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Times Advocate, 1997-07-23, Page 15• ,. Page 14 Times -Advocate, July 231997 Seniors in the silver By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter EXETER - Though Al Horton and Clay Murray didn't strike gold at the regional Senior Games in Sarnia last week, they did find a sil- ver lining. - Horton. 69. and Murray. 63. fin: ishcd second in ripen pairs tennis competition. The pair won four matches and finished first in round- robin'action earning a bye in the' • first playoff round. "But we blew it:" Horton, a re- tired Air Force ground crew work- , er, said with a smile. 1 guess, we were overconfident. • ,Murray, a retired English high school teacher, added they were a touch tircd for the final versus a London team which they lost. Dashwood's Norma Coleman and Jack Snell also left Sarnia with vcr medals in horseshoes competi- tion. ompeti tion. The pair won seven games- • •and lost only two, both to thegold winning team from Milday (near • ' ' Owen Sound). • Coleman's husband. Bill; said "this has been her lucky week:" ..Norma scored a perfect 29 point hand.(thrce fives and a jack in hand then the last five with the jack's matching.suit is turned up) during a cribbage game at Bayfield's Home- stead campground. Snell and his wife Lia are aim - Wing in:the World Horseshoes Championships in_Kitchener this week. Fury blank Morningstar. EXETER - The.Exeter Fury sen- ior men's soccer team found their scoring touch on Sunday by whip- ping the visiting Morningstar 8-0. Morningstar was 'playing with only nine players and a full- strength Fury took full advantage. Tim Proctor led the Fury attack with three goals with Khampane. Chansamone, Chuck Walk6r, Sou - ban Inlakahana, Craig Hera and Bounmy Chansamone adding sin- gles. . Of note were Inlakahana's header goal and Hern's goal where•he fin- ished a breakaway with a left- footed shot. Bounmy Chansa- mone's goal came on a penalty kick after he was tackled inside the box. Exeter led 6-0 after the first half and spent most of the second half protecting the fat Lead. "Once we got a couple of goals we kept pushing for more." said Fury playerjason McFalls. The Fury are 4-8-1 and next host Woodstock at Nabisco Field 6n Sunday at 4 p.m. Game, set, match. Exeter's Al Horton, left, and Clay Mur- ray won the silver in open pairs tennis at the regional Sen- ior Games in Sarnia last week. Exeter women lose three The soccer team is seeking a coach. LONDON - Exeter Women's Soccer Club found the road more than unfriendly last week, losing three straight games. On Friday Exeter was edged 4-3 by the SouthEnd Snip- ers. Exeter started strong, controlling the play during the first part of the first half but couldn't capitalize on scoring opportunities. The Snipers got two quick goals at the end of half, but the score was even just minutes into the sec- ond half with Exeter's Helen Theophilopoulos and Cindy Moore doing the damage within seconds of each other. SouthEnd then scored on a penalty kick given after an Exeter handball inside the 18 -yard box. Moore tied it up at 3-3, but SouthEnd took the lead for good minutes later. Exeter dominated the rest of the game but could not find the net with their scoring op- portunities. At Walkacetown last Wednesday, Exeter lost 4-1, with Hayley Snell scoring Exeter's lone goal. Exeter's strong effort versus host London's Marconi last week didn't show up on the scoresheet with a 6-0 loss. The three losses bring Exeter's record to 2-8-1 (wins, losses, tie). "Having no coach really hurts us," Moore said. If you're interested in volunteering as a coach for the Exeter women, call Moore at 235-0670 (work) or 235- 3656 (home). Exeter next hosts St. Columbian today at 7 p.m. at Can- ner's Field. Two holes -in -one at Exeter EXETER - Two Exeter Golf Club players sank holes -in -one in three days last week. Al McFalls found the pin on the 214 -yard sixth hole with a 2 -iron. his feat witnessedby Bill McDonald. Mike Burden and Todd Jones. • Charlie Chambers aced the 146 -yard third hole with an 8 -iron. Chambers was playing with his wife Nancy and Bob; Drummond witnessed the stroke. Both holes are par threes. Bill Ruelh got a hole -in -one at Grand Bend's Oakwood Golf Club on the 109 -yard 18th hole and Blair Knox aced the 90 -yard ninth hole w ith a sand wedge. Quick feet and nifty footwork kept Momingstar defenders away from Exeter Fury attacker Souban Inlakahana, left, during the Fury home game on Sunday. The Fury blanked Morning- star 8-0. This Week in Sports... • Hensall's Mark Bell hopes to make some Jr. A noise - page 15 • Jr. D Hawks and Irish preview - page 15 1 Call Sports Reporter Craig Bradford with your sports tips (519) 235-1331 • Fax (519) 235-0766 Kids of Steel raced for Jesse The triathletes benefitted the charity while competing against their peers By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter GRAND BEND They came, they saw, and they had fun. About 100 boys and girls. aged seven to. 18 from throughout On- tario braved the " summer sun to swim,. 'cycle and run for Jesse's Journey on Saturday during the -sec - and annual- 'Grand Bend Kids of Steel Triathlon. Race director Bill Uniac Said 'he hopes the event will keep•on grow- ing (200 entrants is the eventual goal) but the focus is.on safety. "The purpose of this event- is to 'provide triathlon competition in a safe and healthy environment," he said. - While ranking was important, there was another goal for the ath- letes - raising funds and aware- ness for Jesse's Journey, the-genet is diseases research charity. Grand Bend summer resident An- nie Denomme was the star fund- raiser for the• second year. She alone raised 5601.50, -tip from 5411 in '96: "I think it's for a good cause and Jesse's a real nice boy," Denomme said. - Jesse Davidson and his dad. John were on handfor the after race fes- tivities that included a barbecue and prizes.for all participants. Jesse is considered a Grand Bend native since his grandparents have sum mered there for many seasons. , "We always enjoy being in Grand Bend," Jesse said. "We're not sure." John Davidson said when asked what's next for - them on their agenda. "There's a lot of projects on the go. There's:no shortage of things to do." " Race distances varied according to age, from 50 m swim/2 km bike/ 500 m run:for midgets age 7 to 8 to - 750 in-swim/20 km bike/5 km run for seniors age 15 plus. Race results: • Midget • (age 7-8), girls: Kate Oke. 24.20; Jessalyn Oke, 35.22; boys: Eric Lawry. 20.24; B.J. May- er, 23.03; Andrew Oke, 23.12: mid- get (9-10). girls: Areielle Martin. .19.15: Ashleigh Wilson; 20:21: Anne Slade, 22.0; boys: Jeffrey Oke, 19.50; Cam - Scbwenker, :21.14; Nathan Morris, 22.48; jr, (11-12), girls: Candice Beckers •38.58; Deidre Morns, 40.47; Anne . Denomme, 40.57; boys: Michael' - Slade. 30.0; Mark •Crockett; 31.55: Scott McNichol, 38.58; jr. 'B' (13- 14). girls: Briana Martin. 28.33;- Lyndsey Westfall; 28.50; Rebecca Coward. 29.12; boys: Chris. Ditr- din -Thornton," 35.22; Andrew Dur- dle; 35.26; William Jones. 43.47; • sr. (15+), - girls: Jillian .Coward, 1:04.43; Carrie -Ann Nichols, • 1:06.16; • Terri Anne Schwager.. 1:10; boys:' Sjaan, Gersh, 59.28; - Matt Crockett, 1:00.51 Aaron 13ar- tie. 1:01.51. • They're tops. Top photo: Jesse Davidson, left; and his dad John thanked - Grand Bend summer resi- dent esi dent Anne Denortyne for her Jesse's Journey fund- raising efforts on Saturday. Denomme raised $601.50 in Grand Bend Kids of Steel Triathlon pledges, up' from the $411 she raised in the triathlon's inaugural year. Bottom photo: The 'Okes from Grand Bend/ Exeter were solid as oaks during the Grand Bend Kids of Steel Triathlon on Saturday, each taking away medals. From left: Jessalyn (silver in midget girls age 7-8). Andrew (bronze, mid- get 7-8). Jeff (gold, midget 9-10) and Katelyn (gold, midget 7-8). Teamwork paying off for Co-op Juniors EXETER - Team cohesion is paying big dividends for the Exeter Co-op Juniors hardball team. The Juniors arc on a four -game winning streak after two more wins last week. At Strathroy on Sunday. Exeter slipped by the host team 5- 4. Starting pitcher Dwayne McNab struck out nine. walked no one and gave up 10 hits on his way to a complete game win. Dave Hope continues to swing a hot bat blast- ing three singles with Scot Kemp, Bill Hodge and McNab all adding two singles a piece with Ja Maskell and Blake Schade adding a single each. On Thursday Exeter easily beat the London Tecumseh Juveniles 10-4 in an exhibition game. Darryl Hartman. Kemp and Dwight Ginge- rich shared pitching •duties, the three only allowing three hits over nine innings. Exeter hits were by, Dale Hope. (three singles), J.J. An- derson. James Rolph . (dbubles). McNah. Gingerich and Schade glen). • Exeter's Great Lakes Sr. Baseball league record rests at 10-6-1, good for third with second place Byron within striking range. "These guys are playing with a lot of character, are having fun and ex- ecuting all aspects of the game well," Exeter manager Gary Hart- man said. "They are playing prob- ably the must balanced game I've seen in three years." With only four" league games left (including at Clinton tonight and at home versus Byron tomorrow at 6:30'p.m.), Exeter will likely face St. Marys and Listowel in best two out of three series to see who advances to the all -Ontario finals in New Lowell on Aug. 22-24. Exeter will play their league playoffs at Strathroy on Aug. 8- 10. "We still have a lot of baseball left, but if we can stay healthy and keep playing with this team unity, we will go a long way," Hartman said. "If we can stay healthy and keep playing with this team unity, we will go a long way."