The Citizen, 1986-09-03, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986.
Blyth Inn wins Winthrop tournament
The Blyth Inn slopitch team
competed in the Winthrop Tourna
ment this past weekend and
captured the “A” championship.
Strong defence and timely hitt
ing enabled the team to win four
Blyth Pee Wees
cap season
with championship
BY GRANT ELLIOTT
On August 13, the Blyth Pee
Wee boys had the opportunity to
meet and finally play, against
Stanley Township. The earlier
match had been cancelled and
Blyth had not had an opportunity to
assess their competition.
This game, however, proved to
be an uneventual match as Blyth
went on to win with a score of 24 to
11. However, at this point, with the
Tournament coming up on the
August 16 weekend, Blyth had now
had an opportunity to play all
competitors in the League.
On August 16, at 9:00 a.m.,
Blyth again met Stanley Township
in the first game of the Tourna
ment. The winner of this game
would then advance to the “A”
round of the Tournament, and the
loser advance to the “B”.
A hard fought battle ensued
which saw Stanley Township Pee
Wee boys play excellent ball,
taking the lead 7 to 5 into the final
inning. The Blyth boys had their
work cut out for them if they were to
advance to the “A” round of the
tournament.
The Blyth boys persevered and
were successful in scoring four
runs in the bottom of the last inning
to take the victory 9 to 7. The
pitching was excellent for both
team s with Phillip Hubbard and
Ben Rathwell going head-to-head
for the entire game. This win put
Blythinthe “A” championship
round robin against Colborne
Township and finally Dungannon.
The contests between Colborne
throughout the summer had been
split, each team winning on the
oppositions field. It was felt that
Colborne would be difficult compe
tition. However, some excellent
pitching was displayed by Darryl
Elliott through seven innings with
excellent fielding and defensive
play by the entire team and the
score at the end of a lopsided game
was 19 to 1 for Blyth.
Blyth was now to advance
against Dungannon in what would
turn out to be the series final and a
must win game. Dungannon had
initially played Goderich Township
putting Goderich Township into
the “B” round of the tournament
and advancing themselves to the
“A”. Dungannon then played the
Colborne team which saw the
Colborne team comeback strong in
an attempt to improve their round
robin position. However, they
were not able to hold on and
Dungannon was successful in the
late innings of taking the victory
away from Colborne Township.
The final game was an exciting
contest which saw some excellent
baseball played by both teams both
offensively and defensively. Blyth
came on to win the championship
match 15 to 8, and thereby taking
the Township “A” Championship
Trophy.
Excellent batting was shown by
Troy Chambers, Craig Bauman,
Scott Cronin and Phillip Hubbard.
Special mention should go to Joel
Jenkins, David Hessels and Craig
Snell, all of whom had earlier
struggled with the bat but finally
came on to give timely hits when
necessary. One of which was a
home run by Joel Jenkins (doing it
his way).
Blyth Pee Wee boys would like to
take this opportunity to thank all
the fans who supported them
throughouttheyearand special
thanks to Tom Cronin for his
assistance in helping to coach the
boys to a winning season.
The officials of the Pee Wee Boys
Ball Tournament would like to
thank the umpires for a job well
done. The Blyth Pee Wee Ball
record for 1986 was nine wins, one
tie and one loss.
straight games. On Friday, Blyth
Inn defeated Stratford Huggies
Bears 8 to 4. On Saturday they won
12 to 4 over Brussels Optimists.
On Sunday, the Blyth Inn met
the Port Albert Bulldogs. The last
time these teams played the
Bulldogs defeated Blyth Inn to
eliminate them from the Blyth
tournament. However this time the
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Blyth Inn avenged the earlier loss
with a 13 to 6 victory.
In the “A” final the Blyth Inn
played Munroe. The Oddsmakers
had made Munroe heavy favour
ites. The fired up Blyth Inn team
had gone too far to be denied the
championship. The team made
several excellent defensive plays
and ended up winning 6 to 3. The
Blyth Inn celebrated by holding a
corn'roast and barbecue.
Team members are Dave Cook,
John Watson, Andy Lubbers, Al
Dekker, Gord Haggit, Wayne
McDougall, Derwin Carter, Larry
Howatt, Lonnie Whitfield, Gary
Courtney, Grant Elliott, Steve
Howson, Ken Stewart, Barney
Stewart and John Stewart.
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People around Cranbrook
Knox Church Sunday School will
re-open on Sunday, September 7
following summer vacation.
Congratulations are extended to
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Fretz who were
married August 16. We welcome
them to Cranbrook where they are
now residing in the home purchas
ed from Mrs. Gordon Engel.
Mr. and Mrs. Clare Veitch, their
daughter Mrs. Patrick Adams and
children Maureen and David,
attended the Henderson reunion
held in Rockton on August 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Angus Starr,
Alliston, visited Mr. and Mrs. Don
Cotton prior to Mrs. Cotton
entering University Hospital, Lon
don on September 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Burdett,
Waterloo, visited on August 24
with Mrs. Mac Engel.
Mrs. Bert van Donkersgoed and
daughter Christine of Guelph have
returned from an enjoyable two
week trip to Holland.
Miss Janet Veitch enjoyed a trip
to Newfoundland and visited on the
weekend with her family.
Mrs. Earl Dunn, Listowel, called
on former neighbours on Friday.
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