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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-03-04, Page 11u_. Three-way ties prominent ire curling scene The Industrial Curling League is a cozy, friendly, close-knit group of people who enjoy each other's com- pany on, and just as fre- quently, off the ice. This togetherness even shows up m the league stan- dings where the saying "Two's company, three's a crowd" is flatly rejected. In fact, more than half the league's teams are involved in three-way affairs. Top spot is in the hands of three foursomes for at least one, more week. The A.M.&G. "GCs" continued their fine play as they trounced a rusty Eleinen- tary Teacher Unit 13 to 2. Ron !Gages was extremely crisp in his performance and may have earned himself the nickname "Lettuce" for the remainder of the season. Equally dominated in this contest were the front three of the "GC's" led by Dennis 'Carrott" Miskie and dynamic duo of Phil "Jolly Green Giant" Turner and Peter "Sprout" Bergin. Dianne Budnark curled well in an attempt to "toss" this appetizing --group aside but her effort was spoiled by their excellent teamwork. Local 1863 also found their opponents most agreeable as they competed in an inter- corporational conflict with the Champion Sales Office. The white collar men found their blue-collar adversaries more than they had budgeted for and ended up suffering a deficit of five points as the union players dropped them 8 to 3 The 'Sales crew was par- ticularly surprised by a new- look Glen Falkiner. While Glen's tan stood him out from the crowd so did his confident shot making and enthusiasm. Under constant inflationary pressure, the Sales Office struggled gallantly to hold the score below double-digit figures with superb shots. by Don Kent and Pete Wanner. Unlike those other famous. "sales"_ .pitch artists .known aSr•Ppoliticians they were ultimately successful. Dennis Lebrun took the reigns of power for the Foresters as regular skip Cam Bogie attended a seminar on growing . white beans by flashlight. Dennis is no novice to pressure and he needed all his experience to hold off a determined challenge from the GDCI Teacher No. 2 tea.. The match was tied at seven apiece in the seventh and when the seventh shot of the end came to rest in the spot that would ultimately claim a victory for the. Foresters, Phil Foster fired this decisive rock and it sat patiently to one side while teachers Bill Garrow and Dave Cloet battled Foresters Ribey and Lebrun for control of the four foot circle. Last rock_-a_dv_ant4ge and his years of experience pro- vided Lebrun with the winn- ing edge as he cleared out the teacher rocks and recordedtvictory number 13. A second triumvirate ex- ists right behind the almighty threesome just chronicled. Two members of that gang faced each other in a showdown of youth vs. ex- perience (read age) . The final tally shows once again that the kids are tak- ing over. The GDCI Viking class of Mitchelmore, DeWinter, Tara ba and Pa- quette earned full marks for their performance 'as they downed the Huron Health Unit 6 to 5. Credit must also be given to the vanquished as this contest required an extra end of competition. Always noticeable Laurie Paquette and hard to ignore John Orr both curled, strong games in defeat while Health Unit skip Jack MacKinnon made what appeared to be a winning shot in the extra end but - Mike Paquette equalled it with his last shot to claim the triumph. • The third member of this establishment is Huron Haven. This team has been playing inspirational curling since losing their vice -skip John Koran. This level of curling was clearly demonstrated to the less than attentive Teacher 'Ink foursome. The 12 to 2 score sum- marizes the contest. Whenever Teacher Marty Bond or "honorary" teacher Cliff McDonald made a shot it was quickly removed from sight and replaced by one fired by Claus Etzler or Jeff Kuran. If this Huron Haven "threesome" continues as. they are, curling "four- somes" may become ob- solete. A third group of three oc- cupies the next rung in the ladder as • well. This threesome, , however, may not be as harmonious as the preceding ones since it was created by a default by the Lady Golfers to the A.M.&G. Hospital No. 1 team. When asked for his feelings about the default, Hospital vice - skip Craig Cass replied, "I'mteedoff!" - As might be expected, the further one goes down the standings the more isolated and lonely the teams become. The -Lady Foresters, for example, sit all alone in tenth place. They earned this seclusion with an exciting last shot 7 to 5 vic- tory over the GDCI Teacher No. 1 unit. Heather Jewell was un- necessarily efficient as she refused to miss even one shot. Jewell's monotonous perfection was tempered with skip Bernice Moore's fluctuations between warm generosity and ruthless pro- ficiency. • Teacher skip, George Sut- ton, unable to defeat an all• female foursome in three years, is initiating a rule change that would outlaw all female teams-. In his new rule, each team would have to have at least one `weak link - a male! At least the obviously desperate Teacher No. 1 team is not left alone in the standings. Their company is Fisher Builders. Fishers moved into the tie with a 7 to 4 win over Champion Office. - J -i -rib-- --B e -U - -h a -d--- a outstanding game for the Builders as he skillfully either built a big end for his teammates or shattered one for his opponents. The "Silver Brooms" of Paul Mulligan and Barry Page once again proved a lit- tle too rusty. While much of the league is meshed together Barry and his team- mates live an isolated ex- istence in last place. Onward and upward, however, ap- pears to be this group's positive motto. Bridge Club scores There were eight tables in play at Goderich BridgebClub Tuesday night. On the North South side, first place went to Gord Rutledge and Rick Somers with 97 points. Barb Howe and Marion Lane were next with 95 points, and Mary Lapaine and Jean Papernick placed third with 93 points. Joanne Duckworth and Lee Ryan combined to take top spot on the Fast West side with 1021/2 points. Jean Cook and Verna Worthy came in second with 102 points. Theresa Donatis and Arlene Gibbons won third with 92. Next week, March 10, there will be a club cham- pionship. CULBERT'S CABINETS CUSTOM • KITCHEN a BATHROOM AND • CHINA CABINETS Get Our Price Before You Buy! SHOP 395-329$ RESIQMENCI 3953316 The GDCI girls curling team placed second in Huron -Perth playdowns and will be competing at WOSSA is Seaforth on March 13. They are from left, Melanie Dustow, skip, Andrea DeWinter, second, and Ann Dunean, lead. Missing was vice Dianne Bogie. (Photo by Cath Wooden) Ribey's rink wins ladies bonspiel The ladies of the Maitland Country Club held their an- nual bonspiel on Wednesday, February 25, sponsored by Champion Road Machinery. The first draw got under- way at 9 a.m. with eight teams competing for first prize in that draw. The se- cond draw got going at 11 a.m., also with eight teams competing for first place in that draw. Between the first and se- cond games of each draw the ladies ate a delicious dinner donated by the lady curlers of the Maitland Country Club. At four and six o'clock a most superb supper was served by Mrs. .Miller of Seaforth. The winner of the first draw was Faye Ribey's team of Faye Ribey, skip, Nancy Mackinnon, vice, JoAnne - Hood; second and JoAnne McQuen- lead. Se- cond place went to Helen Kunkel's rink from Ilderton and third was Marg Flem- ing's rink from Seaforth. Other teams entered in that draw were Alice Bran- don, - Bayfield,; Bernice Moore, Goderich; Gerry Weiss, Mildmay; Shellagh Cochrane, Milverton and Jean McGee, Goderich. The first place winners of the second draw were Lynn Edward, skip, Eleanor Er- skine. vice. Kay King, se-' tnntl Karpn Kirk, IPari- QP- cond place was Thelma Nor- thcott's rink from Kincar- dine and third went to Wilma Flathweii V of 'Listod*el: Other teams in the second draw were: Diane Gamble rink from Ripley, 'Gail Brownridge from Vanastra, Jean Taylor, Vanastra, Phil: Durst, Goderich and Loret Allin, Ilderton. . Fa j*e Ribey's • Goderich rink was the overall winner of both draws and received the. Champion Road Machinery Ltd. trophy. Prizes consisted of meat purchased at O'Brien's Abattoir and apples purchas- ed at Laithwaite Orchards. Figure skaters- compete. ttgiaing-t, • orner. dubs The Goderich Figure 'Skating Club skate corn= peted in the Interclub Figure Skating Group Competition on Sunday, March 1, 1981 in Clinton. The skaters had to compete against the top skaters from 12 other clubs. In Novice Mixed or Similar • Pairs Dance, Melaine Jeffrey and her partner Nancy• Walton of Wingham won' the Linton .Trophy. In Junior Dance Jennifer Huyck and her partner Mark Moore of Wingham won the Ladies curling Sutherland Trophy. Lisa Fisher and Susan Cook won Bronze Medals for third place. In Intermediate Dance Aveleigh Cook and John Barger won the Anstett Trophy for firstplace. In Senior Dance, Debbie Horton and her partner Cur- tis Moore of Wingham won the Anderson Trophy. • ' Devin Horton woh a. Silver medal for second place. in Novice Men. • ' Lisa Fisher won a Silver medal for second place in Junior Lad e John Barger won the Topp- ing Trophy for Junior Men's Event. The other Goderich Club members taking part were John Hruden, Roxanne Warr, Katharine Murphy, Nancy Woodard, Maureen Scott, Deborah Ha bel, Eileen Vollick; Leslie Rean, Michael Barger, Elizabeth Cook, Carol Dechert, Karen Deche.t, Patty Barger. The Goderich Club came in second for points for team marks. All eyes on delivery The last draw of the Ladies Curling section began with their best curling boot put forward. All eyes Watched the delivery, the weight ap- plied, . and the final position of the rock. It was keen com- petition indeed. After losing the first three ends, Phyl Durst's tenni of Lynn Todgham and Karin Kirk cleaned up their brooms, put their noses to the ice and became deadly accurate. Nancy MacKin- non, Betty Moore, Emily Crew and Georgia Ball who were curling well watched their lead disappear. Jean McGee . borrowed Jane Durst to make up their team and beat Elsie Gardener, Shelagh Sully and Kathy Morris, It was Elsie's first time out this year and she did a good job skipping the team. As the saying goes, she didn't get the breaks. And Eleanor Erskine con- tinues her winning streak. Her team of Joanne Hood, Phyl Lawrence and Eileen Beauchemin won over the warm smiling quartet of Kay King, Penny Peters, Gert Wilson .4 and Johnine Strickland. The draw closed with a make-up demonstration of Estee Lauder cosmetics. Each team member Will receive a gift certificate to apply toward any purchases. The new leads this year are doing so well that they are considering entering a team in the Battle of the Sexes Bonspiel. They claim that they can win on consis- tent draw weight. We now have one men's team entered. Roger Bois is back to defend his title - just need 12 more brave souls. Business Environments A division of Willson Office Specialty Ltd. 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