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.
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with, cArpfete knowledge ofthe
cacti for; athough the match
may nut have been very momen-
tous for ,t e 13.anta ther the
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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
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brgattizeid, a, Father -bon.. ams for the _Fanta Ali Stars as e
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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.
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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
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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.
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