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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-16, Page 19(I' Sports Spotlight I., %I,II h 1:1,,ci It's on TV London Here's something to sink your cleats into: TV London is the. proud owner ofa brand new CFN (Canadian Football Net- work) contract which will enable the station to broadcast a number of CFL games over the course of the season. There's something new: the CFL on TV. The London station is in the process of breaking away from the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration. The official "disaffiliation" occurs September 4. That is thc dateof their first CFN broadcast. In a recent press release, TV London listed a number of games which would he .aired, in- cluding Toronto at Hamilton, Saskatchewan at Toronto and Hamilton at Edmonton. In all, eight of the broadcasts will fea- ture either Toronto or Hamilton. The press release doesn't men- tion anything about black -outs though, and frankly, I'm suspi- cious. The CFN is an organization which. was developed in 198T when nobody else wanted the broadcasting rights. .It's com- prised of 12 independent stations scattered across Canada. . Included in- the package will be a number of western match -ups such as B.C. at Calgary and Ed- monton at Calgary. The station promises live cov- erage of the Eastern Division Semi-final, November 13, the Western' Final, November 20, and the Grey Cup from Lans- downe Park in Ottawa, Novem- ber 27. Here's hoping the CFL makes it to November. Locals penalty free The ESSO Penalty Free Sweepstakes prize winner list was released recently and it turns out that we've got sonic very civilized hockey teams in our. midst. - While Exeter and Lucan were shut out of the winner's circle, a number of arca teams were on the list. Parkhill cleaned up with honours going to two teams: Atom Jets and the Parkhill Dy- namites Junior Girls team. The Hensall Atoms also turned in a flawless game sheet .s did the Ilderton Atoms. _ Zurich Atoms not only made it tothe winner's circle, they also had the distinction of being the last team on the long list. - Getting on that list was no. easy task. There were 16,000 teams eligible for the sweep- stakes which was conducted by the Hockey Development Centre for Ontario and sponsored by ESSO. Winncrs were drawn from the entries in February. The aim of the program was to emphasize skills safety and good sportsmanship. Bowlerama fiats off to all members of the Huron Park Ladies Bowling League. Without being asked, the League got together and raised S916 for the recent Big Brothers and Sisters Bowlathon. After Big Brothers sent pamphlets out to industries in the arca, Cathy Cronyn picked up a form and brought it to the attention of the league. Partici- pation in the fund raiser spread like wild fire. The cheque was later presented to a surprised Jim Chapman. - Chapman expects that thc event will raise more than S9,0(X) when the final count is done. The Huron Park League was just one example of the many ef- forts which made up the sum. I even threw a few balls down the old alley for thc cause and, as a result of my performance, i have a suggestion that I think will enhance the game considera- bly.. Get rid of the gutters. Atom Broncos Missingthree of their six top players, Ian Jean, Many Debruyn and Ted Hoffman, Exeter Atom Broncos ran into trouble in a Brus- sells tournament on the weekend. Broncos lost 4-1 to St. Marys in their first game of the competition. They were thumped 5-1 in game two when they came up against Dresden. Exeter jumped into a 1-0 lead in the .first period - of their game against St. Marys Saturday when Sean McCann scored at 8:49 from bumped at Brus Trevor 'l'ruemner. Broncos held onto the lead head- ily into ttie second, but their advan- tage was short-lived: - St. Marys pumped in two goals in the second and two more in the third to out -distance Exeter. Broncos never got going against Dresden Saturday when they lost 5- 1. Dresden took a 2-0 lead in the first and increased it with one goal in the second and three in the third. With just 3:14 remaining in the Times -Advocate, March 16, 1988 Page 3A sels tournament on weeKend Exeter shuffleboard Olive Esscry captured high score in four games of mixed shuffleboard Wednesday when she scored 381 to edge out Walter Davis with 354. Delmar Skinner placed third -With 357. In three games, Lorne Marshall notched 312 to lead Beatrice Rich- ardson with 261 and Ross Richard- son with 260. Thursday, Albers Hummel turned in a 562 to take top honours in five games of mixed action. Harold Da- vis scored 557 to claim second spot and Harold Rowe scored 518 which earned him third place. Lorne Marshall was again at the top of the list in four games Thurs- day with a score of 461. Charles.Hendy placed second with 222 while Eldon Heywood rounded things out with 220. Badmintonsingles held The South Huron Badminton Club -held the Annual Singles Club Championships Thursday. - - Parichard Thepnothinh was the -Junior Girls' champion and Carrie Oke was the consolation winner. In Senior Girls division, Kim Crawford won the utic by defeating Erika Cocck in a three game match. The Junior •Boys' champion is Chris Gardner and the consolation. tvinner is Jim Ahrens. ' Finally, Chris Campbell won the Senior Boys' championship and Brent O'Brien took the consolation side. - A reminder to all members that the doubles and. mixed doubles championship is taking place March 24 .at 7:30 p.m. . The sport of badminton The following article was written by Lowwell N.- Douglas, Ph.D and is reprinted from "Badminton Fac- tors in Physical Conditioning". - Following a series of studies un- dertaken by the Department of Physical Education at Baylor Uni- versity, it -was found -that badmin- ton is one of the best forms, of physical conditioning. .Badminton engages all of the bas- ic motor skills and requires better reflexes than' most sports. It de- mands such physical skills as run- ning, jumping, turning, hitting, throwing and many combinations of these actions requiring perfect hand -to -eye co-ordination. A three game singles match be- twecn.two players of equal strength can last 45 minutes. The shuttle will be hit and rallied by each player for about 20 min- utes.- During this 20 minute period each player must concentrate on the following: running forwards and backwards, jumping, turning sharp- ly, stretching, throwing, travelling almost one mile. he/she mug change directions nearly 350 times and hit the shuttle some 400 times, including almost 150 full throwing motions, holding.a raquet weighing some four ounces. (Baseball pitch- ers mayplay a full game •uiehr►ttt throwing -as many pitchc"s). A player in good physical condi- tion -can expect his pulse rate to in- crease from 72 to over 180 beats per minute and his blood pressure to rise from 120 to 125 mmHg. Very few sports require as much concerted effort as badminton.. Dur- ing a tennis `match, lasting three sets, the ball is in play no more than eight percent of the time. In. football, which is considered a physically demanding game, the ball is in play .about 14 minutes during the two hours that the teams spend on the field, compared to the 20 minutes hard play for badminton - Forest puts Waxers out of OMHA playdoWns Exeter Waxers were eliminated from the OMHA playoffs when they suffered a•3-2 loss at the hands of Forest Thursday on foreign ice. .Waxers were short-staffed due to March Break holidays. Neither team was able to score in the first period, but ,the two teams matched goals in the second and went into the third locked in a 1-1 tie. Exeter's goal was scored by Jeff Sararas with the lone assist going to Bryon Ellerington. Waxers pulled their goalie in the final minute of play to apply pres- sure at- the Forest end of thc ice. Despite several good scoring chanc- es, Forest goalie Jeremy Syming- ton stoad fast and delivered his team to victory. Waxers now have an OMHA In the third, Forest's Sitnon Paul added two goals to his second period single to build a hat trick and sink Waxers. Exeter's only third period reply came from Ryan Beckett, who con- nected with Rob Lynn to score late in the game. record of five wins, four losses and one tie. Exhibition Waxers pulled a win and a tic out of exhibition play on the weekend, beating Clinton 7-3 Friday and then fighting to a 2 ie against Lon- don. Both games ere played on home ice. Exeter took a -1 lead against Clinton in th irst period Friday, despite thc fa.t that -their o ponents started the sco ng. Sararas turn 1 in a sta d -out per- formance, scoring three goals and picking up two assists. Sararas was the first Waxer to put a mark on the board when he scored unassisted with just 1:51 left to play in the first. That goal opened the flood -gates and soon Ryan Soldan and Beckett added singles to give Exctcr a sub- stantial lead. Lynn drew the assist on Soldan's goal while Beckett's marker was unassisted.. Clinton surged back in the second with two unanswered goals, tying the game 3-3, but two goals from Sararas and one from Soldan put some distance between the two teams. - Beckett capped the game when he scored -late in the third from Brian Richardson and Sararas. Chad Gilfillan and Lynn drew third period assists as well. Jason Lindenfield, who fended off two breakaways, was in- goal for the win. - - - Exeter Novices allowed a 2-0 lead to slip away in the third period Sunday whcn they were forced to settle for a 2-2 tic against London. Neither team was able to score in the first period. In the second, goals by Soldan and Lynn gave Exctcr some room to work. Gilfillan and Ellerington drew assists on the sec- ond period goals. Waxers were unable to answer a single from London's C. Gross and then with just one secgnd rcmain- ing in the game, London scored the tying goal, robbing Exctcr of the win. - Lindenficid was again in net for Waxers. . Kirkton racers place well at Victoria Harbour Team members travelled February 27 and 28 to Penetanguishene to compete in a C.O.S.D.R.-A. spon- sored snowmobile drag race. The ice was unsafe so the race was transferred to Victoria Harbour for the two day event. Brian Eickmcicr of Kirkton ended up racing both the tinily Gully sponsored Exciter and Trevor Ed- wards Veals Meat Market -sponsored XLV, as Edwards had to work Sat- urday. Eickmcicr, ladies class driver Ca- thy Rcgicr of Kirkton and Tcam pit man Rod Baster of MitchcllarriveiI at the track early on -Saturday mom- ing, ready for a day of stiff compe- tition. - With thc Exciter on Saturday Eickmcicr came away with a third in A Stock, third in A improved Stock, first in 13 Stock, and first in 13 improved Stock. Running Edwards' XLV on Satur- day Eickmcicr claimed first in C Stock, first in C improved Stock, first in D Stock as well as D Im- proved Stock from which he was disqualified for hitting a pylon. ; ,i/... 0:3. . c. wi9%Yma:, D6sL. m..i... n. ?.k'.s�..:. .nMMU'AW:MMONO..... , . ,WINW KARATE WINNERS -- Local Karate aficionado placed well of the 12th annual Ontario Provincial Open Karate Championships in Hamilton recently. Left to right are Cathy Hodgins (second in fighting), Khampagne Chansa• mone (first in Kata) and Mark Mothers (third in Kata). Racing the Exciter for the first time in the women's class, Rcgicr won at the end of a busy exciting day. Sunday Eickmcicr ran the Exiter to a third in A Imp Stock and first in B Improved Stock and the XLV Yamaha to first place finishes in D Stock, D improved Stock and C Stock as well as a second in C Im- proved Stock much to the despair of other competitors. Trevor Edwards jumped up two classes to race his XLV in B Stock and B Improved Stock. He came away second to the Exciter in the fi- nal of B Improved Stock after being eliminated in his heat of B Stock. Regier again raced the Hully Gul- ly Exciter in a ladies' class to a sec- ond place finish. She also entered the specialty class for the weekend - "Drag 'n Ladies" an open -modified class again coming away with a sec- ond place trophy aboard the Exciter. This weekend Team Circus-trav- cllcd to Wiarton for the Ontario Championships. Edwards raced in A, V, C and D Stock. He came away with first place finishes in B Stock and first in C and D on Saturday. Eickmcicr raced the Improved side of A, B, C and D racing to a first in B Improved Stock, second in C Im- proved Stock and a first in D im- proved Stock. Cathy Regier of Kirkton rode to a win in the ladies class and Tanya Malcolm of Mount Brydges rode to a second in the same race. On Sunday with the ice getting very soft the sleds did not "hook up" nearly as well off the line. Eickmcicr finished first in B im- proved and second in D Improved. Trevor Edwards raced to a second in 13 Improved and was disqualified from C and D Stock for hitting a pylon and a ted light. game, Gavin Snell shot the puck in from the neutral zone. It deflected .off a defenceman at the blue line and dribbled in between the pads of Dresden goalie Jamie Ellis, ruining his s'hut-out. Quality Certified Carsand Trucks! Sidle '84 Ram Van 5 passenger, 4 speed, stereo, low miles , $8 495 '86 Toyota Camray LE 5 speed, power windows, power locks, sun roof, stereo, 42,000 krn $13 995. '84 Cutlass Supreme 4 door,- V6, automatic, air. before. - safety $7,995 '86 Chev S10 4 Cyt, 4 speed, 36,000 km. topper $6 495 '83 Toronado Leather inside, lots of power equip. 9995 '83 Alliance. 4 door, automatic, radio. clean L wind. economical - $2,895 . Mon. 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