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Times-Advocate, 1988-07-06, Page 13fi • ' -. 0 • • • 6%* 47;1 • it 04. IS • Pinery triathlon draws 450 • PINERY PROVINCIAL PARK - The fittest of the fit -braved the cold waters of Lake Huron on Sat• urJay to compete at the Pinery for one in the sends of Royal Lepage triathlons. About 450 competitors arrived to .enter the gruefi endurance race; , cov,rinb;a•750 metre swim, a 5.5 kilometre run through the woods, a 41) kilometre bike race, and another 5.5 km run back to the..finish line. Graham Fraser, who organized the e. vent,,explairicd that frigid wa- ter temperatures, hovering around the 18 degree celsius mark; pushed the swim to 750 Metres from the --plaiine-(-l. kilometre • "'We wanted to.. make it safe," said- Fraser. Vince Beretta of London placed first at the finish line with a.total time of 1:48.. Beth Primrose of Scarborough was the first •fdmale to finish with a time of 1:58... Both first place finishers are points • leaders in the Royal Lepage series. Five more triathlons will deter-. -mine who will take home_ the S7,000 prizes at die -end of -the sea-. 1 TRIATHLON Despite hot weather, Lake Huron -was still only about 18 degrees -last week- end. The cold water prompted the shortening of the first leg of the Royal Lepage triathlon in the Pinery Park to 750 metres. that was long enough. SOn. . "1t was. a perfect day, actually," said Fraser, adding that Pinery Tri- athlon drew more competitors to the 4 p.m..starting line than he an- ticipated. • Organization for the event in- cluded co-ordinating -the camping andl-social activities for the com- petitors, :sone of whom drove up to six hours for Saturday's event By the looks of some of these.450_ competitors in the event, from all over Ontario and some near States; July 6, 1988 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex Imes dvocat & North Lambton Since 1873 Page 1A Go w lrllextes tend South Pe r th re co rd CREDiTON - Eight runs in the first inning gave Crediton Cow- girls a comfortable advantage Mon- day night ;- an advantage Cowgirls Express___ rout Lakeside EXETER - Express Seniors shut out Lakcsidc Juniors last Tuesday after a seventh inning blow out which saw a 4-0 lead turn into a 9-0 rout in Great Lakes action. A two RBi single in the sec- ond inning by Steve Pearce got things under way. Pcarec later singled to scorc Will Sei tjcns in the fourth. He added one more RBi single in the seventh •- the only earned run Lakcsidc allowed in that inning. And walks combined to 'push four more runs across the pate to build the final score. • refused to give up in their 14-7 win over St. Pauls in the_ So'rth Perth Ladies Fastball League. After thcir initial first inning flash, however, Cowgirls were held at bay until the fifth. when they added to the scoreboard. -Karen _Williams led offensively with a long triple, a double and a single in three- trips to the plate while pitcher Brenda Morgan added to her RBI record by hitting in four runs. Morgan went the ditancc for Crediton, notching 12 strikeouts. She pulled her team out of a tough spot in the first inning when she re- tired three hatters in a row with two on base. . Cowgirls shone June 27 when they handed. Parkhill a 13-2, Toss. Taking the lead in the second in- ning, Crediton turned in a sturdy de- fensive effort, allowing only one run in the second and One more in the fifth. That,.. combined with steady hitting, gave them the victo- rv. • Kelli Phillips led Cowgirls offen- sivcly Alzi444.4 triple. and .a single. Brenda Wilds, Morgan and Judy Steeper contributed one double and on_c single each. Adding singles to move the run- ners around the bases were Tammy Rcgicr, Williams, Pauline Brannon and Kathy (Myrtle) Gicicn. Morgan pitched the entire game, allowing nine hits and striking out eight batters, and using her change - 'up to-hold'ParkhiII down.. _ Offensive problems caused Crcdi- ton to split a pair of games against Dublin June 20 and June 22. Edg- ing Dublin 14-13 in thcir first meeting, Cowgirls were over- powered 13-8 in the second match - up. Kelli Phi was thc star. hitter for Cowgirls in game one. She -went- five-.for_five at bat, adding a R131 home run in the.fifth inninr;. Greys have 30 ruh game KIRKTON - It has become ap- parent that Exctcr Greys have no business being in the South Perth Ladiies Fastball Lcaguc. Exctcr, undefeated this season after 15 games, chalked up a 30-3 win over Kirkton Wednesday in five- in- nings. - Kirkton's Diane Willis, •Deb Lindsay, Judy Ulch and Pam Wal- lis should be congratulated for earning singles from Greys pitcher 1lcidi Elliott who struck out seven batters in the effort. Greys big offensive drive was • • d�cLL•w�1 • • ' ld who went five or rvc at at wa fi. four singles and a triple: Sandi Fremlin added three singles and a home run white Diane McCuaig contributed two doubles and a triple. Greys bad a tougher road to fol- low Thursday when they downed Blanshard 10-6 in seven innings. - Leading 4-2 as they entered the sixth inning, Greys notched six runs, largely oh the strength of a two R131 double by Fremlin and a two R131 triple off thc bat of Patty Down. Blanshard rallied in thc.top of the seventh for four runs when pitcher _less Ncthcry began to tire, but Down relieved 1TclhetIr andITIVcd down the Blanshard bats. ,Soccer action heats up in Huron ._E \ETER. - In .squirt action thin Jonathan T riebner and -Jason- Mi! 1 �y.antlgc gt a!l:cc, Bri:ua<: Ex,ter.F.....-.�..�.,rs.4..,,-,�r ..•a,v. air e w ck Exctcr I took on lldcrton. Ex- • preserved the shut out for Exeter 1 . f layman and Ben' Cottrell kept the efforts rewarded with two goals for .eter started quickly whcn Michael in the 1-0 win. _ score respectable at 5-0 for.St. Co- the win. . Wilhelm came close on a low shot --Exeter Ii played a strong game lumhan: , --from 18 ardsout. Eugene Bocrsma and Jaimic Y" against Coldstream..The 0-0 draw In Atoni. play, Exeter i really Dougal! played well. - Despite, holding -the edge for most was a good reward for both teams.. found their eonfidcncc after playing Joel Campbell scored Exeter's oTthie aimc; Eter.uJ not add to Ryan Alexander and Ryan Auge' well in the last few games. An ex- first goal and iiick Szabo collected •' their total. A -very strong c Cr o fayedAvellforxetcr 11. . ccllent half line led by Billy Kline the second gal •on a direct frcc dcfcnse turned thorn away time and Exeter iii traveller St: -Colum------ • •' feeding the forwards with good kick from 25 yards out. time again. - . ban and like every team before them . scoring oppor mer.------�__� _ xctcr I1 continued their winning • in thc end good goaltending by- met their Waterloo. 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"traditional quality.. since 1999 4 played their best game of the sea- McFalls, played a good game for + Delicious Donuts 1 Exeter' 235-0332 y son, downing GraeBend'2-1: Exeter.- 4• Grand Bend took the lead 1-6 in . Exeter suffered on a small play- .4444ndBen .44� *1**1if+�� ��' the first halt but in the second half • Please turn to page 2A • ways but a -fight hard -to bring__ a strong lldcrton team to its knees. It was not until late in the game when Exeter midfielder Dan Mart-- ens art.ens put a perfect ball through on which Sivichay Sengkhounmany scored for a close 1-0 Exetei victo- 6/1.79 pastries and donuts come to 4 asty u Bakery d Cheese House . 4.. 4 • Royals split pair STRATFORD - Exctcr. Royals split a pair of games last week in the.. South Perth Fastball -League with two Stratford clubs providing the opposition. Tuesday night they travelled to • Stretford where they lost a -5-3 de vision to Stratford Lcyscrs. Royals fell behind early as the host club scored single runs in the second and fourth innings. However, they took • a 3-2 lead in the fifth by counting three tunes on four hits. • • Stratford Countered by scoring three times in the bottom of the fifth for a -5-3 Icad and the. victory. Brian Ilodgins was thestarting and losing pitcher as he gave up four runs, three -of which were earned, on five hits in four and.onc- ttrird innings. Ile struck out three -and--issued onc-walk - Dennis Carty worked three and two -third innings in relief and al- lowed one run on six hits. He struck. out two and did not walk a batter. Offensively, Royals wcrc led by short stop.Greg Wise who had three hits in four trips: Pete Tuck- -cy, Scott Brintnell; Doug Todd, Tom. Tordoff, Dennis Carty and Dan I leywood had one hit each. Wednesday night in Hcnsall, - starting pitcher Dan .1lcywood scat- tered ten hits in a complete game 6-3 victory over Stratford Optical. Heywood struck out nine and walked none. Doug Todd's one out, bases load- ed double was the key hit in the five hour inning as Royals scored four tunes to erase a 3-1 deficit and take a lead they never relinquished. Single hits went ot Tuckey, Heywood, Tordoff, Al Pym and right fielderJim Lewis who also had an RBi and scored an nuisance run in the sixth. • Royals; whose record is ---now five wins and six losses, host Mitchell Mcts this Thursday at 9 p.m. before journeying to Tara for a tournament on the weekend. DONATION - Jackie Rowe presents a cheque for $200 to Big Brother ropresentative Jim Chapman for money raised by Ellison Travel at the Hu- ron County Day in Toronto June 11. • 1