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Times Advocate, 1994-8-10, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, August 10, 1994 This Week in Sports... Listowel beats Express- page 15 Midgets win two - page 17 Sidelines l .) by Fred Groves A shot in the arm for women in sports 'Women in sports' - so many times I have written about it but just now I realize I don't know what those three words mean. I never used the words 'men in sports' because, for many reasons we simply consider sports to be a male dominated endeavour. Last week I spent a few moments chatting on the phone with Alison Doherty who is the chairman of the London based group, Fe- males Active In Recreation. She informed me of new provincial legislation which helps give FAIR an official government mandate to chal- lenge and change the tradi- tional roles, perceptions and participation levels of women and girls involved in physical activity. That may be a mouth full but simply put, the group wants to see women in sports (there's those three words again), become more inter- ested and active. "It came out June 8," said Doherty of the new legisla- tion. It came out quickly and nobody knew why that was," she added saying there was some degree of controversy. "It's a shot in the arm for us." Population wise, there are probably just as many fe- males in Exeter as there are Exeter Mohawks play hockey but the night before in Huron Park, only a dozen would watch the Huron Park Pacers women's hockey team. There is professional hock- ey in which men play, there is no professional hockey in which women play - end of argument so many will say. "It's not something we're going to do overnight, we're fighting attitudes," said Do- herty on getting people to recognize women's physical contributions to sport. What FAIR is trying to do is develop programs designed to promote the benefits of and access to physical activ- ities for females. Access to is the key word here in that men are sometimes the top priority when it comes to getting the best diamond or ice times. That however is only in the big cities because smaller communities like Exeter cer- tainly don't give preference to males or females when it comes to using facilities. Doherty, a former track and field athlete at the University of Western Ontario said there are sex barriers which can be broken. "I took for granted I could participate in as high as level as the guys," she said. Anyone wishing further in- formation about FAIR can contact co-ordinator Ann Barteau 661-5667. I Exeter boys win league championship OPP are investigating brawl from `B' final with Centralia By Fred Groves T -A staff EXETER - The Exeter OPP are investigating an altercation which took place at the South Huron Recreation Centre Sunday afternoon during the peewee boys 'B' final game between Centralia and Mitch- ell. Late in the game, with Mitchell leading 15-8, youths from both teams engaged in fisticuffs which also saw several adults get in- volved. As of late Monday afternoon, OPP Staff Sgt. Don McInnes said no charges had been laid but his officers were continuing to investigate. A videotape of the game was being viewed. Meanwhile, on a more positive note, Exeter successfully defended their 'A' title, claiming back-to-back Usbome Softball League championships. In the final against Lieury, the game was a scoreless tic until thc bottom of the fourth inning when Lieury put a pair of runs across. In the top of the fifth, Exeter came right back and tied things up and went on to win 6-3. Brian Hayman doubled and he scored on Cam Dougall's single. A single off the bat of Ben Cottrell and it was 2-2. The rest of the game belonged to Exeter pitcher Chad Dalrymple as he struck out over a dozen Lieury players. Dalrymple singled to start things going in the seventh inning and he moved on Hayman's double. What proved to be the winning run came when Dougall chopped one towards third base, he was safe at first and Hayman and Dal- rymple scored. Cottrell smacked a two -run homer down the third base line before Lieury could add one more in thc bottom of the seventh and final in- ning. Undefeated season In the girls 'A' final, Grand Bend capped off an undefeated 18 - game season in the Usbo•ro Peewee Girls League with a big 25-17 win over Exeter. Although there were a lot of walks and several misplayed op- portunities, Grand Bend had lots of offensive power as Carrie III - man, Emily Miller and Misty Zarnick all had home runs. Connecting with triples were Katie Pickering who had two, Erin Jennison, a bases loaded triple by Stephanie Rader in the third in- ning and also in the third, Terri -Lynn Sheppard had a triple which scored three runs. The difference in this game was that Exeter was stopped from scoring seven times as Grand Bend made some excellent plays at the plate. Crediton 'B' champs Pitcher Lisie Geurts had an outstanding game both on the mound and at the plate as she helped Crediton beat Stephen Township rivals Centralia 16-7 to win the girls 'B' final. Geurts, who pitched every inning on the weekend for Crediton had 15 strikeouts in the final and at the plate had two singles, a double and a triple and scored three times. Catcher Missy Hater also had a good game as she had a double and a triple and scored three runs. Exeter's Brian Hayman, left; had two doubles in the final. Here he was safe at third. Above, Exeter catcher Dawn belong missed the tag at home plate in the girls 'A' final against Grand Bend. More photos see page 16 Credlton's Lisie Geurts who helped her team win the girls 'B' title, is safe at third base as Centralia's Crystal Knee goes after the ball. Shaw set to head back to Boston Goalie Instructor Stephen McKlchan, right; and goalie Terry Soper show others how to play net during the week-long goalie camp held In llderton last weekend. Exeter native is starting his 10th full NHL season By Fred Groves T -A staff ST. JOSEPH'S - Believe it or not, it's just about hockey season again. Summering at his cottage on the shores of Lake Huron at St. Joseph's near Zurich, David Shaw is set to head back to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. "Camp opens on Sept. 2 and I'm going to go hack and skate a couple of weeks," said Shaw who says he's been keeping fit by running, rollerblading and lifting weights. He enters his third season on the Bruins hluclinc where veterans Ray_ Bourque, Glen Wesley,Glen Featherstone, Al Iafrate and Don Sweeney will all be vying for jobs along with the many newcomers. "You have to work as hard as you can but being a veteran you have an edge," said Shaw of trying to make the team. He's been in the NHL for 12 years after being drafted 13th overall by Quebec in 1987. A couple of years in the minors means the 30 year-old is in his 10th full season. Shaw has been with the Nordiques in Quebec, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers and Min- nesota (now Dallas) Stars. Three years ago he was a human pinball playing for three different teams in one season. "I like it there, (Boston) hopefully I'II be there a while." Last spring, the Bruins knocked off the defending Stanley Cup champions Montreal Canadiens but bowed out in the second round of the playoffs to the New Jersey Devils. "In Boston, anytime you beat Montreal you con- sider it a goal season, it's positive this year," said Shaw. The Lucan Irish of the OHA Junior Development League will open their training camp for the 1994- 95 season at the Lucan Arena beginning on Wednesday, September 7 from 8-11 p.m. and again on Friday, September 9 from 8:15-11:15 p.m. New coaches there arc Scott Bogart and Jeff Dal- rymple. Meanwhile, the Exeter Hawks kick things off for their new season on Saturday, September 10 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and again on Sunday, September 1 I at the same time. Dave Rcvington, the former coach of the Exeter Senior 'A' Mohawks takes over behind the Hawks bench. From the ponds: Looking for some good used 'hockey equipment? The Stephen Minor -Hockey As- sociation will be hosting their First Annual Used Hockey Equipment Swap at the Dashwaxi, Com- munity Centre on Saturday, August 27 Ircm 10 a.m.-1 p.m....Don't forget to come to Lucan on Tuesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. for the second annual benefit game between several NHL players and thc Grand Bend OPP....Huron Park's Steve DuBarry is looking forward to heading back to Hamilton, New York to start his second season with the Colgate Red Raiders. He's been busy doing hockey schools in the area...Zurich Minor Athletic Association has been very busy the past few weeks and have already got several tournament dates set. The first is No- vember 4 when they will host a 12 -team bantam and midget rep tournament...It appears as though the St. Marys Junior 'B' Lincolns arc having some financial difficulty, no word yet on whether or not they'll af- filiate with the -Hawks...