The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-02-11, Page 11And the lights went
out all over the rink
Once again the curlers en
the Goderich Industrial
League have added a new
dimension to the game. They
have created "candlelight
curling". ,
As is so often the case in
great advancements,
necessity was the mother of
invention. With one end to go
in the final matches of the
night, the word "match"
took on new significance as
the lights went out. For two
teams the blackout was a
blessing and they quickly
left the ice but for the other.
two contests victory Or
defeat was in limbo.
After a :meeting of some
great minds it wasdecided
that the game must go on!
Candles were lit and
flashlights discovered and
soon a new form of curling
was born.
Lady Forester skip Ber-
nice Moore took the first
historic "shot in the dark
When' the lights went out the
Ladies trailed the Huron
Haven .unit by one but had
last shot and a chance at
victory. The Huron Haven
gentlemen had taken two
points in the, sixth on fine..
shots by John Kuran and
Claus Zeller to break a tie
and their final rock was well
hidden even before darkness
arrived. .
A candle was used as the
guide rather than a broom
--while other candles.. were
held over the rocks that were
in play. Skip Moore, in total
darkness released her last
rock. Sound was the only
•guide the vice had until the
last twenty feet. Unfor-
tunately the Lady Foresters'
`hopes of victory flickered
and .then died as Mrs.
Moore's historic shot
"wicked" off a guard and
disappeared into the
darkness.
The other match that had
to be decided in this -unique
manner was between the
Huron Health Unit and the
A.M.&G. Hospital team.
After seven ends the battle
was tied and the outcome
very much in the dark. After
excellent team efforts on
both sides it was left up to the
skips to decide the winner_
Health Unit leader, Jack
MacKinnon did not find the
conditions troublesome at all
as he expertly placed his
first rock inside the four foot
circle. "I've been in the dark
all my life", was 'MacKin-
non's explanation for his
accuracy.
Hospital skip, Jim Rourke
decided on a snuff -out at-
tempt. After instructing
vice -skip Elmer Taylor to
"Give me a little more
candle," Rourke fired, away.
The progress of his rock was
spotlighted all the way down
the ice by a flashlights
Fortunately, for all of
Doctor Rolrrke's patients, he
found the conditions more
unusual and his attempt
failed. When the . lights
returned later in the
evei � nobody-dwabted-arny
longer- that there isn't
another league in town that
can hold a candle to the
Industrial League for ex-
citement.
Other league games
unavoidably pale when
compared to the candlelight
contests but the efforts of the
two elementary teachers
teams deserve to be high -
darkened. Don Budnark and
Murray Dietrich's efforts
fired up the Elementary
Teachers and they over-
powered the Champion
'Office "Silver Brooms" 10 to
5.
-'Chairipion Office..:skip
Barry Page has already
suggested all future games
be held in total darkness.
GDCI Teachers°No.1 skip,
George. Sutton has seconded
Mr. Page's recom-
mendation. His team's
performance this season has
certainly resembled a
defective lightbulb as it has
alternated between on and
off all year; The Teachers
Ink foursome certainly
turned tyle -lights off quickly
last week as they scored five
big points in the first end on
their way to an 11-3 win.
Any hope of a comeback
was doused by the excellent
takeout abilities of Elaine
Bertrand and Cliff
McDonald. The bright spot
for the teachers was the
performance of Bill Worsell.
While it was a great
evening for elementary
teachers it was a disaster for
G.D.C.I. In a remarkable
show of empathy the GDCI
Teacher, "Na _2 team also
went out and got clobbered.
The clobberers were the
revenge -oriented Local 1863
foursome who lost their only
match of the year to the
G.D.C.I. No.' 1 team last
week.
When someone mentioned
that the G.D.C.I. No. 2 team
was made up of different.
people, lead Tom Profit
replied, "They all look alike
inthe dark." Although a fine
shot by skip Bill Garrow
allowed_ the Teachers to.
score first the final tally was
10-1 for the.well-lit Local.. •
The lights went out too late
to save the Champion Sales
Office as the Foresters
allowed them only a single
point while scoring con-
siderably more .themselves.
Wherever Cam Bogie was
last week must have been.
terrible since he returned in
a vindicative mood. Bogie's
powerful leadership was the
driving force behind the
annihilation of his op-
ponents. Only a clutch shot
by. Steve Wanner in the fifth
end prevented the shut -out.
The A.M.&G. "G.C.'s"
stayed in a tie for first with
the Foresters and Local 1863
as 'they downed Fishers 9-3.
Peter Bergin returned to the
line-up for the "G.C.'s" and
provided the spark of vic-
tory. As is the case so often,
the final score belies the
excellent effort of the losers.
The match was tied after six
but a three ender in the
seventh opened an in-
surmountable gap and even
strong performance by Paul
Schuett.and Jim Bell could
not close it.
To round out the . bad
evening for GDCI the GDCI
Vikings also lost. The Lady
Golfers doubled the score on
the Vikings 8-4. The Ladies
-er ed Stan Paquette out to
help. in this encounter andhe
proved extremely valuable.
It is rumoured that he locked
his son and Viking skip Mike
Paquette in his room but this
is unconfirmed.
Nevertheless, the Vikings
Steve Taraba and Fraser
Huyck curled strongly but
the masculine -strength and
feminine wiles of their op-
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Dennis Aubin goes up, for clay up during the GDCI senior
Vikings first tournament game on Saturday against
Landon Cenral. The seniors lost the game but went on to
win the consolation championship. (Photo by Cath
Wooden)
- Kevin Adams (No.41) and Mike Murphy (No.4) of the GDCI senior Vikings basketball team.
try to beat out a London. Central player during tournament competition on Saturday mor-
ning. The seniors lost the game and went on to win the consolation victory. (Photo by Cath
Wooden)
Seniors win consolation at own
BY TD
The GDCI senior Vikings
put together an impressive
64 - 53 exhibition victory over
London Beal Tech in London
last Thursdays - and.. the
winning of the consolation
championship in their own
Viking Invitational Tour-
nament here. • Saturday has
advanced their ranking in
'Western Ontario boys'
Burns top scorer
basketball circles.
To win the consolation title
here, Saturday, the Vikings
got by anot: ranking
London .area team, the
Medway Cowbeyfi, by a 49 -
36 score.
O'Brieris take first
O'Briens Meats clinched a
first place finish in the
Central Huron Hockey
League with victories over
Whetstones Jewellers and
the Optimist Green Machine
this past week.
Wednesday, February 4,
O'Briens defeated Whet-
stones 4-1, and on Sunday
they bombed the Green
Machine 15-4. The wins give
O'Briens 37 points in 22
games, seven points more
than second and place
Sunset, who have only one
game remaining, and eight
points ahead of third' place
Holmesville-whohave three
gamesleft-to-play.
O'Briens will meet the
fourth place finishers ( either
Hodges Mill or Whetstones)
€pouIrRt
n
in thefirst round of the
playoffs. `
Against the Green
Machine, O'Briens over-
came a 4-3 deficit with 12
consecutive goals to record
the win. Stu Asher with eight
points, Jim Fritzley with
seven and Dennis Lassaline
with six led O'Briens. Russ
Jessop scored twice for the
Optimists.
In other` action Sunday,
Sunset outscored the Burger
Bar 11-7, their eighth
straight loss, and
Holmesville defeated
Whetstones 8-6.., ThursdayI
night, Holmesville got by
Hodges Mill 7-4,
Greg Burris scored six
goals and added four assists
in Holmesville's two vic-
a1,nries tto taxe sole possession
of the 'sc®ring leadership.
Burns has 51 points on 25
goals and 26 assists.
Hodges Mill's Dan
Colquoun is next with 48
points followed by Ray
Volland of Sunset Golf with
46.
In that game, Ted Doherty
led the Vikings with 18
points. Phil Aubin had 13 and
Jim Costello had 12.
Jon Lundy had 19 points
for the cowboys.
In their exhibition win over
Beal, the.. Vikings got a 22
point performance from Phil
Aubii1. Mike Wedlock hooped
13 and Jim Costello added 12
points to the Viking total.
Ted Doherty had , eight,
Dennis Aubin had six, Kevin
Adams got two. and Mike
Murphy got one point.
Coach Phil Bugler's
Vikings return to Huron
Perth, Conference. play
Thursday with a key game in
Stratford against the Nor-
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