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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-09-03, Page 12Times -Advocate, September 3, 1997 This Week in Sports... • Women's soccer wraps up season - page 13 • Hardball Bantams wind up 32-5 - page 14 tingard sailing for the fun of it By Craig Bradford TA Reporter GRAN - 'END -Once you taste that it you're hooked: • • T at' uat long-time Grand Ben. .pit Club member and top sail :boat racer Russ Lingard, 54, said about how he became, a sailing aficionado. While he was. always interested in sailing, he was in- itiated through a friend who needed a crew member for a race. Twenty - 'five years later. Lingard is even more passionate about his sea- faring hobby. "It's so exhilarating:" Lingard - said. "There's a certain amount of "freedom out there." - He takes out"his 35 foot Benetaue. racing boat named 'Nautilus' as of- ten as he can when away from his Exeter dental practice. Lingard has made sailing a family affair with sons Stephen, 27. and Jeff. 21. act- ing as his racing crew members. -His wife of.33 years; Pauline, and daughter Kimberly, 25,- also. love their time out on the surf,, Lingard said. Sailing teaches patience and dil- igence. Lingard said: especially on Lake Huron. "No two days are the same:" he said. "That's what's wonderful about this lake. It offers something different every•day." . - And racing -on the; second largest -of the Great Lakes is a joyous chal- lenge, Lingard said. "To race in Lake, Huron one has to be rather tenacious," he Certain -said --1it=-cart -Offer, you different weath- er at anytime." While Lingard and his crew finish in the top. 10 per cent of the about 180 boat field and near the top of the Shark (the class of most Grand Bend docked boats) divitrion in,all races. Lingard said theamphasfsisttk on winning: _sr - Racing form. Long-time Grand Bend Yacht Club member . Russ Lingard .loves to race his 35 -foot Benetaue : boat named . 'Nautilus' when he's not looking' into people's mouths at his Exeter dental practice. "We. just have Tots of fun." he said. Along the way the Nautilus has picked up top of -its class at this year's Grand Bend 100 (the race from Grand Bend to Bayfield to Sanilac, Mich. to Kettle Point back to 'here'S a Grand. Bend) and two amount seconds and a third in edom-Out�= the Mai kinae there" over the last three years. The Mackinac is/Atte longest fresh- water race in the world at about 280 miles, from Sarnia to Tob- ormory to Mackinac. The Lingards annual trip to Man- itoulin -Island was put off this year • • due to other commitments, but Lin- gard said they'll likely make the . trek next season. While he started with a 20 -footer and has moved to bigger boats over the years in -five: foot increments, don't expect Lingard to dip a 45. footer into the drink — he said the -Nautilus suits him and his family just tine: =Many_people_ believe -sailings pastime for the rich only. It's -true- that. many .yachts in the Mackinac race have price -tags in the $2 lion range. those with much lighter pocketbooks who want to enjoy the sport can buy a one-person Laser dinghy for about. $1.000 and sail off the beach. Hartman suspended indeflnitely, Juniors miss provincial ball finals Championship hopes evaporate when Co-op Juniors get caught using ineligible player By Craig Bradford couple of innings to decide, to put T -A Reporter this in. The last game proved they were probably a better team than EXETER — The engine that us, but you cannot tolerate the powers the Exeter Minor Baseball cheating." machine has run its last lap. If an opposing team continues to Exeter Minor Ball president and play against a team they . know is Co-op Junior hardball coach Gary using an ineligible player. that Hartman has been suspended in- team'scoaches risk suspensions definitely from coaching in the On- and expulsion from tournament tario Baseball Association after he play themselves, WOBA president was caught using an overage and U Eric Weatherall said. non -carded player at the Western "It doesn't' happen very often in Ontario Baseball Association finals the WOBA." Weatherall said of versus Listowel early last month. coach suspensions. though there The Juniors assistant coach, Jeff have been two this season. Keller. has also been suspended for Ineligible player use is more of two years. The overage player. an issue in larger centres. he said. a --James- Rolph,-and the rest of the.. ."In cities they are always.Gghting. team were not penalized. about players." Weatherall said. "I used an ineligible player and "But in Western Ontario we have got caught." Hartman 'said on Mon- been able to operate with a 'fair day. "(Rolph) didn't play' policy." want to play with"I used an Other leagues the seniors (the Ex- ineligible player er have more rules press) and I wanted g r .governing protests to keep him part of and got caught. and appeals and the team. I've used Jamie when he was overage before (in previous years at different lev- els) and never got caught. What i did was wrong." Hartman said he is retiring from Exeter Minor Ball and is finishing year-end financial statements and other loose ends. Listowel coach Brian Leary said he found out about the ineligible Exeter player from an Exeter player's mother. He filed a protest during the last of Exeter's and Lis - towel's three game WOBA final se- ries which Exeter won 14-2. Exeter and Listowel had split the first two games 6-5 and 2-1 respectively, meaning that if Listowel hadn't filed the successful protest and Ex- eter forced to forfeit the last game. Exeter would have moved on to the OBA finals. Leary said his team was beat out early at the all -Ontario tournament. "I've known Gary for several years," Leary said. "That made it very difficult for me. It took a Weatherall said the Exeter. incident has forced the WOBA to look at developing those rules. "It's just like coming to a corner and there's a whole lot of accidents and no stop signs." he said. WOBA director Doug Wolfe. said suspensions like Hartman's are few and far between. "i've never seen this where it has been caught and followed through," he said. Rolph. a month and a half too old to play at junior (under 21)', said he was "legal"• to play all season long in the Great Lakes "junior -senior" league where anyone from midget to senior age can play. But that changes when all -Ontario competi- tion begins. "We made it there as a team and breaking it up might have been a bigger loss," Rolph said. Weatherall said Hartman can still: fill an administrative role with Ex- eter Minor Ball if he wishes and he can appeal the suspension. Hartman was the '96 OBA coach of the year and Leary said it is hard to believe the turn -about in Hart - man's fortunes in one season. "That is an awfully long way to fall," Leary said. "He's done a lot of work for Exeter Minor Ball. It's going to be awfully .hard t6 find a replacement." Exeter Express senior .hardball co -coach Joe Fulop agreed with Leary on Hartman's big role in Ex- eter ball. . "He'll be missed. But he made a mistake and it's too bad." Coll Sports Reporter Craig Bradford with your sports tips - (519) 235-1.331 • Fax . (519) 235-0766 Yacht Club will be ship-shape for games By Craig Bradford T -A Reporter GRAND BEND - The Grand Bend Yacht Club- . will be ready to set sail, by the time the 2001 Canada -SummerGames arrives. . • Grand Bend Games committee member Craig Coleman said the Yacht Club wilt hold one or two-. 'junior'- regattas a year. in the same format the games will use in the fops years leading up to the `big event hosted by the London -St.. oi Wdstock alliance. The club will also hold winter . race clinics to train volunteers; he said. "We've -got four -years to do this but. we have tobe continually' moving forward," Coleman, himself a Yacht Club member. said.. - There will be four divisions- of sailing during the games: men's Laser 1 (or)e person 14 foot dinghies), men's and women's Laser II (two person 16 foot - dinghies). men's and -women's windsurfing and women's Europe dinghies. Grand Bend has already received a vote of con=. fidence with the endorsement of the Canadian Yachting Associa- • lion and the Ontario Sailing A,- sociation -whir had .to pre-appro‘ e the time. There's a whole different point of view • here." - ` - Village council also earmarked $25,000 for future beach improvements last year in the hopes it would land the Games, Ivey, said. The rest of the between 550,000 and $75,000 that will be spent on beach/ harbor improvements including new public wash- rooms, showers and lockers, will be generated through a combination of fundraising, municipal re- serves/operating budgets and perhaps even private sector/community group partnerships over the next four. years. • But there were other reasons -why the 'Bend was chosen, Coleman said. .• "I think Grand Bend got (the site selections vote) . because Lake Huron was -considered the f'ace to . be," he said, and because Goderich was deemed too - far from where athletes will be staying at London's - tiniversity of Western Ontario. While the athletes -won't' be staying in Grand Bend, their families. of- ficials and media will likely stay(and spend money) . in the area, Coleman said. • - - While no specific games -economic impact study has been • done for Grand Bend, • Ivey said one village hotel owner "An opportunity like has already:fielded calls for res- - this does/r 't come ervations. - Grand Bend before the site selec along very often." "The whole area is going to tion committee could make its fi-.- benefit big time," Ivey said. "An nal decision. That's the firsttime' opportunity like this doesn't come sport governing bodies have had to do so. -Coleman - along very often:" said, -The ,lakeside :village's enthusiasm also_ played a In winning the nod over .Goderich. Sarnia and big role in being chosen. - Port Stanley, Grand Bend organizers showed they And prior to the site selection committee' visiting .had theexpertise and facilities to stage the sailing London. Grand Bend had 600 names- of possible . and beach volleyball 'components of the games, volunteers, Ivey said. - Coleman said. "Grand Bend showed they really wanted the "We're used to running big events and dealing games and would -do anything to get them." Cole- - . with large. influxes of people," he said, including the e . man said. - recent pro beach volleyball tour stop, - Grand Bend's 2001 Games management team is Grand Bend Mayor Cam Ivey gave Coleman and putting together plans for fundraising and facilities. Economic.,Developmentofficer Kevin Walsh much and to drum up volunteers. • - - of the credit for winning the games. He said one dif- "We're going to need Tots of help but we can do ference between the village's proposal and Sarnia's it '• Coleman said. "I've never been involved in an —detailed -in --a- Sarnia -Observer- article -earlier this--event-where there hasn't been a lot. of-naysayers.. summer: was that the Grand Bend Yacht Club came This is refreshing." - • to the village saying it would help win the Garnes Volunteers will be needed for a variety of roles in while the Sarnia sailing _club preferred a hands-off eluding chase boats for athlete safety- (the com- approach and left the -work to the municipality. • peting sail boats can tip over). If interested, phone" "(The Yacht Club). has been super," Ivey said, Coleman at 673-.0880 (work), 660-8864 (home) or - "The Yacht Club and the village/work together all the village at 238-8461. Exeter 'bowlers make provincials EXETER — An Exeter Lawn - bowling Club triple have made it to provincial play this weekend.. Marshall Dearing, Jarry Jacobi and Bill Mickle will represent • District 4 at the '97 Provincial Women's and Men's Senior Triples Championships at St. Catharines' Glenridge Lawn n Bowling Club. Exeter's Peter and Gloria . McFails were eliminated on Sat- urday in day one of round-robin competition at the Provincial Mixed Pairs Championship•at . Lakeshore-Miniico Bowling Club. Exeter's Roy and Barb Trieb- ner finished high two game win- - ners with two wins 43 at the re- cent Seaforth Legion tournament. . _,......• - ATTENTION . III Hockey and Rfngette season ,, ' �� • •l 4e Is once again - upon us. Please send us the reports from your games by Monday at noon to receive coverage. Only current game reports will be printed Drop off your sheets through the front door of the Times Advocate or fax us at 235-0766. d 4_J2 ;/ l s. ='= _`La': - 424 Main St. Exeter 235-1331 • Fax 235-0766 IF YOU REQUIRE HOCKEY OR RINGETTE REPORT SHEETS PLEASE DROP INTO OUR OFFICE I EXETER AND AREA MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION 1997 PRACTICE SCHEDULE FOR HEN$ALL • AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE Monday, Sept. 8 - Tuesday, Sept. 9 Wednesday, Sept. 10 Thursday, Sept. 11. Friday, Sept. 12 Saturday, Sept. 13 Sunday, Sept. 14 Monday, Sept: 15. 7-8 p.m. Novice - 8-9 p.m. Pee Wee • 9-10 p.m. Midget - 7-8 p.m. • Senior Tyke 8-9 p.m.. Atom - - 9-10- Bantam 7-8 p.m. Atom 8-9 p.m. Midget 6-7 p.m. Novice: - 7-8 p.m. - Pee Wee 8-9 p.m. Int. Girls 7-8 p.m. Pee Wee 8-9 p.m. Bantam 9-10 p.M.7 Midget 8a a.m. Atom •. :9.10 a.m.. Bantam 10-11 a.m. Pee Wee • 11-12 noon - Novice 12-1 p.m. Midget • 12-1 p.m. - Bantam'• 1-2 p.m. Senior Tyke 7-8 p.m. Novice 8-9 p.m. Pee Wee 9-10- p.m. - Midget Tuesday, Sept.16 7-8 p.m. - Novice 1 - .8-9 p.m. - Atom • 9-10 p.m. Bantam , Wednesday, Sept. 17 -7-8 p.m. Atom 1 - 8-9 p.m. Midget I Thursday, Sept. 18 - 7-8 p.m. Novice 1 8-9 p.m. Pee Wee 9.10 p.m. Bantam I_ Friday, Sept. 19 7-8 p.m. Pee Wee 1 . ` 8-9 p.m. Bantam 1 9-10 p.m. Midget I Saturday, Sept. 20 8-9 a.m. Atom I . 9-10 a.m. Novice Tier II & Senior Tyke 10-11 a.m. Atom Tier 11 • . 11=12 noon Pee Wee Tier 11 12-1 p.m: Bantam Tier II 1-2 p.m. Pre-Tyke/Tyke 5-6 p.m. • Int. Girls Sunday, Sept. 21 1-2 p.m. Midget Tier II 8:30-9:30 p.m. Juvenile Monday, Sept. 22 7-8 p.m. Novice I 8-9 p.m. Pee Wee I 9-10 p.m. . Midget I Tuesday, Sept. 23 7-8 p.m. Novice Tier II & Senior Tyke 8-9 p.m. Atom I - 9-10 p.m. Bantam I Wednesday, Sept. 24 7-8 p.m. . Atom Tier II 8-9 p.m. Midget Tier II Thursday, Sept. 25 6-7 p.m. Novice( 741 p.m. Int. Girls 8.9 p.m. Pee Wee Tier II 9-10 p.m. Bantam Tier I1 Saturday, Sept. 27 8-9 a.m. Atom 1 9-10 a.m. Pee Wee Tier 11 10-11 a.m. Atom Tier 11 - 11-12 noon Midget 1 12-1 p.m. Bantam Tier 11 1.2 p.m. Pre-Tyke/Tyke 2-3 p.m. Novice Tier 11 & Senior Tyke 3-4 p.m. Pee Wee 1 4-5 p.m. Bantam 1 Sunday, Sept. 28 1-2 p.m. Midget Tier 11 All players are invited to come out to practice and get in shape. All players must be registered with E.M.H.A. before stepping on the ice. For more information call E.M.H.A. ice convener to -Anne Fields at 262- 2131. Registration forms are available at the South Huron Recreation Centre and from any E.M.H.A. Executive member.