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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-12-04, Page 22rTY Article removed �• q ''bd s r Pt l'.� , •,� J � x lFi t ani •.:,�tdlU� t. Friday the Goderich Recreation board sponsored a Regional swim meet for retarded children and youths in Vanastra. Five schools participated in the event including Goderich's Queen Elizabeth, Atwood, Golden Circle, North Port, and Port Elgin. The participants did plenty of cheering. The competition was intense and after the meet rib- bons were presented to the winners and runner-ups in each race. In the 17 years and over categroy Keven Degraaf of Queen Elizabeth placed second. In the 16 years and under category Patricia Kelly of Queen Elizabeth tied Barry McCarthy of Golden Circle for first place. In the same age group Callum Robinson of Queen Elizabeth tied with Lois Stewart of Port Elgin for second. Brian Crudmore also of QE came in third. In the 17 years and over category Alf Tebow of QE tied with Bonnie Martin of Golden Cir- cle for first. Karen Woodall of QE tied with Gary Cross of QE for second. Tina Hessels of QE placed third along with Allen Petri of Golden Circle. In the relays Goderich came in first in two and second in another. Karen Woodall showed off her smile as well as her two second place ribbons.( photos by Todd Mowatt) Sailors play for one period; lose 11-1 to Bears BY TD The teams played on even terms for the Like Jason and his Argonauts in search first 19 minutes of the game.,If anything, of the golden fleece in classical mythology, the Sailors had an edge in play, but the the Goderich Sailors continue on their Bears pinned the Sailors in their own end journey in search of victories in Junior 'C' and got the only goal of the period with one hockey. However, the Sailors bear more minute remaining when Bill Jacques put resemblance to the modern-day the puck behind Doug Dickson. Argonauts, Toronto -style, than to the A shorthanded goal by Darcy King and a heroes of ancient Greece. powerplay effort by Steve Radbourne gave the Bears a 3 - 0 lead by the midway point The Sailors had another misadventure in of the second period. Both goals came as their extended string of away games Fri- the result of giveaways by Sailor day in Port Elgin where they were capsiz- defencemen. ed 11 - 1 by the second place Bears. The John Thompson, the Sailors leading Sailors were on course for one period, lost scorer, combined with Pete Willems to their way in the second and abandoned score on a precision passing play at the 12 ship in the third when they were outscored minute mark of the period, but from that 6 - 0. point on, the Sailors found themselves in GDCI Vikings reach WOSSA semi-finals The ( .l).C'.1. Senior Vikings competed at the W.O.S.S.A. AA' Basketball Cham- pionships at Aylmer last weekend. The Goderich Girls played three good games before being eliminated in the semi-final game by the eventual champion Sarnia Collegiate. The Vikings opened the tourney. against Tillsonburg and the host conference team took a first quarter lead of 27 - 9. But Goderich, as they have shown before. can come back against all odds. The Goderich girls outscored Tillsonburg 23 - 2 in the se- cond quarter to take a 32-29 half-time lead which they never lost. The final score was Vikings 49 - Tillsonburg 42. Christine Stapleton and Katharine Murphy led the Viking attack with 17 and 11 points respec- tively. Cathie Gallow had 9 points and ,Joanne Campbell added 7 points. Sarah Alexander with 2. Mary Katherine Stapleton with 2 and Jenn Peters with 1 rounded out the Goderich scoring. in the quarter final came <+gainst Med- way the Vikings jumped to a 14 - 0 first quarter victory. Chris Stapleton scored 17 points again. Cathie Gallow added eight points and many assists from her point guard position. Katharine Murphy with 6, Jenn Peters with 4, Mary Katherine Stapleton with 2 and Sarah Alexander with 1 completed the scoring. In the semi-final the Vikings again allowed the opposition to get a quick lead as they fell behind 18 - 4 after the first quarter. The Vikings tried hard and played Sarnia Collegiate even for the second half but they could not overcome the first half lead. The final was Sarnia 44 and Goderich 27. The Viking scorers were Chris Stapleton with 9, Joanne Campbell with 7, Cathie Gallow with 5, Jenn Peters with 3. Katharine Murphy with 2 and Sarah Alex- ander with 1. The Vikings had an excellent season win- ning the Huron -Perth Championship. The future looks bright for the Vikings as they lose only one or two players to graduation. deep water. range. The Bears got two goals before the end of the peritiid.;•i'powerplay goal by Jim Crad- dock and a long shot by Greg Waugh that squirted through between the legs of Dickson did the damage. In the third period, the Sailors just gave up, providing only token resistance to the goal -hungry Bears, who scored six times. Waugh got two of the goals to complete a hat -trick and Jeff Tanner, Steve Rad- bourne, Mike Duncan and Dave Stranks scored one each. Despite the 11 goals he gave up, Doug Dickson played well in goal for the Sailors. Only two of the goals were of the tainted variety and several came from point-blank The Sailors have a tough assignment facing them this weekend. Friday they travel to Hanover to face the undefeated Barons, and they will have to do it without two of their better players, forward John Thompson and defenceman, Daryl Madge, who are in the midst of exams at the University of Western Ontario. The team will be at full-strength for Sun- day's game here at 7 p.m. when they try to get revenge on the Port Elgin Bears. The Sailors last victory was here against the Bears on October 27. Since then, the Sailors have lost six in a row. They are try- ing to turn things around, and are hoping that a good-sized home crowd can help them accomplish that. Garrow's 18 points leads Vikings to 53-36 victory BY TD The GDCI Junior Boys' basketball Vik- ings defeated the Sarnia St. Clair Colts, in exhibition play here Friday night, 53 - 36. The Vikings were led by Scott Garrow who had 18 points. Byron Bowman and Sean Wilson had eight points apiece, Mike Bush had five and Jim Laithwaite had four. Kevin Haasnoot added three, Derek ('handler and Scott Glew had two points each and Kevin Black, Andrew MacAdam and Craig Wark had one point apiece. Other rnembers of the junior Vikings in- clude Greg Townsend, 'Calvin Knight and Craig Ritchie. The game was close in the first half, with St. Clair leading 10 - 8 after one quarter and the score tied 18 - 18 at half-time. The Viking press took its toll in the second half, creating numerous turnovers and the Vik- ings fast break also proved effective. At the end of three quarters, the Vikings were on top 35 - 27 and in the fourth quarter, the Vikings really controlled the game. Viking coach Myles Murdock was pleas- ed with his team's play. He was able to use all his players an equal amount of time and his team appears to have considerable depth, with returnees Garrow, Bowman and MacAdam providing leadership. Tweens hammer Forest 16-1 The Goderich lion Tweens continue to dominate opposition in Ontario Ringette Association play and this week they disposed of F'orest 16-1. Goderich led 10-0 after one period and outscored Forest 6-1 in the final period. Jennifer Hamilton led the 16 -goal assault with four goals while team-mates Alesha Glousher, Angie Harrison and Stacey Clarence scored three goals apiece. Tonya Glousher, Leslie Brereton and Denise .Johnston scored one goal each for the 1,ion tweens. Porkers take over first place with three wins Things are changing rapidly in the Goderich N1en's Recreation Hockey League. There's a new team leading the eight - team loop this week and only five points separates the top sox teams. The O'Briens Porkers are the latest team to aspire to the lofty heights of first place as they won three league games this week to improve their record to eight wins against five losses and two ties, good for 18 points. Second place Bedford. with 17 points. managed only a tie in two league games this week while the Raiders stayed in the hunt by winning two games to improve its record to six ,vias, five losses and three ties. The Porkers took ever first place with three hard-fought victories. They edged Sunset 7-6. tripped Bedford 7-4 and round- ed out the week with a 6-4 victory over the winless J.H. Jets. The .Jets actually had the Porkers against the ropes and held a 3-1 lead late in the second period. The Porkers responded with a goal with just one second remaining in the second period and the momentum carried on into the third period as they struck for four straight goals en rout to a 6- 4 win. Paul Kelly and Bakker scored two goals apiece for the Porkers while Wayne Draper and Scott Macaulay added one goal apiece. Rob Noles scored three goals for the Jets. The Porkers got a four -goal perfor- mance from Paul Kelly in a game against Bedford as O'Briens tamed the league - leaders 7-4. Willie Denomme had two goals for the losers. The Porkers capped their first -place drive with a 7-6 win , their third of the week, over Sunset Sunday. Bakker scored with over six minutes remaining in regula- tion to break a 6-6 tie and lift O'Briens into the 7-6 win. The lead changed hands several times during the game as the teams were tied 1-1 and Otterbein had the other Raider goals. after one period and 3-3 after periods of 'John Lahey scored two goals for Bedford play. while Phil Paquette, Brian Moody, Jerry Paul Kelly again provided the offensive Rozenal, Barry Bloch and Paul Corriveau spark scoring three goals and setting up scored on goal each. the winner. Fowler scored three goals for In the week's final game, the Raiders got Sunset while team-mate Brian Rumig a six -point performance from Len chipped in with two goals and an assist. Kolkman as they bombed the Jets 13-5. in other league action, Ernie's Raiders Kolkman scored four Raider goals and set bombed the .Jets 13-4 and tied Bedford 7-7 up two others. Phil Petrie, Harold Peet to stay in the thick of the standings. and Terry Schoemaker scored two goals in the game against Bedford. the apiece while Beacom, Otterbein and Ian Raiders saw a two -goal lead go down the Chisholm scored one goal apiece. drain as Bedford rallied for four straight Matt Pearson and ian MacAdam scored goals to hold a 7-5 lead midway through the two goals each for the Jets. final period. The Raiders responded with While O'Briens snuck into first place two late goals to tie the score, the tying with three victories, Paul Kelly took a goal coming with just two seconds left in healthy lead in the league scoring race. He regulation time. leads the league with 45 points on the Terry Schomaker provided the heroics strength of 25 goals and 20 assists in 15 for the Raiders scoring his team's sixth games. Schoemaker of Ernies is in second goal with four mi,iutes left in the game and spot with 36 points on 17 goals and 19 then scoring the tying goal with two assists. Bill Lewis of Murphys is now in secnndc left ;reit' Pent. Be'nnm. Petrie third spot with 32 points. • '^5' R� • .�i>..Y . Jam•'. .:}lir `' A lesson in • competition If you turn on the television and sit down td watch a sporting event, you will often see the athletes get frustrated and throw sticks, helmets, adjectives and even fists. Hockeyis the worst sport to watch for this kind of childish behaviour. Last Friday. in Vanastra, I was given a lesson in the spirit of athletics by a group of kids who, on the outside, appear to be less fortunate than we are. The trainable retarded kids from Goderich and a number of other centres got together for a swim meet sponsored by the Godefich recreation department. On my way to the pool, I was thinking of how exciting I could make the pictures and how I could show the helplessness of these individuals. This, as I later learned, was definitely the wrong approach. When I arrived at the pool, I went in and heard the cheers of the spectators. For a moment I thought I must have been in the wrong place. When I rounded the next cor- ner, the scene I saw was enough to bring a lump to anyone's throat. There was a little girl wiping the forehead of a boy on her team. The boy was crying because he didn't win his race. The girl was consoling him with hugs and kisses and was telling him that it didn't matter that he didn't win, but it was good enough that he finished the race and tried. At one point, the racers were ready to begin another race and the starter gave the go-ahead. All of the swimmers jumped into the water except for one. The boy stood at the edge of the pool trembling. The spectators were yelling at him to jump in the pool, but he couldn't move. One of tins friends went over and gave him a few words of wisdom, put her arm around him and off he went. The atmosphere at the meet was lively and friendly. There was a feeling of in- tense competition, but many of the swim- mers were content with just meeting new friends and trying their best. When you watch and listen to these peo- ple, you come to realize that they are no different from you or me. All they need is a little love and understanding and they can accomplish a great deal. Swimming is not the only sport these 'special kids enjoy. In the summer they en- joy track and field and roller skating. In the winter they enjoy swimming, bowling and skiing. "Most of the children who we have are in'' pretty good shape. Their muscle tone is good. We have a good physical fitness pro- gram. We have phys-ed twice a week and we do other activities to keep in shape," said Georgia Schaefer, a teacher at the Queen Elizabeth School. At Queen Elizabeth the kids are taught social skills as well as some academic sub- jects. "Our school is geared the same way as any one of the public schools, with one ex- ception. We teach everything, but we don't teach French," Schaefer said. These kids are very valuable members of the community. In the Winter they offer to shovel snow and in the fall they rake leaves for people in the community. (If you need your snow shovelled, give Queen Elizabeth or Suncoast Enterprises a call and they will take care of you. ) "Society as a whole has trouble accep- ting these people. I think people are always afraid of the unknown, but if they would invite them in and accept them, they would realize that they are really fine peo- ple. They are affectionate and will do anything for you. They have feelings, wants and desires like anyone else," said Mrs. Barlow, Principal of Queen Elizabeth school. Seeing how happy these kids were at the swim meet and watching them compete and help each other, makes one dig down deep and think about what kind of person they are. W'th the enthusiasm and guts these kids show when they tackle a sport, it should serve notice to the overpaid athletes of this world how fortunate they are. They could learn a lesson in the spirit of competition from these kids. Bridge Club holds Cup Night Nov. 26 The God. rich Duplicate Bridge Club held Presidents' Cup Night on Nov. 26 at the Legion Hall. There were 10 tables in play with an average score of 108 points. ` The North-South winners were John Donatis and Bill Bradley with 137'2 points followed by Mary Donnelly and Eleanor Erskine with 135. Third were Pat Stringer and Mary Lapaine, 11212 points, and four- th, Theresa Donatis and Arlene Gibbons with 11(P 2 points. Rosanne and Graham Yates were first in the East-West section with 135'2 points. Brian Reeve and Aelian Weerasooriya were second with 128' 2 points followed by Joanne Gilchrist and Lee Ryan with 125'2 points. Fourth with 123'2 points were Dawna Sproule and Mary Ann Dempsey. Afternoon bridge is held at the Legion every Monday at 1.30 p.m. Come and bring a partner. 1