all the pop you could drink at the meal. By a democratic vote of the majority it was decided that members would go by private car to Canada's Wonderland August 14. Departure time will be ap- proximately 7 a.m. AIi members were contacted and are supposed to have all money in for the trip by next meeting. The next compulsory 4-11 event is the show at Dungan- non on August 22 at 10 a.m. Entry sheets must be in by August 15. in the latter part of the meeting the contents and date of the exam were discussed. Contents are: Practical Horse Psychology, Functional Anatomy and Action, Breeds of Light Horses and Gaits of the l lorse. The exam is to be written at the seventh meeting of the club year. Gymnastics tops today Today in the sixth week of the sports program, there will be a morning filled with gym- nastics. In the afternoon, we'll be bowling in Huron Park. Thursday there will he a trip to London to see the Memorial Girls and Boys Club, a tour of McDonald's, and the L.H.C. Museum. Friday we will be visiting the farm of Don Dearing and having a hayride. There will be a fun -filled afternoon with water games. • Next Tuesday, August 21. the last week of the program, the kids that' will be going camping are going to have a carwash to help pay for some of the cost. In the afternoon both the sports and Bert 'n Ernie Clubs will be going to the Playhouse to see the pro- duction "But I'm Just a Kid." Today, in the Berl 'n Ernie Club, they will be going to the Children's Museum and Storybook Gardens. Thurs- day morning they will be testing their artistic abilities by finger and foot painting. in the afternoon there will be bowling in Huron Park. Friday morning will be fill- ed with games and crafts and they will cool off with a swim in the wading pool in the afternoon. Next Tuesday, August 21. the Bert 'n Ernie's will have a Sports Day in the morning and in the after- noon will be going with the Sports Club to the Playhouse to see "But I'm Just a Kid." A reminder that the last week ( August 21-24 i is an ir- regular week for the Sports Club. Instead of the weekly BALL HOCKEY CHAMPS The Toilet Bowlers are this year's winners of the South Huron ball hockey cham- pionship. Back, left, Brad Coates, Rick Gilfillan, Steve Wells, Allan Knight, Greg Sangster and Rob Baker. Front, Terry Zachar, Dave Delbridge, John Kernick. Terry Baker, Ron Ferguson, Kevin Oke, Jeff Rowe, Peter Dearing and Jeff Musser. The trophy was presented by Robert Rivers of Cantol Specialty Chemicals. Missing were Tom Coates, Dove Bell, Brian Horner and Scott Pincombe. T -A photo Juniors to start OBA play Saturday The Exeter ('o -Op juniors will be in action Saturday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. at Ex- eter community park in the first Ontario Baseball Association ,Junior D playoffs. Wheatley will supply the op- position with the second game in Wheatley, Sunday afternoon 1 Home, Farm, Industrial I C.C. Rentals & Service I Pick Up And i 237-3456 Pitch -In '84gni iiii Mt. Carmel MOST VALUABLE — Scott Bogart presents the RSD trophy to Mike Shackleton of St. Marys as the most valuable player in the weekend Royals fastball tourney. Men's double in lawn bowling Wednesday, August 8 the Exeter lawn bowling club held their annual men's dou- ble draw tournament spon- sored by the Bankers and Businessmen. The following businesses helped in providing prizes for the tournament: Bank' of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank, Darlings I.G.A., A & H Superior store, Veal's Meat Market and Canadian Canners. Bowlers came from Elmira, Woodstock, Inger- soll, Forest. Stratford, Lucknow, Clinton, Seaforth, Mitchell, St. Marys, Wingham and in London Elmwood. Fairmont and Thistle Clubs) Taking top place were the Ralph Pfromner rink from London Thistle club, Doug Ross, Ingersoll, Don Sibley. Woodstock, Harold Rushton, London Fairmont and Bob Jones, London Fairmont. In regular jitney action this week, the ladies were top win- ners in Tuesday and Thurs- day competitions. Lorna Spencer with two vic- torie, and aggregate of 33 and plus of three was Tuesday's winner. Next came Rose Blanchard with 28 and Stella Taylor with a score of 24. Stella Taylor's aggregate score of 21 with a pair of wins won the top prize, Saturday night. Percy Campbell and Muriel Waugh were deadlock- ed for second with scores of 18. fee, each day will be priced separately. Check with the Rec Centre if there are any questions fashion seven batters. Randy Malcolm went the distance for Nairn allowing 11 hits while striking o""t four batters. The Royals record is now 18 wins and six losses. They have three games left. Their next game is Thursday at home against Poplar Hill. Jame time is 9 p.m. SOUTH HURON HOCKEY LEAGUE Organizational Meeting to be hell at Huron Park on Wed., August 15, 1984 (It 7:30 p.m. For more details on this non -body contact hockey league contact Frank Funston (228-6425) or Ron Rader (235-0660). 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