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Sports
Stacey Reinsma photo
CHSS players Darryl Hulley, of Seaforth, and Mackenzie West chase down a ball headed by a
Mitchell player during senior soccer action in Clinton last Thursday. The game ended in a 1=1 tie.
Low turnout forces organizer to
cancel Seaforth ball hockey league
Jeff Heuchert either," he says.
"Minor basketball attracted
Due to a significant drop in around 40 kids last year. This
numbers, the Seaforth ball year we had four kids show
hockey league had to be can- up. So I had to cancel it after
celled this spring. two weeks," he says.
Seaforth arena manager "Other municipalities I've
Dale Lamont says unlike spoken with have mentioned
past years when they've usu- the decline in summer activi-
ally had 30 kids sign up, this ties as well," says Lamont,
year only six registered. adding that he hopes this will
While Lamont says he's not not be a trend that continues.
quite sure why there was a Likewise, this past year's
lack of interest this year, he snow tubing trip only drew
says it didn't help that many two kids, while last year two
kids waited to register until bus loads signed up.
the last second. Lamont says the lack of
"It just seems like -a lot of interest isn't due to a lack of
parents waited until the last trying to promote them.
minute to commit," he says. For the ball hockey and bas -
The ball hockey league tra- ketball programs, as well as
ditionally ran for 10 weeks, tubing trip, Lamont says, "We
beginning in April for kids advertised them all in the
aged eight to 15. Spring and Leisure Guide
And unfortunately, says that everyone gets in the
Lamont, "some of our other Expositor (every August) and
programs didn't go over well we sent flyers to the schools."
In an attempt to attract
more kids, Lamont says
they've tried to offer new
activities, and it seems to
have worked so far.
Last month,. 35 kids signed
up for paint balling in Zurich.
"I had parents stopping me
on the street saying they
loved it because it wasn't an
activity just for sports mind-
ed kids."
In fact, it was such a suc-
cess, Lamont says he's plan-
ning another paint balling
trip for later this month, and
says he'll be sending informa-
tion out to the schools soon..
And, registration for tennis
this summer has been on the
rise, with around 60 signed
up so far.
"Two years ago we had like
six kids and we were 'on the
verge of cancelling the pro-
gram, but this year it's
almost full," he says.