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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-09-21, Page 15• 8Y RON SHAW, During the. past tw9seasons • soccer, or so, the sport of which was once poputaf' locally' par-' Ocularly in 'the minor ranks, was suffering a b'ad fall, .The reasons were a combination of problems but as is north. al . in such cases, they added up to a Wertotal-called -clack-ef sup4, -- port". ,In : an effort to revive the game, at, least . from the organization stand -point since the youngsters interested in the sport were always willing to .colas out and form teams, those organizers still behind it decided to' set .up a series of exhibition games late, this year as " a prelude to truly getting minor soccer in Goderich back on its feet„ next year. In this direction the Pee Wee teams played some inter -squad games and the Ban- tams set up games against any takers. The results, were not en- ,couraging in some respects. The tumbled -down stands beside the • Agriculture' Park soccer pitch remained all but empty, but • progress was being made. in other -areas.---More and more youngsters turned out.. wanting to playand"the quality of their play amazed even those minor soccer,,organizers who had been involved in the game locally for many .years. To date, teams from Dungah- +� non and- Galt have visited Goderich and one exhibition game has been played against the staff of the Goderich „s ' chi; i ..nesnita,1. This Sun- ,defeat th)$ season. The -All Stars travel to Galt this weekend for another game. Sunday's dav, the Bantam All-Star"s wi 1 exhibition game was staged to drawattention o the need or more upport vel to a game ' in Galt. • As a the local Minor Soccer Association. (staff photo) Orel. a to that event, a game unlike . one ever Seen on the: Goderich soccer pitch Was played against that all-star team. �.t cai� i�ia`�e a1� `i�tat�ment with, cArpfete knowledge ofthe cacti for; athough the match may nut have been very momen- tous for ,t e 13.anta ther the � �i.;107042j-ilerr .lik ' woni .slytohaxd victory last Sunday. AB fc�r ' ,v ictory mighthave yse f, you gh gathered b hove. l waI! Qom_. Of 1hoee' y e • • Minor Soccer 'Association referee Kaz Budny, left in the striped shirt, gives Goderich Mayor. Harry Worsell a final lecture on sportsmanship (and'a brief run down of the rules) before the. mayor kicked off in an Old Timers Bantam All Star exhibition game at Agriculture park last Sunday. The Old Timers managed to down the Bantams •3-1 to hand that team their` first this Goderich Minor Soccer Bantam All Star team will travel to Galt this Sunday for their fourth in a series of exhibition games. To date the team has two wins and one kiss, the only defeat coming at the hands of an Old Timers team last Sun- day. Team. members are, left to right, front, Dave Graf, Ken McPhee, Larry Donnelly Brian Thompson, Danny Duncan, lain Lambert, back, Jim Watt, Steve Williams, Pat Conlon, Bill Nurse, Tim McLean and ,Susi) Weerasooryia. (staff photo) . 'Litt Sunday the F Goderlc„ Minor Socaer' Association ..,. m brgattizeid, a, Father -bon.. ams for the _Fanta Ali Stars as e . . practise commpethtion before the Bantam* travel to Galt for exhibition bition ".ame there:Althou h it any fath�rrs found it im- dale hi g , _ ,.,, possible to play an Old timers" team made up Of former Senior „Team nmsmbora frorp Goderlch and Clinton took on the Ban tints and managed' to dump thoot 34Old !Moor loom mem bort *'riff, left' to right, back, Mike Moriarity, Ron Shaw, Tom Wortltington,.Bllly Stlenstra, Torry Vorhoof, Tom Profit, front, el, Bob Bryant, (Kaz Budny who, refereed the Borrie Exert"illildd , . . sociation) Tony on behalf« of the Goderich Minor Soccer As „ 'Van Dongen, and Goderich Mayor Harry Worsen. Other team members, absent :from the photo,. were goal ten der Alex Varga and halfback George Onra b. (staff photo) `t hers, thy` a.cf d F rst:�",, never let me forget *4. 1)204, Actually we, knew 'full, Well K k before the Welling. whistle,;ever few t blew filet we were hardly >A 111e same physical condition as, thie group:of 16 and 17..yeer-olds,l doubt though if ..any of us grasped the complete magnitude of what too many 'years away 1 the -soccer sal.too--maay— cigarettes .- cigarettes andtoo much of everything.- else that Wrecks conditioning had really done °t, us. We jogged onto the field and did our best to put on a good show but within .10 Minutes Of the opening kick-off the Bane tams broke through what by that time was a rather panting, line, and' Dave Graf, booted -the shot that put us down„1-0. Mind YoWitwould never -have gone -in° had one of our well -nand. `defericemen not put his foot out deflecting it away from aoa►ite* der Alex Vara but tough luck or not, it counted, By half4inle the situation, at least , as the scoreboard in- dicated it, wit* improved for us. $;illy: Stienstra; had,{._kicked; one`. hgroe,. The scoreboard told` only the good side of the - story though; we were a” haggard looking lot as we stumbled off the field and collapsed in the dressing room, Still .45 minutes to go and none of 'us were able to .even walk the few yards to purchase some soft drinks. The second -half actually showed- some signs of im--' provement in the Old -Timers Board unanimous Would sell service to Christian School There was lengthy discussion at the regular. meeting of the Huron County Board of Education Monday evening in. Clinton regarding the request of the Clinton and District Christian School Board for free transportation for 23 of their students in return for taxes paid . to the public school system. But when the vote was taken, board members voted unani totA -in f yourfering to that Board transpor- tation on a pro. rata basis. "Let us make it clear that if it should happen that our buses are .filled, there would be no backing out of such an agreement," stated board chair- man Bob Elliott who had tur- .ned the chair over' to vice- chairman -John Broadfoot for the August and September meetings. "I understand from 'their :statements (the Christian- School hristianSchool Board) that we are being • niggardly. I don't think we are. dial grants would be increased and figured on a "different ratio", effecting more ecdnomical education for the county public school -supporters, Bruinsma further charged "discrimination" . against the 'Christian School Board. Broad - foot rer iinded the board that some of the children • from families where their youngsters attend the Christian School Beard School in Clinton n atte d pub is sc oo tin ergartens and opportunity classes. "Is _this discrimination?" asked Broadfoot. 'Broadfoot further said that if decisions hinge on "customs and traditions"' as suggested by Bruinsma, it could also be at- tributed to the Christian School Board who chose to opt out of the public school system. seater tells .h;�lre-er�rd�� a had ; * hast h t rg� aa�►tires� �; atnd . ra trul ne ell w ' ►- . y »ire ars o f t xe nd tam' A� boo r a ezid a .. t � . b l oil a Arid . Viably ► .. beta �.pepQr`, , legis x.� .� the atca�ra �� Pers old-timers were mayor }larry ° ?Ian: W,arsell, Billy �ti+�ri�ra, 'Toby, ProX Ani made well,' the, old= Van bongen, Bob Bryant, Tom.. h'Qgid ; faun t ysd• n Worthington, To ny timen Verboef', merit ,or:at lett co bad Torn Profit, Evert Mldde1',, -, �w".aar�.. ,,,caF�s3r.. .. _ -:-r-z?�iieaa �Qe'. y On ub+er+ M rke, �n MonaritY, yours ti my and the ' When the Banto ► trav real star of the rinatcl . Ales _ • Galt Sunday t'' will tai . . Varga them a'n.',e'atra� busload of cup- = Playing for the All$tars were porters. (mostly (411er zebu r s""` Dave Graf, Ken McPhee, Larry der playiers)‘ "arid tinny the Donnelly,. $Tian. Thompson, beat wishes 'of their 'last OP. , ." Danny Duncan, Iain Lambert , ponents. They May alis take Jim Watt, Steve Williams, Pat 'along cheerleaders. ''anyone Clon, Bill, Nurse, ' 'Tint wishing further nforcaoh Monc Lnan and- Su sit. about. the trip should . contactati Weerasooryia.Kaz Budny or Sandy Profit. for the Good GOCerkh SU1 $et Golf News by Eales Connelly When the signs of winter finally do appear in the near future I hope that there are not many golfers saying "Gee, I wish I had played more golf last season". To . make sure you don't get caught in this situation, why not take advan- tage of . this fantastic golf. 't weather especially like that of last weekend, and get in an ex - evening.. Many. showed ,that although they May not be in the finals for the championships, they very well could be and cer-' tainly will be worth watching out for next season. The night winners were Earl Routley, Vic Powell, George Bolton, Leroy • Bedour, Ray. Cook, Bud Shear - down, Bill Brown, Bruce Lydon, Stan Connelly, ..Mike Drennan, 's.,. �!trt�i aarlk,R Bill Fritzley, Bob Brindley, and Jerry Lassaline. Two members of 'a foursome ,from our Club taking part in the very successful Maitland An- nual Invitational were prize winners. These, golfers were Denis Lassaline and Paul Baechler. Congratulations' fellows arid nice shooting! Championship Day is, of course, this Saturday, Septem- ber 23. All club members as well as . Ladies' and Men's Night, players are rem'inded,.that they may play their games any time during the day and take part in the ,social evening which . -has been ,plarined:Please, n tber That if your wife or husband is not a golfer, they are especially. invited for the evening. The night will start with a buffet dinner served at 7:00 p.m. which will be followed by the presentations of awards. The evening will then continue with dancing and entertainment to your heart's content. If you can possibly make it, sign the sheet in the club house so they can ,prepare for you. Let us all join in the climax to our first year as a Club in the true frontier spirit! See you ori the Tee, or at the Tee!. .a e a1 s-.. nsur-a and . Competitive is certainly a conservative ,term to use in describing the final games in .Club Championship and Han- dicap, Championship match play! It would appear that some of our members are showing characteristics of seasoned pros, as they are turning in some terrific scores. The past week. has narrowed . the field to two ladies and two men who 'will play 36 hole mat- ches on Saturday to decide the respective Club Champions. .Women qualifiers are Sue Powell and Joyce Bolton. Men qualifiers are Earl Routley and George Bolton. In the Handicap 'Chhmp!i'eriship;"'two "matche's remain to be played before Saturday. The first match is bet-, weep Bob Brindley' and Stan Connelly and the second will'be decided between Vic Powell and Paul Baechler. The winners of each match will then play on Satufiiklay to establish the Club Champion in this event. Good golfing and best of luck on Saturday toy' all above names. With all the excitement of the week the last. Men's Night passed practically ' without notice except for the fact that the fellows played well on a typical beautiful autumn It could be (costing us µmore by of 'his happy spring.” When the Christian School Board's secretary Cecil' Bruin- ' sinaratteededwthe board'meeting in August , he explained there would be no more than three additional students from that school system .on any one Huron Board bus: He said that in all cases, there are empty seats on Huron Board uses which could be utilized by Christian School students. Roy B. Dunlop, superinten dent of business affairs for the Huron. Board, said, "We may have empty seats, but we may not. be paying' for them." Dunlop added that,the'board would have to see "how the enrolments stand at the end of September. "We must have figures by bus, by route," said Dunlop. Broadfoot reminded the board that the bus accom- modation 'could change from month to month. "Then what are you going to do?" asked Broadfoot. "We have no free seats on oil buses," said John Taylor. "These people decided on their ownnot to take advantage of the public school system. If they want to ride on our buses, I think they should pay for it." Section 37 (1) of' o the Schools Administration Ad leads: ''A board may provide, transpor- tation for its resident pupils to and from . a school that the board operates or for its pupils for whom it pays fees in a school operatedtbranother--board." Dr. Alex Addison felt the On- -, tario Department of Education should provide some guidance on this matter. "They want to stay right away from it," said. Elliott. "We can be the dogs." Elliott added that this question of Christian Schools or ' any other parochial schools' is "difficult" and can "cause' war.". "It shouldn't be allowed to go that far," added Elliott. Charlie Rau of the Zurich area, who is the Separate School representative was asked for his opinion. "I think I'll just stay. clear," said Rau. John . Broadfoot took time during the meeting to refute some statementsdmade in a Let- ter to the County Editors from Cecil Br"uinstria., Broadfoot e leld that although Bruinstna said "the operation of our school ig saving the County Board around $ 100,000 an, nually", it was actually casting the w, Huron taxpayers money. The vice-chairman claimed that if the .Christian School students were incorporated into the public school system, the previn. Goderich experience ..' A letter aYIddresrotised to the "City Fathers"•'hasp "arrived at Town Hall from Jessop Smith of Gates Mills, Ohio: It states: "Recently we arrived in your harbor on our :Yacht the DIONYSUS in rather serious trouble. Namely,, having- lost both rudders and were so well taken care of by your harbor- master, Alex Wilkins, that I wanted to. bring his fine work to your attention. o. "After grasping the magnitude of my problem, he immediately got on the telephone and within two hours had produced promises by various companies to come and do the work necessary, which was accornplis`hed in an ex- tremely brief period of time and we were on our way. "Throughout the entire time we were there he was extremely courteous and helpful in our en- deavors to affect repairs.... At any rate, it was a pleasure to stop and I will certainly bring to the attention of my fellow yacht- smen the fairness of your har- bour and. how ., charming we found your city. "I trust that in years to come we will be able to visit on many occasions and hopefully not un- der such duress." Snug Harbor is officially closed and Alex Wilkins' duties are ended for 1972 at the end of The Goderioh., Tourist Com- mittee has noted that as of Sep- tember 5, 6998 inquiries had been made at'' the Information Booth. "Last year at Thanksgiving weekend ' October 12 just over 7,000 persons registered as of that date," the report stated. "'Therefore we see a marked in- crease in • tourist flow in Goderich this season." The Tourist Information Booth will remain open on weekends only to the end of Sep- tember. The hours will be Friday noon to 8 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 9 --ton. to 8 p.m. daily. [uL THOMPSON'S the farm show FORMERLY AROUND THE = BEND OPENS SEPT. 21 ' THEATRE _PASSE ML'1RAILLE 0 'i'RINITY SO • . TORONTO PHONE 338.3316 WED. wu SUN. a, �eMa FALL FASHIONS & `MISSES' SPORTSWEAR - PANTSUITS LONG & SHORT DRESSES SWIMWEAR --- LOUNGE ROBES Beautiful imported TRAVEL BAGS PURSES for evening & day wear THE "IN" JEWELLERY BY "JONATHON'MARKS" OF NEW YORK LEATHER & SUEDE COATS New names to the aro* in domestic & imported quality fashion merchandises VISIT "MERRY .RAGS" AND PERHAPS FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED OTHERS HAVE! WE HAVE A °SPECIAL" RACK OF REDUCED MERCHANDIBE' OPEN DAILY 10 A.IYIINCLUDING witmatios w !'i:'.IBL '►M