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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-12-16, Page 12s'a • L • LL$14.'..:;4 The Wingharn Advanceqinaea peber 16, 1981 . L. 1.. • •'• • • , vt• SKIP BOB RUTTAN was spotted doing some vigorous sweeping at Country Curlers Monday afternoon. Coun- try Curlers have the'ice at the Wingham Golf and Curling Club most aftarnoons. Other groups who curl regularly are the men 's and ladies' teams and the industrial teams. vI snai M d With a wonderful third period, the Wingham Royals won a come -from -behind 7-6 victory over the OMildmay Monarchs, handing Mildmay its first loss at home, last Sunday afternoon. Mildmay jumped into the lead at 4:03 on a powerplay goal by Del Neumaa. The Royals rebounded as Dave Stephenson, with some extra hustle, dug the puck from the corner to Dave Galley, who rang one off the goalpost. Stephenson pounced on the rebound to tie the score at. 4:50, Goals by Paul Lahn and Steve Pitt put Mildmay ahead 3,1, but the Rpyals closed the gap at 17:08 as Randy Clarke fed a pass to Rick Jacklin in front of the net and he, draped with no fewer than three yellow sweaters,- somehow managed to jam the puck into the net. The final goal of the period came at 19:29 as once again the Royals were guilty of yielding a goal in the last minute of the period and Mildmay held a 4-2 lead after 20 minutes. The Royals struck like lightning in the second period, with a goal in the first 29 seconds. John Pollard blasted a shot frorn the point and Murray Con- nelly alertly lifted the rebound over a sprawling • • fl ib tit • Nao•titatiO•MaKrat \ . , COUNTRY CURLERS—Curling is 'well underway for another year. Each day the Wingham Golf and Curling Club is booked for action qn the ice, The Country Curlers take to the ice, most afternoons. Niel Edgar; skip, was guiding a rock swept by Isabel Elston' and Bob McKague Monday afternoon. , i goaltender. Neuman got his second goal of the game at 353 and although the Royals were on the short end of a 5-3 score', they certainly outplayed Mildmay throughout the second period. Just into the third, Mild-' may picked up a powerplay goal at 1:61. But despite being down 6-3 the Royals wouldn'tgive up. They toiled away and the hard work paid off as they got three quick' goals in just 71 seconds from the \sticks of Ron Bennett, Jacklin and Stephenson. With the score tied at six and the Royals rolling,., Mildmay appeared to panic. At every turn Wingham' seemed to gather second wind and played like it smelled a win. At 16:12 it happened as the Royals on a power play got the go-ahead goal from Bennett who, flat on the ice, somehow managed to put the puck into the net. With the lead, every Royal played his heart out, out - hustling the Monarchs, and it PLAYERS RECEIVE Y ODA CRESTS—Ali Atom hockey players at the Howick Farmers' Super Series held at the Howick 'arena Dec. 12, 13, received specially designed Yoda game crests. Above Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff (right) and Jack Ruffen, a member of the Howick Athletic Association, present crests to members of the Listowel team (Staff Pho(o) was bard to believe but those e.), tat minutes the might r 'Monarchs were unable 'tn get even one Ant on the %wham net. It warts very happy Royal team that exploded in - jubilation at the final buzzer, while or* of the Monarcha ' waa, observed in total frustration smashing his stick to splinters overt his knee as the Mona chs retreated with bowed h ads befog a huge crowd' of Mildmay fans amazed at the loss hung on its heros. WHISTLE STOPS— , "WoWl We did it!" Those words overheard in the Royal dressing room seemed to sum up the team feeling well. It was a big win for the Royals as they started, the game with,13 players against Mildmay's full 19 -player roster. Their numbers were down to 12 when hard- working Murray Black and Mildmay's Don Neuman were sent to early, first - period showers following a tangle. The win was a result of every player digging -. ittooNt*eper,4,finshing check and iying lOOper4 effort every tirsio 110fiit the. lee. • . t • Wig '001ley took the starch out of Monarchs' Andy Grant with a beautiful hip check at the bittekinnthat sent Grant flnatint through the air. And what about that check John Vollard dished out to Brian Yaltbee Which sent his stick rafter -bound! Three players were , knocking on the pizznaward, as Row Bennett,. ,,DaYe. Stephenion and Rick Jacklin each had a pair of goals in the win. At game's end Hugh Nichol sat in the dressing room shaking his head in disbelief and saying, "I didn't have a shot to handle in the last eight minutes of the game!" Rhyals travel to Goderich Friday night for what could be considered a big, four - point game. The next home game is Sunday, Dec. 27, against the Harriston Blues. Howick Juniors win and lose last week The Howick Juniors. played the Stayner Siskins twice last .week, losing Monday night in Stayner 7-5 and winning at home Friday night 8-6. In Monday's game, Howick opened the scoring at 16:18 of the first period on a goal by Darwin Weber. Stayner notched two in the last two minutes of the period. The goals -; were scored by Jackson and Rigney. Dan Strome, Dan Nickel and Mark Leslie all replied for Howick in the second period. Timlock and Ainley scored goals for the Siskins to end the period in a four -all tie. . Darwin Weber scored the. lone goal for Howick in the third, While Stayner's ' Paddison picked up two, and. Sinclair added a single giving Stayner a 7-5 win. Howie was outshot 55-29 in the • match. Duane Bowman was outstanding in net fbr Howick. - • Friday night saw Howick behind 2-1 :at the end of the first period. The lone Howick goal was scored by Weber, Blues bomb The power -packed Harriston Blues, with a big third period, skated. away with a decisive 11-3 win Over the Wingham Royals in Intermediate C action at the local arena Friday night. The Royals got the first goal,of. the game at 6:55 as Dave Stephenson threw a pass to Ken Marchildon camped just Off the edge of the crease and he scored with a quick backhand shot into the upper' corner of the net. Harriston tied it up with Brent Mandersoti's, goal at 10:47 and then exploded for two quick goals only eight seconds apart at the 17 - minute mark to take a 3-1. lead at the ehd of the period. Three more goals in the first 10 Minutes gave Harriston a 6-1 lead midway through the second period. The Royals kept skating and ,', the power play Ron Bennett fed a perfect pass from the corner behind the net to Rick Jacklin, whose quick backhand shot caught the upper corner. The Royals closed the gap to 6-3 as Kevin Hastie's pass banked off Stephenson's skate into the corner of the net. Then the numbers game caught up with the Royals as a lack of bench strength and fresh legs • proved their downfall. Harristkin fired five unanswered goal, three of them in the last two minutes of the game, to salt away the victory. WHISTLE STOPS— Injuries continued to hurt the Royals. With only 14 skaters dressed, this number was decreased to 12 as Bruce Blake picked up a shoulder injury and Blaine Me- Cutcheon received a solid check at the blueline, reinjuring his knee, The team just ran out of manpower in the third as liarriston-bulldmed its way to the 11-3 win, showing no with • Jackson and MacFarlane replying for the Siskins. Reading, Espensen and Tiffin ., tallied singles for Howick ' in the last five niinutes of the second. Smart and 'riMlock each had scored early in the period giving the Siskins a 4-1 lead, before Howick tied the game going into the third period. the scoring in the third and less than a . minute later, Weber scored his second of the game with' Howick playing shorthanded. Darrell , ,Hughsoir closed the gap for Stayner scoring 40 seeondsafter HOwick had taken a 6-4 lead. Steve Bridge g ve Howick a two- goakadv ritage .,at the 6:27 mark, only to have Ainley score again for 'Stayner at 2:19. • -,' 0 s, Weber rtlillied, Sebring the hat trick at. 1:03 to finish the scorhig with Howick winning the ebntest 8-6. Sunday: evening saw Howick host the Wiarton squad. Wiarton's Rob Ritchie scored the only goal "of the first period on a rebound Royals 11-3 mercy and peppering pucks at Royals goalie Hugh Nichol from every angle. It was quite a clean game, with Harristhn picking up 14 minutes in penalties and the Royals lacking any hitting power as theypicked up only one minor penalty. With no fewer than seven Harriston players scoring, it reflected ,the depth of the 'Tliarriston crew,, which certainly appears once again to be the class of this league. Wingham Bantams win 4-1 over Mitchell The Wingham Kinsmen Bantams played a strong forechecking game to defeat Mitchell 4-1 last Tuesday night -in the Loeltridge Memorial Arena. ' Mitchell opened the scoring at 5:03 of the first stanza, but Doug Stephenson tied the game fon,,Wingham three minutes later, assisted by Tim Brown. The play roared from end to end throughout the second period, with Paul Robinson finally denting the twine at the 6:20 mark, assisted by Jim Dennis and Brown. Wingham mounted a• determined attack early in the third, with Brown deflecting a Dennis slapshot to widen ,jbe margin to 3-1, with Paul Robinson chipping in an asS1St. Dennis completed the scoring at 13:35, assisted by Robinson and Brown. ICE CHIPS—Jamie Robinson isn't the biggest player on the Wingham Bantams, but his solid body - checks keep the opposition heads up when he's on the Iee frank Bowman. At •9:32 of the second period, Leslie and Strome combined on the power play to put Howick on the scoreboard. Howick took the lead three minutes later on a goal by McCracken. McMillan put the puck past Bowman late in the period to tie,the game at two apiece. Brent Reading, assisted by Mark Leslie, scored the only Howick goal of the third period while Hay and 'Davidson scored singles to give Wiarton the 4-3 win. . Hampered by injuries to Mike Stewart, who has a broken wrist, Troy Pocaluyko, with a broken ankle, (both forArds), and with "defenceman Stewart Cardiff out of, action with" a 'ek itijury, Howick‘record noWsandat four Weis, nine lossesSrAtwo" tie. - The net home ,game for Howick is Dec. 28;ait 2 p.m: against the Stayner Siskins. Wingham Lions edged by LittoWel • The Listowel. Midgets narrowly edged the Wingluri Lions in a hard- fought game last Thursday. Listowel opened the scoring early in the first period, but a goal by Mark Foxton from Doug‘McFarlan six minutes later brought Wingham even and the period ended With the two teams tied 1-1. The tams exchanged goals in the second period, with Ron Schistad scoring from Brett Cameron to give Wingham a brief lead before Listowel tied it up. Then two unanswered goals, by Schistadliom Cameron and Nicholson and Dave Mon- tgomery from McFarlan and Foxton, sent Wingham into a 4-2 lead. - , However Listowel came back with three goals in the third period to take a 5-4 lead. Cameron then evened the score again, scoring from Schistad and Nicholson. After Listowel went ahead 6-5, Foxton got that one back, from Mc- Farlan and Montgomery, to again knot the score. The winning goal for Listowel was scored with just 23 seconds left in the game, giving the visitors a 7- 6 victory. •this 'itis leader .askedu. why the were only five Scouts Aver kat(Dec. 'Let • 49130 wehave more Scouts and fewer ‘"Wednesday " Night Scouts". We also had. a Mg*. oa .the setn0F4koro we were to have leerae41W this week. We got a word tha twee, three lettere Jong,. We Of two points if we got ltcright., one Point if ve received it' fight and' five points if :we sent it right. We are to have the entire alphabet learned for next week. -- We alSo, had a game of our all -famous "ring game". We won, of course. tongdo tops at jiu jitsu tourney Jim Longdo of Wingham won the black belt division at a jiu jitsu tournament held at Milton Dec. 5. Another Wingham fighter, Bill Alton, won the orange belt division. Longdo, whe has won many jiu jitsu competitions both locally and inter- nationally, conducts a school for competitors in Wingham. Brownie corner The Brownies had their enrolment on Dec. 7. Nineteen Tweenies did their Brownie enrolment requirements and became Brownies. The Tweenies and Brownies put on a small play for the ceremony. Mrs. G. Chapman also was enrolled as a leader. Heather Bishop, Anita Massey and Michelle MacDonald received their Baker's badges. All Brownies received either a book mark or a placemat for doing such a good job of selling calendars. After the enrolment, refreshments were served. We would like to thank Heather Bishop, Lisa Chapman and Kendra Hogg and their mothers for the cookies - • t)c-ivo.04,,)a644rDw.ia,los,1•?,,,J As the C hristMas seaport drawS2,doSer the first w for each-divtaionlio duriing s winding up. • In the 'ladies' divistoat Ruth Orien's And Vicki teams are oat on top. Mrs. Wild is playing AMP for • the first year and is doling an excellent job. With One mere week of regular play the positions of the teams could Change and the two top teams will "play-off Dec. 22: The Provincial Ladies filay-down' for Division Three took place in Darham last week. Representing the Wingham club were Mary Williams, Vicki' Wild, Marilyn Wood and Marlene Leedham. The ladies went back tothe competition on the second day but were put out by the Belmore rink by a score of 12-8. In the men's division, the teams of Ranula and Bateson seem to be on top at the present time, Mike Shepperd , from Leamington who is new to the club this year, played vice on a team composed of Bob Kirkup, Brian Fritg and Dave Riekenback. Mike was 4,5),-,013)4t3,441; 4430,14,-104" pleased' they were '00.Iftt .'direri, 'all in a cash mnspiel held recently in Harriston; Dr. Jack nil3m ,reported that a teanconnposed of Dr. Mel Corrin,' Dr. Phil Leahy (formerly of Teetwsterl and Dr. Don 'Merer ,Of 40Weti Sound piaged . third in the first, flight .,4,1: . medical bonspiel .held freeently in Windsor Dr. McKim skipped the team and Dr. Treleaven had. a , team in also. • Muriel ,GrUntinett, Club Manager, reported there is lots of actiyity et the club from now until' Cluistnias. Almost every night is booked with Christi -nes parties, but the ice is available Tuesday night for anyone who wants to have a curling party. The New Year's Eve tickets are going quicklY, but some are still available at the club house, as are tickets for the New Yer's Day levee. Levee tickets are also available at the town clerk's office, Shirley's House off Fashion and the Triangle Discount. GRANT COULTES, skip,.inspected a shot by Marilyn Bridge at Country Curlers Mon- day afternoon. Most days at the curling club are filled with activity, with- ladies', men's, industrial teams and the. Country Curlers taking to the ice. Recreation Report BY RENNIE ALEXANDER Rec. Director You may have wondered what all -the commotion is about:at the Josephine Street ball park. Well, after years of repairing, patching and revamping, the bleachers finally have been con- demned: The recreation boafd is , hoping td replace them by next spring. Remeinber, there is free public skating at the Lockridge Memorial Arena this Saturday, thanks to the Wingham Busitiess Associa- tion.. During the Christmas school break there ,will be public skating at the arena Dec. 24, 1:30-3:30; Dec. 26, 11:30-1:30; Dec. 27, 6:30- 8:00; Dec. 29, 1:30-3:30; Dec. 31, 1:30-3:80; Jan. 2, 2:00- 4:00andJan. 3,6:30-8:00. Anyone wishing to rent the arena for family skating, a class party, shinney hockey or whatever should contact the recreation department. JC euchre Seven tables were in play Saturday at a euchre party sponsored by the Wingham Jimior Citizens for the seniors. Winnrs were Herb Clayton, high white card; Paul Good, low white card; Mary Armstrong, high pink card, and Mary Lewis, low pink card. Verena Bone won the tally card draw. Paul Good declined his prize and it was given to George Grigg. Bridge scores Two couples tied for first place, ' Jean Hodgins and 'Harley Crawford,. Jim Alcorn and Kae Forgie. 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