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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-07-30, Page 20S..orts f C 0111 eap ea by Poul Hartmon Photographing sports easier than playin' ' em Paul Wheeler of the Goderich Hi -Way squirt boys fastball team swings at a pitch during a weekend tourney. Goderich lost in the final to Sarnia. Squirt�fastb�all team fiord G�derith ' �to carnia m ionshi ame cha gen- the week -end tournament loses tourney championship on - The Ht he Ford Squirtiboys fastball rOr in Goderlich was unablost three e to come back in the tionames. as -tournament base and received M.V.P. uOffensile vely sor the O.A S A championship tournament. team lost the championship game to wee bottom of the seventh inning and lost the' Goderich was led by Mark Phillips who tournament. boys in the second annual Squirt/Peewee playedw in game 7-2. had 2 home runs including a grand slam In this past weekend's tournament, the fastball tournament played g En route to the finals, Goderich had against Lucknow, Jason Cook, Jamie Goderich Peewee baseball team posted a Goderich inJuly Goderich 26. defeated Lucknow 15-3 and Wingham 11-1. Stanley and. Jeff Beane: 10-3 win over Wingham in their first game. g g Lastt c year, ion championship defeated Sarnia e. In those games Goderich played excellent The entire team is to be congratulated The eventual "A" champs from Belmore e However, thision championship would not ball both offensively and defensively: for a tremendous effort. Goderich should beat Goderich in the second game. year, history would not repeat A lack of timely hitting cost the boys the be proud of this fine young ball team and it In WOAA play this year, the Goderich itself. The championship game was superbly championship as they left runners in scor- is hoped that the people of Goderich will Peewees sport a .12„3.record, and wild, pe•a.. played by both sides and the score was tied ing positions several times during the come out and suppQrtlthe boys when fhey contender for the WOAA championships. top game. play in the O.A.S.A. Squirt 'D' provincial On Sunday, great pitching by Jerry Mar-. 2-2eseventh rsix innings.,Sarnia In the vof the The team was led by Sean Pellow who championship tournament to b6 held, in tin propelled the team to a 5-0.win against an unexpectedx inning, break -down took advantage of defence of the Goderich Dwas efensive) .the team was led ubyaJason Goderich The �Goder ch Minor' Fastball____ Associa- helped with a two run homer by she 24. Walkerton. Martin tossed a one-hitter t the and scored fiveoruns. a oneto that Volland who made several key plays at setion, headed by Diane - point defence had only allowed er- , Recent experience has taught me that photographing sporting events can be far less frustrating than actually playing them. Watching people perform well in sports and taking pictures of them in the process of doing so is inspiring. It also provides an opportunity for me to "go to school" so to speak, on their execution and hopefully pick up some tips. le mess On the other hand, watching people at their specific sport .provides me with a twisted, sick form of satisfaction knovi- ing that I'm not alone in my mediocrity. Either way you look at it then, it's a good deal, this sports photography business. A great example comesfrom the most maddening of all the games that people play —golf. Covering the Sunset Couple's Invita- tional Tournament on the weekend, I wat- ched one woman sink a chip from about 20 yards out and was a little embarrassed when I cheered louder than she did over the accorplishrnent. At the other end of the spectrum, I looked on as a fellow over- shot the same green three times. Now, I'm not one to revel in other's misfortunes -but it was comforting to see someone struggl- ing as I do when I put away the camera and break out the clubs. The word "break" is a fitting one. To me, it seems that the person who invented the game purpdsely spelled the name for it backwards. "Flogging" seems a much more appropriate and much more descrip- tive term for the game —at least the way I play it anyway. Admittedly, I play infrequently and can't expect to shoot a good round without devoting more time to it. But when I slice a ball so fag into the rough that I need a machete to get it out, frustration begins to set in. It's then that, I ., find myself reaching absentminded1 fOr my:;..cani r'a:..,for comfort. Getting a shot of a golfer holing a fifty foot putt or one of a competitor shaking his head in frustrationis somehow soothing and therapeutic. It makes me 'feel better about my golf game, other golfers, golf courses and the world in general. But then again, so does wrapping my clubs around the nearest tree. Club plays President's Cup Sean Pellow, above, named MVP of the weekend tournament, is congratulated by his squirt teammates after hitting a home -run in a game against Wingham. At left, Jason Hayter slides into the plate as the Wingham catcher waits with the ball. Hayter was safe on the play. I Photos by Paul Hartman) Elevators and Fantasy Islanders top weekend fastball tourney in Auburn The Goderich Elevators and the Goderich Fantasy Islanders brought home 'top honours winning the "A” and "B" division titles respectfully at the annual Auburn Ladies Fastball Tournament this past weekend. The Elevators defeated Auburn, Gorrie and the Lucknow Noisy ladies enroute'to the final against the Brussel) Bullettes. The most exciting game of the weekend came in the semi-finals with the Elevators and Lucknow both playing superb ball. The first run of the game in the bottom of the third when Denise Mitchelmore beat out an infield error 'and Sherry Muxlow doubled to bring her home. The Elevators added an in- surance Marker in the sixth as Barb Petrie reached first on a fielder's choice stole se- cond and scored on Jan Rutledge's double. Darlene Kurk also walked and Lynn Taylor Lori (Hesslewood) Floward threw excep- regghed first on an error to load the bases. ' tional games, each giving up only three hits Cook scored on a passed ball putting in the seveninning 2.1 decision. Lucknow in excellent position with runners The finalgame became a sluggfest with on second and third and only one out. Denise the Elevators edging. out Brussels 12-10. Mitchelmore managed to strike out Bonnie The Fantasy Islanders dropped their first Lucknow anode things hot for the game to the Lucknow Noisy Ladies before Elevators in the seventh when lead off bat- , goingThon to win the y put out the B" divow Fin Auburnby a ter Janice Cook drew a walk. Lori Howard's ; score of 12-2 in the second game butted a es sacrifice bunt moved Cook to second; little more trouble with Art's Landscaping, squeezing b.y with" a 1443 decision to win the semi-final , The final game pitted them against the hometown Auburn Ladies. The entire Islanders team played Well offensively and managed to come out ahead 16-12. Carolyn Hurd and Sue McVittie shared mound duties �r the tag for the Islanders with iim Scott and Linda Both pitchers Denise Mitchelmore and . Hackers taking the toss. MacDonald and got Laurie West to pop up for the final out of the game. The key defensive play of the game came in the top of the fourth when Janice Cook hit; what should have been a triple to right field. Sylvia Harmon chased down the bit and threw it in to Jan Rutledge who rifled a strike to Sherry lvluxloty at third just in time ), The Goderich Elevators continue to dominate the Ladies Fastball League defeating the Fantasy Islanders and Ben - miller in league action last week. Heidi Elliott recorded the win against the Islanders with teammates Loretta Matt and Diane Siemon leading the Elevators with three hits each in four times at bat. Linda Sinnott was hot for the Islanders hit- ting safely all three times at bat. Sue McVit- tel took the loss. Denise Mitchelmore led the Elevators against Benmiller r?eording 9 strike -outs and allowing only two hits in the 9-1 victory. Diane Melick had the best bat for the Elevators going three for four at the plate, Connie Willis and Sandy Willis sharedthe pitching duties for Benrniller. Shelly ,, Irirkconnell and Shirley Fisher recorded the only Benthllier hits. SPORTS SHORTS' The Goderich Duplicate Bridge Club played for the President's Cup at the Legion Hall, July 22 at 7:45.p.m. with 912 tables attending, average 108 points. Overall winners with 134/ points were Theresa Donatis and Barb Home. North/South winners and their scores: 1st - Bill puncan and Ralph Kingswell 1321/2; 2nd - Al . Beecroft and Laurie Stadelmann 121; 3rd - Evie McDonagh an d Frank Donnelly 120; 4th Yd Galbraith and Pat Stringer 1081/2. East/West Winners and their scores: lst - Theresa Donatis and Barb Home 1341/2 ; 2nd - Brian Reeve and Graham Yates 120%; ' 3rd - Dawna Sproule and Cathy McDonald 120; 4th - Mary Donnelly and Eleanor Erskine 114. Eleanor Erskine, Mary Donnelly, Pat Stringer and Cathy McDonald represented the Club at the Summer North American Championships in Toronto. In the Air Canada Swiss Teams, Flight C placed third in a three-way tie with 61/4 wins over 78 teams (32 teams having been previously eliminated.) Jtior Fastball team outlasts Camlachie 5-3 playoff action In OASA playoff action, the Goderich Junior Fastbakl-,..team,. sponsored by Nakamura Pharmacy, met the Camlachie Juniors in the first game of a best of three series. On Sunday, the team registered a 5-3 win against the well -seasoned CamaTachie team that plays in the Sarnia Fastball League. The game was highlighted by Terry Johnson's strong pitching perfor- mance; and a spectacular catch by Peter Nivens in the first inning. With the bases loaded, centre -fielder Nivens caught a sure extra base hit to keep the Juniors in the game. .- The next game is in Camalachie, Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. -ao �rt 1