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The Goderich
Recreation Board has
recognized Qoderich's
need torr a new adult ball
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In- their hall facility
sub -committee report
presented tc� the
recreation board at its
April 24 meeting,
merr,hers DOVE Currie.
Bill Kirkey,•Elsa Haydon,
and rec director Jim
Moore stated that if the
board is going to en-
courage groups to hold
fund-raising tournaments
such as the slo-pitch
ating diamond sites
tournament and the
Industrial League
tournament, then it
should be able to provide
the other leagues with an
alternate facility to carry
on schedules,
The report stated that
"investlAg in an adult
diamond new could result
in the different adult
leagues becoming.
financially strong and in
effect contribute to
It was hip wader to hip wader below the falls on the Nine Mile
River in Port Albert last Saturday as fishermen took advantage
of the sunny and warm first day of fishing season. (photo by Cath
Wooden)
SPORTS P
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timers gave it their best shot
The Goderich Old-
timers came home from
St. Petersburg, Florida,
late • Tuesday afternoon
boasting a win and some.
good tans.
Placed in a higher
division than they were
last year, the Oldtimers•
found tough competion in
Red Deer, Pidtou County,
and Leksand .(Sweden).
They won their first game
against Red Deer by a
score of 3-2 last Monday.
Goderich Oldtimer
scorers were Jack
Meriam, Harvey
Livingston, and Ken Lee,.
On Wednesday they
Paddled for CF
Warm, sunny skies last
Sunday lured over 100
canoeists in 60 entries to
the Maitland River Canoe
Race from Auburn to
Holmesville. That count
was far above 'last years;
when winter -like con-
ditions nearly froze the 42
entries.
The fourth annual
event, sponsored by the
Clinton Kinsmen club,
raised nearly$1,200 for
t}Td T Cystic T Flbrosts
research, according to
organizer Arnold Riley.
Rene Boogemans and
Gary Higgs of Hensall
were the fastest paddlers
of the day, finishing the•
course in slightly more
than 100 minutes in the
expert class. They were
followed by Ike and Neil
Enss in the same class.
In the men's advanced
amateur, Rick Kloss of
B-ruccfield and Tony
Gibbin •gs of Clinton
paired up to wan that
class, followed by Ray
Kettlewell and Bob
• Ramsay of Strathroy.
John Henderson and
John Courtney • of
Amhersburg were tops in
the men's amateur class:
Gunther Kippert was first
across the line in .the
kayak class.
In the couple's ad-
vanced ,amateur race,
Mary Ellen Knight of
London teamed up with
Murray Connolly of
Kippen to take home the
winners trophy.
Mac and Bill Stewart
were tops in the family
class, followed by John
antt Kira- Mor eod- Af
Alvinston and Dick and
Dana Kloss of Brucefield.
Firgt place finishers in
the, junior class was the
team of Ron and Jim
Thompson of Alvinston,
followed; by. the Ted and
Karen Cowan team from
Brussels.
In the ladies race,
Donna and Cathy
Armstrong of Bothwell
were ' first across the
finish. line.
Bob Vodden and Steve
Tyndall of Clinton
teamed up to win the
Kinsmen interclub race.
The Londesboro team
of Robert Shaddick and
Derwin Carter pulled
together to win the ser-
vice club race
GODERICH AILOR..1979-80
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
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FRONT ROW - Bob Hnatyk, Paul Kelly, Wayne Rau, Cliff
Kennedy - coach Dan Colquhoun, Jim Haytor, Dennis
Fleischauer. SECOND ROW - Harry Kerr - Manager, Greg
Jervis, Jim Farrish, Scott Parks, Dan Duncan, Paul Rau,
Dale Duncan, Steve Merlon", Ken Meriam, Tom Dickson -
Exec. BACK ROW - Dick Eisler - Exec., Rick Fremlin, Dirk
Wolterbeek, Ken Deer, Ron Sowerby, Graham
Hamilton, Dove Bartliff, Ed Ervine - Trainer, John
Overholt - Goal Judge. Absent - John Doherty.
The Goderich Sailors would like to thank the
following sponsors for their support this
season. A special thanks to all our loyal fans
for their support.
Harbour Park Inn
Champion Motor Grader
McGee Motors
M.J. Smith
Conklin Lumber
Dirk's Lunch Bar
Hayter Chev-Olds
Dunc's Home Repair
J.H, Sales Creators
Court Restaurant
W.J. Hughes Real Estate
Laird's Hot Dog Wagon
Bill Clifford Real Estate
Gerdiner's Real Estate
Bluewater Cleaners
Sherwood% Trans. Inc.
Lakeport Steel
played against Ptctou
County and came out on
the losing end, the score
being. 4-1t, Jack Meriam
was the lone goal scorer.
Going into their third
game on Thursday, the
Oldtimers were in a
position for the silver
medal. However, ,they
were up against poor, ice
conditions and a tough
Swedish team which had
five ex -players from their
national team.
However, thecrowd of
5,000 wason the side of
the Goderich team as our
Oldtimers were making
friends everywhere they
went in the Sounth.
The final score was 4-1,
with Bob Johnson the
only Oldtimer to put the
puck by the golie. The
Leksand team went on to
win the gold medal. The
silver was won by
Oshawa.
Next year the Old-
timers may be travelling
to Arizona for another
tournament. The Florida
tourney will take place in
May next year, but the
Oldtimers would rather
go to Arizona competition
which will be held during
the March school break.
ongoing< maintenance Salt and Dearborn about,
costs of facilities." long term leasing some of
At present there are their land which they do
eight usable diamonds in not plan to use.
Goderich: two in
Agriculture i'ark, one at
St. Mary's school, a new
one at G.D.C.I., two at
Victoria school, one at
Signal -Star, and a facility
at Gearco for this year
only.
Doug Currie and Jim
Moore .are investigating
several diamond site
possibilities at present.
One location is the old
dumpsite on Maitland Thereare five ladies
Road. There is some softball teams, a
question as to whether or provincial ladies team, a
not the site is large W.O.A.A. intermediate
enough for a diamond men's team, four
However, Currie stated W.O.A.A. minor baseball
that he measured it out teams, two for girls
and with some grading, it W,O,.A.A. softball, four
could be sufficient. teams for softball
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The board also cohouseleague, and eight T-
'r nroaching Sifto ball teams.
This year there are 58
ball teams in Goderich --
40 adult teams and 18
minor teams. A brand
new ladies slo-pitch
league has been
established with six
teams competing. The
largest leagues are the
men's s.lo-pitch with 17
teams, and men's fastball
with ten.
Area schools hockey champs
Two area grade school divisional championship.
floor hockey teams The members of the St.
captured championships Marys team are Tanya
at Huron -Perth separate Stegenstad, Michael
school competition in Duckworth, Racael
Stratford Saturday. Lynch, David Brenner,
The St. Marys School Roseanne Lovett, Paula
junior team captured D e s j a r d i n e, Mark
their division cham- Armstrong, Lance
pionship winning two Langford, Andre Couchi,
games. They reached the Janet Sheratt and Greg
final by winning the zone DeWinter. The coaches
compeition earlier and in were Paul Jeffrey and
Stratford they defeated Brian Lovett.
Zurich in the semi-finals ''A group of students
10-0. from Grades 4,5 and 6 at
In the final they edged St. Josephs School,
Stratford 7-6 to win the Kingsbridge won the
junior girls division of the
floor . hockey cham-
pionship in Stratford.
St. Josephs vas one of
four zone winners in the
competition and they took
the championship win-
ning two straight games.
They defeated St.
Boniface of Zurich 8-4 in
the semi-final.
They had a tough time
in the' final as St. Aloysius
of Stratford took St.
Josephs into overtime.
The teams were tied 4-4
after regualtion time but
Kingsbridge clinched the.
win with a 3-1 advantage
in the overtime.
The leading scorers for
St. Josephs were Maria
Dalton, Mary Katherine
Stapleton and Linda Van
Oesch.
The first canoe to cross the finish line of the annual Kinsmen canoe race for
Cystic Fibrosis at Forrester's Bridge near Holmesville was manned by
brothers Rob and Jim Thomson of RR 4 Alviston. The brothers won the Junior
division of the 12-14 mile race with a time of one hour and 48 minutes, (photo by
Cath Wooden)
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