HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-08-05, Page 13CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987—Page 13
Waterpolo anyone?
A new sport has come to the Clinton area
recently, or rather an old sport has
returned.
This sport, water polo, was played in the
Clinton area a few years ago, but interost
and finally the playing of the game petered
out.
Now, fortunately for area water lovers,
through the work of the Southwestern
Water Polo association, and the Clinton
Community Pool lifeguards, the game is
once again being played.
The guard in charge of Clinton's water
polo, Fred Radley, explained how the sport
carne to return to Clinton.
"The water polo association for Western
Ontario came to the pool and a lot of people
were interested, so we thought we would
try it," he said.
In order to give people the opportunity to
learn about the game, a free swim was
held at the pool on the day the association
was coming to give their clinic.
At this clinic the children were taught
some of the fundamentals of the games,
such as how to throw and catch the ball,
while the guards were given instruction on
the rules of the games so they might
referee.
Unfortunately, the one meeting held at
the pool following the clinic was not too
successful. Fred attributed this to the fact
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that the meeting was held on very short
notice, and many of the people who said
they would be interested in playing might
not have known about it.
However, he is optimistic about getting
the game running. "The meeting didn't go
very well, but 18 people signed up. I think
we'll have three teams of six, and just play
for the fun of it," he said.
Although three teams are already ac-
counted for, there will be space for new
players. "We're always looking for more
people to play," Fred said. He later added,
"I think there will be more people out once
they find out about it."
For those who may be interested, you
might like to know a few of the rules and
regulations.
The first, and easiest, rule is that no nets
are needed for this type of game. Nets are
marked by just putting flutter boards or
chairs on the deck, set to the proper width.
Because there are no nets in the water, the
ball must stay in the pool to be a goal.
Interestingly enough, my family has been
using this rule for years while playing nerf
water polo in our backyard pool.)
Another rule that might attract a few
people to the game that hadn't been in-
terested before is that there is no body
contact.
"A lot of people think water polo can be
rough. This will be strictly non -contact if
they're worried about that," Fred said. •
Finally, the game can be played in either
the shallow or deep end of the pool. Fred
explained, "You have to be able to hold
yourself up in the deep end, or in the
shallow end you have to be able to touch
bottom. It is designed so people who can't
swim can get i:ito the game.
"Right now we're just playing in the
deep end, but if there is enough interest in
the shallow end, we will set it up," he
concluded. .
As the teams have yet to be put together,
anyone interest in joining aright want to
make arrangements this week. The first
games will probably be played this Friday,
August 7.
Ramblings from the raceway
CLINTON - It w as a special day at the
raceway here on August 2 as the Clinton
Centennial E'ace was run.
Racing fans had to wait out a bit of a rain
delay as the running of the races started out
about a half an hour late because of water on
the track. •
Once they began running, though, there
couldn't have been many disappointed fans
as the track condition was upgraded from
sloppy to good by the fourth or fifth race.
In the first one mile pace Maplegrove
Kate, driven by Ross Bdttin was the winner.
Harry M. McNaughton of London is the
owner of this winner. Peter V. Glover's
horse, Casimir Express was ridden to a se-
cond place finish by Peter Glover.
Ferric Scram, owned by Mel Dickson of
( loderic•h, and driven by Ross Battin was the
winner for the second race, a one mile pace.
In second and third places respectively
were: No Guff, owned by Parcreek
Developments Ltd., Arva, and driven by
(:reg Darnell; Lets Go Arnie, owned by
Harvey W. and Dadia C. Neff of Delaware,
driven by Kerr Quirie.
1 horse driven by Robert 'Taylor, 1301(1
Seelster, was the winner for the third one
mile pace. Bold Seelster is owned by Danny
A. McKnight. In second place was Got To Be
Me. owned by Terry Wade and Geral
Crossan of London, and driven by Dennis
Morrissey, while in third was a horse owned
by Donald Carter of Mitchell, Daylon Har-
mony, driven by Fred Sadler.
'I'arnrny Watt drove R H Barbie Rose to a
first place finish in the fourth race of the
day, another one mile pace. This horse is
owned by Gerald Wurm. Princess Lori,
driven by Fred Sadler and owned by Charles
Brandon of Clinton carne in second while in
third place was Joel Herbert, owned and
driven by Rene Bertsch Of London.
A local horse was in the winner's circle for
the fifth one mile pace. The ,James Girl,
owned by George Telford of Hayfield was
driven to a first place finish by Ross Battin.
Sushi Girl was driven to second place by
Ray McLean. The owner of this horse is
Dennis Jewitt and John ('ox of Clinton, and
Wrngham. In third place was Firstline Sue,
owned by Firstline Stables of I,ucan and
driven by Greg Darnell.
The sixth race featured the first one mile
trot of the day. In this race G G Finesse,
owned by John Morrissey of Grand Bend
was the winner, and the horse was driven to
this finish by Dennis Morrissey Bionic
Brisco, owned by Len Kordy of Picton and
driven by Ray McLean came in second,
while Kedgewick was driven to third place
by Wayne Preszcator. Kedgewick is owned
hWeldon Stables of Arva
It was back to the one mile pace for the
seventh race where Rae Bell Ideal, owned
by Laverne Robson of Dublin and driven by
Robert Windsor placed first. The second and
third place winners respectively were:
Loveable Rogue, owned by Larry Keleher of
Cambridge, driven by Brian Dunbar;
Mitola Hi, owned by V. Dale Kennedy of
Seaforth, driven by Ross Battin.
Ken Quirie drove Frosty Ringoes, owned
by Nadia Neff of Delaware to first place in
the eighth race, another one mile pace. In
second was Record Performer, owned by
Robert Leeson of Woodstock and driven by
Fred Sadler, while Southern Romeo claimed
third after being driven by Donald Windsor.
Mr. Windsor is also the owner of this horse.
Continuing on with the one mile pacers,
Sweet Noble was driven to first place in the
ninth race by It. McLean. This first place
finisher• is owned by Laverne Robson of
I )ublur..John Mannering of St. Thomas owns
the second place winner, Cara Lomans,
which was driven by Donald Windsor. In
third was a horse driven by Steve Bossence.
Hurst In Time, owned by Jacquelyne Sparl-
Clinton Tykes
take Exeter
With some strong starting pitching from
Bryan Watson and a good clean up job by
Neal Atchison, the Clinton Tykes were able
to continue their winning ways this week by
defeating Exeter 11-5.
Bryan Watson also had a good hitting
game as he started off the local team with a
triple. Ile ended up going three for three for
the day.
Mike Horner also went three for three
with a triple of his own.
Other Clinton players to get on base in-
cluded: Neal Atchison, two for three with a
single: Nathan Burns, two for three with a
triple; Kenny Colquhoun. two for two with
walks: Dave Hough, one for two with a
walk: Ryan Crawford, one for two with a
walk: Danny Carter, one for two with a
walk: Chris Humphrey, one for two with a
walk, Ben I,ohh. one for two with a walk:
Jason Woods, one for two with a walk.
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In the 10th race, another one mile pace,
Hes Special was the winner. The owner of
this horse is Carman Kerr of Goderich,
while the driver was Steve Bossence. The
other top finishers were Hoagys Stardust,
driven by Doug Hahn and owned by Neil
Okum of Kitchener, and Some Splurge, own-
ed by Melvin and Keith Wilson of Kerwood,
and driven by Kelly Dustin.
The final race of the day was the Clinton
Centennial Pace, which was the also the
final one mile pace. Eponas Prince, owned
by James and Joan Brown of Guelph and
driven by Ken Quirie was the winner. In se-
cond was D A 1)ariel, owned by Dennis
.Jewitt of Clinton and driven by Ray
Mc•l,ean, while in third was Kenshego Laux-
mont, driven by Michael Horner and owned
by Wayne Horner Stables of St. Marys.
Although the races were delayed for about a half an' hour at the Clinton Raceway on
August 2, the drivers were eventually able to get to the post and be off. It was a goodday
of races with more than a few photo finishes, and the Clinton Centennial Pace rounded
out the day's activities. (David Emslie photo)
Exeter man wins
jackpot at Monster Birigo
CLINTON - During the August 3 session of
Monster Bingo played at the arena here,
Larry Stire of Exeter won the $1,000 jackpot.
Before the regular games began Lillian
Letherland of Auburn won the first early
bird game worth $104. The second early bird
game worth $114.25 was won by Bev Bentley
of Brussels.
Marg Bezzo and Deb Bailey, both of Clin-
ton, were the winners for the first regular
game.
The second game was won by Rose
Shanahan .of Goderich and Marg Bezzo of
Clinton, while Ruth Gowing of Listowel and
Kathy Dougherty of Goderich were the win-
ners in game three.
H. Cunnington of Exeter and Evelyn
Vandenberg of Goderich were the prize win-
ners for the fourth game.
Prior to the playing of game five a few
special games were played. In these games
Alma Wentworth of Bayfield won the letter
"'1"' game and the full card match was split
by Carole I)aer of Auburn, Debbie Thomp-
son of Clinton and Betty Lee of Wingham.
There were six winners for the fifth game
and they were Bonnie Boyes of Clinton,
Alice Howie of Goderich, Joyce Marshall of
Goderich, Marjorie Jarmuth of Bornholm,
Jean Reid of Varna and Ruth Makins of
Bayfield.
Dorothy Thompson of Clinton, Nancy
Sturgeon of Cambridge, Betty Kenny of Lon-
don, Jerry Reid of Varna and Kelly Benoy of
Clinton were winners in game six.
Game seven winners were Bernice Jef-
frey of Hensall and Fred Howie of Goderich
while J. Parkinson of Auburn and Jon Hut-
ton of Goderich won in the eigth game.
A letter "X" game was won by Dorothy
Scott of Goderich prior to the playing of
game nine. At this time Florence Teeter of
Lucknow won the full card match.
The nine winners in game nine were Val
Marriage of Clinton, Maude Sturgeon of
Clinton, Grace Gilfillan of Clinton, Vern
Porter of I,ondon, Edna Fremlin of Clinton
and Stella Gautcher of Goderich.
Alice Howie of Goderich, Deb Bailey of
Clinton, Norene Kerr of Goderich, Sylvia
McGee of Goderich and Ettie 1-lugill of
Goderich won the 10th game.
In the final game, number 11, the winners
were Nancy Sturgeon of Cambridge,
Dorothy Scott of Goderich, Bertha Gibb of
Clinton and Val Miller of Clinton.
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