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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-04-07, Page 15Godench SiGl'VAL-STAR EC E i 134 YEAR -14 GODERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1982 SECOND SECTION Recreation Department kicks off new season The Goderich Recreational Department opened its spring and summer recreational program on. Monday, with several courses designed to offer local residents a wide variety of recreational activities. According to Program Coordinator, Bob Marshall, this years calendar promises to be an exciting one, featuring an array of events for fitness and pleasure. Several of the courses, which started this week, have a few openings still available. They are Ballet and Tap, Ballroom Dancing and Belly Dancing. The Dancefit class being held at St. Mary's School is fully booked. Other events scheduled for the spring and summer calendar are a Roll-a-thon, four theatre performances, and the 4th Annual Fellowship Tournament. The Recreation Association also plans to offer special bus tours to the O'Keefe Centre, the Ontario Science Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum and a possible trip to the McLaughlin Planetarium. Additional information and application forms are available at the Recreation Association office at 166 McDonald Street. Optimist ringette team wins WOAA title Goderich ringette teams are slowly building a reputation in the WOAA area. The Goderich Optimist Senior girls ringette team defeated Wingham 7-3 here Thursday to win the Western Ontario Athletic Assocation championship trophy in the deciding game of a best -of -five - series. The championship was doubly gratifying for" the Optimists as it marked the second straight year Goderich has won the senior girls title. The championship series against Wingham was a close one from the start and Wingham held the upper hand until the final game of the series. Goderich had to play catch up throughout the series. Wingham on the first game of the series but Goderich fought back with a victory in the second game to\ even the count at one game apiece. From there on it was the home ice advantage that tilted the series in favor of Goderich. Wingham won the important third game of the series, 7-5 in Wingham and leading 2- 1 in games needed only one win in the final two games in Goderich. . Goderich rebounded with a fine effort in the fourth game and taking advantage of numerous Wingham penalties, whipped the visitors_ ,10.-4 to tie the series at two games each and force a fifth and deciding. game in Goderich Thursday. The fifth and deciding game of the series was no different than the previous four. The teams were relatively evenly matched and second period effort often decided the outcome of the game. Thursday was no different. The lead exchanged hands a few times in the opening period before Goderich scored in the. last two minutes to carry a 3-2 lead heading into the final period. The Optimists made it obvious they wanted the championship in the final period, out- scoring Wingham 4-1, to win the game 7-3 and clinch the WOAA title. • Wingham scored the first goal of the game after three minutes of play but an unassisted effort by.Tracev Wilson tied the Allison Graham, captain of the Goderich Senior Girls' Ringette team, gives a `we're number one' sign after receiving the WOAA championship trophy on behalf of her team Thursday night from Hugh Hodges of Clinton, past president of the WOAA. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) game and Allison Graham's first of five goals boosted Goderich into. a 2-1 lead. Wingham tied the game just eight seconds later: but Graham responded on a solo effort 19 seconds later to regain the Goderich lead at 3-2. Graham scored an important goal three minutes into the final period, her third of the game, but it also boosted the Optimists into a two -goal lead. Wingham .kept tlieit-- -h— pes-alive-with -a goal after five minutes of play to narrow the deficit to 4-3 but Goderich rallied for three,goals before the close of the game to produce the 7-3 final score. Graham led the Optimist offence with five goals while team-mates Lisa Kisch..... and Wilson scored one goal each. Angie Alcock assisted on two goals and Wilson and Tammy Gibbons chipped in with one assist apiece. Laurie Gaureluk- provided all the -Winrghaxrroffence scortn lime goals: A member of the Goderich Senior Girls' Ringette team chases the ring as two Winghamteam members chase her during the final game of the WOAA championship series played in Goderich The season for the Goderich Optimist senior girls and the Goderich Lions junior girls will end in late April with the awards banquet. •� in Bonspiel Thursday night. Goderich defeated Wingham pionship trophy. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) to win the cham- Foresters take two The members of the Goderich Optimist 'i5enior girls ringette team are: Debbie Mitchelmore, Tracey Wilson, Kathleen . Carter, Angie Alcock, Lisa Kisch, Kathleen Donnelly,. Leslie Bean, Tammy Gibbons, Terrilyn Fisher, Laura Raithby and Allison Graham.. The team was coached W.Def and Denise Mitchelmore Bs bounced by Richmond Hill 7-2 in first game f OMHA finals The Goderich Lakeport Steel Bantam Bs may have met their most formidable opponent to date in their quest for an OMHA all Ontario championship. That formidable opponentcomes in the form of Richmond Hill, a team that han- dily defeated Goderich 7-2 in the opening game of the best -of -five championship series here Saturday.: The win boosted Richmond Hill into a one -game lead and the second garne of the series, which was ta be played in Rich- mond Hill Sunday,, was cancelled because of bad weather. So the series schedule has changed slightly and the second game of the series will be played in Goderich Saturday, April 10 at 6 p,m. The third game will be played in Richmond Hill Sunday, April 11 at 1.15 p.m. If a fourth game is necessary it will be played in Goderich Saturday, April 17 at 6 p.m. and a fifth garne would follow in Richmond Hill Sunday. Richmond Hill dominated the opening game of the series scoring three goals in first and second periods to hold a com- manding 6-0 lead heading into the final period. Goderich made' the score respectable with two goals in the final period and Richmond Hill added another in the final minute to produce the 7-2 final score. . The second game of the series here Saturday is crucial for the Lakeport Steelers. A loss would put them in the unenviable position of having to win three straight games while a win would even the series and give the Steelers needed con- fidence. Coach Bill Martin pointed out that his team .started the same way against Woodstock, losing the first game, before settling into their style of play. He is confident his team will 'get back into the series in the second game. "We have to hit them more and make them play our style of game," he said. "If we do that we can win." Richmond Hill set the tone of the game in the first period and scored three goals in a five-minute span to build up a 3-0 lead. They added three more goals in the second period to carry a commanding 6-01ead into the final period. Jim Beattie finally broke the ice for Goderich early in the third period scoring the first Steele goal with assists .goingto team-mates David Armstrong and Kevin Telford. Darren , Creamer scored the second Goderich goal on an unassisted Bruce Culbert and David Armstrong of the Goderich Lakeport Steel Bantam B feam almost scored against Richmond Hill on this play during OMHA championship action here Saturday night., effort, beating the Richmond Hill goalie by sweeping the puck from around the corner of the net. Richmond Hill closed out the scoring in the game as Phil Landolt popped in his first goal with just two second remaining. The game was relatively tame in comparison of penalty minutes with the Woodstock series but each team will be Goderich lost the first game of the best -of -five series 7-2 and will meet Richmond Hill here again Saturday night at 6 p.ni. 1 Photo by Joanne Buchanan) missing one player in game two. John Seldon of Richmond Hill received a one -game suspension for a series of penalties in the second period. Seldon received a five-minute major for high sticking, a game misconduct and an automatic match penalty. Seldon scored two goals and added an assist in the game. Goderich will play without the services ' of captain Darren Creamer in game two Q after Creamer was assessed a slashing major, a misconduct and an automatic match penalty in the third period of Saturday's game. Additi 5nal photos on pages 2A&:IA The Lady Foresters were the winners of the Group B division In the Goderich Industrial Curling League championship bonspiel held on Saturday. Left to right are skip Bernice Moore, vice Vicki Culbert, second Heather Young and lead Eleanor Fisher. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) BY GEORGE SUTTON The fifth annual Industrial League Championship Bonspiel was • held on April 3, at the Maitland Golf and Country. Club and it was a grand day for the organization known as the Foresters. Both the male and female representatives of this fine social club won their division championship. The winner of the Signal -Star Trophy, emblematic of the finest team in the league, was the, foursome of Jamieson Ribey, Barb 'Hawkins. Jim .Hawkins and Cam Bogie. It was a "popular win!" It is the third year in a row that this' unit has colleted this honour and they now have quite a munber of individual trophies which Sheaffer Pen kindly donates every year. It is, howver, as skip Bogie admitted in his inspiring acceptance speech,' getting harder each year. In a league where only one position of 16 did not end in a tie after regulation play. it is difficult to be the champion. To be the champion three years in a row is honestly an achievement to be proud of. To become the 1981-82 top dog, the Foresters had to eliminate a determined ATM. & G. Hospital No. 1 team first. Fresh from winning the club ctharnpioriship -a week before. the foursome of Ottewell, 'Taylor. Cass and Rourke knew• what vic- tory tasted like and they wanted more but a great shot by Jim Hawkins in the fourth end led to a 4 to 2 loss for the Worsell Broom winners. Next in line for an education in curling tactics were the (;.l).('.1. Vikings. 1'hc Vik- ing crew of Lucas. Bogie. Mitchelmore and Mike "26 oz.". Paquette had earned a shot at the Foresters by defeating their old nemesis the (;i)('I Teacher No, 1. 5 to 3 in the opening game. 'i'he Foresters unfor- !unately 'showed no respect for youthful ex- iiberanee and jumped quickly into 3 sizeable lead which 0104 -lever relinquish- ed. Final score: Foresters 8 Vikings 3. • 1'he ('ttiatnpton'ghip5 ganir' pitted the DIA veteran team of Bogie and Co. against,a surprise challenger in the form of Jim Bell and Co. representing Durst Builders. The - Durst unit included Sue Ritchie, Karen MacKinnon, Phil Foster and skips Bell. Since the Bell 'foursome had finished sixth, in the final standings they would have to defeat the number one, two and three teams on this day if they wished to claim the Signal Star Trophy. They almost suc- ceeded! The first upset victim was Local 1863. The onion reps Riley, Crawford, Falkiner and Kellough did not lose easily. In fact it took three extra ends of play to. finally decide who would advance toward the big money. The stringent training pro- gram. followed by Durst . Builders throughout the season paid off as their stamina outlasted that of Local 1863 and they claimed a 5 to 4 win. The best team all season now waited to play Durst Builders. The AM & G "GC"s had, the best record throughout the grin- ding nineteen game schedule and were the only team to be completely alone in their position of first place. But the playoffs are a whole new season and the "GC"s ex- cellent season came to a disappointing end as a terrific last rock double take-out by ,iim Bell resulted in a 6 to 5 triumph for the upstart builders. As the "GC" foursome of Peter Get Me 'To The Church On Time) Bergin. Marty "Bingd" Bond, Phil "Sir" Turner and Ron ",Big Man" Klages shook hands with the victors they must have wondered how the Foresters could win the big money three years in a row in such a cut-throat league. In the final match for all the marbles the Forester foursome showed the GC's how to do it. The method is simple. Don't miss a single shot' Behind the beautiful guards played by ,Jamieson Ribey or Barb Hawkins. crisp takeouts by Jim Hawkins and sound strategy .and execution by Cam "What else can.I win this year" Bogie. The Foresters rolled to a quick 9 to 0 lead and sent the talented Durst unit running for cover. Cdngratulat c°rns once again • Foresters. Third prize in the "A" division went to Turn to page 1A •