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Local athletes make 2005 a year of champions
By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — Local ath-
letes competed at a high
level in many types of
sport in the area and were
rewarded with several
championships in 2005.
Here then is the Times -
Advocate year in sport.
January...
The South Huron Novice
open 2005 by winning the
Kincardine Silverstick to
advance to the
International tournament
in Michigan...Panther girls
Jets 3-2 in game one of
playoffs...Irish push for
first with wins over Hawks
a n d
Thamesford... Sherwo ods
eliminate Monkton to
advance to second
round...SHDHS junior
boys basketball team wins
44-22 over St.
Anne's...Jets down 2-1 to
Durham...Hawks even
first round series against
Mitchell at one win
apiece...South Huron
Minor Baseball
Association receives
Trillium grant for Alvin
Lucknow...Hawks honour
retiring general manager
John Rasenberg at ban-
quet...Panther girls open
rugby season with 15-0
win over Madill...SHDHS
volleyball player Reid
Halpenny going to
Canadian championship
with Forest City Green
team...Former Exeter
Hawk Adam Hartman fin-
ishes year with
Midwestern Junior B
champions Listowel
Cyclones.
May...
South Huron Midget C
The Lucan Ilderton Jets claimed the Senior 'A' title in five games April 16 in Lucan
with a 3-0 win over Lucknow. Front L -R: Ben Greig, Shaun Fairweather,Todd
Hunt, Matt McFarlane, Bill Byers, Marc Williams, Brady Kjeldgaard,Andy Marshall,
Craig Black, Greg Henderson, Bob Grant,Adam Thompson, Mark Phillips, Steve
Matthews. Back: assistant coach Glen Marshall, Corey Smith, trainer Glenn Silver,
Jason Wilson, Ben Dobbie, Chad Lambourn, Dave Riddell, Rob Silver, Mike
Jaremchenko, Mike Vandeven, Roy Davis, Jeff Campbell, Scott Phillips, general man-
ager Rob Andrews and coach Ed Robb. (file photo)
hockey team loses in finals
of London Aquinas tour-
nament in
December...Exeter Hawks
are edged 4-3 by
Mitchell...Lucan Irish lose
twice to Lambeth...Zurich
Buckeyes and Hensall
Sherwoods replay 1984
South Huron Hockey
L e a g u e
championship...Hensall
Sherwoods edge Lucan-
Ilderton Jets 3-2...Minor
Midgets win Forest 'A'
championship... Hawks hit
stride with two
wins...Former Exeter
Hawk Jeff Campbell
selected to East Coast
Hockey league all-star
team...Irish win 6-1 over
Thamesford... South
Huron senior boys basket-
ball team defeats Central
Huron 67-61...
February...
SHDHS junior girls vol-
leyball team wins
Dorchester
tournament...Jets to open
playoffs against Durham
Thundercats... Zurich's
Shawn Gillespie takes
over as general manager
of the London
Majors... Exeter synchro-
nized skating teams win
gold and silver in
Leamington...Hawks dou-
ble Thamesford 6-
3...Midget goalie Corey
Bilcke scores empty net
goal...Thundercats edge
Willert field lighting...Jets
eliminated from `AA' side
of playoffs...Irish up 2-0
on Bombers...Midget girls
lose 4-3 in International
Silverstick finals in
Sarnia...Exeter figure
skating celebrates 50
years.
March...
Hawks eliminated in six
games by
Mitchell...Bantams lead 2-
0 over Twin Centre in
0 M H A
semifinal... Sherwoods
down 3-2 to
Radars...Lakers up 2-1 on
Irish in
semifinals...Bluewater-
Zurich Skating Club holds
carnival...Monkton
Wildcats up 1-0 on
Jets...hish eliminated with
5-2 loss to West
Lorne...Ringette player
Melanie Smith -Lalonde
makes Team Ontario for
Nationals...Bantams
OMHA champions with 3-
1 win over
Ennismore...Zurich Novice
win OMHA Jacobi Division
with 3-2 win.
April...
Jets take on Lucknow in
`A' finals...Novice
Shamrock 'A' division
winners... Panther boys
win hockey tournament in
Stratford...Petite A Huron
Perth champions...Jets
win championship with 3-
0 win over
girls at provincials in
Mississauga...lawn bowler
Peter McFalls recognized
as volunteer of the year by
Ontario Lawn Bowls
Association...Lucan bowl-
ing league hands out
awards at
banquet...Exeter Juniors
open preseason with two
wins against
Strathroy...SHDHS boys
rugby teams in London
Cup...dart league holds
awards banquet...volun-
teers continue successful
rehabilitation clinic at
SHDHS...Hensall hockey
player Kenny Allen draft-
ed by Belleville
Bulls... Zurich Rangers
open season with 5-1 win
over Brussels.
June...
Exeter Express open
season with 3-1 loss to
Strathroy...Zurich peewee
girls pound Listowel 23-
9...Fury edged 1-0 by St.
Thomas in first game of
The South Huron Bantam Sabres claimed the OMHA title March 25 with a 3-1 win
over Ennismore to win the series 3-0. Back L -R: Lee Gibbings, KurtVan Osch, Justin
Reid, Colton Kerslake, Gavin Harburn, Shayne Mudge, Blair Parsons, Kay Weber, Jared
Green, Paul Overholt, Doug Geoffrey. Middle: Brett Overholt and Justin Anstett. Front:
Dave Geoffrey,Tim Burtch, Matt Kerslake Brett Oud and goalie Kyle Masse. photo/Pat
Bolen)
season...Robin Hammond
of Elimville to compete at
National High School
Rodeo finals in
Wyoming...Zurich YBC
hands out annual
awards... Shawn Morgan,
Kelly Cronyn, Leanne
Cronyn and Ben Willis -
Leake named as SHDHS
athletes of the year at
awards assembly...Fury
tie Benfica 1-1...Hawks
hire Dale Howard as gen-
eral manager and head
coach with assistants
Deryk Howard and Jeff
Finkbeiner...Zurich
Rangers win two games
against Brussels and
Goderich...Masters lose
three in a row...Exeter
skating volunteer Janice
Brock presented with
Elizabeth Swan Memorial
Award...Jason Heywood
named as Lucan Irish
coach...Express win 11-1
over St. Thomas...Crediton
junior girls split
games...93 people take
part in annual David
Daters Memorial Exeter
Iron Kids Triathlon.
July...
Exeter skaters at
Mariposa seminar in
Barrie...Helen Wasnidge
records hole -in -one at
Exeter Golf Course...Katey
Potter of Exeter wins gold
at Canadian National
Taekwondo champi-
onships in Edmonton...for-
mer Exeter resident
Douglas Sitter wins freed-
iving gold in
Ottawa...Exeter/Hensall
peewee girls 'C' champi-
ons at Invitational tourna-
ment in Exeter...Express
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The Exeter & District
Ringette Assoc. would like to
thank the following businesses
for their help in making our
Ron Ferguson Memorial
Tournament a Great success!
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• Dairy Queen • Kraft Foods
• Van Haarlem Construction
lose 12-3 to London
Bulls...Paul Pooley
assumes head coaching
role for Notre Dame
Fighting Irish hockey
team...Fury lose 2-0 to
Curinga...Crediton juniors
post wins over Dorchester
and Chippewa.
August...
Express defeat Lakeside
and Listowel...Zurich pee-
wees split games against
Usborne and St.
Marys... Bluewater tug-of-
war team dominates at
Canadian championships
in Grand Bend...Rangers
win 7-0...Fury advance to
Cup Final with 3-1 win
over Curinga...Colin and
Shirley McLuckie and
Peter and Gloria McFalls
win gold and bronze lawn
bowling medals at World
Masters Games in
Edmonton...Hawks hold
r o o k i e
camp...Exeter/Hensall
peewees Huron -Perth
finalists...Jets get ready
for second season...1,000
soccer players take part in
Challenge Cup in South
Huron...Juniors upset by
Mitchell in playoffs... Fury
lose two...Exeter skaters
at Summer Sizzle in
Woodstock...Exeter pitch-
er Terry Hogg ready for
second season at
Graceland University in
Iowa.
September...
Hensall mountain bikers
Nic Bruxer and Devon
Long take first and second
place in Ontario Cup rac-
ing series... Sherwoods
getting ready for new sea-
son under new general
manager Todd
McCann...Hawks roster
taking shape...Fury win 1-
0 over Marconi...Ringette
Promo Day at Stephen
arena...Express finish sec-
ond at OBAs in
Wallaceburg...Exeter pee-
wees Ontario champions
after winning tournament
in Courtwright...Exeter
Mosquitoes finish third at
OBA tournament in
Waterloo...Peter and
Gloria McFalls at
Canadian Mixed Pairs
lawn bowling champi-
onship in British
Columbia...Fury lose 2-0
to London
Portuguese...SHDHS
senior girls basketball
team hosts Invitational
tournament...Hawks split
games to open
season...SHDHS field
hockey team defeats St.
Anne's.
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