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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-01-16, Page 151 Skaters meet at local test and trophy day Members of the Goderich Figure Skating Club participated in the club's an- nual test and trophy day here Saturday. In the novice event, Juliet Redmond won the Candlelight Trophy for her first -place finish while Tara MacKinnon and Kendra Fry finished second and third respective- ly. Mark Yule won the pre-school event and was followed by Christopher Steep and Jocelyn Laberge. The new Horton-Facchinato Trohpy for beginners was won by Wendy Bogie with Julie Hurlock second and Amanda Scott third. The Hruden Trophy for elementary skaters was won by Angie Skelton with Sherry Stephenson second and Erin -Brereton third. Jackie Henry captured the Boddy Trophy in the basic category while Connie Clifford finished second and Krissy McGee third. In the junior free style event the pair of Melissa Hruden and Jillian O'Neil won the William O'Neil Trohpy while Sally Mabon and partner Tara MacKinnon finished se- cond. r O'Neil also won the Jeffrey Trophy in the novice dance competition with Melanie Hollingworth second. Sonya McCallum .took home the Qrmandy Trophy in junior dance followed by Tammy Marshall and Maureen Scott. Emma Hollingworth won the .Woodard Plaque for intermediate dance with Hruden and Michael Barger finishing se- cond and third respectively. Jennifer Huyck won the Craven Trophy for ex- cellence in the senior dance competition while Susan Cook finished second. O'Neil captured here third event later in the afternoon, winning.the junior free style followed by Melanie Hollingworth and Teresa Ferguson. Huyck and Cook combined to win the senior pairs while McCallum and Ho11- ingworth finished second and Marshall and Scott third. Emma- Hollingworth won the Domtar Trophy for the intermediate free style event with Scott finishing second and Mc- Callum third. Tammy Marshall won the senior free style event and the Champion Trophy and Huyck took the Howes Trophy for her open free style performance. •7 Members of the Goderich Figure Skating Club participated in the club's annual test and trophy day Saturday. Susan Cook ( top) shows her form in the senior free style and Jennifer Huyck adds a dramatic finale to her winning free style performance in the open senior category. Sally Mahon and Tara MacKinnon practice their routine for the junior event and Melissa McIntosh performs her routine in the junior event. ( photos by Dave Sykes) Senior Vikings lose to Stratford The GDCI Senior' Vikings are the -. possessors of a 4-1 record, in Huron -Perth Conference basketball play, following their two home gam es fast week. The Vikings lost to a talented Stratford Central team, 51-48 Wednesday, but had little trouble defeating the Norwell Redmen, Friday, 3-3TZ. The game with Stratford, the number - t ten -ranked teamin this part of the pro- vince, was exciting and well -played by both teams. Stratford led 29-28 after the tirst hall and the score was ueu.at 4u -ed, with three minutes left on the clock. The Vikings ran into foul trouble, with both starting guards John Thompson and Todd Graham in dangeictrfoiling out through most of the second half. The Vik- ings also lacked the depth the Rams were able f rorpaheir_h_e_pntnhpd_,Sthat_feercle had better outside shooting than the Vilaings. Dave Smith was the top Viking scorer, with 14 and Todd Graham had,13 points. Daryl Black had seven and Dave Almasi, eix. Paul Brenner nifferlive, jahreThomp- son had two points and Chris Starkey was able to sink one free tleow, Against Norwell, the Vikings got a 17 - point ette-ft-from Touclatranam and-ana- points from Daryl Black. Dave Almasi chipped in with seven points, Paul Brenner swished six, Chris Starkey got four and Joa-Th-Or-ripson-affl -Juergen Schuh --Td two points apiece. Coach Lynn Meyers' Vikings host St. Marys Friday, in the next league game and then play Seaforth here; next Tuesday 4441 .•:- rthenninentil game In th Sllver Stick 'lament in Mooretown. The, team played' their best hockey of the touirtement, ac, cording to Coach Doug Cnilckshank, in losing a 64 decision to Watford in triple overtime, but were eliminated in two games, The Star's first Silver Stick genie ended in a 4-1 victory for Goderieh, over Aylmer, on January 10. Stars' goaltender Randy Gaynor played a super game. "Out of this world," Cruinces. kehank Called Gaynor's perfor- maCraikshank also said the 4-1 Amore was not indicative of the play and added that Stars Tian Chisholm and Trevor Martin "really played well". • .;:401.*Pr, IVO:m*40 oncef�rG eilOh;0.0.101 goal, one moist .and Rob Awed,' 'Om Matt Wilkinson op., oil two assist, while Jeft. Leflcau and Tini 11,aynes. each • assisted on one., • In their game with Watford, the Stars gave a "real team effort", said Cruickshank, in coming back, from:a 3,1 deficit after the second period to tie the scoreat three. Watford struck :for two more to move ahead again by two goals, but he Stars fought back to knot the count at five and send the game into overtime. Watford ended the contest 56 seconds in- to the third overtime period. Gaynor had to be good between the pipes once again and Chisholm also played well 'in this game, said -Cruickshank. Legion Midgets split pair The Goderich Legion Midgets split a pair. of games last weekend with Port Elgin and Parkhill. in exhibition play against Port Elgin, on Saturday, the Goderich team played a very strong game and came out on toei, with a 3-2 score. Jay Williamson played an outstanding game and foiled the Port Elgin team many times. The rest of the players worked hard and kept their penalty minutes to eighteen. Port Elgin scored first and filially at 6:31, Gary Erb evened the score, with Mark Bur - bine and Shawn Larder assisting. Port Elgin took the lead again in -the se- cond period. There was no other scoring. In the third period Mark Cauchi exploded with hard work, to produce the gamedYing and winning goals. The first goal was scored at 5:41 and the assist came from Ron Chap- man. His second came at 7:18 and Larder drew the assist. On Sunday against Parkhill it was a -dif- ferent story except for Jay Williamson, who played another very outstanding game to keep the score as close as it was. Jay has become the team's only goaltender and he. has been a standout. Goderich received 28 minutes in penalties, which remains a problem. There was no scoring until the second period, when Parkhill scored three goals. Jim Beattie finally scored at 17:25 with Mark Cauchi and Ron Chapman drawing assists. Parkhill scored two more goals to finish the second period. In the third, Goderich tried to rally as Shawn Larder and Brian Chambers scored goals. Tom Bean- drew an assist on Chambers' goal. Goderich plays St. Marys tonight, away and at home on Saturday against Strathroy. Super Shell team is hot Shell continues to raise its curling team's average. The Super Shell team, skipped by Jeff Harrison, defeated the Silver Brooms 7 - 4 on Thursday night to move into second place in the standings, tied with Garb and Gear at five wins and two losses. The Silver Broom team is still winless in seven games. Garb and Gear kept pace by manhandl- ing Nancy Nephew's Maitland Sport team, in a very ungentlemanly. fashien. Even though Nancy and her team of Ke.y Dun- can Penny Peters and Lynx Todgham fought back with a big five -ender in the 7th, it was too late and Jim, Bell and his team came off the ice with a 10 - 7 victory. Jack Kellough, back from a big weekend triumph in the Legion play downs, led his 1863 team to a close 5 -4 win over the Sikto- Salt Evaporator team. Dave Cloet, Bill Garrow, Chris Connor and Shelly Warr were unnerving in their shot -making against the Lady Foresters. The GDCI No. 2 team kept their 6 - 1 record intact, by trouncing Cathy MacDonald and her Lady Foresters 10 to 1. Cam Bogie's Men's Forester Team, after losing a close game last week came out with a vengeance this week. Cam, Rodger Moore, Jim Hawkins and Bill Kur- ran scored a big four -ender on the very first end on The Teacher No. 1 Team, but with a strategy of keeping the front clut- tered, Doug Bundy and his team of George Sutton, Richard Ottewell and Myles Mur- dock managed to come back to tie it com- ing home. Forester Team helped the Teacher Four- some to teal one in the final end and take a close 6- 5 victory. This keeps the Teacher No. 1 Tam tied for first place with a 6 - 1 record and drops, the Foresters into 3rd place at four and three. The Health Unit didn't let the Hospital Team's reputation as giant killers scare them, as Jaclt 'MacKinnon and'his team defeated Jim 011,ourke's Foursome 5 - 3. It was a close well -played game that saw the lead change throughout the game, with ext. cellent shots on both sides. The Elementary Teachers had a new member on the team, Judy Jewett, a Grade 2 teacher from Brookable. Judy dtd well in her first game and helpe4 Floyd Herman and his fellow Teachers to a 10-4 win over Kathy Hamilton's Victoria St Grey money -lenders. Floyd's team main- tains its 6 - 1 win -loss record and a tie for first place. In the final game of the night, Don Wurst's Viking team had some close calls, but managed to squeak a 7 - 5 win over Gerry Riceborough's Sifto Salt team. Playing with Don were students Mark and Tanya Jeffrey, and first-year member s, Phil Main Junior. Double-header planned CRC Productions of Clinton, Ontario will be bringing the people of Southwestern On- tario some good ATV and Snowmobile rac- ing. The "Double Header Weekend" has a $2,000 purse, with the first race in Mitchell, under the lights, on Saturday, January 19. The race action, sponsored by the Mitchell Kinsmen, for both snowmobiles and ATV's, will be getting underway at 7:00 p.m., with an evening of dancing to follow. Sunday, January 20, the racers will move to Hully Gully near Varna. The Snowmobile Club will be holding a pen - cake breakfast from 10:00 to 12:00 in the chalet. At 1:00 racing will begin with ATVs and snowmobiles hitting the exciting, man-made track. Special attraction will be a cross-country race that will follow the regular afternoon program. Ballard goofs again - Iron man triathlon held in Stratford The Iron Man -Iron Maiden Triathlon competition is a test of any individual or team's fitness. A demanding challenge, the competition features 700 kilometers of swimming, 25 kilometers of cycling and 10 kilometers of running. Pacticipants, either -individuals or teams, are scored on total points for the three events. Prizes will be awarded , to winners. Entry fee is $20 for individuals ($15 for Y members) or $50 for a team ($40 for Y members). Teams can be either male, remaie or co -ea. The 1985 competition will be held in Stratford on June 23, 1985. For information and entry forms, con- tact Kerry Price, Stratford YM -YMCA, 204 Downie,. Street, Stratford, Ontario, N5A 1 X4 ' Lawson Killer Insurance, whose prin- cipals have a strong identification with the community, have chosen to sponsor this event to mark the occasion of the com- pany's name change from Leeson -Killer to Lawson Killer Insurance Limited. 6- Bedford, team slips into second place Two losses by Ernie's, Rangers and a win by Bedford Flyers this week, allowed Bed ford to slip into Second place, in Goderich Recreational Hockey League Standings. Seventh place O'Briens Panthers upset Ernie's in a 16 - 5 rout Monday night. Rob Standen scored five goals and had one assist to lead the onslaught. Wayne Draper three goals, two assists, Scott McCauley two goals, two assists, Jim Fritzley two goals, three assists, and Larry Gaynor one goal, three assists were other big point getters for O'Briens. Greg Beacom one goal, three assists and Deai Nisbett two goals replied for Ernie's. On Wednesday night Sunset Golf downed League annual tournament will be held on Ernie's 5 - 3 to increase their hold on first Jan. 25 - 27. Sixteen teams will be in corn - place. Dave Duncan had two goals and petition. Kevin Merriam one goal and one assist for Sunset. Terry Shoemaker popped two goals for Ernie's. Other reported action this week saw Bed- ford double up on Clere-Vu 6 - 3. Phil Pac- quette two goals, one assist, John Lehay two goals,. one assist, Jerry Rozendal three assists and Rick Rawson two goals were the tseatera scorers . Tony McDonald, Greg Burns and Don Shropshall netted one goal each for Clere-Vu. The Goderich Recreational Hockey Team Sunset Bedford Ernie's Murphys Hodges aere-vu O'Briens Ultramar - Standings to date: Jan. 13, 1985 GP W L T Pts 2019 1151 45 1 3 3_ 1 20 10 6 4 17 9 4 4 19 7 g 3 19 7 1 2 19 7 111 1 19 1 10 0 25 24 22 17 16t 15 2 Why did you do it Harold? By now, Maple Leaf Gardens' landlord Harold Marrs- latest ernbarassment is common knowledge. Balard slighted a group of hockey players from the Soviet Union by having a message flashed on the Gardens— scoreboardnetrernintling----farrst about the Russian mililtary's reprehensi- ble shooting down of a Korean civillian airliner, which caused the death of over 200 peofire. - The message, shown during an exhibi- tion hockey game, between Moscow Dynamo and the Canadian pre -Olympic squad, urged fans to boo the Soviet skaters, as a protest against the shooting incident. Not that the incident doesn't merit pro- test. in fact, Harold might have been doing the right thing by reminding the public about the slaughter, long since edged from media attention by more timely news events. Unfortunately, in the way he went about it, Ballard has sunk to a depth too low even for him. The message debacle was unnecessary, because Ballard had already -been employ- ing his own personal method of protest, one that was both effective and more civilized than this one. Dynamo was the first Soviet team to play in Maple Leaf Gardens, since Ballard instituted a long-standing ban against any Soviet acts performing in the Gardens. Ballard imposed the ban, to register his disapproval of Soviet acts of aggression and like it or hot, you had to respect the way he stood behind his conviction. Soviet hockey teams are a big draw, and by turning down the chance to host events like the Canada Cup tournament, Ballard had to'forgo considerable revenue. Happy Hal has never displayed any aversion to currency, so one could only assume the ban was imposed out of heartfelt beliefs Whe I first heard of the declson to let .1,S.••=111 —BY PATRICK RAFTIS Dynamo play in the Gardens, my first reaction was that Ballard had simply suc- cumbed to a touch of commercialism and I lost some of the grudging respect 1 had af- forded him for his stand. When the move turned out to be a typically'Ballardian dir- ty trick, 1 was less surprised, than I was ashamed of hiin. Every schoolboy knows how little con- trol the Russian people have , over their government. Thus, as a people, they can- not be blamed for the actions of their military. The people most hurt by Ballard's-stunt, the Russian players, are sportsmen, not subversive e and they did not deserve this treatment: A comparable act might be to invite peo- ple of German desent to a social gathering and then berate them for the Holocaust, which was no more their fault than the airliner shooting was the fault of the average Russian. Ballard is not the only player in the gamei‘tf mixing politics and sports. The Soviets themselves, Amertcans and other nations, by their various Olympic boycotts have often turned the sporting field into a cold war battlefielcht, If there is any forum where people from conflicting cultures can meet for friendly CampetitiOn, simply h peopit, maw thah enemies, it is in the sports world. Unfortunately, it seems' we still have a long way to go.