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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-05, Page 16PAGE 1,6—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1979 S �► orts page Bridge Club scores Louise Hetherington and Jean Papernick combined for a point total of 711/2 to take top spot in the North-South section of play at the April 3 meeting of the Goderich Bridge Club. There were seven tables in play. Evelyn Galbraith and Dawna Sproule were second with 681/2 points and Mary Anne and Bob Dempsey finished third with 67 points. Bill Duncan and Joe Martin topped the East- West section with 79 points just one point ahead of 'Mary Donnelly and Eleanor Erskine. Barb Howe and Marian; Lane finished third with 71 points. Ls:cal 1 BY GEORGE SUTTON This year's Industrial vague champion is L cal 1863. It is the second year in a row that the foursome of Charlie Crawford, Tom Profit, Glen Falkiner and Jack Kellough have proven themselves to be the best in the league but they really had to work for it this year. The Local's first contest was an extra end encounter with an ex- cellent Legion team of Kay Duncan, Sue White, Phil Turner and Gerry Walter which ended 5-4 after Falkiner made a fine pressure shot to the 63 wins second. Ind.ustrial curling crow four -foot area that Walters was unable to copy. An extra end vic- tory usually sharpens a team and this was the case for the union reps as they moved on to play a powerful Forester unit. The Forester foursome of Larry Sturdy; Phil Foster, Roger Moore and skip Bill Robinson had an easy time in their first contest defeating the GDCI Vikings 8-2 but they ran into a hot team when they met Kellough and Company. The Local 1863 squad was extremely sharp in this match as Charlie Crawford's outstanding shooting set the pace,. Final score 5-2 " Marg Debolt watches intently as a rock approaches the house in the Industrial Curling League cham- pionship bonspiel at the Maitland Country Club, Saturday. Local 1863 topped the 16 -team com- petition to win the industrial title.ior the second consecutive year defeating Victoria and Grey in the' final. En rout to the championship they also disposed of the Foresters and the Legion. ( photo by Joanne Buchanan) for the unionists and only one game to go! Victoria and Grey were the final opponents in the Championship contest. The V 8q G team of Pete Crew, Randy Watson, Eleanor Erskine and skip Bruce Erskine had earned their place in the final with two exciting victories over the GDCI Teachers and the Huron Health Unit. Big ends was the name of the game when the GDCI Teachers and V & G financiers met in a match that saw three three -enders and a four - ender before the V & G crew stole one in the final end to win 8-7. Having knocked off the third place team Erskine and Associates took on the fine second place team from the Huron Health Unit. Superb shooting throughout the game by Bruce Erskine culminated in the final end when the entire V & G team made excellent shots to score four points and win 7-3. The stage was now set for the championship game. Both combatants had reached the final by defeating higher ranked. teams and both deserved to be fighting for the championship. Tom Profit and Glen Falkiner set the tone of the match early with some precision shot -making while Charlie Crawford and skip Kellough finished the garwe in very sharp fashion. Despite some professional -like per- formances from Eleanor Erskine and .Pete Crew the V.& G team just could not match the skill of the 1979,phamps -- Local 1863. The , win returned the Signal -Star trophy to this team for another year along with individual trophies donated by Sheaffer Pen and one hundred dollars prize money. Congratulations 1863! After dropping a very. close game to Victoria and Grey the GDCI Teachers unit of Bill Worsell, Del Ameida, Doug Dundy, Donna Doidge and skip George Sutton was able to bounce to claim a third place by virtue of two wins over the Mitchelmore Family and the GDCI Vikings. The Mitchelmore Family of Debbie, Del, Don, Don and Del had an excellent season finishing in the tpp eight but ran into hard luck throughout the final. day. The GDCI Vikings fought hard all year to reach the top division where they belonged but the fivesome of Peters; Crawford, Cox, Coughlan and Cloet were unable to play their game of delicate draws on Saturday's slow ice. The educators received sweaters . donated by Champion Roads. Don Hullah,, Phil and Laurie Paquette and skip John Orr represented the Huron: Health Unit very admirably as they defeated the Mit- chelmores and the Foresters to claim fourth place in this tough day of competition. A loss to Victoria and Grey knocked this fine team out of a shot at the . championship, never - lithe -less., the Health Unit showed throughout the year that they are of championship quality and can claim the unique distinction of being the only team to .defeat the fiercesome Foresters in league play` and the bonspiel. The old sports adage that "good guys finish last" went out the window in the "B" championship of the Industrial League as the very popular and skillful Champion Sales Office team swept the field and won the Trans- Canada 'B' championship trophy. Helen MacDonald, Don. Kent, Pete Wanner and Bill Hayward were the hard luck story during the season as they managed to lose fifteen games, some of which in very strange or overly - generous manner such as tapping up their op- ponent's rocks to score the winning points but during the Bonspiel this group became very stingy with their op- ponents. In their first two victories, the salespeople allowed their opposition only two points as they beat the Victoria Teachers 7-1 and the Champion Girls 8-1. In the championship game, the red-hot Sales Office met the pre-bonspiel favourites the A.M.& G. No. 1 team. The Hospital Team had earned a berth in the final game by winning their first match over their year long rivals the A.M. & G. Hospital No. 2 team. Peter Bergin, Craig Cass, Dennis Miskei and skip Jim McCaul were unerringin this match as they dropped their colleagues 10-2. A.M. & G's representative had a much tougher time in their second match as they were forced into an extra end against' the Champion foursome of Joe Oatman, Larry Hawkins, Barry Page anid Jim Bolan.. Lady Luck favoured the hospitalites .as they scored one in the extra end to advance against the "other" Champion team. In the final match the Champion Sales Office took a quick five point lead and never let the excellent Hospital team gain momentum. 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