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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1997-09-10, Page 16• Page 16 Times -Advocate, September 10, 1997 SPORTS League champions Bluewater tugs to national win 1ONDON ' The Bluewater Tug of War Club dug in at the Canadian Nationals competition at the West- ern Fair on Saturday and brought Dashwood and area home some glory. in a. non -sanctioned 680 kg match.- the Bluewater men pulled for first place. beating Zorra (Em- bro i and •Vittella. The Bluewater women came in fourth place. beat- ing out the Brantford women. When competing against men's teams, the women had their full eight -person squad while the men's teams dropped two members. ' In sanctioned action, the Blue - water men finished first in 720 kg, again beating Zorra and Vittella. Bluewater next competes at the Neyv Hamburg Fall Fair on Friday and travels to Embro for a fall fair there on Sunday. On Sept. 19 Blue - water will be at the Stratford Fall Fair and the team winds up its year at Kitchener's Bingeman Park for the Octoberfest competition. For more on Bluewater and tug of war throughout the world, log on to the official website at www. tugofwar. org/otowa. Name IHRA Drag Racing Results Grand Bend Motorplex September 6 - Final round results Car R/T ET MPH Super Pro Dave Aerhan. Strathroy Thunderbird 0.533 9.365 144.62 Jack Kassin. Fraser. Mi 69 Road Runner 0.659 12.190 90.89 Pro Greg Box. London 72 Malibu 0.511 13.152 100.26 Steve Doornbosch. Forest 68 Firebird 0.571 11.515 114.85 Super Bike Steve Streatch. London 89 Suzuki GSXR 0.512 8.977 130.26 Glen Rock, Seaforth 83 Suzuki 1100 0.693 11.049 117.30 Super Stock B1 Allen. Wyoming 85 Cutlass 0.624 14.119 93.77 Keith Houle, Petrolia. 64 Chevy 11 0.768 13.932 99.64 Sled Doug Jones, Crediton 97 Yamaha SX 700 0.571 11.255 114.15 Harold Chesney. Seaforth 95 ZRT 800 0.389 10.491 121.42 Stock Greg Healey. Sarnia 85 Chevy S 10 0.138 17.848 79.56 Tim Dennis. Sarnia 68 Firebird 0.000 27.489 41.04 King of the Beach Qualifier 114 Greg Healey. Sarnia 85 Chevy SIO 0.562 17.769 79.70 BJ Allen, Wyoming 85 Cutlass 0.602 14.200 91.80 September 6 - Feature results • All Sport Jr. Micro Sprints Position 1. Paul Shipway; Position 2. Robert Kuenzlen; Position 3, Steven Stewart: Position 4. Jimmy Stubbs; Position 5, Brent Kemps. Aqua Fina Mini Sprints Position 1. Samantha Rowse; Position 2, Darcy McLennan; Position 3. Jamie Grover; Position 4, Shaun Jennison; Position 5, Dustin Lashmar. Pepsi Micro Sprints Position 1. Shawn Kemps. Position 2, Tom Kyle; Position 3. Darrell Limon; Position 4, Wade Litt; Position 5, Carey Hickson. All Sport Jr. Mkro Sprints - Point standings as of September 6 Position 1. Paul Shipway. 1781 pts.; Position 2, Robert Kuenzlen, 1667 pts.; Position 3, Steven Stewart, 1518 pts.; Position 4, Jimmy Stubbs, 1414 pts.; Position 5, Matt Shipway 1402 pts. Aqua Fina Mini Sprints • Point standinp as of September Position 1, Darcy McLennan. 1714 pts.; Position 2, Dustin Lashmar, 1574 pts.; Position 3, Samantha Rowse. 1418 pts.; Position 4, Shaun Jennison, 1415 pts.; Position 4, Jamie Grover, 1384 pts. Pepsi Mkro Sprints - Point standings as of September 6 Position 1, Carey Hickson, 1499 pts.; Position 2, Shawn Kemps 1481 pts.; Position 3. Mark Hickson, 1453 pts.; Position 4, Curtis Gartly, 1444 pts.; Position 5, Darrell Limon. 1405 pts. The Labatters team were league champions in the Exeter ladies slo-pitch league. Back left to right: Lisa Gielen, Deb Lord, Theresa Simpson, Angie 3ould, Helen Thomson and Barb Brannon. Front, Sue Muller, Julie Ritchie, Angie Desjardine, Tammy Preszcator and Laurie Knights. Missing: Lori Van Osch and Stacey Rader. At the wrap-up tourney on the weekend, FLT defeated the Angels for the 'C' title. With the deluge of rain, the B finals which included Purina Chicks against Odds 'n Ends and the A finals with the Labatters and Gar's Girls were cancelled. • At' left, , Strike or ball? Sharkettes pitcher Donna Masse throws one in during their game versus FLT at the Exeter Women's Slo-Pitch Final tournamenj at the Exeter Rec Centre diamonds on Saturday. Exeter triples narrowly miss bronze medal ST. CATHARINES — Mar- shall' Dearing, Harry Jacobi and Bill Mickle narrowly missed the bronze medal at the '97 Provin- cial Senior Triples Champion, - ships on Sept. 3-4. Theyt lost the bronze match to Niagara Falls on Thursday putting them in fourth place fpr the tourney. To make it to the bronze final. the Exeter team beat Ottawa's Elmdale Club, ,Agincourt but lost to Balmy Beach on Wednesday. They ad- vanced to Thursday action where they defeated Sarnia but lost to Cobourg. Local results from other recent. tournaments: • Peter McFalls and Roy Tri- ebner notched third place at the 44 team Lucknow. M&M pairs tourney on Labor Day with a 3W44+1 record. • Les Hills and McFalls took second at the Hopper Hockey tournament with a 3W52 while Triebner and Gerry MacLean finished fourth with 2W51+4. • Top players from the Exeter Club singles tournament on Sat- urday: Dearing, 3W47; Henry Drachenberg, 3W39; Mike Un- derhill 2W36; Barb Triebner, 2W36. • McFalls, and Roy and Barb Triebner finished second with 3W46 in their bid to defend their Machan ' Snowball' mixed trip- les tournament title in Sarnia. Gloria McFalls and Colin and Shirley McLuckie of Sarnia fin- ished 10th with 2W41. Wonder champs Big winners. The 'AAA' minor novice Mid -Elgin Red Wings, based out of Lucan Arena, won the recent '97 Canada's Wonderland Champions Choice Hockey Tournament in Toronto. Front left: Jonathon Wall, Adam Norman, Greg Noyes, David McDonald, Brian McLinchey, Daniel Taylor; middle left: Mike Ryan, Logan Couture, Danny Ryan, Aaron Trewartha, Cory Romphf; back left: coaches Chet Couture, Ian Norman. Jeff McDonald and Terry Taylor. The toumament featured 176 teams from across Ontario and the U.S. as from far away as Cal- ifornia. Red Wing players come from Lucan, Parkhill. Birr. ilderton, Dorchester and Mount Brydges. The Red Wings went undefeated in the tournament. Scores: 11-0 vs. Scarborough; 12-1 vs. Vaughan Pathers; 8-3 vs. Toronto Bulldogs: 8-1 vs. Village Mad Dogs; 3-2 vs. Vau- ghan in the semi-final; 5-3 vs. Richmond Hill Alistars in the final. Logan Couture led the Red Win attack with 17 goals and eight assists. Shuffleboard Exeter September 3 5 game winners Ray Warner 397 Wilma Davis 367 4 game winners Ann Northey Ruby Beaver Howard Johns 011ie Essery Doris Miller 3 game winners Joe Gosar . 291 Tom Williams 266 ina Williams 211 September 4 4 game winners Ann Northey 403 Marge McCurdy, 374 'Bill Sullivan 292 3 game winners Gil Northey 252 011ie Esse`fy , 171 Lloyd Lovell 153 415 360 , 351 329 300 Hensall Septgmber 2 John Pepper Hazel McEwen Tom Williams Ethel [L1cMurtrie Alice Thiel Gert Eagleson Isabel Rogerson Pearl McKnight 479 448 443' 44(0 434 433 427 419 Kippen Gun Club September 3 Brad Matin Dennis Boyd Tim Hoff Ernie Marshall. George Hamm Harold Smith Paul Hoff Bill Stewart Harold Cook Jon Gaiser Glen Mogk Phil Harris . Jan Hoff 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 21 21 , 19 On September 7 a team of shooters shooting for the Kippen Gun Club travelled to Mason. Michigan to compete in their five -man fall team shoot. One hundred and ninety-five teams were entered in the event with each member shooting at 100 targets and the total team score being recorded out of 500. A score of 494 out of 500 was recorded for the Kippen team tying a team from Michigan. A shootoff was required to resolve the dead- lock. The Kippen team hit 123 out of 125 targets in the shootoff while the Michigan squad hit 118. Shooting for Kippen were Jamie Caldwell (97. Brad Mann (99), Dan Crerar (99), Don Dolbear (99), and Keith Saunders (100). John Richardson M.P. Ptsrlh-Middlesex "NEW" CONSTITUENCY OFFICE • NOW OPEN 286 Main St. „Jerton, ON. NOM 2A0 519-666-2709 Office Hours: Wednesdays, 9 - 4:30 p.m. Uwe can be of assistance is any federal matter, please do not hesitate to costact oar aftke in I Diatom on Wednesdays or StrMhrd at IS Downie Street, NSA 714, 14011 Sf6.1564 Mon. to Fri. Award winner Shawn Yearley won the Ken Govers Memorial Award at the Crediton ball banquet this weekend. This award is given to the Crediton mite boy • player who displays exemplary dedication and sportsmanship. Have.a sports tip? Call the Times -Advocate 235-1331 1 Zurich Men's Rec Hockey Registration Sept. 27, noon - 2 p.m: Zurich Arena For Info call: Rob 236-7761, Steve 236-7889, Jason 236-4805 A Attention: Golfers Become a NEW member at the Oakwood Inn Golf Club for the 1998 golf season. If you buy your membership now, you will receive the remainder of the 1997 golf season and an Athletic Membership `— - (valid until May 15. 1998) at NO EXTRA CHARGE. Call 1-800-387-2324 or ($19)238-2324 for details T IL MO SNOW AND GRASS DRAGS sponsored by the B&W TRAILBLAZERS SNOWMOBILE CLUB September 13 & 14 at the Seaforth Agricultural Society Bldgs. Admission: Free on Saturday, $5 on Sunday Hours: Sat. 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Grass Drags on Sunday only (Rain date - Sept. 28) Registration 8:30 a.m. -11 a.m. • Drags start 12 noon r .t -