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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-06-16, Page 15SIGNAL STAR RECP- SAT 134 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1982 SECONiD sEicrioN Shakespeare wins second women's tourney BY DiANE MITCHELMORE The umpire signals the fmal out and the championship game is decided. The lights go out and the players and spectators vacate the park marking the end of the 2nd Annual Goderich Women's Fastbal Tournament. Nine p.m., Sunday nighd. finds a very fired group of tournament executives nursing a 'cold one' and making plans for tourney 831! This year's tourney featured one open division with 20 entries. Several of our recreational teams faired extremely well against the W.O.A.A. Intermediate teams entered to give the fars some exciting entertainment. The Goderich teams included, Art's Landscaping, the Elevators and the Goldiggers, with the complement of teams from Kincardine, Listowel, Blyth, Clinton, Exeter, Wingham, Atwood, Palmerston, Formosa, Stratford, Newmarket, St. Marys, Shakespeare and Bay City, Michigan. Shakespeare took home the top money of $445 by defeating last year's tourney champs, the St. Mary's Little Falls by a score of 3-1. Si Mary's received $215 for their effort. ....:....Newmarket Dixon Pencil took home $250 after winning the Consolation Chamion- ship over Art's Landscaping who recieved $160.. Individual awards for outstanding performances were presented to; Addie Graham, Goderich Art's Landscaping for pitching a one hitter; Brenda Pollack, of Art's, for outstanding catches she made in centre field; Mary Beth Gilbert, from Wingham for throwing a one hitter and two,, _ hitter; Jill Richardson. from St. Mary's Little Falls, for batting ..500 for the weekend; Lori Hesselwood, from Blyth Baitoneers for pitching a three hitter and batting .615; Sheila Coulthard, fro mSt. Mary's for the game saving plays she made against Wingham to win the 'A' semi-final m 12 innings. • In the: championship round, Sandy Kennedy of Si Mary's was chosen Most Valuable Pitcher. She pitched a 'three hitter, a two hitter and releived Connie Bell in the fifth to beat Wingham 4-3 in 12 innings. She also held Shakespeare to six hits in the final. The MVP award went to Deb Bell of Shakespreare for her strong hitching ef- fort which brought them to the final. Carol Anderson, the catcher for Wingham was chosen the Most Sportsmanlike Player. She put out a strong defensive effort and batted .530. In the consolation round the Most Valuable Pitcher was Debbie, Rath - well from the Atwood Angels. She threw a one hitter, a three hitter, a four hitter and batted .500. Jody Marshall of Newmarket was chosen the MVP ofr finishing up with the top batting average of the weekend with .640. The Goderich Art's Landscaping team carried themselves very well on and off the diamond all weekend. We felt that their behavior„ was a direct reflection of their coach's good sportsmanshi and awarded Rob Riehl Most Sportsmanlike Player; The draw for the his and hers Raleigh Record 10 speed bikes was won by Ron Corriveau of 212 Bennett St. Goderich. The final tally won't be known for a few weeks but, we have definitely broken even and hopeflly cleared enough to start up again next year. After two years of run- ning this tournament I can proudly say that our main objectives have been filled. We have organized a weekend ot com- petitive women's fastball that is en- tertaining for both players and spectators, with good prize money and a good time for all. Helping to make it all possible were my executive, Denise Mitchelmore, Bill Kirkey, Del Mitchelmore Sr., Karen MacKinnon, Dave MacDonald, Del Mit- chelmore Jr., John Hay, Bev Wright, Jeanette Donnelly, and Debbie Mit- chelmore. I would also like to give special thanks to Terry austin, Ron Honking, Dan Maillet and Doug Cruickshank for their hard work and dedication. This year Cathy Hamilton joined our staff and under took the job of tournament treasurer. Cathy did a superb job organizing the books and proved to be my right arm all weekend long. I don't know where I would have been withour her. The Goderich Umpires Association worked the tourney and we look forward to the same high quality and professionalism again next year. Thanks guys for a job well done., in closing I would like to thank all the , Goderich spectators for their support in making this, our 2nd tournament a huge success. (More ball news inside) Barb Petrie, catcher for Goderich Elevators, waits helplessly for the ball as Jill Cooper of the Blyth Baitoneers heads for home plate during the Goderich Women's Softball Tour- nament held here this weekend. ( Photo•by Joanne Buchanan) m Linda Reid wins gold Linda Reid took two gold medals in the OntarlO Special Olympics Swimming Championship held in Guelph over the weekend. Besides receiving the two. medals, Reid was also honored by Goderich Council and the Recreation Board and was presented with a town flag by Cotm- cfflor, Elsa Haydon. Linda Reid made sports history for the town of Goderich by winning two gold medals in the Ontario Special Olympics Swimming Championship, held in Guelph over the weekend. Reid, a student at Queen Elizabeth School; won gold in the 25 meter front stroke, 50 meter back stroke and placed fourth in the 25 meter back stroke only .09 seconds behind the first place winner. Reid has been preparing for the event over the past several weeks with help from the staff at the Vanastra pool and through weight lifting and other exercises. There were 120 athletes competing in the event from across Ontario. In several of the events competition was stiff. The athletes received celebrity treatments by city officials and area MPs and MPPs. The two wins give Reid a possible chance at representing Southwestern Ontario in a North American Swimming Championship to be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in July, next year. Reid was also honored by Goderich Council on behalf of the town and the Recreation Board for here efforts and presented with a town flag. Squirt- team beats Clinton Last Tuesday, in the first squirt travel team game played this season, Goderich scored a decisive 2-0 win ovejClinton. Ian Campbell and Jason Duckworth scored for Goderich, who managed to; con- trol most of the play throughout the game. The score could well have been doubled if it had not been for some fine goaltending by the Clinton netminder and some poor shooting by the Goderich forwards. Two squirt house league game were played on Wednesday. June 2. at Robert- son School_ The' Vikings won both games, • beating the Bombers 2-1 and the Raiders 2- 0. In the first game, Jason Duckworth and 40,0 Matt Brown scored for the Vikings. sam Hosack replied for the Bombers, who were not at full strength.. Jamie Stanley and Jason..Duckworth registered a goal each against the Raiders in the second game. The following Wednesday it was the ,.Bombers turn to win two games. They beat. the Raiders 2-0 and defeated the Vikings 5- 3. Sam Hosack continued his scoring streak by scoring two goals in each game. Chad Papple also registered two, while Todd Papple got one . for the Bombers. Matt Brown got two goals for the.Vikings, while Brian Hodges picked up. Kingsbridge meet field grarask A member of the Goderich Art's Landscaping team tries tobeat the Atwood Angels' first baseman during Women's Softball Tour- nament action here on the weekend. Art's defeated the Angels but later lost the B championship to Newmarket. ( Photo by Joanne Buchanan.) Good play in men's slowpitch this week BY BRUCE BAKER Upsets you say! No way. Just good play this week as Jeffery's Cobras defeated Carlow 9-8. Then later in the week edged Garb & Gear • by a score of 6-5. Cedar Lodge, another strong 'B' contender, ham- mered Carlow 16-2. _ In some very close A -B contests, the Op- timists edged Bluewater 6-4 to pick up their second win of the season. The Oldtimers snuck by Cedar Lodge13-10 and the Goderich Restaurant scored one run in the seventh to defeat Meneset 5-4. In other games around the league, Cedar Lodge whipped Local 1863 by a score of 13- 2, but lost a dose 6-4 decision to Meneset. Garb & Gear downed the Local by a score of 7-2, while the coyotes -blasted Bluewater 15-0 and Champco 10-4. The Bears defeated Meneset by an unknown score, while the Bulldogs defeated Champcol6-0 and the Restaurant unleashed their bats in 21-0 victory over the Renegades. 111 During the past week, the Goderich Elevators were assessed a $20 fine for fail- ing to supply umpires and Meneset suf- fered a $10 score sheet fine. Team reps are urged to fully complete the score sheets and submit them within 48 hours or more fines will be reported. In a game that put our constitution to the test..the Optimists edged the Renegades 6- 5, but had the victory taken. away and awarded to the Renegaaes on the strength of a protest upheld by the executive. The situation requires little clarification as the constitution clearly stares that a team must wear matching sweaters. By no stretch of the imagination could a sweat shirt with the sleeves. cut off even be con- sidered a ball sweater, let alone matching. This is a rule voted in by team reps and it will be enforced. No one should think unkindly of a team that picks up two points just because the other team fails to abide by the rules. Another point which obviously requires clarification is the request to re -schedule a game for reasons other than weather. If your team is involved in a tournament, any request to re -schedule a Sunday game must be made at least a week prior to the TEAM Goderich Bears Port Albert Bulldogs Goderich Restaurant Oldtimers Coyotes Garb & Gear Optimists Carlow Jeffery's Cobras Meneset Cedar Lodge Renegades Goderich Elevators Tickers Chaiiipco 1863 Bluewater DIVISION A GP 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 DIVISION B 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 9 10 game. Request for other reasons require 48 hour notice. • Keep in mind also that these requests are not always granted. Think of the other team and do not ask for a rescheduled Sunday game just because you are going out Saturday night. We have I7 teams. voer 200 games and only Sunday afternoon W L T PTS 8 0 0 16 7 1 0 14 7 2 '0 14 5, • 3 0 10 4 5 0 8 3 6 0 6 2 -- n_ __ 4 1 8 0 2 8 6 6 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 4 4 3 2 4 8 8 9" 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 17 12 12 12 1'1 8 4 2 2 time slots available for re -scheduling. We have a long way to go this year before we close the book on baseball. I urge you to know the rules ander which this system operates, abide'lry those rules and if you do not like the rule. then speak up at our monthly rep meeting. Athletes at St. Joseph's School in Kingsbridge took top honors in six categories to qualify for the Separate School Regional meet to be nem in Exeter on 'IUesUay. From ten. front .row are Sean Wilson. Maureen Stapleton. Rhonda Hogan. Back row from left are Dan Wilson Vince Doherty and Mary Stapleton..( photo by Kris Svela Students of St.' .eoseph's School in Kingsbridge. held their track and field event last Tuesday with several athletes qualifying for the regional track and field meet to be held in Exeter. In the junior girl's events Rhonda Hogan- placed oganplaced first 'in overall events with the highest accumulated score. Brenda Van Osch placed second and Wendy Miltenburg ,came in third. In the junior boys events Vince Doherty took top honors with Jing Sennett placeing second and Marcia( l.ebreton taking third. Maureen Stapleton placed first in the intermediate girl's events with Colleen Van Osch.... placing a close second and Angela Foran took third. Sean Wilson was overall winner in the intermediates boys events with Paul Van Rooy placing second and third place going to Armand Forgett In the senior • girl's events Mary Stapleton took- top honors followed by Maria Dalton in second and Sall` Van Osch in third. Dan Wilson placed first in the senior boy's events with Stephen Van Osch taking second and Edward Plasschaert taking t hir-d. • All first place' winners in the six categories will go on to compete in the Separate School Regional Meet in Exeter. )n Tuesday. The results of the Exeter meet will be in next week's Recreation sect tor, Armstrong gets two firsts Mark Armstrong. a grade 3 student at St_ Mary's Separate School. scored two first place honors m the junior boy's category at a school track and field meet held on Thursday. The two wins qualify Armstrong for the Regional Track and Field Meet to be held in Exeter. Andre Cauchi and Pheng Troeung also qualified for events in the same category. . In the junior girl's events Rosanne Lovett: Kelli Wade. Judith Campbell. Stephanie Thomson and Keary Troeung 'placed first in different events to qualify for the Exeter meet. Andrew Mac Adam took overall top honors in the intermediate boy's events followed by Meng Troeung and Michael Duckworth. Erin Robinson took three first place positions and Susie Cook scored one first place and two second place wins to lead the intermediate girl's events Patricia Crowley, Miriam Weerasooriva and Tem Drennan won in individual events to ° qualify for the regional meet. In the senior boy's Baird Robinson and Todd Jeffrey split top honors m several running events. Other winners lin the category were Joe Fitzpatrick. Jun Beattie and John Stakes. Tammy Gibbons and Helen Hendncks split top honors m the senior girl's events in several different events. Winners in the senior groups for Pen- tathalon were Cathy Gailow and Joe Fitzpatrick. St. Mary's School will also be sending relay teams from ' each category to com- pete in Exeter. The results from the Exeter meet will appear to the Recreation section next week.