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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1984-11-14, Page 15Sports t( !LDTJONNWS-Rg/oap,v:PDAY, NQ EppBER 14, 1984—Page 15 Naturally Speaking By Steve Cooke Lightweight rifles ® I love 'em The trend today with modern rifle of a lifetime presents itself. A good manufacturers is towards lightweight rifles lightweight, however, lust becomes an ex - A lot of people don't seem to like them, tension of the arm and is always there when preferring the heft of the older style, but you need it. personally, I like them. Excess recoil? Muzzle blast? Loss in The first center fire rifle I ever owned was velocity? Sure, you get them all, but what it a beautiful little Bruno .22 Hornet, which boils down to is that I carry a rifle a lot more was topped by a one and three quarter to than I shoot one, so that has to take number five power Weaver KV Scope. That was in one priority. But, let's deal • with the my younger days, and most daylight hours "againsts" one at a time. when I wasn't in school were spent roaming Excess recoil. All the laws of physics say the hills in search of groundhogs, or that a lighter rifle will kick more, and it snowshoeing along the then numerous fence does, but I have yet to feel any recoil rows -trying to jump a jack rabbit. The little whatever when I'rn shooting at game. When Bruno was my constant companion, and not I'm not shooting at game, I take a few being rich enough to own a sling (powder, precautions against getting jolted. If I'm primers and bullets were more important), that easy carrying rifle was always in my hand. I got used to it, and when I graduated to other big game rifles, I was always a bit disappointed in their awkward feel. They all seemed just a little too long, a bit heavier than they need be, and a touch too big around for a comfortable grip. When the Mohawk 600 was introduced by Remington as a last ditch stand to save little rifles, I grabbed one in .308 Win. After at- tacking that square block of wood they call- ed a stock with a rasp, plane, spokeshave and sandpaper, t wound up with a rifle that was a dream to carry. Sure, it was a bit of an ugly duckling, but I could shoot with it. As I became more sophisticated (? ? however, I decided I wanted something a lit- tle more special and set out, to design a lightweight rifle especially for me. I decided on the Husqvarna action, obtained one in 30- 06 and started hacking, sawing and ad- justing. You guessed it. As soon as I started, everybody and their brother started bring- ing out lightweight rifles. A rifle belongs in the hands, not slung over a shoulder, and for someone whose biggest wrist exercise is pushing a. pencil, an eight or nine pound rifle gets HEAVY. Sooner or later, that gun gets slung over a shoulder and that's where it is when the opportunity facing a prolonged session at the bench, I always use a sissy bag on my shoulder. Bench rest shooting is just (in my opinion') for sighting in and checking accuracy anyway, so form in that position is not really necessary. If I'm doing a practical course in field condition shooting, I wear a hunting jacket and often stick a little extra padding in just to. be sure. Muzzle blast. Easy - I use ear muffs. Velocity loss. Well, to me a 250 yard shot is a long, long shot and most of my shooting has occurred under 150 yards. At those ranges, M.V. etc. don't really mean too much. There maybe some isolated areas, or instances where magical 600 yard shots are the order of the day, but if they were too common, then I'd say there was sortlething drastically wrong with the hunter's stalking ability. Aiming? I use a rest if at all possible, but if I do try an offhand shot, it's usually at something moving and very close. Then I want something easy to swing and not too long to hang up in brush, because under those conditions, I'm usually in the thick stuff. Sure, I can use a standard rifle, have in the past and will again in the future. But, if I have a choice, you'll probably find me with a little six pounder sporting a 21,2 or 23/4 power scope. C urses continue Bread Dough Art Course Good news! The Clinton Recreation Com- mittee is happy to announce a Bread Dough Art Course will be offered Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Town Hall Meeting Room. Bread Dough Art is an enjoyable art form, al lowing participants to create figures from treated and decorated bread dough. Great Christmas gifts! This course is open to peo- ple ages 13 and over and will be limited to the first 15 paid registrants. This four-week, eight-hour course starts Wednesday, November 21 and ends Wednesday, December 12. Registration ,deadline - is Friday, November 16 (register at Recreation Of- fice). For more information please call 482- 3398 or Program Instructor Susan St. Louis 482-3155. Bicentennial Festival Magic shows, theatrical production, free hot chocolate, Christmas tree lighting, Festival of lights and free Bicentennial but- tons are all part of the November 16 Clinton Bicentennial Festival. For details see the advertisements on the entertainment page. Parents are reminded that children will be provided a flyer outlining this unique com- munity event. Bantam Hockey Tournament Attention hockey fans! The Annual Clin- ton Optimist Bantam Hockey Tournament will be held November 29, 30, December 1-2 and December 7-9. This two weekend hockey event will feature 60 hours of ex- cellent hockey "action. Make plans to come out and support the Clinton Bantams. Public Skating Schedule Clinton Arena Public .Skating times this week will be November 14, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m., November 16,1:00 - 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., November 18, 1:30 - 3:30 p,m. and 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. For admission fees consult your Fall Recreation Guide or phone the Clinton Arena at 482-7731. Mug Club Attention Clinton Arena patrons! There is only six spots left in the Clinton Arena Mug Club. .For more information drop by the Clinton Arena today! Power Skating Due to the success of this Clinton Power Skating Program, the Clinton Recreation Committee will be offering another Power Skating Program for youth ages five to 13. Program details will be announced soon in this newspaper column and at the Clinton Arena. • scan s now in so e Should you want to register your son or M ,daughter in this rewarding program, con- tact the Recreation Director at 482-3398 as le. • posse.ssion.o f second soon as possible. Courses The Recreation CLINTON - Once again the Clinton Junior "C". Mustangs split weekend games, defating Wingham 7-2 in Clinton but losing on the road to Hanover, 7-4. The win and loss • put the Mustangs in sole possession of second place, behind the Hanover Barons. Clinton 7 - Wingham 2 Manager Wayne Wiggins was pleased with the way the Mustangs played 'as, a team, but he was especially impressed with the line •of Randy Marriage and Tom and Wayne Smith. ' Brad Armstrong was the first to net the puck, beating the Winghami kedu')e on a tha powerplay. Darryl Madge p P .assist. However, Wingham also scored on a 1closing the first period with a" Hanover with two only seconds remaining.' According the Manager Wiggins, this shorthanded goal would have been saved by a. Clinton player if it was shot on the right hand side and not the left. Commenting on the undefeated Hanover Barons, Manager Wiggins showed confidence in his Mustangs. "It's going to take on hell of a hockey team to beat them, but we'll. do it." n Committee will be offer- ing adult and youth craft courses such as beginner caligraphy, paper tole and basic photography. Are you interested in enrolling in any of . these course 'If' so, then. please phone the Recreation Director at 482-3398 to- day! Town Hall Re -Opening Buttons There are still a few souvenir Town Hall Re -Opening• Buttons for sale. Buy your but- ton at the Town Office,' Arena or Recreation Office. An ideal stocking stuffer. Pee Wee A's lose pair on weeken On November 6, the Clinton PeeWees travelled to Wingham only to lose 12 -1. The powerplay, only bright spot throughout the game was a one all tie. beautiful third period goal by Brent ttodford In the early stages of the second period, on a breakaway, tucking the puck between the Mustang's Wayne Smith took a pass the Wingham goaltender's pads. - short again in Seaforth, 12 - 20. This penalty - filled game saw Clinton tally only twice. Clinton's first period goal was scored by Gavin Hunter, assisted by Andrew Dykstra and Curtis McCone.. Clinton's only other goal came off the stick of .Brent Rodford in the second period, assisted by ' Darrin from Randy Marriage, giving his team a one On November 10, the Peewees came up McAsh. goal edge. Dean Armstrong later put the Mustangs up by two as he combined with Brad Armstrong and Madge. Wingham came back to beat the Mustangs' Terry Bean and narrow the gap to 3-2 before leaving the ice at the end of the second period. The third period. was all Mustang as they scored four goals. Three of the goals were within one minute of each other.' Less than one minute was gone in the third when Marriage scored, assisted by Tom Smith. No further scoring was done until the 3:26 mark when Pete Willems netted an unassisted goal. One minute later Brad Armstrong made the'scored 6-2, and his lead was followed by Tom Smith who made the final score 7-2. Assisting on Armstrong's goal was Brad Hymers while Bobby Ladd and Marriage assisted on Smith's goal. Hanover 7 - Clinton 4 Hanover Maintained their undefeated record on November 11, defeating the Mustangs 7-4. Although it was elt at penaltythe filled game, Manager Wiggins f• game wasn't "all that rough.". "The first fight was just your run of the mill roughing, but the referee tossed them both. It's just that they were calling everything," he explained. Hanover received 18 more penalty minutes than the Mustangs, but managed to score two shorthand goals. They also capitalized on their powerplay opportunities more frequently then the Mustangs, scoring three to the Mustangs' one. Hanover jumped out to a 4-0 first period lead, scoring two powerplay goals and then putting two more behind Pat Cronin with only 1:39 remaining in the first period. With a goalie change in the second period, Clinton managed to shutout their opponents while scoring two of their own. Chris Ladd replaced starting goaltender Cronin. Brad Hymers put Clinton on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal. Paul Gravel then took advantage of the Mustang powerplay and made the score 4-2. Assisting on Gravel's goal were Brad Armstrong and Dan Wilson. The Mustangs allowed two shorthanded goals in the third period, one of which was scored on an empty net, and one powerplay goal. In return, they scored two of their own goals. Hanover increased their lead to 5-2 on a powerplay goal before Tom Smith was able to beat their goalie. Assisting on the play were Shawn Rahbek an WA. Tyne sr . Hanover quickly replied with a shorthanded goal, but Gravel came back 19 seconds later to nullifly it. Tom Smith earned the assist. Thg final goal of the game was scored by OUR SEMI-ANNUAL SAVINGS SPECTACULAR SNE DAY ONLY THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15 Buy one chicken snack at our regular price and receive another at no extra charge. FRIED CHICKEN and SEAFOOD •.The.11eit ol,Both from Dizie Lee" Each snack contains 2 pieces of tender chicken and fries. Limit 6 per customer. Sorry, no phone orders. 33 VICTORIA ST. CLINTON (HWY. 4 SOUTH) IOPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK SUNDAY -THURSDAY 10 AM -10 PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY 10 AM -12 MIDNIGHT Outood and Oporotod ley Doug Ilhudo Deer check stations were held at Point Farms, Centralia, the ministry office in Wingham and at the maintenance building in Hullett. Above, Doug Puffer (right), a Ministry of Natural Resources biologist at Hullett, measures the length of this deer's antlers. At the check station, the deers were weighed, had their teeth examined to determine their age and in some instances, had their jaws cut out. (Steve Cooke photo ) Beautify your home - SPIRAL $TAIRWAY •No other stairway takes as little room as a spiral •Dress it up . or leave it plain •Modular Kit as shown, or CUSTOM FABRICATED to your needs or specifications Ratizwef 114VV111.011,31FT biD. 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