The Citizen, 2007-07-19, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007. PAGE 7.
Heading for the top
Ten-year-old Wyatt Ducharme, in his first year
with the Drayton team he is currently playing
with, is leading the team in points. He is just
back from a stellar performance at the Toronto
Cup, where his team made it to the semi-finals,
but lost out to North York. Ducharme said it was
a great experience and he’d love to go back as
he keeps his aspirations high. He hopes to play
soccer for Canada one day. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
Canada’s poor performanceat the recent FIFA U-20World Cup, of which they
were the host nation, has not
deterred one young Brussels
player from dreaming of
turning it all around one
day.
Wyatt Ducharme, 10,
currently competed in the
Toronto Cup where his team,
Drayton (Ducharme also
plays for Brussels) came
away with a record of 2-2,
with a tough loss to North
York in the semi-finals.
Despite the loss, Ducharme
says he hopes to one day be a
part of the Canadian soccer
team, or perhaps Toronto’s
new Major League Soccer
squad, Toronto FC (Football
Club).The trip down to Torontowas perfect for a soccer fan,Ducharme says, as U-20World Cup games were goingon at the National Soccer
Stadium. The city hosted
several different age
divisions, where teams from
all over the world competed.
Ducharme said the whole
tournament was a great
experience and that he
couldn’t have had more fun.
He said the level of
competition was much higher
than he was used to, but in the
end, the Drayton team
couldn’t compete with teams
that spend the winter months
playing indoor soccer, when
Brussels kids are playing
hockey.
One of the highlights of the
tournament for Ducharme,
was marching in the soccerparade alongside skilledplayers from all over theworld; he mentions inparticular a team fromAustralia they got to meet.
Although at his young age,
there were no international
teams in competition due to
costs, some of the older
tournaments saw teams from
all over the world make the
trip to Toronto to compete.
Drayton’s opponents were
situated around the Greater
Toronto Area. They won their
first game against North York
by a score of 3-2, lost their
second to Oakville, 4-3, won
their third against South York
6-0 and eventually lost their
semi-final rematch with
North York 3-2.
Ducharme currently boasts
the highest points total on the
Drayton team, in just his firstyear with the squad. In thethird game of the tournamentalone, he had two goals andseveral assists in the team’s 6-0 romp over South York.
However, while scoring
goals is fun, Ducharme says
he aspires to higher
competition, which is what
made the Toronto Cup so
exhilarating for him.
He looks forward to the
years ahead. He plans to stay
with Drayton and as the team
rises in divisions, hopefully
more visits to Toronto for the
tournament will come with
the territory, leading to
matches against international
teams.
He is already looking
ahead to next season, as a U-
11, and his second year with
Drayton.
Brussels youth competes in Toronto Cup
Londesborough seemed to
be the place to be last
Saturday if yard sales interest
you. Overnight Friday a
larger-than-anticipated
number of households set up
tables. And all of us most
likely were surprised and
pleased at the number of
vehicles and folk who toured
around the village. Sellers
welcomed browsers and
collectors and enjoyed a
social time as well.
The majority of us called it
a morning before the rain
began in earnest close to the
noon hour.
All those who ended the
day with a little more jingle in
their pockets thank Marjorie
Duizer who had the
forethought to advertise this
village event in the local
papers.
Seventy euchre players or
17 1/2 tables thumbed their
noses at the superstitiousness
surrounding Friday, the 13th
and played cards at the
Londesborough Community
Hall last week. The event was
hosted by the Happy Gang
Seniors.
With 76 points, Joanne
MacDonald and Dorothy
Carter were declared the
winners at the end of card
playing. Just two points
separated them from the
second-place winners,
Marjorie and Dorothy
Wundell. Three couples,
Murray and Marlene Forbes,
Thelma Deveau and Doris
Laidlaw and Clarence and
Adeline Chamney, shared the
third-place money.
Four couples split the most
lone-hands prize having
successfully played five, Eric
and Kathy Driscoll, Dorothy
Airdrie and Pearl Mason, Ray
and Shirley Gilders and Stuart
and Lois Chamney.
The seniors group will host
another card party on Aug.
10.
What a kick
It’s all for fun as the Blyth U-6 soccer players
take to the fields to learn the skills and rules of
the game while enjoying some competitive fun.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
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Full house
Friday the 13th was no deterrent for card
enthusiasts as 17 1/2 tables of players turned
out to the Happy Gang Seniors card party in
Londesborough on July 13. (Vicky Bremner photo)
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