HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-08-16, Page 7THE WINTHROP CO-ED SLO PITCH TOURNAMENT took place first base as the ball is thrown wide in the "B" Final game of the
this weekend for the third consecutive year. as the major fun- tournament, in which the Finlayson Flyers trounced the Crude
draiser for the Winthrop park. Seen here is Jim.Fmlayson making Oilders 9-0. Corbett photo
A CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL - The Dams buried the Party Animals bra 19-1 score in the
A final at the Winthrop Co-ed tournament Sunday. Seen here a Party Animal tries to get
back to second base as the Dams' second baseman retrieves a fumbled ball. Corbett
photo .
A SWING AND A MISS - A Dams batsman
gets sucked in by a Party Animal pitch in
the A Final at the Winthrop Co-ed ball tour-
nament on the weekendThe Dams ended
up winning the game by a handy 19-1
score. Corbett photo
JANICE CAIRNS of the Finlayson Flyers flies into first base a split second after the
Crude Oilers first baseman gels the ball in his glove. Corbett photo.
THE DAMS SHORTSTOP makes it look
easy as he snags a line drive from a Party RACE FOR THIRD - Finlayson Flyer's shortstop Brett Finlayson chases down a runner
Animal's bat. Corbett photo. who tries to take second base. Corbett photo,
Ladies softball
The last game of the season for the
Ladies Industrial Softball League was
played on Tuesday, August 8, 1989.
The KIDS KLOZE KILLERS gave up a
win to the COMMERCIAL with a 19.12
score, Nancy Gridzak hit two doubles and
,Lynn Devereaux, Susan Middegaal and
Leanne McKay each hit one.
players enter playoff series
The second game of the evening was a
close one with -the QUEENS being the
victors over COOPS, eight runs to seven.
Hitting for the winners were Mary-ann
Van Stone with two doubles and Mary
Margaret Nash with one.
Records for the season were: Commer-
cial - 11 wins, 3 lossegs, 0 ties for 22 pts;
Coops - 11 wins, 4 losses, 0 ties for 18
pts; Queens - 4 wins, 9 losses, 1 tie for 9
pts; and KKK - 3 wins, 10 losses, 1 tie for
7 pts.
Playoffs start on August 15. The first
place and third place, teams will play the
early game and second and fourth ,place
teams will,play late., .tBoth series . are the
best two out •of three.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 16 1989 7A
Merchants begin OBS► pl•aydowns
The Seaforth Merchants Senior Mens
baseball team ended its regular season play
with a win on Sunday . The Merchants down-
ed Walkerton 19.6.
Graham Nesbitt went three innings on the
mound for the Seaforth team, allowing three
runs 'on five hits, and recording three walks
and three strike outs. Darren Crocker pitch-
ed three innings of his own, allowing two
runs on three hits, and walking two batters
and striking out two. Scott Driscoll pitched
two innings, allowing no runs on one hit,
walking one batter and striking out three,
and John Wilson pitched one inning, allow-
ing one run on one hit, walking two batters
and striking out one.
Walkerton scored three runs in the second
inning, two in the fourth and one in the ninth
inning.
Seaforth scored one run in each of the
first, third, fourth and fifth innings, added
another four in the sixth, two in the seventh
and three in the eighth, to secure the win,
Dave Garrick led the Merchants in hit-
ting, counting four times at the plate. Bill
Dale and Nesbitt each had two hits, and Joe
Aubin, Don Turney, Driscoll, Darryl O'Con-
nell and Ray Anstett contributed one hit
each.
Seaforth r, av valke„ save,
struck out i, P, •
and left 14 m
Walkr-'-t
struck ou i
and left 14 inert on bast'
The Mer .nts are now im•nlved in a he,r
of three GdA playdown a,'a1n`
Result r r Tuesdr. ' •
at press but game twu r -t•
Seaforth Thursday at 6.1i1
will be player' u. 1•,>:ete
"This wasn't too bad a game for being th'
last game of the regular season althour'
made too mangy' r -cors ,arh
Marc Robi'
"We ju,, ter an
win. It's phi •o play
good, sr .d b..., ,t; gond
defense, time] hit; i , n' at th,
plate ani Mood pttc h,nk Anu wi
in the game mentally W' get
pumped up and want to win takt'
everything we've got to beat them. T-ev'rt•
a great ball team, and would I ' „ther
shot at the All (ynta i, ' ,,,u1 U ORA
championship."
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Sto Columban U1174 finish firzt
ATOM '1
On Monday, August 7 the St. Columban
Atom Is played Grand Bend and lost by the
score of 4-3. Scott Van Dooren, Marc- Van
Dooren and Gary Van Bakel were the
goalscorers for St. Columban while Scott
Van Dooren and Pat Coyne shared goalten-
ding duties.
This was the last regular season game for
the Atom Is and with this loss their record
falls to 6 wins - 4 losses - 2 ties, good enough
for fourth place in the 11 team Atom division
of the Lucan and District soccer league. The
Atom Is' preliminary round of the playoffs
is set for tonight, Wednesday, August 16
against Lucan I in St. Columban. Game time
is 7 p.m.
. ATOM II
The Atom IIs season's record rose to 10
wins - 2 losses on Monday, August 7 when
Arva forfeited their game to St. Columban.
The Atom IIs finished in third place in the
league and will host Lucan II in Dublin
tonight, August 16, at 7 p.m. Both Atom
teams will travel to Coldstream for the
Championship Tournament on Saturday,
August 19. Atom players are reminded that
uniforms are to'be handed in at the conclu-
sion of the tournament.
UNDER 17
The, St. Columban U-17 lost their final
game of the season to Grand Bend by the
score of 3-1. Jim O'Reilly scored St. Colum -
ban's lone goal. St. Columban finished the
season in first place with a 10 win - 2 loss
record. TheU-17s now get ready for their
championship tournament to be held in
Grand Bend on August 26.
SQUIRTS
The St. Columban Squirts won their
.preliminary playoff game 5-0 on Thursday,
0
THE
August 10 in Dublin against Ildertor: Ayer)
Van Doore' tallie twine while Brian
Eckert o MI: nd Jared Murray
all ereu on' Dan., O'Reilly registered
the snu -out. This win put the squirts into the
"A" division of the championship tourna-
ment in Bryanston on Saturday, August 12.
ST. COLUMBAN 4 EXETER 112
The Squirts' first opponent of the day in
that tournament was Exeter Il. St, Colum -
ban beat them 4-2. Ryan Van'Dooren notch-
ed two goals for the Squirts while Keegan
Teichert and Jared Murray scored one
each. This win put the St. Columban Squirts
into the "A" semi-finals against unbeaten
Nairn I.
NAIRN 1 3 - ST. COLUMBAN 2
St. Columban Squirts fell behind quickly
in this game, trailing 2-0 at the half. The se-
cond half saw St. Columban start taking the
play to Nairn and midway through the half
Ryan Van Dooren scored to bring the
Squirts within one goal. Minutes later Jared
Murray tied the game with a nice shot into
the corner of the net.
The rest of the game was back and forth
with each team playing their hardest. It was
in the dying minutes of the game in a Scram-
ble in front of St. Columban's net that Nairn
I scored the winning goal.
St. Columban Squirt team members are:
Daniel O'Reilly, Julie O'Rourke, Jason
Anstett, Gregory Devries, Katie Murray,
Ryan Van Dooren, Brian Eckert, Curtis
Murray, Kyle Bennewies, Keegan Teichert, •
Jeff Murray, Tricia Jansen, 'Shawn Van
Loon, Nicole Munro, Jared Murray, Bradley
Murray, Randy Van Bakel and Sandy Van
Loon. Squirt coaches are Rudy and Judy
Jansen, Marg Van Baker, Karl Teichert and
Neil Murray.
REEKS
by Carolanne Doig
Doi.! finishes fourth
I'd like to be able to say that the
reason there was no golf column last
week was because I wanted to give all
you golfers time to digest the most abus-
ed rules in time for the big written test.
Wrong!! I just didn't have time. First of
all it was the long weekend, and I do
mean long. We had couples night on the
Friday and. our couple's invitation on the
Saturday. Then with brother Ian playing
so well at Lookout Point in Fonthill we
did the gallery thing on Sunday. So a
whole week has slipped by bringing
autumn golf much closer.
Along with the results of the local
course's events this week I'll tell you a
bit about the exciting finish to the On-
tario Open last week. Ian had played well
all week and each night called us to let
us know his standing. He was enjoying
the Lookout Point course and playing
steady gold. We had anticipated going
down if he made the cut regardless of his
standing as it was the perfect opportunity
to see this famous golf course and some
Of Canada's finest young professional
golfers. In addition it had been some
years since the Ontario Open had been
held. This year it was started up again in
memory of Canadian golfing great
George Knudson who died earlier this
year from cancer.
On Saturday night Ian called to say he
was 1 shot off the lead and would be
playing in the final group on Sunday tee-
ing off at 12 noon. We arranged for
passes and early Sunday morning headed
to Fonthill, near St. Catherines.
Everything was going according to
schedule until we hit the QEW heading
for Niagara. Needless to say with it being
the long weekend, it was bumper to
bumper. We kept one eye on the road
and one eye on the clock and knew that
he had hit his drive and we were still
knee deep in traffic. By the time we ar-
rived at Fonthill, parked the car and ac-
quired a much needed map of the course,
Ian's group had teed it up on number 4.
Once we got our bearings he was easy
to locate. There was a considerable
gallery following his group which includ-
ed the leader Mike Bradley from Tampa,
Florida. Ian had birdied a hole to put
hire to -7 but Bradley had gone birdie,
birdie, birdie to go to -10. The next 14
holes consisted of nail biting, finger
crossing, eye covering, cheers, moans,
sighs, and lots of huffing and puffing as
the gallery trekked over the rugged
Niagara Escarpment landscape wishing
their favourite golfer on.
During the round there was ample time
to enjoy the scenery, the good weather,
and chat with friends and acquaintances
who had come to watch and cheer for
Ian. The golf course was ,absolutely
breathtaking. 'The course was in excellent
condition and it's such a tight course that
the players had to play their best to be
rewarded. The greet. • .,rs., the fair-
ways narr•uv 'nc r;ust' wind, kept
everyone
Looko: „ i dur-
ing the ear, un roll-
ing land or the Niagara
Escarpment point of
the property u .,bar„ raver, and the
mists of Niagara Falls can be seen in the
distance. Lake Ontario can be seen 1'
left and Lake Erie to tip •igh' Tue golf
course was designed bi' v e 1 Travis
a renowned 1.n",' • e ' nitect
who said that Lou,...ue the
best golf course this stun the Atlantic
Ocean. Many of Ott, world's greatest
golfers have played the course and it's
reputation for beauty and difficulty con-
tinues to attract golfers from all over.
Walter Hagen once made the comment
that you had to be a mountain goat to
play the course and Ben Hogan came se-
cond in the North American Long Drive
Contest held at Lookout in 1937. The $25
Hogan won for his second place finish is
reputedly his first professional winnings.
Two clubhouses have been destroyed by
fire and the present clubhouse is an im-
posing sight sitting high on the hill
overlooking 1,10 and 18.
On the Sunday of the Ontario Open
many fans followed the golfers over the
rugged terrain, We, of course, were with
Ian's group every step of the way. Dur-
ing the round he made three birdies, and
three bogeys to leave him at even par
and give him a fourth place finish, four
shots behind Mike Bradley. Ian had
bogeyed two par fives that really were
birdie holes. This proved to be his demise
that day. However, he certainly gave the
gallery their money's worth as he made
some spectacular saves to keep him in
contention. He didn't hit many greens in
regulation on Sunday but his touch as he
chipped and putted kept us all on edge
but hanging in there to the end. Bradley
had some problems but managed to keep
his composure and hold onto the lead.
Coming to the 18th tee and looking up
the hill to an elevated green and above
that the huge clubhouse and cheering
gallery proved to be an exciting finish to
the day. Ian's fourth place finish, $4,500
earnings, and steady play gave him a
real boost in confidence as he prepares
now for the CPGA at Glencoe Golf Club
in Calgary beginning August. 17. We'll
keep you posted.
AO Locally...
After the exciting weekend of couple's -
play the Ontario Open and more it was
back to reality for the rest of the week.
The golf course was hopping and here
are the results.
Couple's Invitation:
'Winners Judy and Charlie Hunter, -Kin-
cardine, 157. Turn to page 8A •