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By Anne Narejko
CLINTON - Although a show of hands
found that 17 of 22 people present wanted the
Clinton Junior C Mustang club to stay in
town, only two .people were willing to let
' their names stand for nomination to the ex-
ecutive (hiring the March 14 meeting held to
determine the fate of the franchise. The pre-
sent ext,cutive has agreed to stay on until
March 26, when another meeting will be
held. If an executiv,e can not be formed at
this meeting, the club will fold. If an ex-
ecutive is formed, the decision to stay at the
Junior C level or drop to the Junior D level
will be made.
Butch Elliott and Bryan Marriage were
the only two present who were willing to
take one of the five available positions on
the executive. Both men have helped with
the Mustangs for several years and Mr.
Marriage was first vice-president on the
1984-85 executive. The other members of the
executive declined to run again this year,
but said they would help in another capaci-
ty.
"I think we could go on and be a -winning
team, but it's going to take an awful lot of
hard work," said President Don Wright at
the opening of the meeting.
From June 1, 1984 to February 28, 1985 the
Mustangs' net operating loss was $3,452.30,
s need volunteers
plus $2,389.59 in outstanding bills to be paid.
At the present time they have $669.82 in their
bank account with the 300 Club and the May
dance as the only remaining sources of
revenue.
From Jtine 1 to February 28, the club
generated $24,350.57 but had expenses totall-
ing $27,802.87.
When discussing whether the 'club would
be better off in junior C or Junior D, Mr.
Marriage argued that mileage and boarding
expenses could be -cut as only two import
players are allowed on a team in Junior D.
opposed to the four allow0 in Junior C.
(Because Clinton's population is under
5,000, they were permitted to have five im-
ports but chose to go with four. )
The club spent $2,091.74 on mileage and
$3,175 on board and recruits during the eight
month period.
If the club was to play at the Junior D
level, they. would compete with area teams
such as Seaforth, reducing the travelling ex-
penses and possibly improving their gate
receipts.
"Gate receipcs improve when rivals
play," commented Jim Graham.
"As far as gate receipts go, when Hanover
plays in Walkerton, the places are so dose
that people think nothing of jumping in their
car to go see the Vamp " said Mr. Elliott
who pointed out that Clinton is a fair
distance away from the other teams in the
league.
Dan Colquhoun, who took over as coach
earlier this year, said, "When we were
(Junior) 13, everyone was saying we'll get
better gates if we went C. We went C and got
better gates; $12,000 in the bank...Why go
backwards?"
Mr. Colquhoun said that everyone at the
meeting knows there is a problem, but what
the club needs is a solution.
"Three or four years ago we had $10,000 in
the bank. There were 60 or 70 players com-
ing out ( for tryouts) and 25 executive
members. This year we had 40 players try-
ing out.
"What has happened that everyone went
sour? What has happened that no one wants
to be on the executive in the last two
years?"
After two hours of discussion Mr. Graham
motioned that the executive be given until
March 26 to get nominations to fill the posi-
tions of president, first and second vice-
president, secretary and treasurer. If they
areunable to get the names, the hockey club
will fold.
The March 26 meeting will he held in the
Clinton Arena Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
Goderich sends official application
to OHA for a Junior C hockey team
The Clinton Optimists sponsored an evaluating day at the Clinton Arena March 17. The
Tri-Star hockey evaluation tested the hockey skills of area boys -and girls. (James Friel
photo)
Bantam B take 2-1 lead
CLINTON - The Clinton Bantam B team
took a 2.-1 lead in the best of five series
against Wingharn. On March 16, Wingham
travelled to Clinton for the second game in
the series.
In the first period Wingham took the lead
scoring two goals two rninutes apart. From
Allithen on it was all Clinton. Ian Koestein let a
NIP shot go from the blueline to give Clinton
their first goal. Assisting was Bryan Beattie
and Jim Hills.
At the 7:40 mark Tim Worthington flashed
the red light when he picked up a pass from
Bryan Beattie and Rick Lobb and evened
the score at two each. Twenty seconds later
Mike Corrie went in alone and notched Olin-
,
ton's third goal.
In the third period Clinton continued to
out -hustle the Wingham club. Bryan Beattie
notched his first on ,a three way play from
Jason Moxam and Mike Pullen. At the 8:17
Beattie got his second goal when he took a
pass from Jason Moxam and put it in the top
• corner. This rounded out the scoring and
gave Clinton a 5-2 victory.
18 Wingham was back in Clin
BY PATRICK RAMS
The gears have been officially set in mo-
tion for the return of Junior hockey to
Goderich. A group of local citizens have
formed a committee, headed by President
Don Johnston and Don Larder, in an at-
tempt to organize an entry in the Ontario
Hockey Association (OHA) Junior C Group
Two league,
The committee has sent an official ap-
plication to join the league, which current-
ly includes Kincardine, Walkerton, Clin-
ton, Port Elgin, Hanover and Wingham, to
the OHA, and expects t� hear from them
before the association's June 15 annual
meeting, at which time their application
will be dealt with.
If accepted, the team would be the first
Junior team to play under the Goderich
Tri-Star tests
skaters skills
CLINTON - The Clinton Optimist Tri-Star
Hockey skill test was held on March 17 at the
local arena. The event was well attended by
skaters of all ages as they tested their
skating skills by going around pylons as well
as testing their shooting skills and stick
handling skills. •
The top three finishers in the various age
categories were:
12-13 years
First, Jason Fleet; second, Ian Koetsier;
third, Scott Koetsier.
10-11 years
First, Jeff Riley; second, Jason Carter;
third, Scott Rathwell.
ton for the third game. The first period was
a close checking game with no scoring until
Mike Ladd let a weak shot go that dribbled
off the Wingham goalies glove and went
over the line with one second left on the
clock.
In the second, play was much the same,
both teams checking well. Clinton took a 2-0
lead at the 6:16 mark when Bryan Beattie
took a -pass from Jason Moxam and banged
it home.
In the third period the Clinton boys started
to wear the Wingham team down. With less
than a minute into the period Jim Hill gave a
nice pass to Jason Noxam who let a slap
shot go from the blueline and beat the
Wingham goalie.
The last three minutes the Clinton boys
had all the play, scoring four goals. Tim
Worthington got the first one on a pass from
Rick Lobb. Then it was Mike Ladd scoring
two for the hat trick assisting Ricky Pickett
and Ian Koetsier. Brya Beattie finished it off
on a three way passing play from Jason
M xam and Jim Hill. Clinton was victorious
by a '7-0 score.
On March,
. .
name, since the Jr. B Goderich Sailors
folded in the midst of the 1970 hockey
season.
The committee has been busy for the
past three months, says Larder. They have
held four meetings, forwarded the applica-
tion td the OHA, and solicited approx-
imately $10,000 in pledged- support from
local businesses. In addition, the commit-
tee has already recruited 15 local hockey
players, interested in playing for a
Goderich Junior C team.
Larder said the committee would like to
keep the team about 99 per cent local: He
also said "We don't want to hurt minor
hockey, we want to help them". Con-
sequently, 12 of the players recruited so
far are 19 or 20 years old, which is over the
eligibility limit for Juvenile hockey. Of the
8-9 years
First, Shane MacDonald; second,- Scott
Shaddick; third, Lee Gibbings.
5-6-7 years
First, Mike Hohner; second, Jason Riley;
third, Joey MacDonald.
i
Local skaters do well n competition
It's been a successful beginning this
winter for two of our local skaters. Kier
Smith from the Mitchell Figure Skating
Club, and Kim Cook from the Clinton Figure
•Skating Club ( they skate with both clubs
under the coaching of Guy Gordon of Strat-
ford) started skating together as dance
partners in November after Kier Smith suc-
cessfully completed his Senior Bronze
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other two players, two are Juvenile age
and one Is still eligible to play Midget
hockey.
Although no official presentation has
been made by the group to the Goderich
Recreation Board, Recreation Director
Jane Netzke said the group has unoffically
approached her to check on the availabili-
ty of ice time for a Junior team. Netzke
said that when the Intermediate team here
folded, that ice time was divided among
other groups on the understanding that it
was on a yearly basis. Groups were told at
the time, that if a competitive hockey team
were to return to Goderich, the ice time
would be alloted back to them.
Larder said that if the application is ac-
cepted, the committee would hold a public
meeting at that point, to determine the ex-
tent of community interest.
The Clinton Kinsmen
charity game for Cystic
ing up the Junior "C"
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