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Inauguration
The Blyth Squirts were the first team on the new soccer
field built behind the Blyth and District Community Centre,
July 15. Though their opponent didn't show, an inter-
squad game christened the field.
Mite-y runner
A member of the Brussels Mites tries to leg it out, but can't beat the throw to first base as
the Wallace player grabs the ball for the out. The game, which was played in Brussels on
July 17, was one in the loss column for the home team.
Bright and early on Saturday
morning, the Brussels Barracudas
travelled to the Seaforth Lions Pool
for their third swim meet of the
summer. The cold morning air in
Seaforth almost convinced the team
to pack up and return to bed, but
the Barracudas toughed it out an(
swam to a seventh place finish with
69 points.
On this day, the team consisted
of Drew Thomas, Jessica Spink,
Katie Aitchison, Rachel Elliott,
Candice Ross, Richard Goetz,
Aaron Richmond, Michelle DeWit,
Brittany Kellington, Matt Elliott,
Eileen Exel, Amy Ross, Assistant
Coach Patricia Bonsma, and Coach
Jay Hahn. Swimming with the
Barracudas for the first time were
new team members Mary Ann
Aitchison and Amy Douma.
Once the swim meet was
underway, the cold air was
forgotten and the focus of the
Barracudas changed to swimming,
with the team quickly scoring 20
points in the medley relays. With
Douma swimming backstroke,
DeWit swimming breaststroke,
Matt Elliott swimming butterfly,
and Kellington swimming freestyle,
the team started the day with an
impressive second place finish in
the 11 and 12-year-old medley
relay. This excellent performance
was followed by another second
place finish by the open boys relay
team of Exel swimming
backstroke, Amy Ross swimming
breaststroke, Hahn swimming
butterfly and Bonsma swimming
freestyle.
In her first competitive race,
Mary Ann Aitchison swam to a
fourth place finish in the girls' eight
and under 33m freestyle. Goetz
repeated his performance of last
week, swimming to a sixth place
finish in the nine and 10-year-old
backstroke.
The team's other ribbons from the
individual races came from coach
Hahn, who swam to fourth place
finishes in both breaststroke and
butterfly. Another swimmer of note
was Richmond, who swam in the
nine and 10-year-old 33m butterfly
race for the first time, narrowly
missing sixth place.
Though the team did not place in
many of the individual races, the
Barracudas dominated the freestyle
relays, and rendered their coach
voiceless in the process. The four
Brussels relay teams swam so well
that by the end of the third relay,
Coach Hahn had cheered his lungs
out and could no longer speak.
Leading off the relays was the team
of Mary Ann Aitchison, Richmond,
Goetz, and Thomas. The team
swam a spectacular race and came
from behind for a second place
finish.
Immediately following, the girls
nine and 10-year-old team of
Candice Ross, Katie Aitchison,
Elliott, and Spink gave a
tremendous effort to match the
boys second place finish.
The 11 and 12-year-old teamof
DeWit, Kellington, Matt Elliott and
Douma stroked to a third place
finish, as did the open boys team of
Exel, Amy Ross, Bonsma, and
Hahn.
The team will continue practising
this week and on Saturday they will
swim at their final warmup meet in
Clinton. The Barracudas will then
start training for the Inter-County
Swim Association Finals, which
will be held in Mitchell on
Saturday, Aug. 10.
Tykes' Cook
smashes triple,
homerun
It was a tough game for the Blyth
Blue Jay Tykes, travelling to Col-
borne and bringing home a 23-18
loss, July 15.
It was a well-played game by
both teams with several Blyth play-
ers contributing to the close score.
On the offense, Justin Ritchie hit
a double and Darcey Cook smashed
a triple and a home run. Several
singles were added by the rest of
the squad.
Defense was also tops with Eric
Caldwell making a good play at
second, Emily Urquhart deflecting
a ball to Anthony Peters for an out
at third and Brittney Peters nabbing
an out at the same corner.
Brussels U9s
blank Elma
Taking advantage of strong net-
minding by Eric Van Veen and
Cory Chapman, the Brussels 2 U9
Squirt soccer team blanked the vis-
iting Elma squad, July 15.
Matthew White had his sights set
perfectly, blasting the ball between
the posts six times. Van Veen
added to the total with one of his
own.
Blyth Minor Hockey
July Monthly Draw
Winners
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