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Ironwood recognized in magazine Panthers basketball
By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — "A friendly,
playable course," is how
Gib Dow Sr. describes
Ironwood Golf Course,
which he started in 1965
and was recently recog-
nized in "Golf Digest"
magazine as one of the
best values in golfing.
Dow and his son Gib
Jr. own the 100 -acre
course which expanded
from nine to 18 holes in
1991.
The Dows said they
didn't know the course
was being evaluated.
"We're all recreational
golfers," said Gib Sr.
"There is nothing worse
than being frustrated on
your day off."
He adds that difficult
courses make longer
rounds and Ironwood
tries to keep rounds to
four or four and a half
hours.
Ironwood director of
golf Karen Pfaff said the
course is in impeccable
condition because of the
efforts of Gib Sr. every
day over the past 40
years.
Pfaff said "We're very
surprised to get the rat-
ing. It's a big honour
since it's not just
Canada."
Pfaff was hired four
years ago as the director
of golf, a position which
the course didn't have
previously and the job
has grown since she was
Value recognized — From left, Holly, Gib Jr., Barb and Gib Dow Sr., along with
Ironwood director of golf Barb Pfaff, recently celebrated the recognition of Ironwood
Golf Course as one of the best course values in "Golf Digest" magazine. (photo/Pat Bolen)
hired.
Pfaff said she oversees
the leagues and member
services and added an
Ironwood website two
years ago.
The Dows said the
course draws much of its
business from London
and with an industry
standard of a 45 -minute
radius for customers,
Ironwood is over the
standard.
They add that cus-
tomers come not just for
golf but also for the patio
which is open to every-
one, not just golfers.
The course was award-
ed the recognition not for
anything in particular
but for the overall pack-
age it offers, which Gib
Sr. said comes from
being 40 years in busi-
ness.
Improvements that
have been made recently
at the course are paved
pathways as well as all-
weather carts equipped
with GPS.
When the course
opened, Gib Sr. said
golfers didn't play in bad
weather but now they
will play in the rain
although not when it is
cold.
The course participates
in several community
fundraisers every year
and yesterday (Tuesday)
Ironwood saw its 100
holes of golf in a day for
Parkinson's fundraiser.
"Once they play here,
they're hooked," said Gib
Sr.
"We build a relation-
ship and they become
friends."
EXETER — The South
Huron District High
School Panthers junior
girls basketball team
split their doubleheader
at Stratford Central Sept.
29.
The Panthers won
their opener against the
host Rams 40-25 but lost
to the St. Anne's Eagles
34-40.
The Rams proved to be
the Panthers' toughest
league opponent yet, as
the score read 20-12 at
the half.
Great hustle and
opportunistic steals in
the second half helped
the Panthers pull away,
especially in the fourth
quarter.
In their second game
the Panthers found
themselves locked in a
seesaw battle with a
vastly improved St.
Annes' Eagles team.
The Panthers
appeared to be in con-
trol at the half leading
22-16, but the Eagles
reversed things in the
second half outscoring
the Panthers 24-13.
In the fourth quarter
the Eagles went on a six
to nothing run from
which the Panthers
could not recover despite
a valiant effort in which
two of their starters
fouled out.
Panther's coach Russ
Watson said it was a
great day with lots of
exciting, hard fought
basketball played.
The Panthers will take
the lessons learned and
apply them against
league leading St. Mikes
when they host the
Warriors today
(Wednesday).
Irish lose 5-3 to Stars
LUCAN — The
Lucan Irish dropped a
pair of 5-3 games last
week with losses to
the North Middlesex
Stars and Exeter
Hawks.
The Irish hosted the
Stars Oct. 1 and took
a 1-0 lead 25 seconds
into the game on a
goal by Tyler Medd.
It was all Stars for
the rest of the period
though as the visitors
scored three times for
a 3-1 lead going into
the second period.
Lucan tied it with
goals from Chris Read
and Dustin McTaggart
for a 3-3 game going
into the fmal period.
The Stars took over
again though with a
pair of goals as they
went three for four on
the man -advantage
and outshot Lucan
22-17.
Lucan has one game
this week when they
host Mt. Brydges
tonight (Wednesday)
at 7:45 p.m.
Exeter Hawks shutout Lambeth Lancers 5-0
Loose puck — Exeter Hawk
battles Lucan Irish PatrickVan
night at the South Huron Rec
Hawks defeated the Irish 5-3.
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Justin Reid (left)
Boxmeer Friday
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EXETER — After
losing their home opener
to the Lucan Irish Sept.
26, the Exeter Hawks
evened the score Friday
night with a 5-3 win over
the visting Irish at the
South Huron Rec Centre.
The Hawks were in Mt.
Brydges Saturday night
and dropped a 4-0 game
to the Bulldogs but
rebounded with a 5-0
shutout in Lambeth
Sunday night.
Friday night against
Lucan, the Hawks took a
2-0 lead in the first peri-
od on goals from
Brandon Dymond and
Scott
Muirhead
before Jeff
Boyd cut the
lead to 2-1
with a Lucan
goal at 19:00.
Jake Jeffrey
restored the
Exeter two -
goal lead at
2:39 of the
second period
but Lucan tied
the score with
goals from Thomas
Henry and Zack Yeo
before the period was
over.
Two goals from Steve
Gingerich for the Hawks
in the third put the game
away for a 5-3 Exeter
win.
Exeter outshot the Irish
41-32 with three power
play goals on 11 chances
while Lucan was one for
14 on the power play.
Saturday night the
Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead
in the first period and
added another goal in
the next two periods for
the 4-0 win.
Sunday night in
Lambeth, the Hawks took
a 1-0 lead in the first on
a goal from Jeff
Mathonia before tak
ing over in the second
period.
Exeter scored three
from Muirhead,
Kenny Allen and
Brandon Babbage for
a 4-0 lead.
Babbage added his
second of of the game
in the third period to
complete the 5-0
Exeter win.
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