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The Citizen, 2006-03-16, Page 9In control A member of the Oilers controls the puck and looks to find an open teammate in the men's recreation hockey tournament championship game on Sunday. The Teeswater Oilers defeated Fergus Rangers 7-1. The tournament was held in Blyth throughout the weekend. (Vicky Bremner photo) LAWN QUESTIONS? Organic Programs 4121 Available ACCREDII ED Wecilvcah®, 524-2424 -Trust the Professionals - • 21.) 'Winona-If 0.3hap Make Your Own Beer, Wine, Coolers and Fruit Wirie (Orew here ar al homel) 241P 84 Kingston St., ' GODERICH 524-2323 0014 r • ait Pro-regIsliallts who attend recnive $10 off their next comput*/ urse at fOr Grit Ing NOWI Watch for posters, or call 523-9040, to find out game times for this Saturday or Sunday. The Centre For Employme row T114 FANSHAWE Learning COLLEGE Avon tlow Maitland The Centres for Employment & Learning in partnership with Fanshawe College are proud to deliver the following Certificate Programs: Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate Security Professionals — Level 1 Aesthetics and Nail Technician Certificate For details on course information delivery and other Fanshawe College On-line and Credit Courses join us at an INFORMATION SESSION: to be held at: Goderich: April 4, 2006 4 — 7 pm Exeter: April 6, 2006 4 — 7 pm Mitchell: April 12, 2006 4 — 7 pm Call Dianne Harrison to register for the Information Session 519.357.4995 ext. 14 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006. PAGE 9. The Belgrave Bonspiel was held March 4 with a full field of 76 teams. Some teams were filled with at least two curlers of "once-a-year skill" so the laughs were many and a good time was had by all. In the early, Huron Bay Co-op draw, the Lloyd Michie team went undefeated. Members of the winning team were Lloyd and Nancy Michie and Marion and Roy Taylor. Les Shaw picked up second prize with Maryon English of Cookstown in third spot. For the 11 a.m., Howson and Howson draw, the Fred Meier rink went undefeated for top spot. Members of the winning team were Fred and Linda Meier and Joyce and John Thompson. Murray McNichol captured second prize with the Ross Peacock rink in third spot. The Michie rink, with the higher point total, was declared overall winner. *** The Bantam mixed team coached by Jennifer Elston came close to qualifying to go to the regionals at Mount Forest. They lost their first game to Falconer of Vanastra then racked up four straight wins 11-2 over Thompson of Exeter, 13-6 over Forester of Wingham, 7-6 over Dickson of Palmerston and finally 7-6 over Konings of Listowel in a real thriller. Skip Kayla Bishop made an excellent shot in the eighth to get three for the win. However, the team bowed to Rundle of Exeter in the finals. The team included skip Kayla Bishop, The Blyth PeeWee Rep Bulldogs successfully completed their semi- final series, of the Ontario championships, against Embro this past Saturday. The Bulldogs traveled to Embro with a two-games-to-one lead tucked firmly under their collars. Embro came out with a have-to- win attitude and the first notch in the belt was won by Embro in the first period. The Dogs shook it off in the second period when Adam Cronin tied the game with a hard earned goal, assisted by Tyler Stevenson and Kirby Cook. The action was fast and furious and Blyth fans were feeling the heat as the scoring was held until 4:07 of the third period. Tyler Black swept down the ice with an unassisted effort to plunge Blyth ahead and win the game. The roar in the crowd was probably heard in Blyth. Forwards Matt Chalmers, Austin Sjaarda, Cody Richmond and Kevin Pennington held the puck in the opposing end to thwart Embro chances. Defencemen Black, Trevor Raynard, Connor Prescott and Matt Popp kept shots down to a 25-15 in Blyth's favour. Backing the Dogs with some remarkable goaltending again during this series was Willie Haines and Alec Lorentz. Howling from the stands for his team-mates was John Lecomte. Coaches Robb Finch, Christopher Howson, Dan PrescOtt and Pat Cronin were very happy with the boys' efforts. Parents of the Bulldogs are extremely proud of the team's achievements and invite you all to come out and cheer them on this weekend. A best three-of-five series will be held against Sunderland for the OMHA E championship trophy. vice Elliott Miller, second Keisha Carter, lead Jamie Miller and alternate Scott Miller. *** The Tuesday ladies' league saw close scores: Jen Elston 9, Amy Miller 8; Joyce Vincent 4, Debbie Gammie 3 and Kayla Bishop defeating Marg Moffat in extra rocks. *** In the Tuesday competitive league some of the lesser lights shone as Rob Middleton defeated Earl Fitch 12-4, Rus Taylor won over Aart Devos 7-4 and Shawn Cottrill defeated Bill Devos 8-4. The other game was close as Cal Ruttan and Don Edgar played the extra rocks to break the tie with Ruttan coming out the winner. *** Congratulations to the Wingham high school girls curling team who were. WOSSA winners at St. Thomas on March 3. The girls qualified for the Ontario finals to be held in Ottawa March 22 - 25. Members of the team are: skip Leanne Elston, vice Britney Horton, second Kayla Bishop and lead Keisha Bishop. Well done girls and good luck in Ottawa. *** March is a busy month at the Wingham Club with several bonspiels. On March 18 there is the Country Mixed Bonspiel. I understand there is one spot still to be filled. On March 19 it's something new with the junior bonspiel "future stars in action." And to wrap up the action, it's the Curl for Cancer Fun Spiel, Saturday, March 25. There will be two six-end games open to any combination of men and women, experienced or novice. Each team is asked to donate an item for a silent auction. A good cause — get a team together for a day of fun. *** In the Thursday family mixed there were a coup,le of one-sided scores. Doug Miller downed Simon Logtenberg 14-2 and Bill McDonald showed no mercy downing Elliott Miller 13-2. Cole McDonald racked up a 9-5 win over Shawn Cottrill and on the other ice it was a "Battle of the Bishops" with Kevin getting an 8-6 win over Kayla. *** In the daytime league Monday's results were as follows: Elliott 9, Wheeler 3; Shaw 17, Coultes 4; Leedham 9, Robertson 3; Deans 6, Frank 5; G. McMichael 8, Dow 3,, Mann 10, R. McMichael 5 and Stamper 9, Nethery 4. In Thursday morning action it was Alex Nethery 8, S. Leedham 6; Les Shaw 9, B. Robertson 4; N. Frank 7, Ivan Dow 2 and a battle of the McMichaels, with the game on the line. Glenn rose to the occasion with a fine shot in the last end to down brother Ron 9-7. In afternoon action two of the top teams battled it out with J. Mann the 7-6 victor over Bill Deans. The other two games were anything but close as L. Wheeler downed J. Coultes 13-7 and Irving Elliott racked up a 12-3 win over W. Stamper. On his heels It was hockey fun at the Brussels arena on Saturday morning when the local Pre-Tykes hostes Lucknow. (Vicky Bremner photo) No rest for Wheeler After a heartbreaking loss in Princeton, New Jersey on March 4 to end the season for the Colgate women's hockey team, Brook Wheeler arrived back at Colgate University only to find an invitation waiting to travel with the Colgate women's softball team to' Osceola, Florida. Wheeler has joined the softball team for her first season. She is a goaltender with the Colgate women's ice hockey team where she has earned three varsity letters. In less than a week she has gone from the ice to the diamond with some intense practices in between. She has been added to the roster as a designated hitter and first base. The softball team flew to Orlando, Florida to participate in the Rebel Games, March 11-16 at the Osceola Softball Complex. The Raiders will play 10 games over a six-day stretch. The first day of action saw them split a pair of games and the same for the second day of play. If you want more details you can go to www.gocolgateraiders.com and click on Women's Sports Softball. You can also go to the hockey website and vote for Wheeler as she is up for Defensive Player of the Year. Wheeler lettered four years in softball at Culver Academy in Indiana, while playing first base. In her senior year, she led her team to the Sectional title. In 2000, she was given the Coaches Award, and the following year was named the most improved player. Her most recent summer team was the Brockton Wolverines in the Ontario Provincial Women's Softball Association. Wheeler is majoring in theatre. She was born May 6, 1985 to Gerry and Brenda Wheeler of Brussels. PeeWee Reps vie or title