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The Citizen, 2007-09-13, Page 8SportsPAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. By Ellen Jefferson Meeting five of the Wawanosh Powerful Players was held on Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Belgrave park. President, Madison MacLean, opened the meeting with the pledge and led roll call. Mary Ellen Foran led the discussion about the difference and the responsibilities of sport officials. Ellen Jefferson demonstrated the difference between objective and subjective decisions officials make. She had members judge Reba Jefferson, Jillian Martin and Madison MacLean walking on a skipping rope with style (subjective) and judge whether the ball landed in or about (objective). Officials must make quick decisions to keep the game moving. Sophie Jefferson passed out an activity and couch potato indicator that members had to fill out to see how much time they spent doing physical activities, rather than being a couch potato. Fortunately, most members had more points for the physical activity section. Tina Drennan, Meagan and Melissa Higgins, and Maisy Jefferson ran a game of flag football. Meagan led the stretches, and Maisy and Tina led warm-up activities. Tina divided up the teams and taught the members how to play. It was the Red Rovers against the Violenators. It ended with Carrie Logtenberg scoring a final touchdown for the Violenators, making it a tie. The next meeting will be on Sept. 13 at the Auburn Missionary Church for a game of volleyball. ChildFind was the recipient of this year’s Londesborough Angels charity baseball tournament. Games began on Friday night in both Auburn and Londesborough baseball diamonds as teams competed in a friendly game of baseball. Terry Smith from ChildFind began the game with the opening pitch at the Londesborough diamond. All day Saturday teams came and went as the semi-finals and final games arrived. Winning the A championship was the Lucky 13 team with the Tator Tots a close second. All nine teams made it a memorable and charitable weekend by donating their winnings back to ChildFind putting the total to $1,630. 4-Hers discuss couch potatoes The Ethel euchre was held on Monday, Sept. 3 with 11 1/2 tables in play. Winners were: share the wealth, Isabelle Craig, Olive Little; high, Hilda Holmes, Allan Edgar; lone hands, Edna McLellan, Eileen Mann; low, Beryl Smith, Keith Turnbull. Tally winners were Florence Holmes, Bush Whittard, Marguerite Beirnes, Grace Stewart, Shirley Verstoep, Marion Harrison, Myrna Burnett, John Subject, Bill Craig, Jean McNaughton, Earl McNaughton, Leota Thompson, Verna Crawford and Dorothy Martin. The next euchre will be held on Monday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. Nice pick-up To kick off this year’s Londesborough Angels charity tournament, the Tall Oaks took on the Dinner Club last Friday night. The weather was cold, windy and rain was on the way, but everyone was out playing hard for this year’s charity, ChildFind Ontario. (Shawn Loughlin photo) Strike! Terry Smith, education and volunteer development co- ordinator for ChildFind Ontario, had the honour of throwing out the first pitch last Friday to open this year’s Londes- borough Angels charity tournament. ChildFind was this year’s charity as the teams took the field Sept. 7 and 8, raising money for the cause. 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We offer START TO FINISH Bathroom Renovations There were 17 out for seniors golf competition and lunch at the Wingham golf course on Wednesday. The format this week was Hi- Low Partners with the top half low handicaps paired with one of the higher handicaps by random draw made by golf operations manager Dave Meriam. By using the red tees on holes two, three and seven the length of competition was decreased by 150 yards. More than one golfer found the red tees on number three brought the maple trees in play. Many a ball bounced off a tree making for a difficult second shot. There was a real battle for top spot. The team of Bob Johnston and Bill Brown were the winners with a combined score of 88. One shot behind with a total of 89 were Ray Walker and newcomer Harry George. In third spot with a total of 96 was the team of Roly Kaufman and Glenn McMichael. Garfield Lawrence won the award for the longest putt on number six and Roly Kaufman had good iron control and won the award for closest to the pin on number two. It was interesting that no one was able to par the seventh hole from the red ties. Two birdies were recorded both by Bob Johnston on holes two and nine. *** Numbers were down for Wednesday men’s with only 11 on hand. Don Rae won the low gross with a 39. There was a tie for low net between Trevor Machan and Mark Underwood. Jason LeRoux had the only birdie of the night with a two on the fourth hole. Pin awards were won by Zack O’Krafka on number two and Don Rae on number eight. *** Nights are getting shorter, so there were only 18 out for Thursday men’s golf. Bill Robinson won low gross with a 40 with Teeswater’s Dave Gamble’s 43 good for second low gross. Nice to see some new names taking some of the awards as Russ Danbrook won the award for closest to the pin on number four and Gerry Edwards sinking the longest putt on number eight. Winner of the hidden score award was John Nicholson. *** The course crew, with Bruce Pewtress at the helm, have certainly been busy. Have you seen the additional tees on holes one, two, four, seven, eight and nine? With constant watering most seem to have a good catch of grass. Gone is the sand trap behind the seventh hole as it has been replaced by a berm. Did you notice the berm behind number eight has disappeared as the soil was used for the foundation of the new tee on number two? *** The fall fundraising barbecue sponsored by the curlers, will be held on Sept. 23. Tickets are available from the curlers or the pro shop. Short Putts – By Bill Johnston 11 1/2 tables at Ethel euchre