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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-29, Page 15>1 . Dec,, 10987654 o I+ .brax 52 Montreal' ,t , Godpich, Ont. N7A 2G4 1 Vanastra taxpayers covering 2 5 metre pool with lottery_ A Covered swimming pool has' .`heen . approved for Variwastra; • and . it Will be the first covered pool in Huron County available for 'year- ' round public use. Tuckersmith council at a special meeting last Monday,, night said yes to the scheme to cover the recently completed 25 metre pool at. Vanastra at a cosi of '$35,000. The'cost of the covering will not. be born by the Vanastra taxpayers because officials •from the Vanastra Recreation Comn4tee hope, to finance it with a Tottery. *-- Work Work on the building is ex- . pected to begin, -by November lst, and the pool should be ready to use by the first of next year. Tuckersmith also gave their - approval to. a scheme to renovate the Vanastra Com- . munity Centre to provide space ,for a gymnasium and a day- care centre that will handle 35 t, Sporting comments Derby's Gent gets standing ovation from enthusuastic fans children from, the district. Wilfrid . Sciender and Dick • Lehnen, of the Vana,stra Recreation- Committee said they hope the association will he able to get an 80 per cent provincial grant to over the costs of the renciyations.,, ,, Mr. Lehnen said that the Recreation Committee is also hiring a recreation director, 'who will begin work next month. Once all the renovations are 'complete, Mr. way300(:»uiki)4 iiCciWaCd 4' Lehnen said, Vanastra will 4P have the best recreational cen- tre in Huron County and he said he May even be better than Strat.ford's YMCAs • Behind the community Cen- tre is an eight acre park that has ,'a creative playground, a wading pool and a baseball diamond. The community . Centre is located in the former Protestant 'Chapel at the for- mer CFB Clinton. C�rzrYr7r C h CTCZC.I�ZCZCZ�'yCJ►.�Cir'.►:.Ar��A^fry\ Ken Doiij p44 attraction at tourney ,� on MaillandHansa 4. The best golfers in the county Will be competing for top honors in the,Maitland Golf and• Country Club Invitational Tournament on September 14. • Headlining the entries will be last year's winner, Izzy Iiledard playing in a foursome with his brother Tony, winner of the 1972 Invitational; Ken Doig of Seaforth who recently • ppl_aced fourth in the Canadian Amateur Championship in Winnipeg is expected to join the Goderich experts; and the fourth player in. the foursome has not yet been named. Golfers from Kitchener,. London, Owen Sound, Toronto, Hamilton, and Michiganhave already entered the Maitland classic and will make up the total 120 players that compete in the 18 hole championship. - The tournament will be open to public observation during the competition. C C C rzifiair C C rrrzziae /a-/i^Zripr=rr/ell Piayoffaction 1. DRMCo centrefielder-•Bilt-Gallow"dives safely back to first after an unsuccessful rundown attempt by Kendall Oil first baseman Phil Turner and second baseman Frank Hagan in 'the early innings of their semi-final , g_arne Sunday night. ,,DRMCo drubbed Kendall 15-5 and hold a'one game lead in the series. (staff -photo) BY JEFF SEDDON ' . Everybody loves ' a horse, race, ' including trotting fans in Goderich. Last Friday night the ' fans turned out in record numbers _ to watch the tenth race at the Goderich track but their en- thusiasm for the first nine races proved their love for the sport. .. From start to finish the crowd •.bet on the trotters and cheered their favorites to the wire without exception. But the class of the night•running in the tenthbrought out the best in all 2,000 fans. • . As post time approached people started moving to . ideal 'spots to .watch the match race between Piper Wall and Derby's Gent. ' The rail was lined with people standing three and four•• deep from the 'barns to the first turn and the stands were full. Beer drinkers in ' the arena found a window opening onto the roof andra•crawled throughh:to watch the action. Track officials and the two kids posting results on -the board in, the infield left their stations to man the rail and cheer their ' favorite on. . The first half mile impressed the fans and they showed their excitement' with . a constant, cheer as the two horses trotted bike' and head for the distance. • Going into the third, turn' Derby's . Gent moved out on Piper and appeared as though he was going to leave the Kin- cardine entry his dust but Piper Wall closed the gap in the backstretch to set the scene for -the dramatic finish everyone had. waited for. As the two horses thundered down the stretch for the wire ,people cried "he's going, to do it, he's not going to do -it." The last 100 feet•brought the crowd to, its feet. Derby's Gent, the horse everyone had come to see, was 'going to ,remain undefeated. Piper Wall did not have the speed to cut the lead and finished a very. else second. Their faith had been restored and the gelding had proved once and for all perhaps that he. was the best. • - As the driver paraded Derby's Gent, back in front of the • grand stand for the victory celebration the crowd roseNt.*d,• gave the horse a standing ovation. He had broken the record. He had done what he, came to Goderich to do. Benmiller horse' wins honors at recent shows If you go down to Agriculture Park .these' Sunday. and Thursday nights and catch•a ball °game you may be surprised by the play of the tean>i in the Softball' league semi-finals. All the action of the sport can be seen and enjoyed and the only thing lacking is fans. • • Fanqsan make or break a game for qne. team. They are one of the major ingredients of sports. They are a necessity. Lack of fails atK the softball, playoffs, however, is not • ,reducing the excitement of the games. One of the games bet- ween Gord„'s Sports. and Sandy's Clippers went into extra in- nings to break a tie and'the players for both teams gave the ' fans who went to watch the game'cause for excitement by continuously making the;`big plays to keep their team in the contest. •' This weekend Agriculture Park will be alive with, softball competition with the' annual ' Labor Day Tournament in progress but the area playoffs continue. in Septemberi.and` should 'be. viewed by everyone. ** • Senator Firefly, an American Saddlebre.d from Sunfield Acres in. Goderich, has been establishing himself as a win- ner at' . horse ' shows. across "Southern Ontario this•summer. ' The horse, owned ,by Arnold 'and Roni Zonneveld, was pur- chased last fall . and this,, sum- mer is the first full season of .showing` by, the Goderich owners and they. are more thap satisfied with his performance. The. Senator -was ridden this summer by Susan ' Desmond, and eighteen yo.r old native of - ,England who is staying for the\ summer with the Zonnevelds and working with their horses. Susan is an experienced rider working with. hunters and dressage horses in'Engiard,, but prior to •her `visit , to Goderich she., had.: acquired little ex- perience with Saddlebreds., She began .working„ closely with Roni Zonneveld and the Senator and has ridden the horse • in shows against tough competition and placed Con- sistently in the,,top three. The 'St. Catharines show, one - of the Rothmans series, ,drew a large field and san and the Senator won a thi d and three fourths for the da . She won first place honors- : t shows_ in Woodstock and A mer and won a third• and a si th ',,t'the, CNE. Preparations are underway' for the Elm a show " this weekend. :•b The Signal.'is'very interested in making the efforts of the • town's athletes public- and would appreciate the efforts of--- --- anYone f --.-- anyone Who°is participating in sport to send us information or.=`let us know of exciting achievements to enable,us to feature .out active readers in print. Senator Firefly,,owned by Arnold and' Roni Zonneveld of, Goderich and ridden by Susan Desmond of England, won a.. third and a :sixth place in the recent CNE Saddle Horse Stake. The American Saddlebred performed excellently- against xcellently°against a field of 17 or 18 other top competitors from Canada and the United States. . Derby's Gent seem to smile as he receives a pat of congratulations from. W.J. Hughes after the gelding owned by Mr. W. Cadman of Parkhill set.the Goderich Raceway record by trotting the rnile°in 2:21.2. The winner defeated Piper Wall and Scott',, Topic in the $2,000 tenth raise Friday night Reeve Deb Shewfelt was on hand to present the winner the blanket that signifies victory., (staff photo) - u^ � are bachThose' menti l Vking g ® some workout in preparation for the u>pcon9ing season. (staff, The _Goderich Junior"•Vikings held their first farm°a1 practic last Monday evening and were put through calisthenics and - photo) .n° Cf y ,42