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The Blyth I industrial team (in black) had a reason to celebrate on November 15 as after
winning this game against Blyth II, they were named tournament champions. The two
Blyth teams battled for the "A" championship of an oldtimer-industrial league tourna-
ment that was held at the Blyth Arena from November 13 to November 15. Blyth I won
the game 11-4. (David Emslie photo)
Ripley wins one
BLYTH - The oldtimer team from Ripley
came out on top of the standings during an
oldtimer-industrial league tournament
that was held here over the weekend.
Thirteen teams competed in the annual
tournament that ran from November 13 to
November 15.
In the "A" division for the oldtimers,
Ripley defeated Grand Bend 3-2 for the
championship. Wingham defeated Blyth to
become "B" champions.
for the oldtimers
On the industrial side, Blyth I rolled to
an 11-4 victory over Blyth II to win the "A"
championship. Flesherton defeated Don-
nybrook 5-3 to win on the "B" side.
This year's tournament was hosted by
Old Vienna. They donated 30 hockey bags
which were given to the Ripley and Grand
Bend oldtimers. Players from the
Wingham team were also presented with
mugs from Old Vienna.
Bulldogs bully Brussels
By Kathy Bromley
BLYTH - After enjoying a beautiful
autumn day, Novice Hockey got underway
in Brussels, Friday evening.
The Blyth Bulldogs displayed their talents
only two minutesafter the game 'began.
Jason McDougall and Mike Salverda
maneuvered the puck from their red line
and placed it neatly in the Brussels net to
open their books.
The Bulldogs performed a repeat play, on-
ly this time, Jason Rutledge tucked the
puck, with the assistance of Chris Stewart.
Although numerous chances were taken
by the Bulldogs, Brussels was able to keep it
from co unting — for awhile.
At the seven minute mark of the first
period, Jason McDougall earned his second
Minor
hockey update
It was a busy week for minor hockey in
Clinton. Local teams scored as follows:
November 12: Atom 'A' 10 - Milverton 2;
November 12: Pee Wee 'A' 9 - Milverton 4;
November 13: Bantam 2 - Milverton
November 13: Novice 'A' 5 - Milverton 3;
November 14: Novice `A' 8 - Mitchell 5;
November 14: Novice House L 2 - Huron
Park 10; November 14: Atom House L 5 -
Huron Park 2; November 14: Pee Wee
House L 2 - Zurich 0.
This
week's games
Thursday, November 19: Atom 'A' vs
3eaforth II, 7:00 p.m.
Friday, November 20: Bantams vs
Brussels, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 21: Novice H/L vs
Goderich, 2:00 p.m.; Novice 'A' vs Seaforth,
3:15 p.m.; Atom H/L vs Belgrave, 4:30
p.m.; Pee Wee H/L vs Goderich, 5:45 p.m.
Monday, November 23: Midget vs Zurich,
7:50 p.m.
Out of town games
Saturday, November 21: Atom 'A' vs
Seaforth I, 5:00 p.m.; Pee Wee 'A' vs
Seaforth, 6:15 p.m.
Other games in town
Sunday, November 22: Junior 'D' vs Thed-
ford, 3:00 p.m.
November 20: Junior `D' go to Mitchell,
8:30 p.m.
Clinton Old Timer teams
Colts 35s are in a tournament in London
November 20-23, and Fowl Ups are playing
out of town.
Please come out and support your local
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goal, with the strong support of Brad
Anderson.
With only 18 seconds remaining in the first
period, a Brussels player stole the puck
from the Bulldogs. What started out as a
possibility of scoring, resulted in him loos-
ing the puck, after he broke his stick. The
first period ended with the 3-0 lead favoring
the Bulldogs.
The second period was a continuous
display of attempts shown by both teams.
After four minutes of play, the Bulldogs had
a man advantage, after Scott Clarkson was
penalized for tripping.
Once more, Blyth tried to strengthen their
lead. Brussels was able to wear the two
minutes off safely.
Two minutes after each team continued
full -force, Brad Anderson, with the help of
Fred Datema, found a spot to place the
puck. By this time, the ice surface was
similar to a light snowfall, with hard skating
being shown by both teams.
Again Brad Anderson displayed his
talents, obtaining his second goal,
unassisted, moments later.
With only two minutes remaining in the
second period, Chad Haggitt earned his first
goal of the season, while Chris Stewart
assisted him. The Bulldogs doubled their
score, resulting in a 6-0 lead at the end of the
period.
After showing 30 minutes of strong play-
ing, the third period got underway. Brussels
tried frantically to find the spot, but, it did
not seem to exist for them.
The Bulldogs obtained a man advantage
again, as Tom Pearson was penalized for
tripping at the eight minute mark. Brussels
worked hard to fight off the penalty, unfor-
tunately, just as Tom was stepping out of the
penalty box, the whistle sounded to signify
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987
Potentially dangerous
situation averted
by facility manager
CLINTON - Members of the recreation
committee learned during their November
12 meeting here that a potentially serious
situation was averted at the local arena by
the facility manager.
Recreation Director Steve Campbell ex-
plained an oil line with ammonia in it
broke at the arena on the day of the
meeting. However, no one was injured by
the leaking gas.
"Due to the quick thinking of the facility
manager Gary Fleet, we were able to
isolate the problem immediately. There
was no threat to any patrons at all," Mr.
Campbell said.
He added, however, that it was a poten-
tially dangerous situation because if the
leak had not been caught immediately, it
would have filled up the room very quick-
ly, and spread to the rest of the arena. If
the arena was crowded at that time,
evacuation of the patrons may have been
necessary:
Ringette
In other business at the meeting, the
committee discussed Clinton's newest
sport, ringette.
Currently 20 to 30 girls from the ages of
nine to 17 years old are participating in the
sport, and coaching are Cindy Renner and
Loralee Fernandes.
As the teams got a late start this year,
they might not be able to join a league, but
the organizers hope a few exhibition
games might be arranged.
Any girls within the nine to 17 -year-old
age group are welcome to come out to the
team practices on Monday and Fridays
from 4 to 5 p.m.
Teen Town
Another presentation regarding the
younger people of the town was made at
the meeting. Teen Town has gotten off to a
good start in Clinton as their first dance,
on October 30, was labelled a big success.
Aimed towards students in Grades 8, 9
and 10, Teen Town was set up to give
children in that age group something to do
once or twice a month.
The children involved are responsible
for the set up of their events and the clean
up afterwards. As time goes by the
organization will run more towards the
students running Teen Town events with
limited parental supervision.
CHSS volleyballers qualify
for Huron- Perth
The Senior Boys volleyball team from
Central Huron Secondary School (CHSS)
qualified for the Huron -Perth Champion-
ships at Mitchell with a sixth place finish
during the regular season this year.
The Championship tournament was held
in Mitchell on November 10. The Senior
Redmen opened the tournament against
the powerful Stratford Central Rams and
dropped their first two games by 15-7 and
15-5 scores.
The Central Huron Redmen then played
Mitchell in their second match. However,
the Senior Redmen were rather ineffective
in this contest losing both games.
The Redmen came up with another sub
par effort against the Panthers of South
Huron losing both of those games as well.
The Redmen finally started to get their
game together against the Listowel Lords
and gained a split in that match.
Tie, win keep
The Clinton Midgets retained their
undefeated record this week with another
tie and a win.
After nine games this season the
Midgets hold a six win, three tie, no loss
record.
On November 9 the local team travelled
to Mitchell where they settled for a 2-2 tie.
Scoring for the Clinton team were Mike
Ladd on an unassisted effort, and Jeff
Jewitt from Jamie Gibbings. Richard Lyn-
don was goaltender for that game.
Later in the week, on November 11, the
Midgets were on the road to Brussels,
where they won 2-1. Murray Townsend was
in net for the local squad, and Chris White
netted both goals. Assisting on his goals
were Norris Flynn for one, and John
McLean for the other.
In their final match of the round robin,
the Senior Redmen played a fine match
against Madill winning both games by
16-14 and 15-10 scores.
These three victories proved to be
enough to qualify Central Huron for the
playoff round. However, their fourth place
finish meant that they had to take on Strat-
ford Central. The Redmen played a very
good match against the Rams but dropped
both games by 15-9 and 15-7 scores.
Mr. Allen would like to congratulate all
the members of the team for putting up a
good effort this year and thank them for
their cooperation during the entire season.
The members of the team this year
were: Geoff Lyon, co -captain; Jeff Roy;
Jeff Brown; Darin McKenzie; John Lavis;
Bob Grunewald; Steve Ryan; Craig
Lockhart; Nith To; and Ron McKay, co -
captain.
Midgets on roll
The Midgets will travel to Blyth tonight
(November 18) for an 8:30 p.m. start.
The team's scoring statistics are as
follows:
Player Name G
Jeff Jewitt 15
Mike Ladd 5
Scott Brown 4
Steve Vandendool 6
Norris Flynn 1
Chris White 3
Jamie Gibbings 2
Jason Cox 1
Ian Koetsier 1
Jason McLean 1
Paul Wright 1
Mike Corrie 1
Rick Lobb 1
David Jones 0
Jewels shine in Tuckersmith
Tuckersmith Mixed
Jenny's Jewels
Rose's Rubies
Marion's Diamonds
Freda's Pearls
Stien's Sapphires
Ann's Amethyst
Stien de Weerd was the top bowler for
the ladies on November 9 with the high
single of 256, the high triple at 652 and the
high average of 189. For the men, Ralph
Stryker had the high single of 280, while
Angus Hummel had the high triple at 598
and the high average of 206.
Bowling games ovr 200 were: Marion
van Wyk, 245; Stien de Weerd, 256, 221;
JoAnn de Weerd, 226; Jenny Kaastra, 218;
Shirley Reinink, 212; Marion Snieder, 202;
Rose Hummel, 200; Ralph Stryker, 280;
Rienk Feddes, 255; Angus Hummel, 204;
Ralph Postma, 223; Herman Reinink, 204,
210.
Clinton and Area Ladies
Win, Lose or Draw
Classic Concentration
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High Rollers 34
Fandango 31.5
One bowler grabbed all the high scores
for the ladies on November 10 as Karen
Pounder had the high single with. 290, the
high triple at 743 and the high average of
228. The 50-50 draw was won by Kathy
Ladd.
Those ladies who bowled games over 200
included: Karen Pounder, 210, 290, 243;
Kathy Ladd, 242; Cathy Connolly, 259, 218,
256; Kathy Black, 202, 260; Kittie
MacGregor, 200; Irene Thalen, 210; Nancy
Sue Swan, 232; Luis Morrison, 200; Hilda
Dale, 201; Blanche Mussche, 203; Janet
Stillson, 242.
Tuesday Afternoon Ladies
Lexie's Larks
Roy's Ravens
Mary's Magpies
Grace's Geese
Nancy's Pink Flamingos
Evelyn's Eagles
Ruby's Robins
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There was a lot of action around the Clinton net when the Novice B'a traffic was too much for the Clinton defence to stop, and Hensall
team from Clinton played host to Denali on November 13. The ex- went on to win the game 10-2. (David Emslie photo)
SECOND SECTION
DEIVID
EMSLIE
A most interesting coincidence occur-
red at the paper recently, and it proves
that it really is a small world.
You see, my next door neighbor since
I moved to Mississauga in 1969 just got
a job as a junior reporter at the News -
Record.
Now, before the cries of "patronage"
arise, I'd just like to point out that I had
nothing to do with his coming here. In
fact, I didn't even know 'he was apply-
ing for the job until he phoned to tell me
about it.
I guess I had a bit to do with it since it
was through me that Paul Rudan had
heard of Goderich and Clinton, and
because he knew the area, he called for
an interview when his teacher at
Sheridan announced jobs were
available in the area. But that's the on-
ly roll I played.
I would, however, like to take this op-
portunity to welcome Paul to this area.
But since this . is supposed to be a
sports column, I'll give you an introduc-
tion to our new reporter by looking into
our sordid sports past.
Looking back to the time when I was
just five years old, it's pretty hard to
remember what the first sport we com-
peted in might have been. I would have
to imagine, though, that it was fighting
of some sort.
One method of sporting battle we
tried out was boxing with my two pairs
of George Chuvalo gloves. We always
enjoyed this controlled type of fighting,
but when Paul was involved it never
lasted all that long. One shot to his nose,
the blood would flow, and it was game
over.
We also enjoyed a rather barbaric
form of wrestling. Unlike the children
of today, we didn't try out any of the
fancy wrestling moves we saw on
television. Instead, we'd go down in my
basement, shut out the lights, and pro-
ceed to battle until someone was down.
Ah, yes, the gond old days. If we tried
that now, I'd probably end up
hospitalized for a month.
Aside from free-for-all types of
sports, we were also members of
organized teams. Paul, like me, played
nine years of football. In fact, the only
year I was ever on a championship
squad, he and I were on the same team.
There's really only one thing you can
hold against Paul's football career.
There is a school in Mississauga, Lorne
Park, who always has winning teams
( remind you of Goderich a bit? ). Our
high school, though, rarely went to the
limit (never, in fact while I was there).
Well, Paul (the traitor) switched to
Lorne Park for his final year of school-
ing, and his team went on to win the
championship. I don't hold much of a
grudge, but enough.
By the way, the traitor also made the
all star team in that final year of foot-
ball for his performance as an offensi"e
lineman.
Since leaving high school, neither of
us has been involved in playing any
organized sports, but we've compen-
sated by inventing games of our own.
There is, for instance, the basketball
hoop made out of a coat hanger that is
jammed in the basement wall at my
mother's home. It even has mesh made
out of an onion bag. Instead of just laz-
ing around when friends are over, we
used to become involved in games of
nerf basketball.
Another basement favorite, though
we didn't invent it, is table hockey. You
might recall my writing about table
hockey last year. Well, Paul was my
nightly opponent. Now that he is mov-
ing down here, he has already sug-
gested getting a new board to give us
something to do at nights.
If you think this sounds a bit strange,
I'd like to point out that I recently heard
of a board hockey league that has been
running since the 1970s in Winnipeg.
One last sport, and my favorite this
summer, was backyard baseball. Using
something like a sawed-off broomstick
for a bat, and a nerf ball, we spent
hours out in the sun in Paul's back yard
this summer playing the game.
I could fill up this whole space
describing exactly how one plays nerf
baseball, so I'll just leave you with this
thought: It's amazing the things you
can make a nerf ball do when you pitch
it overhand.
Right now, I can imagine one sport
Paul and I are sure to be playing in
Clinton. It'll he called Look Out. Right
now, there's room for one in my apart-
ment because my spare bedroom is us-
ed as a dumping ground for books, and
odds and ends that aren't currently in
use.
That room is now Paul's room, and I
figure we're going to have a tough time
not tripping over each other.
But what the heck. It's going to be fun
for me to finally have a constant com-
panion in this town.
And while there might be no room for
a hockey game at my place, I do have a
top hat ice bucket that doubles as a
basketball net.
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