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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-02-17, Page 8:+9 Over 70 area snowmobile enthusiasts . drove 50 miles throughwind driven snow ° n slaSity; swattlps last S1 ndi�3Y, : o old an der sal~` recreation programs The Benrniiler'' Branch of the 'Canadian Forestersheld, their third , "annual. snnwrenbi.ie marathon, IaSt y>t>dathan attracted 7$ snoWthehile enthusiasts and 'over $5,000 in pledge money. ' One -organizer' .:estimated that theclub would rats $5,000 Lifter expenses,,half'of which �111?mittd to • cancer -Ruth Oke of Goderich checks into the Forester Hall : after completing the 50 mile snowmobile run last Sunday. Over 70 area snowmobilers took part in the event that raised over $5,000 for cancer research and Forester recreation projects. (staff photo) Huromic stretches first place bowling lead Huromic Metals continued their streak in Men's Monday Night bowling and this week dumped the B.D.'s td move 11 points in front of their closest competition, Augie's Dogies and Amazing Oil Mart. Rick McLean led the Metals charge this week with a 266 single and 756, triple to help his club to five points. The Metals now have 97 points.. The B.D.'s remained in the cellar with their two point effort that boosted their. season total to 55. Don Johnston came through as his club's best bowler for the evening with a 243 single and 756 triple. • Augie's , Dogies - and Amazing Oil Mart battled each other for second place and came out of the evening tied in the standings. The Dogies had 82 points going into the match and . the Oil Mart had 83. The Dogies managed an extra point on the evening due to total pinfall to force the tie. Bob Glenn led the Dogies wall a 296 single and 734 triple while Ron Crown and Al Sanders topped the Oil ,Mart effort. Crown hit a 310 single and Sanders a 743 triple. Both Clubs have 86 season points.. French Dry Cleaners doubled up on the ninth place Signal Stars to move within three points of second place.. The Cleaners - used Don McWhinney's 300 single anal_ 779 triple and Kevin Rumig's '775 three game total to take five points off the Stars. Tom Flynn helped the Stars stay two points out. of the ,cellar with a 304 single and 705 triple. The Stars have 57 points, two better than the B.D.'s. The • Tail Ends continued their drive for second place with a one „point win over Roy's Boys. The Ends; now move within a game of second using Lynn Hodgins' 323 single and 683 triple to edge the Boys. Roys were led by Jack Sprung and Heinz Sartori but only managed three against the Ends. Sprung hit a 260 single to top his club and Sartori chipped in with 'a 664 high triple. The Boys are in sixth place with 66 points, 14 back of the Ends. .The Hopefuls came up big intheir series with the' Recalls and took over seventh place with a five point evening effort. Terry Ryan hit a 261 team high single and Lee Ryan managed a 736 triple to help boost the Hopefuls season total to 65. The Recalls have 60 season points, and were able to get two of those Monday night with help from Charles Williams. who hit a 248 single and 690 triple. 414 research and lilt Bo'nmilier iwores'ters recreationprojdcts. Several parti`cipantsi eft ' the Forester Hall �atarting Y point at 11 a.m. With,,, The majority leaving at noon on a route w that circled" to Brookside schoolarid,"'the ninth .of. Ashfield a d,'cable back through Saratoga Swamp and into Benmilier. The snowmobilers checciced into six checkpoints along=.the route and were treatedto a lunch in Dungannon Hell' "and were provided with -gas. from Mel Bogie. Herman Fisher was' the highest paid driver in the marathon as his -ledges totalled $30 per .mile and over $I,700 in total money. 'Jim Harrison, who always finishe§s in record time, gathered' pledges Worth $l0 mile for the 50 mile trip. - The .Foresters will be holding a card party Friday March 4 at 8:30 p.m. in the Foresters Hall Ben Miller and the marathon prizes will be awarded at that time. The organizers are also hoping that pledges will be turned in at the card party. - Now let me see, I left. my snowmobile here somewhere. When the snowmobile marathon was completed and the participants, were enjoying a meal in the Forester Hall, this marathonbr had difficultyt'picking out his mat in ' there were over 70 to choose from In the lot. (stat V and G streak halted at five The first and second place teams met head-on Thursday night. One team was riding a five .same winning streak; the other recovering from an upset the week before. The Assessment Office redeemed themselves `from the - upset while ' Victoria and Grey winning streak came to an abrupt. halt. The final core of 11-7 indicates a ' wide open type of match and also the skill . of. -.both teams ---at the d raw. Outstanding for the Assessment Office were Gary Miller and Ken Fagan, often referred to as, "Athers" in this column. Hugh .Doggett made some fine shots early in the . contest to keep the' game close but equally fine shots by Greg Hanson moved the Assessment men further ahead both in the game and in the standings. A team that is constantly improving and that could be , one °to - Beckon vtith in the-,, - playoffs is,the Teacher No. 2 Team. A good team effort moved the teachers solidly into third position, asthey defeated the DRMCo Office' men 6 - 4, The female halrof the teacher squad, Sue Rit- chie and Sandy Braid, en-, joyed excellentevenings making the job of ,skip Bev Lindsay a little easier than in past weeks. DRMCo skip Jim Bolan had a lot of praise for his front- three especially Frank Young but they were unable to .upset a surging` teacher team. The Teacher No, 3 Team moved into fourth place with .a convincing 8-3 win over the Kinsmen. Skip George Sutton • used a number of -breaks and fine Shots, from Diane Cloet, Del -Almeida and Diane Verhoef to move his team into a commanding 7 - 0 lead after, only four ends but from then on it was all Kinsmen. Skip Dave Cloet made four picture shots in the sixth and+l;eventh ends to score the three Kinsmen points. Both teams were hampered by unusually .., bad ice caused by the sudden seven ex ra en game mild weather but were able, this season. to salvage an interesting dt was all DRMCo in the contest: shootout as they scored two, For it looked big points far a 9-7. victory. like sevenLvy ends it looked h's Financial sweepers Penny depleted team of three were McGrath and ,Louise Doggettd .going to win hada very rigorous night but heir second game in a row but two superb inthe hod who cleaned up. it was the. DRMCo shots by the DRMCo , Plant men teammchanged all that. Special' mention must be Trfieaing 7-5 going into the made here about the bRMCo ailing end DRMCo skint Jahe Plant team's lead Tom Profit. ,it,,Kellough, needed some good Tom had an, outstanding shots. He got one from game inlast-week's upset victory over the Assessment Charlie Crawford and made „rr___ one a nd himself to tie the match "" C and an equally superb take it into an extra end - bihithis come -from - take victory. 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