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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-07-19, Page 10. PAGE 10— ^` �^� ' ^�� ^w'-��*w . � � �� '� = .0 rnras�� ' • mr• ° Out of all this there ' balance or was delayed by a misplaced elbow when the first of what is platmed to'be an annual Gokierich 10 Km. Classic road race and fun run began on Saturday,morning. When mayer Harry Worsell called runners to the line to start -the race -• ° 121competitors lined up across West Street in front of the town hall. When the starter's pistol went off all 121 headed for The Square on ihe first leg of the run. By the time the pack had rounded The Square the runners were stretchettout over a quarter mile and the eventual winners in the men's and women's division were ` t Lj,ttii2 Plurn-b. e s lose t The .Goderich Hoff- meyer Little Plumbers lost two games' in lotormediato Ladies Fastball action last week. Last Wednesday the DulePlunnbero\ostul2- 5 decision uj Waterloo in Waterloo and then were shutout 3-0 by Tillsonburg in a game in Goderio6. Friday. nyutedoo jumped on two Goder.i6h pitcher for 14 hit in their game Wednesday to score 12 runs and rec�rdthewin. , The borne team piled up six runs in the first inning and iooreaseod their lead to 9-0 after three innings. of play in oasting to the win. Goderich made the guooe• reasonably close scoring all five of their runs in the fourth inning on seven hits. Norma ,1," rli*W411.' 40,140, Walter, Sue Kolkman, Diane MeUob/ Loren White nd Karen Pond scored fourth inning runs for Goderich. Walter led Goderich offensively banzing.three hits in five trips to the plate. Team-mate Heidi Elliott chipped in with Elliott and Bev Wright shared the mound duties for Goderiob, allowing 12 ruosuul4b�a. Errors proved costly in the Plumber's second loss Friday as Tillson- burg combined five Qoderich errors with five hits in recording a 3-0 win. Tillsonburg took the lead in the third inning scoring two runs. on two errors and one hit for a two -run 1ead.They added an insurance run in' the seventh ' •imoing as Heather MacDonald reached base on an error and scored on a double by Donna Hendrick. Goderich; with six hits, outhit Tillsonburg but were unable to put them together for a rally. Karen Melady hit a double for the Little Plumbers and Elliott, Mary Kolkman, Sue Kolkman, Walter and Sundy Rowe added singles. Debbie Boyce picked up'the win and Elliott was tagged with the loss. On Thursday. the Plumbers play in Glanworth and on Sun- day, July 22 they will host uo'gay.Ju|y22tbcywU]hont Oshweken in a 2 p.m. game. at Agriculture park. ° Canada �� wins �� l��my��~�lOthgame N�� 0�^�� Canada Company struck for two runs in the sixth inning to bb a 3-3 tie and., defeat Gords Sports' 5-3 in lnduaCdu| League action, Sunday. The win was the 10th of the season for Canada Company in 14 games, • • The Clinton Peewees won the Legion District TOurnament held in Goderich Saturday and ear ed the right to advance in the LegiOn playoffs. Clinton defeated Exeter in their first game of the four -team, rouhd robin series and won the champion •hip with a 1.5-2 victory over Listowel in the final game. (photo by, Jeff Slad on) the boot record 'in the Industrial League. They lead the Maitland Division. The win was a comeback effort for uanuda Company they trailed 3-2 after four innings of play. They tied the game with.single run in the -fifth inning and then scored two runs in the sixth ,to clinch the win. . Bill Durst sparked the Company offensivley getting three of the team's six hits in the game. Durst singled in the third inning and ycorod, singled inarun in the fourth and -then added his third st the sixth inning. Tom. and Bob MacDonald added singles and Brian Bowman chipped in with a run- , scoring uu',000ring double in the third inning. Gords managed only four hits off Stan Doherty in the game and needed three Company errors to score their three runs. Myles 8Xondock, Warren Watt and Dave Scholl scored the Grds runs. Scholl went the first five innings on the mound for Gords before giving way to Des Courtney. They allowed five runs on six hits while striking out six batters Doherty allowed three runs on four hits and fanned three batters in picking up the win. Clinton team " wins Legion ba.seb-all tourney The Clinton peewee baseball team won the legion District peewee championship with a 15-2 win over Listowel in the final game in Goderich, Saturday. The victory was the Second of the tournament for Clinton and gave them the'dQht to represent the district in further Legion competition. Four teams -par- ticipated in the round- robin district competition ound'nob[nd/sV~ictonmpetitiun Saturday by virtue of their performances in earlier tu playoff. In first round .play. Lis -towel ha/nme'rcd Goderich 14-2 and Clinton disposed of E3teter 20-1. In a meting f the losing teams in the second round, Exeter edged ,Goderich 8'6 while Clinton wrapped up the ckamopionxhipwwith al5' 2 win over Listowel to emerge as the only un- defeated team. n'deyeutodteum. The Goderich legion, Branch 108hosted the district tournament and the Ladies Auxiliary provided lunch for the well on their way to victory, The only complaint runers had about the Goderlch. Classic was that not enough t'eyWenta of town took the time tntake their wvmr hoses to the Street tocoo\»ffpassing runners. (photo byJeff Seddon) ^= �� N ��y |� �� ' � � ro �� race ��.��=�~�°�m��^�� .�� N�� ^�� attracts 121 runn s By JEFF SEDDON The first of what is planned to o an annual 10 Km. Classic fun run and road race was just what organizers hoped it vvoul&bo...afuo run and r�ad The field for the run .uwel]ed Saturday mor- ning from the 63 runners that rod to 121 that toOk off up West Street when mayor Harry nYurmeU fired the starting pistol. The field ranged from those that take their running seriously to those that take the occasional jog and entered the Goderich Classic for the fun oyit. Brad Blain of Waterloo wasted little time covering the 10.2 kilometre course that wound through Goderich. Bluio, who runs with the Waterloo County Amateur Athletic Association, ignored stifling humidity and O0 degree ' temperatures setting a torrid five mile an hour pace cro finish line in 31 minutes eight seconds. Ken Inglis of Kin- cardine was hot on EUabn'o heels finishing the race 20 seconds later to grab second spot. Peter McKenney of Londou, finished third in 31 minutes 55 seconds. Janet Dick of London was the first woman across the - finish liner completing the course in 34 minutes 44 seconds. Linda Finley of London was second ~bruongs.t women runners with a time of 41 minutes 55 secondsand Angela Venn was third with a time of 42 minutes 28 seconds. The Goderich recreation ' department orgoniczed the run and rec director Jim Moore and program co-ordinator. Jane Netzke were very pleased with the entries. Both-wei-e confident more than the 63 runners pre- registered would show up but had s'et a goal of 180' runners. In the hour - before starting time 58 -runners descended on the registration desk to fill out the field. Most of the runners were impressed with the organization of the :race. The most common criticism was that not enough people along the race route offered run- ners some respite from • the heat. Some thoughtful home owners took garden hosesto the street to apr"Y�cool water on the runners as theypassed but those cooling points were few and far bctwech accocding to moot oOmpot|tors. Members of the Goderich • ,o Depart' moot showered runners from the department's. tank truck parked on Suncoast Drive. Two hoses sprayed water over the road and runners n� ro Were able to sook themselves -as .they passed by the truck. Blain said after the race, he intended to try to head up the field right from the start to guage fellow runners as 'h c went.He said he set out to win the race and made his move at the half. way point.A water station ,at -the _ midway -point gave runnL'rs ii chance to grab a small drink as they passed. 8uBlain, running with two; others*ap- proached p,00rh,d the station _he *printed ahead ,to grab. his drink. The other runners fell: back and: he. ~d,vidc4 to push for a while 11) see how the others r''uctod. Be said h, pushed for about a mi |, and• the two_fell 111111) �� behind and all that was left was to maintain his lead to the finish line, ' The last runner to cross the line officially ending the first Classic was Carol Kane. She is spending her summer at Port Albert and hails from Arlington, Texas. Despite injuring a knee early in the race Kane stayed with jt and completed the couroe. ° ridge club �J��`�� scores .Ann and Bob Dempsey combined ftiro point oo:| of 105 -to. fake in the north - South division of play at /h'' July 17 necting of the Bridge Club. Th,r" were ~,von tables. x`play. _• Av|,,n Curry and jean |`.'p.',ni,k. were .second '/v points and Susan White and Bill Cochrane were -third with 91 points. • Bill Duncan and Joe &Yuciih topped the East wnst•section with, upoint total of 1O14. Lee Ryan and A. Weerasooriya settled for second place with 95 points and Jean and Martin Stapleton were third with 90 points. ° ' . fon. Brad Blain made the most of good thinSaturday after be won the flrstof what is planned to be an annual <;v0cr|ch 10 Km. Classic road race and fun run. Blain covered the 10'2 km. course in 31 minutes and eight seconds to win the event and, receiveda mug and ok\ 4 from Goderich councillor n� �/am �a��p� for�� feat. ' (photo by Jeff Seddon)