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GOD.ERICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 231982
SECOND SECTION
The Waterfront is a great place to.
. The weather over the _past several
weekends has not been what many
Goderich residents would term
favourable. In fact it has been more
spring-like than summer, with rain and
unseasonable temperatures.
Over the weekend there was a glimpse of
sun on Sunday and as a result residents
from the town and surrounding area were
out in droves to capture a preview of what
hopefully will be a long, hot summer. And
what better place to go to enjoy some of
their favorite recreational activities than
Goderich's Snug Harbour.
The harbour offers a large variety of
recreatinal possibilites for both -young and
old. The most favorite activity that at-
tracts people to the harbour is pier
walking. When the sun shines, couples with
children in tow or with their favorite pets
take a leisurely stroll along the pier,
drinking in the fresh air and sunshine.
The second most favorite pastime is
fishing off the end of the'pier. Although the
catch has been slim this year, the at-
traction has never been greater, both from
the people fishing and from the spectators
who come to watch..
The playground facilties situated on the
beach are a superb attraction for the
younger set and a good opportunity for
parents to take a break and enjoy the sun.
Of course in some cases the experience
may be more hair raising than relaxing
with the tots attacking slides and swings,
many for the first time in their life.
No harbour is complete without its
boating enthusiasts. On Sunday, there
were a number of boats out, ranging from
small motor boats to large pleasure craft
to one man sailboats and larger classes of
boats. All it takes is ki- it of sun and these
boats head out for the open lake.
The newly updated Harbour Museum is
another attraction well worth looking over.
A definite attraction for the children, it
also offers arreducatinaitria-thrugh the
workings of a boat and much of its
equipment.
Whatever the, reason, Snug Harbour has
a . magnetic, attraction to everyone in-
terested in enjoying the sun and getting
some fresh air.
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Fish
Optimist Music Festival
promises to be better
than years
BY KRIS SVELA
Final preparations are being made for
the. Optimist Club's 3rd Annual Music
Festival, scheduled for July 1 to July 3., in
the newly built Optimist Park at the site of
the old dump. This year's festival titled
"Port of Goderich Music Festival and
Friends" promises to be a greater success
than the two previous festivals.
The festival will have more acts than
before with entertainment for both
children and adults. According to Optimist
president, Ray Frydrych, the festival will
offer something for everyone.
"There will -be entertainment for the
children in a section of the park and will
feature magicians and music," he said.
There will also be a beer tent for those
who wish to quench their thirst during
days of the festival, Other events
scheduled, are a tug-of-war contest on
Thursday and a fiddling contest on Friday.
Both events are open to„anyone interested
in participating.
Frydrych said that it has taken a lot of
hard work to put the park in shape for the
festival which will be the first event to be
held in the new park. He is especially
grateful to the Town of Goderich for the
work they have done.
"The town is working really hard to have
the park ready for the music festival," he
said,
Frydrych said that an official plan for
the park has been drawn up and that the
Optimist Club will be working closely with
the town to upgrade the facility for future
use. The plans include a Permanent
bandshell, a creative playground and
landscaping.
"We hope that the park will become an
all -year-round facility," he said.
As in previous years there will be no
camping facilities -on the site. For those
attending from out of town a list is
available of hotels, motels and campsites
in the area.
Among the more well known acts at-
tending this year's festival are former
Goderich resident, Doug McArthur, Walt
Maynard, Richard Knechtel, Caroline
Danowski, Bob Burchill and a host of other
talented musicians. For the children there
will be theatre groups, musicians,
magicians and other entertainment.
Frydrych emphasized that thanks to the
help of the town and other local residents
and businesses, this year's festival should
prove to be the best ever come rain or
shine.
Goderich United B win 2-0
The Goderich United B soccer club
improved their record over the weekend
with a win and a tie. The "killer" Bs
defeated Chatham Portugese 2-0on
Saturday and tied Delhi Athletes 11 on
Sunday. This leaves the Bs with a 3-2-2,
win -loss -tie record for the season. It is the
best record the Bs have had in recent
years.
Saturday saw the Bs play their best
game of the season,_ dominating of-
fensively with their ball control and
precision shots. United's command forced
numerous corner kicks which produced
both Goderich goals.
' Mark Frayne was tfie marksman on both
goals. his first coming off Mark-Webb's
corner which was deflected by Dennis
Dowlpaniuk to Frayne, who in turn headed
it past the gdal keeper. Frayne's second
goal was sim ilar except Mike Wedlock
took the corner and Steve Walters tipped it
to Frayne who again headed the ball in. -
Both goals came in the first half of play.
The second half saw the Bs and Chatham
play a very clean, see -saw battle that
produced no goals.
Sunday had the "killers" travelling to
Delhi to face the Athletics, in a game that
ended in a 1-1 draw. Goderich opened the
scoring in the first half with a goal from
Steve Walters off a corner -kick from Eric
Mitchell. The rest of the first'half was very
defensive and only a strong performance
from': goalie Paul Helesic held the Bs in the
game. Delhi did manage to get one by
Helesic late in the game to tie the match.
Coach Schoemaker said that he had
hoped for a four point weekend but that he
is satisfied with the three points con-
sidering the tough competition. Healso
said that travel fatigue took its toll on the,
boy's offence in.the 'second game.
There is no scheduled game for this
weekend but an exibition game is being
organized for Saturday afternoon.
Robertson holds Play Day
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Sail
Stroll
Plunkett showing no signs of control problems
BY ROB MCDONALD
HOTEL BEDFORD 2 CANADA COM-
PANY 0
Rob Plunkett, showing . no signs of
control problems that have plagued him on
occassion, threw a master ,piece against
Canada Company, as Hotel Bedford shut
dut C.C. 2-0. Plunkett did not allow a hit or
anything close to it as he struck out eight
batters.
He allowed three walks but did not allow
a runner to second base. It took an alert
play by Glen Falkiner to give Plunkett the
runs he needed. With runners on the
corners and two out in the fifth, Dean
Doherty chose to walk the dangerous
Falkiner, but Falkiner reached over the,
plate and looped a single toxight to score a
run. Bill Black then drove home a run with
a single. Falkiner led Bedford with two
singles
Plunkett proved to be the difference
against Kirkey's as he pitched four innings
of shutout relief as Hotel Bedford dumped
Kirkey's 6-3. With the score tied 3-3 in the
fourth, Dave MacDonald singled, stole
second, moved to third on a wild pitch and
beat a throw to the plate on Plunkett's
grounder.
Bedford scored another run in the inn-
ning and added one in the sixth to coast to
the win. Plunkett pitched in'and out of
trouble in the last two innings but left the
bases loaded on both occassions. Gary
Peters and Jim Crawford led Bedford with
two hits.
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Port Albert. Bulldogs takethree straight wins
BY BRUCE BAKER
The Port Albert Bulldogs picked up
three wins in convincing fashion this week
to move into sole possession of first place
in 'A' division of the Goderich Men's
Slowpitch League.
The Bulldogs in a strong defensive effort
downed Local 1863 by a score of 6-0.
Earlier in the week they hammered
Tickers 18-3 and silenced the Cobras by a
score of 16-1.
The Goderich Bears had two games
cancelled this week, but did manage to
pick up five innings of play on Sunday
night as they mercied Bluewater Centre
26-0.
Carlow, in a complete turnaround this
week fiefeated Goderich Elevators -13-12
and later in the week pounded Meneset 19-
5. It looks like they are starting to get some
of that old spirit back.
Garb & Gear split a pair of games this
week, edging the Elevators 8-7 and losing
to Cedar Lodge by a score of 9-7. Goderich
Restaurant defeated Bluewater 20-4 and in
a close contest, edged Champeo 13-11.
From all reports Champco is definitely not
the team they used to be and that is ob-
vious, not so much from their record but
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from several losses that were only a couple
of hits away from victory. In 11 outings
this year they have scored an average of
eight runs per game while giving up 14.
In between blasts of rain, the Oldtimers,
now referred to as the Club Grill, coasted
to a 10-5 victory over the Renegades and
the Coyotes made it a 500 season with a
close 6-3 victory over Tickers
At the league level this week, both
Tickers and Carlow were assessed $10
fines for incomplete score sheets. Rain
postponed several games and two protests
submitted by the Goderich Elevators are
still under consideration.
Three teams, Coyotes, Bluewater and
Tickers have not yet submitted eligibility
lists complete with addresses. June'30 is
the deadline. This is the last call to
Goderich teams wanting to play in our
GMSL tournament. If we do not hear from
you this week we will fill your place with
an outside team.
Note that the Bears are in division 1 and
the Bulldogs are previously committed to
another tournament. You all have a
chance to win money in our "pay by the
win" division II structure.
GODERICH MEN'S SLO-PITCH
LEAGUE STANDINGS TO JUNE 17
DIVISION 'A'
GP W L
11 10 1
9 9 0
11 9 2
9 6 3
10 5 5
11 4 7
11 3 8
9 2 7
Team
Port Albert Bulldogs
Goderich Bears
Goderich Restaurant
Club Grill
Coyotes
Garb & Gear
Carlow
Optimists
----Jeffrey's Cobras
Cedar Lodge
IVIeneset
Renegades
Goderich Elevators
Tickers
Champco
Local 1rt3
Bluewater
DIVISION
11 8 2
11 7 4
11 6 5
11 5 4
10 5 4
10 4 6
11 2 9
10 1 9
12 1 11
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Pts
20
18
18
12
10
8
6
4
17
14
12
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11
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The ball toss and sack
race were popular events
at Robertson's play day
last Thursday.
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