Clinton News-Record, 1978-10-19, Page 6PAGE 6r—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1978
win opener
Stangs lose goalie
By Bryan Marriage
The Clinton Mustangs
opened their 78-79 season
last Sunday, with a
victory over Port Elgin
by a 12-10 margin. The
Stangs won the two
points, but lost the ser-
vices of top notch
goaltender John Page,
who suffered a broken
arm 51 seconds into the
game. Page will be lost to
the club for six to eight
weeks.
Tim McLean paced the
Clinton attack with three
goals and picked up a
pair of assists.
Port Elgin took an
early lead 5-3 in the first
period and Bill Lewis
opened the scoring with a
pair of short-handed
goals for Clinton,
followed by Tim McLean.
The second period,
belonged to the Stangs as
they outscored their
opposition 6-3 after
falling behind 8-3 early in
the period. The. , Clinton.
marksmen scored their
six goals in the last six
minutes of the period to
go ahead 9-8.
Phil Arthur had a pair
for the Stangs while,
Dave "Rocket"
Stephenson, Rob Willert,
Steve Arbour, and Mike
Gibbings added singles.
The third period was a
see -saw battle as both
teams battled back and
forth. The locals out-
scored the bears 3-2 in the
period as Tim McLean
notched a pair and Paul
Priestap added a single. ,
The Mustangs game
this Friday night against
the Arthur Screaming
Eagles, has been post-
poned due to lack of ice.
The Stangs home
opener will be played in
Blyth, on October 27th
against the Hanover
Barons. 4
The Mustangs
"Octoberfest '78" was a
success, last weekend,
after the ballgame was
over, as there was only a
small crowd in the af-
ternoon.
Don Renshaw was the
lucky winner of the $1,000
draw on the Mustang
Booster club tickets also
held last Saturday night.
The Mustangs and
executive would like to
thank those who par-
ticipated in the action last
Saturday night.
Kippen Gun Club
Kippen Gun Club was
host to five teams on
Sunday, October 15. The
top team was the
Claybird Club of Exeter,
hitting 208 birds out of a
possible 2_50.
Top marksman was R.
Martin, 46 out of 50;
Larry' Mason, 44; F.
Vanromrey, 38; J.
Mason, 34; Dan Crerar
naturally
speaking
by
steve
cooke
By Steve Cooke
Octobex and November are the months when
sane ordinary . men desert their wives and
families for a week in the bush in search of the
wily whitetail or the magnificent moose. The
fever starts when the frost begins to be a regular
morning sight and the autumn days are crisp and
clear. Old clothes are hauled out once again,
forgotten equipment is cleaned, polished and
repaired, and thoughts turn to the purchase of a
new rifle.
I would be willing to bet that more rifles are
purchased during the months of September and
October than in all the rest of the year put
together. If you plan on buying a new gun this
fall, put a little thought into it before you piunk
down your hard earned cash.
Caliber is probably the most important con-
sideration. There is a wide, range of sizes to
choose from, ranging from such mild mannered
cartridges as the 30-30 to the big hard hitting (on
both ends) magnums. If I'm asked to recom-
mend a certain cartridge, I have to opt`for"one of
the mid-range sizes. I firmly believe that the
.308, the 7 times 57 mauser, the :270 or the 30-06
will adequately handle any North American big
game species (with the possible exception of the
big bears), and that anything less or more
powerful should only be used if it can be handled
properly.
Action type is relatively academic : and
whatever feels the most comfortable is what you
should use. I personally prefer a good bolt action
to anything else as they have proven over the
years to be the strongest, most trouble free
action yet devised.
I often hear the comment, "I can get off more
shots faster with a semi automatic than any man
can with a bolt action." That may be true, but
you'll notice that they never say "aimed" shots.
It may sound strange, but with a very minimal
amount of practice, a person can get off aimed
shots with a bolt action, just as fast as any other
rifle, semi autos included.
After all this, I know I'll be asked, "if you were
going to buy a rifle, what would it be?" After
looking over and shooting more than a dozen
rifles in the past year, I would have to pick one of
two in either .270 or 30-06. Those two rifles are the
Tikka or the Parker -Hale. Both rifles are well
made bolt actions that are simple, reliable and
good looking to boot. You 'won't go wrong if you
buy one of these, and maybe you'll get your
moose or deer this year.
Love's
Last
Gift
Remembrance
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4.
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There is still time this fall to
remember a loved one by or-
dering a Memorial or Inscription
now.
Visit our Targe showroom and
select from over 200 monuments
of different sizes, shades and
colours
All priced well below regular
1978 prices with savings of up to
$200.00
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DISTRICT DISPLAY
66 HAMIL1ON sir.;: GODE'RICH
Call Don Denornme
524-2373 or 2747
for appairrtthent,
and Jamie Caldwell filled
in for the Claybirds
empty post with 22 and 24
respectively.
The second team was
Kippen with 177. Top gun
for Kippen was John
Anderson with 48; ' Brad
Mann, 41; Terry Baker,
39; Brian Baer, 26; Dave
Sangster, 23;
The third was a team
from Clinton, Doug St.
Louis had 39; Pete Black
and Al Kyle, 38; Lenard
Lovell, 29; Dave Carter,
27;
Fourth and standing
were Loyd Venner, 43;
Dave Lovell, 35; Bob
Caldwell, 32; Grant
McGregor, 31; ' Robert
McGregor, 25;
A team from Goderich
came fifth with G. Potter,
49; M. Ritchie, 34; J.
Potter, 32; B. Lep-
pington, 27; E. Ritchie,
22.
Regular 25 rounds,'top
shooters were John
Anderson, 25; Brad Mann
and Al Kyle, 24; John
Hessel, 23; Pete Black;
and George Hamm, 21;
Dave Carter, 19; Bob
Leppington, A. Bell and
John Hoy, 16.
Smile
Opportunities are
never lost. The other guy
takes the ones you miss.
In their last game of the season, and playing
without any spares, the Clinton Senior Soccer club
put on an excellent showing against the undefeated
Strathroy team last Saturday. Here Tony Gibbings
and Brian Newington stop an opponents rush early
in the game. (News -Record photo)
Soccer club loses final game
The Clinton Soccer
Club gave a good account
of themselves on the
weekend when they met
league leaders Strathroy,
in the final game of the
season, and were very
unlucky not to come away
with at least one point, as
Strathroy won by a
narrow 2-1 margin.
Strathroy maintained
its unbeaten record - a
great effort and the only
team out of three full
divisions to achieve this -
despite the fact that
Clinton took an early lead
on a fine goal from
captain Alex Harrett who
belted a long shot past the
league's top goalkeeper,
who allowed only eight
goals in 16 games.
The Clinton team
played Strathroy the only
way possible - keeping
pace with their fast
moving,attackers and not
allowing them to settle
down to take control ,pf
the game and managed
very successfully up to
half-time.
In the second half, with
the wind against them,
Clinton lost some of their
momentum and allowed
Strathroy to take com-
mand.
Former Clintonian
Wilman Bakelaar raced
down an open wing with
nobody near him and let
fly a curving shot which
eluded the outstretched
hands of Juergen
Hellman to tie the score
at one goal each.
Clinton became
thoroughly unsettled and
play became desperate
as they tried to regain
their superiority of the
first half, but it was
Strathroy that went
ahead on a lucky goal and
despite Clinton giving it
everything they had that
was the final score of the
game.
It was a great game for
those who brayed the cold
to watch and »h ton. was
put to shame lf,r4he en -
thusiastic fans travelling
with Strathroy - at least
30 turned up to shout on
their favourites while a
mere half-dozen aired
their lungs for Clinton.
Clinton ended the
league in second place ,
with a 10-3-3 won, lost,
tied record, and nothing
to feel ashamed of.
Playing for the local
team this year were in
goal: Juergen Hellman
and Gary Hesselwood,
with Brian (Q.B.)
Millar, Ray Kennedy,
Brian (Victor) Kennedy,
Dean Ryan, Tony Van
Dongen, Don Armstrong,
Pete Wise, John Preston,
Danny Colquhoun, Grant
Clark, Brian (Smiley)
Newington, Tony Gib-
bings and Alex Harrett. .
Bill Cantelon was lost
to the team early in the
season through injury but
we all hope to see him
return next year, better
than ever!
o- Thap.k you to all our
loyal.. supporters who
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the team, and a special
thank you to Bill Fleming
of Fleming Feed Mills
who sponsored the team
and was greatly ap-
preciated.
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Figure skating news
Home ice or no, we're
off and skating this '78-'79
season using the handy
location at Vanastra
arena as our temporary
home ice until Clinton
arena is reopened.
Our secretary, Carol
Fox, a former figure
skater of Ottawa - Minto
club, is extremely
dedicated and interested
in the betterment of good
character and abilities in
the Clinton and area
children. She volunteers
many hours a week in
setting up and ad-
ministrating a carefully
planned program
Each year the
organization gets more
sophisticated as more
and more skaters reach
ever higher test levels.
Starting this week,
there will be 15 seniors, 15
intermediates, 20 juniors
(six of whom will take the
special junior plan) and
20 beginners.
Too few people showed
interest in the adult
program so it will be
cancelled.
With two professionals
and quite possibly a third,
the job of keeping track of
40 beginners and juniors
would be impossible
without the volunteer
help of our amateur
coaches.
Just what is an
amateur coach? He or
she is trained at an
amateur coaches' clinic
held each year in various
centres, where the
candidate is given a
thorough introduction to
the program. It includes
lectures as well as in-
struction on ice. It is
essential that coaches
repeatedly refresh
themselves on the subject
matter in order to retain
the training received.
An amateur skating
coach is an individual
who possesses sufficient
skating ability to perform
the exercises on ice
making them capable of
teaching by demon-
stration as well as the
spoken word. He must not
accept money for any
work done in connection
with coaching.
This years amateur
coaches' clinic will be
held in Walkerton on
Sunday, October 22, 8:30
a.m, - 3:30 p.m. Those
skaters who will be at-
tending for their first
clinic (and a junior coach
badge) are Carol and
Cheryl Beane, Karen
Cooke, Barb Forbes,
Mary Gibson, Sue Ann
Smith, Jennifer. Wood.
Attending for her second
clinic (and senior coach
badge) is Janet Shanks.
The Clinton 1.Club also
has five senior amateur
coaches.
Welcome back, all you
former skaters and a
special hearty welcome
to , you newcomers. We
wish you all a yery happy
and successful year.
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Ask me about the facts
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