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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-03-22, Page 11rts Fight for first place i e MacDonald tops chess club. Last week the regular • season of the God'erich Chess Club drew to a close. Battles for positions were so close that the standings could not be determined until the very last game was completed. LEVEL 1 FIRST - Charlie MacDonald ' took first place •for the seventh consecutive time with 24 wins and I loss. It was a typical year for Charlie and he still is un- doubtedly the man to beat for the Club cham- pionship. SECOND - Louis Stadelman put together a great year - by far his best - winning 25 of 27 games for a 92.6 per- centage! Louis challenged Charlie MacDonald almost all season until he suffered his second loss a few weeks ago. Louis just might be the one to break Charlie's winning streak. THIRD - Like Louis, Brian Miller also had a tremendous season. Brian suffeted only one loss all year increasing his winning percentage by better than 20 percent over last season. I am sure Brian will give Charlie MacDonald a real battle .in Level 1 semi- - finals. - FOURTH - Steve Harding increased' his percentage by 25.8 percent to move into the top level in only his second year with the club. Steye won the Level 2 championship last _ _season a.nd h.as-•d.tTf.i i•tely-_ proved himself a Level 1 competitor this season losing only 2 of 22 games. FIFTH - Jim Kingsley had his best of seven seasons leading the club in victories with 32, and a winning percentage of 79.1 percent. ' LEVEL 2 FIRST - Doug Brindley 'narrowly missed the most improved award with a huge increase of 26.3 percent. Doug was especially tough in the second half of the season moving all the way up from the third level to edge out Bob Dick for first place by one per- cent. SECOND - Bob. Dick had an off-year in taking second place. Last season Aob was the club's runner- -up going three games in the first level finals. If Bob gets his game back together he will be the man to beat in Level 2. THIRD - Darrell Clutton played well again this year compiling a 61.4 percent winning per- centage. Darrell should give Doug Brindley a real battle in Level 2 semi- finals. FOURTH - Larry Gower won the clubs most improved award for the second time this season. Larry also made a huge leap advancing from a fourth level championship to Level 2. FIFTH - Bob Fitzjames came out on top of a close race with Steve Hammill to take a Level 2 position. Bob has proved himself a legitimate second. level contender with a big improvement in winning percentage over last year. Bob was the fourth level runner-up last year but will definitely be in the running for the Level 2 play-offs. LEVEL -3 FIRST - Steve Hammill had a much improved year becoming a winning chess player this season raising his win per- centage from 43.2 percent to 58.8 percent. Steve missed a Level 2 position by .1 percent! Steve could well be the man to beat in LeVel 3. SECOND.- Kirk Lyndon had a disappointing season. Last year Kirk was the most improved player and a Level 1 contender. If Kirk can return to last seasons form he will win Level. 3. THIRD - John Kloeze can put together a strong game and will be a tough .conijaetitor__.irt__the play- offs. FOURTH - Peter Nelson in his first year with the club has proven to be a strong competitor. Peter will be ,right in there in the play-offs. FIFTH - Don Bogie had a strong first-half of the season but slumped in the second half. If Dop can get his game back into form he also is very capable of taking Level 3. SIXTH - Barry Page could well be the dark horse of Level 3. Barry has the capability to play very well especially against top level players. LEVEL4 FIRST - Tim Reid almost made the third level and showed con- siderable improvement this year. SECOND - • Owen Moriarty played stronger chess in the second half and is definitely "a real contender for .the fourth level championship. As the exciting con- clusion to the Industrial League draws closer the fight for final positions is intensifying. Th'e fight for first place continues to be a two way battle between the Foresters and the Huron` rHealth Unit - as both teams recorded big victories Last week. A new look Forester foursome of Phil Foster, Larry Sturdy, Bill Russell and old reliable Jim Hawkins demon- strated to the League that any Forester team will be tough as they defeated the Gpderich Legion 6-3. Legionaires Gerry Walters and Don Stemp curled well throughout the close contest but the Forester replacements made very few mistakes. Jack MacKinnon's excellent curling was the key factor in the Huron Health's Unit important triumph over the Local 1863 foursome 8-4. Karen MacKinnon matched her husband's performance as she began most ends with rocks in the house and let Jack make sure they were still -there at the end of the end.. Glen Falk-i'ner and Jack Kellough made several fine shots but were unable to accomplish the big shot against their strong opponent. The loss left the union reps in a three way tie with the Legion and Victoria and Grey for fourth place. Victoria and Grey earned a piece of fourth place as they over- powered the third place. GDCI Teachers 10-4. The very sharp V&G crew won seven of the game's eight ends and dominated from the first end when they scored three on two excellent shots by V&G skip Bruce Erskine. The real heroes of the match, however, were V&G's front two John. Wink and Pete Crew who curled outstanding games especially in the crucial early ends. Once again teacher lead Bill Worsell was the best performer for the GDCI educators. The Champion Girls did it again! The surprisingly strong ladies handed the Mitchelmore family a 6-3 loss to remain tied with AM&G Hospital No. 1 in tenth place. The defeat was the first for skip Del Mitchelmore despite a fine personal effort. It would appear her vice - skip blew it. Champion vice -skip Marg Debolt, however; had an ex- cellent evening for the winners while ringer, Paul Bolan also curled well for the streaking Champion team. Another hot team recently has been the GDCI Vikings and their winning streak was kept alive as, they out- manoeuvered the Assessment Office 9-8, Jim Crawford and Rob Cox played well throughout the contest while Anne and Jo -e Mclsaac led the comeback ' attempt. The victory created another three way tie for seventh between , the Mit- MARCH MADNESS STRIKES! ...JOIN OUR GIGANTIC SPRING CAR CLEARANCE 1979 MERCURY CAPRI SERIAL NO. 9F14Y6401363 LIST PRICE '6106.1° IT'S MADNESS, BUT' 'IT'S YOURS FOR... FORD MERCURY SALES LTD. 263 HURON RD. 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Champion Office versus Champion Sales Office was the other half of this exciting twin bill. Fine shooting by Sales Office personnel Alec Brewer and Pete Wanner had the Selesme.n thinking victory in the opening stages of the confrontation but Barry Page and Jim Bolan changed that in ari in- credible combination of take outs and draws. In the fifth enol the fine efforts of the Sales team had them sitting with six rocks in the house. Barry Page changed that with one shot as he executed a rare quadruple take-out to.leave the stunned Sales team with onlytwo. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1979—PAGE 11 5300.00 REWARD LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BREAKAGE OF THE STRICKLAND MOTORS SHOWROOM WINDOW ON MARCH 16, 1979. INFORMANTS IDENTITY WILL BE HELD IN STRICT CONFIDENCE. 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