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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-06-03, Page 47GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987—PAGE 7A e aj o r if ilin 1 t r h 1 Minor ball teams set SPORTS SHORTS tt By Steve Jarrett h'urty-three windsurfing competitors from across Southern Ontario gathered at St. Christopher's Beach for the second an- nual Mistral ('oppertone Cup in Goderich. The event kicked off the Mistral sailboard class eight event provincial race series, culminating with the 'North American championships Labor Day w,eekend in Orillia. Well known for its superb windsurfing; conditions, among the best in Ontario, Goderich did disappoint the enthusiastic boa rdsailors. • Four races were held over the May 30,31 ~weekend to deterrnine winners in youth, women's, men's lightweight, men's heavyweight and masters' classes. • Bright sunshine and moderate 6-12 knots windsmade the event a smashing success for organizer 'Tory McDonald of Goderich Windsurfing. A Saturday everting party hosted by the :Candlelight Restaurant gave the sailors a chance to celebrate, and ,to meet the meMbers of the local Bluewater Board - sailing ('lub. ' The majority of sailors said that they would return to Goderich to take advan- tage of its warm waters and consistent ' n i3 for more windsurfing' fun this sununeI'. SST Heavyweight 1. Peter Gilbert, Toronto: 2. Jeff Burgureyer - Toronto; 3. Peter Pockl- ington - Owen Sound. • SST Lightweight 1. Steve Jarrett - Oakville; 2. Barney Huyc'ke - Collingwood; 3. Paul Gilbert ° Toronto. . • • • SST Masters'. 1. Masao Abe -Toronto; 2. Jim Anderson - •i.orunto; 3. Sandy Gow - Toronto. SST Youth 1. Greg Penton - Mississauga; 2. Richard Rubarts. - Windsor; 3. Matt, Henniger ,akefield. • RECREATIONAL I., , Linda Gosler � - Waterloo; 2. Mike Sulli•�'an: 3. Gil Boyd - Goderich.. Total Racers - 4:3: 10 0 TM, MIL The teams have finally been sorted out. Most of the teams have been practising and schedules are being drawn up. Action will start in .about two to three weeks. We have: - 4 T. Ball Teams, 4 Tyke Teams ( mixed teams), - 2 Mite Girls, - 2 Mite Boys, - 2 Squirt Boys, -2 Squirt Girls, - 3 Pee Wee Girls, - 2 Pee Wee Boys, - 1 Ban- tam Girls, - 1 Bantam Boys. There is also three W.O.A.A. travel teams. ( Squirt boys, Pee Wee boys and Bantam Boys I . The T. Ball,., and Tyke Teams all play against each other. • The rest of the teams play against teams •from Holmesville, Clinton, Vanastra, Bayfield, Stanley and Benmiller. °° The coaches of above teWus will be look- ing for score -keepers, umpires and drivers to take kids to out of town games so if you can be of assistance don't be afraid to tell the coaches. A special thank you goes out to. all the volunteer coaches who signed up• to coach teams may they have more fun than the i Boardsailing Regatta took place this. weekend in Goderich with people eoming'from miles around to participate in the event. Here > a .•,•r • are a few of the windsurfers before the competition began.( photo by Yvette Zandbergen) 4'f Kathleen Carter' The first week of Wornenas Slbw Pitch started off with ai•ban'g•as°Sifto defeated Meneset 20-3, Oldtirners beat, Nile 11-2, Night Owls- hooted Samuelson's 19-7 and', Bruno's Kamm Bred Double Blue 20-1. • • Sifto vs Meneset Brenda Dineen; Joyce. Baer and Bonnie Hogan each hit 3 for 3 anli'Barb Lassaline, Jackie Harrison. and Angela Carter went 2 for 2 to help Sifto take the mercy against Meneset 20-3. Heather Johnston, Elaine Fielder and Karen McKinnon scored the 3 runs for Meneset. Oldtimers vs Nile Kim Good and Sally Thirston each went 2 for`2 to help the Oldtimers take the game over Nile 11-2. 13onnie Dungale and. Patti .Johnston crossed the plate for Nile. Samuelson's vs Night Owls • On May 12, Samuelson's met with Night Owls at the St, Mary's Diamond with Night Owls taking the win 19-7. Patsy Keller went 3 for 3 while Diana Glousher, Lori Williams, Debbie Moore, Janet Dekker, Sandy Heald, Loucette Breault and Rhon- da Bean each hit 2 for 2 to help Night Owls win the game. Allison Graham was 2 for 2 helping out Samuelson's during the game. Bruno's vs Double Blue The ii\ercy rule' applied May 13, as 13urno's had a strong hitting game against Double Blue to take the win 20-1. Laura Refflinghaus, Bonita Pollock and .Joanne Turner each went 3 for 3' to give Bruno's a helping hand, while Judy Sher- Titt scored the single run for Double Blue. In the second week of Women's Slow Pitch Action, Night Owls squeaked by the Oldtimers 5-1, Samuelson's blasted Double Blue 17-2, Not Shots won' against Meneset 9-0 and Go-4-ettes took the game against Bruno's 12-9, Night Owls vs Oldtimers Night Owls played a strong defensive game against Oldtimers on May 19, holding them scoreless for the first six' innings. Lynn 'luring. Marilyn MacCuspey, Ruth Oke, Diana Glousher and J;iz Jenkin scored the.5 run's for Night Owls, while San- dy Fileder brought in the single for the. Oldtirners. Robertson athletes eager Although the weather was extremely hot on Wednesday, May 27th, Robertson ' School had excellent participation in all events. Students from Gr. 4-8 were eager to begin at 9:00 a.m. at. the high school track. The outstanding achievers recognized this year were Midget Boys - Steven l,inklater .with 22 points, Midget Girls - kelly Muir, 30 points, Junior Boys - Jason Hayter, 21 points; .Junior Girls - Jodi Hayter, 16 points; Intermediate Boys - An- drew McLarty, 31 points; Intermediate Girls - Angie Harrison, 15 points, Senior Boys - Bob Lumley, 36 points and Senior Girls - Shellie Baker with 15 points. Points are awarded 5 points for first 3 points for second. and 1 point for third. The students are now anxiously awaiting the tt•egionallrack Meet on June 2 to be held at the GDCI Track. It includes team from Brookside, Colborne, Victoria, Holrnesville and Robertson Schools. Sue Wagger strides into a pitch in ladies slow pitch action last week.(photo by Ted Spooner) Samuelson's vs Double Blue Shelly Smith homered twice and brought in another run with a hit . by Brenda Parker, while Michelle Park and Nancy Allewell went 2 for 2 to give Samuelson's a hand on May 20, to take the game 17-2 against Double Blue. .Judy Sherratt and Steph M. Kelly brought in the two runs for Double Blue. Hot Shots vs Meneset Jody Hoy, Brenda Burnsma and Mary Pennington each went 2 for 2, helping Hot Shots win against Meneset 9-0. Single scorers were Julie Engles, Cheryl Smith and 1,aurie°Kerr. Bruno's vs Go-4-Ettes ()n May 21, Bruno's met with Go-4-Ettes and had them on their toes for the first 3 in- nings as they took the lead early 6-0, with runs in by Donna Caldwell, Lori Kennedy, Laura Refflinghaus, Bonita Pollock, Diana Little and Val Willis. By the third inning, Kim Austin, Pat Allen and Wendy Crittenden brought in Continuing on to the third week of Goderich Ladies Slow Pitch, Sifto and Nile . completed a rained out game on May 24, with the Mercy Rule applying for Sifto 16-0. - Carolyn Carter, Jackie Harrison, Joyce Baer, Darlene Ellison and Angela Carter each made it ,home twice to help Sifto take the win. . Oldtimers had a strong hitting game on May 25 against Double Blue as they took the win 12-1. Libby Schultz insured the 4-0 lead in the first inning with a three run homer in the second. ' Gail Ryan managed to get home for Dou- ble Blue, but the hard hitting Oldtirners proved to be victorious. A second game on May 25 saw Sifto squeak by Night Owls'10-7. Sifto took their runs in the first three innings, with Barb Lassaline helping out with a.home run, but Night Owls hung on and scored six runs plus a homer by Lori Williams. Hot Shots blasted Nile 14-2, with Cathy Murdock getting horne three times and Brenda Buruma and Nancy Francis scor- ing twice each to help out Hotshots, while Bonnie Dungale and Elaine O'Donnell get- tingthe singles for Nile. On May 27, Bruno's met up with Meneset but couldn't hold up to a strong defence by Meneset. Sandy Mabon, Heather Johnston, Rose Melonine and Sylvia Warr got home twice each to help Meneset take the win 13-8. Diana Little helped out Bruno's with two home runs. Night Owls los. their game against Samuelson's May 28, 15-6, with Julie Boyd, Nancy Allewell, Alrita Bartliff and Shelly Smith scoring twice each, to help out Samuelson's'. Although the humid weather played havoc throughout the game, Night Owls managed to get in singles by Janet Dekker, Ruth Oke, Diana Glousher, and Marilyn MacCuspey and Dorie Kolkman adding two runs. Oldtimers scored their runs early in the game with Patti Petrie, Donna Murray, Addie Pepnie, Wendy Good, Carolyn Vin- cent and Libby Shultz scoring. Go-4-Ettes held tight and got the bats going in the lat- ter half of the game as Pat Allen, Barb Ot- tewell and Debbie Clarence singled and Barb O'Brien brought in the other two runs. Doric Kolkman scoops up the ball and, , heads for second base, during ladies slow pitch action.lphoto by Ted Spooner) SLOW -PITCH runs for the Go-44ettes, and went on to score another run apieoe later in the game. Jane Kerr went 2 for 2, while Connie MacCauley, Wendy Denomme, Diane Led- dy and Colleen McGregor brought in single runs for the Go-4-ettes. Go-4-ettes took the win 12-9. Over Mother's day weekend, Sifto represented Goderich in a tournament hosted by Stratford. Winning their first two -games on May 10, Sifto went on to lose the first game on May 11 but came back to win the next 3 and picked up the 'A' Con- solation which gave them $200 prize money and an invitation to the Regional Tourna- ment hosted in Niagara Falls the weekend of Sept. 14. Crawford holes first ace of the season By Rossi Mott Sunset's First Ho In -One of the season was claimed by .Bob Crawford, a newcomer in Goderich, In Bob's first round of the year, using an eight iron, he netted his ace on number two Monday evening. Monday also marked the advent of clear skies and heat -soaked days that lingered alt week. On Saturday, Sunset held a complimen- tary dinner and round of golf for her hockey team. Leroy Meriam was low gross of the day with 76, followed by Steve Ar- bour and Kevin Meriam. Other winners were Ken Straughan, Stexe Doak and Jeff Harrison. Men's Nite on Tuesday watched with en- " vy as Issy Bedard took Low Gross of the Day with a 68. Art Burt followed with Lot Net of the Day. First Elite low gross went to Ticker Mero with Tom Moore securing low net. Hap Hall captured low gross in second flite and Don Fuller won tow net, Third fliie .saw Mike La jeunesse take low gross and Tom Shackleton, low net. Thursday's Ladies' Nite • acrd Potluck. Dinner was a success. Kathy Matet'Jbinid claimed low gross in first ;lite and Rosemary Armstrong boasted low net, Se- cond Elite saw Joyce Bolton win low gross, and Joan McDougall and Evy McDonagh taking low net and second low gross respectively. Ruth Bushell vied for third (lite low gross and low net, Dorothy Bedard. Fourth flite lbw gross winners were Judy Lajeunesse; Carol Babel and Sue Culbert, This Trsday is Ladies' In- terclub. Maitland, Seaforth and Bayfield will be joining us for golf, dinner and prizes, liloWt miss the iv ix'ed Two -Ball on Fri- day, June 5th, teeing of at t p.m. A Golfer's Hoven, Play the Sunset in 117! registration ens Swimming 'regist'ration will be held on Saturday June 13 from 10 a.rn. to 5 p.m. at Memorial Arena on a first come first serve basis. According to Jane• Netzke, Recreation Director, people who work during the week will find the . weekend registration more convenient. However, she askes that you only register' your family. When people come'• and register .for their whole neibourhood; it takes a long time to pro- cess, she said. A time card system prevented long, time= consuming line-ups, ' last year"- and will be. in place this year. When. you come •into to register you will be given a card, printed with, the next available time. Simply, return at that time and you will be processed. ,' - Registration will also be held on June 15-19, June 22-26 at 4-6 p.m; at Judith Gooderham Pool. Swim passes, valid.. seven day a week for open pdblic swims, will he available again, this year. Prices range from $6 for children, $8 for students (high _school) to $13 for adults (18 and 'over ). For . more information concerning specific programs, starting times . and ,costs please contoact the Goderich Recreation Department at 524-2125. Pee wees earn home split' Goderich Pee Wee hardballteam lost a heartbreaker 10-9 against Dashwood to split their two home games last week; Goderich scored five first inning runs and led 8-4 after three.,. • Dashwood tied the score in the fifth but Goderich surged ahead in the sixth with a ruin to lead 9-8 with one inning to go. ' In their other home game, played May 25, Goderich hammered Lucan 11-5. ' Goderich was again strong in the first in- ning, scoring five runs. However, against Lucan, they added five more runs over the next three innings to put the game"out of reach. Goderich was on the road against Clin- ton on the 29th and lost a tough 7-3 contest. ' Clinton jumped out to a 5-0 lead. Goderich scored two runs in the fourth and one in the seventh but they were never in the game Goderich ens Chepstow 14-0 Chris Clements and Wayne Pellow com- bined for a one -hitter as the Goderich Pee Wee Fastball team hammered Chepstow 14-0 at home, Sunday. Clements pitched four scoreless innings, allowing one hit in the third. Pellow came onin relief in the fifth, after Goderich had already put the game out'of reach. Goderich scored all the runs they would need in the first and held a 1-0 advantage going into the third. In the third inning they scored seven runs to lock-up the game. They added a run in the fourth and five in the sixth to round out the scoring. Goderich plays their next game, at home, Fri. June 5, at 7:00 p.m. against Tiverton. x.11®star ballots available Is Tony Fernandez the best shortstop in the American League? You decide who the best players in Major League Baseball are by filling out at a USA Today -All Star Ballot for the 1987 All-Star Game. The Signal Star has received serveral ballots, courtesy of the Detriot Tigers, and anyone interested in filling one out should pick them up at the front desk. Simply, fill out the ballot as instructed and send it to; All-Star Ballots, Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI 48216. The All-Star Game will be played in Oakland on July 14. Voting for the game continues through July 5. Fan favourites from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Montreal Expos and.the Detriot Tigers are well represented on the ballot. However, space is also provided on the ballot for write-in candidates. If more ballots are required, write to Tiger Stadium and include a stamped, self- adressed 'envelope.