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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-06-20, Page 1144 ' 4 • 0, • ••••• •••• 64 • • 17„ • • • 0 indli •47•'•`"117-111111?:•,.. Aftran , •Pa U '40 'fla• SP, 41t ",e, 4.. 4. 44.4. ••i 4 44 4-•••;"••; '44; ,nii; 4,1,..ft• 4 -4,, ••••• ••••, ••••• •••• •••• •••• •••• ••••• • • ••••• ••• •••• E•• 'fastball tour arnen in-als.are reschedul. d shutting out the Waterloo Juniors .4.0 'Saturday mor- ning, giving up just three hits while notching nint strike- outs.pitc Toddr Varig was the losing allowing four runs on six hits while striking out eight. . Brown opened the scoring in the fifth after reaching base on a walk. He went to second on a passed ball and reached third when the throw to second was mis- played. He scored on Skinn's RBI single. The BPs struck for three more runs in the seventh inning to win by a 4-0 count. BPs 1, OTTERVILLE 2 The BPs lost a tough 2-1 decision to Otterville in their third game of the tour- nament Saturday evening. It was a tough loss because Wingham had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning and held it until the seventh, when Otterville scored both its runs with two out. The death blow came in the seventh when, with one out, C. Roberts singled. He went to second on a wild pitch and reached third on a groundout. Roberts scored on J. Webb's single, with Webb ending up at- second when Neil Bieman had trouble fielding the ball. D. Furlong then singled in the winning run. By Peter Bauer The annual Wingham BP Fasthall Toprnatrient got underway this pat weekend, but the playdowns were disrupted by rain, forcing lournatnent officials to reschedule the final games for this Sunday, June 24. It still was uncertain at press time -whether Port Elgin would be 'able to return, as it has com- mitments in the Chepstow tournament this weekend. The host BPs are still in the running for the cham- pionship, despite a disheart- ening 2-1 loss to the undefeat- ceRFL'4)44, Town of Wingham & Tumberry Township Bicentennial Celebrations July 19 - 22 ed Otterville squad Saturday 'evening. Prior to that the BPs had topped Palmerston and the Waterloo Junior. BPs 2, PALMERSTON 0 In the opening game of the tournament Friday night, the BPs pulled out a win in extra innings, defeating Palmerston by a 2-0 count. Dave Burns hurled a five - hit shutout for Wingharti-and also scored the winning run in the ninth inning. Maurice Wilson took the loss for Palmerston, giving up two runs on just lour hits. The game was scoreless when, with one out in the top of the ninth, Burns was struck out. ,,However the catcher dropped the ball and Burns alertly legged it to first base. The catcher's throw hit the runner and bounced into the Palmerston dugout, allowing Burns to advance to second. A single .by Bruce Skinn left runners on the corners and Burns scored on a fielder's choice on a ground ball by Jim Seip, beating the throw to the plate. One out later, Bill Brown rapped a sharp single up the middle, scoring Seip to give the BPs a 2-0 lead. The team then held on for the win. BPs 4, WATERLOO 0 Ron Riley matched his teammate's performance by (mom 7 DAYS STARTING FRIDAY, JUNE 22/14 PREMIER ANNOUNCES THAT ON THURSDAYS THE ADMISSION PRICE WaL. BE $2.00 JOIN THE 5EARCH.- _srAP, TREK.IIL THE SEARCH FOR —SPOCK PARENTAL • 2ND FEATURE UNCOMMON VALOUR COARSE LANGUAGg ADULT ACCOMPANIMENT t • 1414rUNA PARK T E tRe 171 • • • WED.-THURS. 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June 22, 23, 24 ' 'WHERE THE BOYS • ARE. - and - Burt Reynolds and • Julie Andrews star in - THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN 1. ADULT 11 ACCOMPANIMENT 7/4 NOT IN TIME—Safe at second is Kent Norman of Palmerston, beating the throw and getting -in ahead of Bob Pegg's tag as Bob Armstrong backs up the play. The BPs and Palmerston battled through eight scoreless innings in a pitchers' duel between Dave Burns of Wingham and Moe Wilson of Palmerston before Wingham scored twice in the ninth for a 2-0 win in the opening game of their tournament Friday night. Kincardine is the site of this year's Sportsfe The Lake Huron Zone Recreationists Association is hosting its eighth annual Sportsfest this summer the weekend of Aug. 17 to 19 in Kincardine and the residents of Wingham, young and old, are invited to participate. Sportsfest is a sports festival weekend designed for fun, fellowship and friendly, competition in recreation sports. Enjoying oneself and "playing the game for the sake of playing" are the main ob- - jeetives. Sportsfest'-- is—for recreation and house league participants and players, not • all-star teams. This year several new events are being introduced and they include girls° gymnastics, boys' ball hockey, youth judo, girls' and ladies' soccer, sailing races, co-ed two -pitch ball, archery, lawn darts and much more. The traditional events still will be held also like boys' and girls' T -Ball, senior citizens' euchre and shuf- fleboard, men's and ladies' slow pitch ball, swimrning, tennis, darts, horseshoes and beach volleyhall to name a All participants will receive Sportsfest buttons or crests. Plaques will be awarded this year to the BPs win twice against Chesley • By Peter Bauer Ron Riley hurled a two -hit shutout to blank the Chesley Patz and give the Wingham BPs a 3-0 win last Tuesday night at Wingham. Riley faced 30 batters, just three over the minimum, issuing one walk while collecting eight strikeouts and giving up just two hits. The BPs picked up two runs in the fourth inning as Armstrong singled, was sacrificed to second by Grant Coultes and scored -on Neil Bieman's single. Bieman went to second on Bob Pegg's ground -out and scored on a single by Bill Brown. Wingham picked up an insurance run in the fifth when, with one out, Bruce Skinn made it to first on an error by the left fielder and went all the way to third on the overthrow to the infield. He scored on a single by • „..••••••••• ''• Armstrong. Eric Weatherall was the losing pitcher, surrendering three runs on two hits through eight innings. BPs 5, PATZ 1 The BPs made it two in a row over Chesley with a 5-1 win at Chesley on Thursday night. Don Edgar earned the win, giving up one run on a three -hit performance while recording seven strikeouts. The BPs built up a 4-0 lead by the midway mark of the eighthinning, picking up one run in the sixth, two in the seventh and another in the eighth, before the Patz got on the scoreboard with one run in their half of the eighth. The BPs got that one back in the ninth to make the final score 5-1. The BPs host the Wingham Juniors at 2 p.m. this, Sun- day, June 24, then travel to Teeswater Tuesday, June 26, for an 8:30 p.m. start. communities with the most participation and the festivities will be opened by Ontario's lieutenant govern- or, John B. Aird. An open luncheon will be held in Mr. Aird's honor Aug. 18, as well as a celebrity and fun competition at the beach, "Sportnic", starting at 1:30 p.m. that day. There will be dances, a refreshment garden with live entertainment, a baby- sitting service for visitors and a Saturday night parade nownemain ,atreet .With, the BKainncdardine Scottish Pipe Wingham and district residents always have' participated at Sportsfest and this year's edition is bound to be a lot of fun. Full registration and information brochures are available from Wingham Recreation Director Rennie Alexander. The entry deadline is July 20 and entries are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Juniors find going tough in tournament n Ti The Wingham rinies 'are one Moere had one and Ivan • undefeated in thelii first Skinn had one. Ryan Deyell , three games. of, the SeaSPII and have cantle n.p With V406 over Winthrop, BelniVe and Bluevale. The team is entered hi the Tri -County league which is composed of eight teams. The Mites will be playing a - total of 14 games in league play, then playoffs. They will participate in a Tri -County and a WOBA tournament. The local team is guided by two very knowledgable skippers, Tom Deyell and ,Ross Gibson, and they have been putting the boys through the paces and already their honest effort is being displayed on the playing field. Mr. Deyell and Mr. Gibson are working with 25 players and with this many boys, it becomes a real juggling act to keep everybody in the game. Wingham's first game was against Winthrop and it was a very close and hard-fought game, with Wingham win- ning 6-5. Jason Moore had the winning RBI and Jonathon Balzer scored the winning run. In the hits department, Andrew Gibson had two, ,Balzer had two, Ryan Deyell had two, Brendan Magee,had By Peter Bauer The Wingham Juniors found the going tough in the BP tournament held this past weekend, losing 3-1 to the Waterloo Juniors and 6-5 to Palmerston in the final inning. Troy Pocalttyko pitched well against Waterloo, but was victimized by two unearnedruns, which provided the margin of victory. Rick Scrimgeour took the loss against Palmerston as the Juniors gave up a 5-4 lead in the top of the seventh, losing by a 6-5 count as Palmerston scored .two runs with two out. was the winning pitcher, striking out, all three in the Wel the seventh inning. • Wingham traveled to Behnore June 7 and came: away with a second victory, defeating the home team 12-10. Mike Tiffin and Jason Hickey each scored. two runs. Single runs went to Todd Harrison, Ken ilogg, Skinn, Jonathon Lane, Magee, Gavin Hodgins, Matt Elmslie and Jason Daw. At the plate, Deyell had a double and a single, Skinn had two singles, Lane had a single, Tiffin chalked up a triple, Hickey had a single, Murray MacLeod had a triple, Magee, a double, and Daw, a double. A total of three pitchers went to the mound for Wingham: Deyell, Lane and Tiffin. Deyell picked up the victory by fanning all three batters in the bottom of the seventh. D. Patterson was the leading. player for Belmore and scored three runs for the home team. Last Thursday evening, Wingham traveled to Bluevale and 'once again came away with a victory. The local team scored 15 4. owls on ' hits, had nine base44004?alls4 three errors and 0/100atiter„ Winghatp gave up nine Ms on no hits, 16 walks, one bitlpktter and one error. • Deyell had a perfect night at the plate, going three for three and scoring three runs. Gibson also scored three runs. • Other players who scored runs were: B. Hunter, two, Adam Deslauriers, two and Terry Thynne, T. MacTavish, M. Poulin, Skinn and Lane, with one each. Deyell, Lane and Gibson were Wingham's pitchers. This was Gibson's first appearance on the mound and he looked very respectable, striking out four batters. Lane struck out two and the winning pitcher was Deyell who struck out 11 batters. Wingham batters with singles were: J. Smith, two, B. Hunter, two, Lane, Gibson, Hogg, Deyell and Thynne. Wingham batters with doubles were: Deyell with two and Gibson with one. Skinn hit a home run. The Wingham Mites play their home games Tuesday evenings at 6:30 at the Josephine Street park. Come out and watch the stars of the future. Local girls compete at Colgate Games Seventeen girls from Wingham were among the hundreds ,of competitors taking part in the 7th annual Colgate Women's Games in Toronto hist Weekend. The girls, aged 10 to 15, are all members of the newly - formed Wingham Track and Field Club. Although none reached the winner's circle, they all tried hard and several advanced as far as the semi-finals, Coach Tanya Sakasov reported. She noted there were literally hundreds of girls competing in each event, so even this was quite an achievement. She added that the games were very enjoyable and well -organized, and the club pians to take part again next year. .They also served as a warm-up to the minor track and field provincial championships at Oshawa this coming weekend. The Wingham club will be sen- ding a team of 32 boys and girls in the Mite, Tyke and Atom age groups to the provincial championships. The team at the Colgate Games included Marlaine Lindsay, Leya De Bruyn, Beth Ward, Shannon Robinson, Kendra Machan, Carla Mowbray, Angie Kerr, Amy Bateman, Heather Bishop, Tiffany Marr and Jane Bateson in the 10 to 11 - year -old group; Cheryl Underwood, Anna Sakasov and Kira Stuckey in the 12 to 13 -year-old group; and Julie Leedham, Heidi Strong and Lori Appleby in the 14 to 15 - year -old group. The 10 and 11 -year-old girls competed in the 100 and Oteinetrediaig: the best time of the Wingham girls with a clocking of 15.5 seconds, followed by Angie, 16.1; Carla, 16.4, Tiffany, 16.7; Heather, 16.86; Leya, 16.89; Amy, 17.07; Shannon, 17.74; Marlaine, 18.81; Beth, 19.17 and Kendra, 20.42. In the 400 metres, Carla led with a time of 78.97, followed by Jane, 82.82; Tiffany, 84.58; Heather, 86.38; Angie, 87.43; Leya, . , 1 444544.744.' , . • , ' • T. T ' . '' ?4,;f3:.7' . . . • ; 44, 4 .• 91.13; Amy, 91.35; Shannon, 92.69; Beth, 96.89 and Marlaine, 98.27. Julie Leedham had a time of 79.4 ih„the,490,1Retress And jumped 3.50 metres in the long jump; Kira Stuckey • clocked 16.8 in the 100m and 85 in the 400; Anna Sakasov was timed at 69 seconds in the 400m and had a jump of 3.70m in the long jump, while • Cheryl Underwood had a best effort of 3.33m in the long jump and 1.20 in the high jump. Heidi Strong and Lori Appleby both competed in the shot put. Local man wins ptize at car show The National Judging Meet of the • Historic Automobile Society of Canada was held June 3 at the Ontario Agricultural Museum grounds at Milton. There were eight classes for vehicles and Lawrence Meehan of Brussels was the winner of the commercial class for his 1936 Dodge half - ton truck. Mr. Machan has owned the vehicle for three years and for the last year and a half he has been restoring it at McNeil's Auto Body at Brussels. The truck was taken off the frame and the interior and chroming redone. The vehicle was displayed at the Brussels tradefest in April and at the antigue car show and flea market at Clifford June 9 and 10. People's Choice" awards at the show went to Ron McEachern of Orangeville ,010•110110101010 LAST TWO DAYS FOR THIS I/GMT-HEARTED ACTION ADVENTURE FILM. WED. & THURS. JUNE 20th & 21st ONE SHOW EACH EVENING AT 8:00 PM ONLY 'OhlaneinC STONP tiii• fun or tr Nol,ocly 144,,-),r,. he (imp Ir• ,•11„ 13u1 I u wns. vti(.1,00 11'y 4.1,ksipt ,Ksomos-0.0, ' , „e( ,'1•40,4,0 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN—Flick Scrimgeour of the Wingham Juniors waltzed across the plate with the opening run as Palmerston pitcher Ken Knight chased down an errant pitch in the first inning. The Juniors scored first, fell behind and then battled back to take the lead 6.4 In the sixth Inning, but couldn't hold it as Palmerston got a three -run homer In the bottom of the seventh for the win, eliminating the Juniors from the BP Fastball Tournament. for his 1932 Plymouth roadster, first. Second place went to Don McNeil of Brussels for his 1958 Chevrolet Impala con- vertible and Mr. Machan's Dodge truck took third place. JC canoe draw winner Don Maclntyre of Lucknow was the winner of a 16 -foot fibreglass canoe in a draw sponsored by the Wingham Junior Citizens. The profits of $410 from the draw are to be donated to the cardiopulmonary resuscita- tion program at the Wing - ham and Digtrict Hospital. Past donations by the Junior Citizens include $538 to the hospital for the pur- chase of a television set and $400 to the Silver Circle Nursery School for a water fountain. Thank You Special thanks to all merchants who contributed to the First Annual Cadet Inspection on May 30, 1984 at the Wingham Arena. Bateson's Dairy Sunrise Dairy McIntyre's'Bakery Zehrs t• in Appreciation Royal Canadian Air Cadets 543,Squadron, Wingham and Staff